Vern Bickford
1948–1954 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, NLS
182G
.156AVG
.179OBP
.167SLG
More career statistics
57H
0HR
28RBI
0SB
66–57W–L
1,076.1IP
450K
3.71ERA
149GS
2SV
6Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 85 | 86 |
| Batting · RBI | 28 | 29 |
| Batting · Walks | 10 | 11 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,641 | 4,650 |
| Pitching · p er | 444 | 446 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,040 | 1,042 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,229 | 3,232 |
| Pitching · p k | 450 | 453 |
| Pitching · p r | 500 | 501 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 412 | 365 | 23 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | .156 | .179 | .167 | .346 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,076.3 | 182 | 149 | 73 | 66 | 57 | 2 | 1,040 | 500 | 444 | 76 | 467 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 3.71 | 1.400 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1948-08-26 to 1948-09-26
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1950-08-11 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1952-06-17 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1950-06-11 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 91 | 208 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 36 | .167 | .173 | .178 |
| Away | 91 | 204 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 50 | .146 | .157 | .157 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | .200 | .195 | .250 |
| May | 33 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | .125 | .175 | .141 |
| June | 45 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | .110 | .102 | .110 |
| July | 32 | 87 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 21 | .113 | .126 | .113 |
| August | 30 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | .245 | .259 | .245 |
| September | 23 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .204 | .192 | .224 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 36 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | .108 | .128 | .123 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 29 | 77 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | .132 | .156 | .132 |
| new-york-giants | 28 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | .163 | .176 | .163 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 26 | 66 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | .226 | .212 | .274 |
| cincinnati-reds | 23 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .159 | .167 | .159 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 23 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | .205 | .222 | .205 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 16 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .108 | .100 | .108 |
| chicago-white-sox | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Boston Braves | 33 | 49 | 10 | – | 7 | – | .204 | 147 | 62 |
| 1949 | Boston Braves | 37 | 81 | 15 | – | 8 | – | .185 | 230 | 101 |
| 1950 | Boston Braves | 40 | 116 | 16 | – | 7 | – | .138 | 311 | 127 |
| 1951 | Boston Braves | 25 | 52 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .115 | 164 | 76 |
| 1952 | Boston Braves | 26 | 51 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .176 | 161 | 62 |
| 1953 |  Milwaukee Braves | 20 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | .067 | 58 | 25 |
| 1954 |  Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | – |