Vern Law
1950–1967 · bats R / throws R · NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates
516G
.216AVG
.254OBP
.309SLG
More career statistics
191H
11HR
90RBI
1SB
162–147W–L
2,672.0IP
1,092K
3.77ERA
364GS
13SV
7Rare 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 | 179 | 178 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,000 | 1,002 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 11,231 | 11,230 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,118 | 1,120 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,833 | 2,835 |
| Pitching · p hr | 268 | 269 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,016 | 8,019 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,092 | 1,097 |
| Pitching · p w | 597 | 596 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 516 | 1,000 | 883 | 96 | 191 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 90 | 41 | 179 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 273 | .216 | .254 | .309 | .563 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,672.0 | 483 | 364 | 119 | 162 | 147 | 13 | 2,833 | 1,274 | 1,118 | 268 | 597 | 1,092 | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 1.284 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1962-07-14 to 1962-08-23
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1951-05-12 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1965-07-28 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1954-05-15 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 253 | 473 | 87 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 80 | .210 | .228 | .263 |
| Away | 263 | 529 | 104 | 11 | 62 | 20 | 98 | .222 | .234 | .350 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | .288 | .304 | .441 |
| May | 94 | 177 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 34 | .211 | .215 | .289 |
| June | 107 | 213 | 45 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 42 | .233 | .244 | .363 |
| July | 108 | 199 | 40 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 32 | .217 | .226 | .272 |
| August | 102 | 205 | 37 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 38 | .208 | .220 | .303 |
| September | 66 | 139 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 20 | .171 | .223 | .248 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 73 | 130 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 18 | .263 | .262 | .381 |
| chicago-cubs | 69 | 120 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 22 | .164 | .208 | .282 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 64 | 130 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 20 | .237 | .277 | .298 |
| cincinnati-reds | 58 | 120 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 19 | .184 | .192 | .233 |
| milwaukee-braves | 58 | 105 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | .157 | .181 | .191 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 41 | 92 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 21 | .298 | .283 | .464 |
| san-francisco-giants | 32 | 79 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 15 | .111 | .152 | .175 |
| new-york-giants | 31 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | .200 | .208 | .311 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 | 41 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .073 | 128 | 58 |
| 1951 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 4 | – | .344 | 114 | 42 |
| 1954 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 13 | – | .231 | 161 | 58 |
| 1955 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .254 | 200 | 83 |
| 1956 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 8 | – | .175 | 195 | 60 |
| 1957 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 63 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .190 | 173 | 55 |
| 1958 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 12 | – | .194 | 202 | 57 |
| 1959 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 96 | 16 | 1 | 8 | – | .167 | 266 | 110 |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 94 | 17 | 1 | 7 | – | .181 | 271 | 120 |
| 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 11 | 19 | 5 | – | 5 | – | .263 | 59 | 20 |
| 1962 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 23 | 45 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .311 | 139 | 78 |
| 1963 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 23 | 5 | – | – | – | .217 | 76 | 31 |
| 1964 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 61 | 19 | 1 | 3 | – | .311 | 192 | 93 |
| 1965 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 82 | 20 | 1 | 6 | – | .244 | 217 | 101 |
| 1966 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 66 | 16 | 1 | 3 | – | .242 | 177 | 88 |
| 1967 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 27 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .111 | 97 | 43 |