Vern Law

PITCHER · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1950–1967 BORN: MERIDIAN, USA

Cy Young 1960 All-Star ×2

Career

162 W · 3.77 ERA · 1092 K

2672.0 IP · 1.28 WHIP · 483 G

1967 Season

2-6 · 4.18 ERA

97.0 IP · 43 K · 1.44 WHIP

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Vern Law was a pitcher in MLB. Across 483 career appearances, with a 3.77 ERA and 1092 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1950	PIT	7	9	4.92	27	17	0	128.0	137	70	49	57	1.45
1951	PIT	6	9	4.50	28	14	2	114.0	109	57	51	41	1.40
1954	PIT	9	13	5.51	39	18	3	161.2	201	99	56	57	1.59
1955	PIT	10	10	3.81	43	24	1	200.2	221	85	61	82	1.41
1956	PIT	8	16	4.32	39	32	2	195.2	218	94	49	60	1.36
1957	PIT	10	8	2.87	31	25	1	172.2	172	55	32	55	1.18
1958	PIT	14	12	3.96	35	29	3	202.1	235	89	39	56	1.35
1959	PIT	18	9	2.98	34	33	1	266.0	245	88	53	110	1.12
1960	PIT	20	9	3.08	35	35	0	271.2	266	93	40	120	1.13
1961	PIT	3	4	4.70	11	10	0	59.1	72	31	18	20	1.52
1962	PIT	10	7	3.94	23	20	0	139.1	156	61	27	78	1.31
1963	PIT	4	5	4.93	18	12	0	76.2	91	42	13	31	1.36
1964	PIT	12	13	3.61	35	29	0	192.0	203	77	32	93	1.22
1965	PIT	17	9	2.15	29	28	0	217.1	182	52	35	101	1.00
1966	PIT	12	8	4.05	31	28	0	177.2	203	80	24	88	1.28
1967	PIT	2	6	4.18	25	10	0	97.0	122	45	18	43	1.44
Career Totals	—	162	147	3.77	483	364	13	2672.0	2833	1118	597	1092	1.28

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1950	PIT	27	41	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	14	.073	.136	.122	.258
1951	PIT	28	32	5	11	2	1	1	4	0	3	6	.344	.400	.563	.963
1954	PIT	50	52	10	12	5	0	1	13	0	5	8	.231	.310	.385	.695
1955	PIT	44	63	8	16	3	0	1	8	1	4	16	.254	.299	.349	.648
1956	PIT	39	57	3	10	1	0	1	8	0	4	16	.175	.226	.246	.471
1957	PIT	34	63	3	12	1	1	0	6	0	1	11	.190	.215	.238	.453
1958	PIT	36	62	11	12	3	1	2	12	0	9	10	.194	.288	.371	.659
1959	PIT	38	96	6	16	2	0	1	8	0	3	20	.167	.192	.219	.411
1960	PIT	35	94	10	17	5	2	1	7	0	2	19	.181	.196	.309	.504
1961	PIT	11	19	0	5	1	0	0	5	0	1	4	.263	.318	.316	.634
1962	PIT	23	45	6	14	4	1	0	5	0	1	7	.311	.313	.444	.757
1963	PIT	21	23	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.217	.217	.217	.435
1964	PIT	36	61	9	19	3	0	1	3	0	3	11	.311	.354	.410	.764
1965	PIT	34	82	9	20	0	0	1	6	0	0	19	.244	.244	.280	.524
1966	PIT	34	66	11	16	3	0	1	3	0	3	11	.242	.275	.333	.609
1967	PIT	26	27	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	6	.111	.143	.185	.328
Career Totals	—	516	883	96	191	35	7	11	90	1	41	179	.216	.254	.309	.563

Awards & Achievements

Cy Young Award (1): 1960
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1): 1965
TSN All-Star (1): 1960
TSN Comeback Player of the Year (1): 1965
TSN Pitcher of the Year (1): 1960

All-Star Selections

1960, 1960

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.