Vern Stephens
1941–1955 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, MLS, St. Louis Browns, VDA, WPS
1,720G
.286AVG
.355OBP
.460SLG
More career statistics
1,859H
247HR
1,174RBI
25SB
5Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 22 | 21 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 685 | 684 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,240 | 7,241 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,001 | 1,003 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,174 | 1,171 |
| Batting · Walks | 692 | 693 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,720 | 7,240 | 6,497 | 1,001 | 1,859 | 307 | 42 | 247 | 1,174 | 692 | 685 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2,991 | .286 | .355 | .460 | .815 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1944-06-11 to 1944-07-01
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1951-05-30 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1942-06-05 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1942-06-28 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 877 | 3663 | 996 | 137 | 638 | 377 | 352 | .305 | .375 | .497 |
| Away | 843 | 3578 | 863 | 110 | 533 | 316 | 332 | .267 | .330 | .423 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 141 | 576 | 146 | 19 | 101 | 64 | 51 | .287 | .365 | .465 |
| May | 319 | 1355 | 360 | 45 | 216 | 122 | 119 | .294 | .356 | .464 |
| June | 316 | 1358 | 363 | 60 | 255 | 123 | 129 | .295 | .358 | .501 |
| July | 326 | 1383 | 338 | 47 | 207 | 141 | 139 | .275 | .346 | .450 |
| August | 324 | 1374 | 368 | 45 | 238 | 131 | 128 | .298 | .363 | .484 |
| September | 284 | 1153 | 274 | 29 | 147 | 108 | 111 | .265 | .331 | .392 |
| October | 10 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | .263 | .333 | .421 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 255 | 1056 | 262 | 30 | 139 | 105 | 119 | .278 | .348 | .420 |
| detroit-tigers | 250 | 1048 | 301 | 45 | 184 | 97 | 107 | .319 | .380 | .536 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 246 | 1040 | 269 | 25 | 156 | 84 | 76 | .284 | .339 | .440 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 241 | 1051 | 263 | 35 | 192 | 101 | 92 | .279 | .346 | .453 |
| chicago-white-sox | 237 | 1022 | 274 | 42 | 182 | 100 | 79 | .298 | .366 | .489 |
| new-york-yankees | 232 | 925 | 214 | 35 | 148 | 81 | 103 | .255 | .319 | .429 |
| boston-red-sox | 150 | 630 | 159 | 20 | 86 | 64 | 71 | .285 | .354 | .437 |
| st-louis-browns | 102 | 450 | 110 | 15 | 82 | 59 | 34 | .282 | .376 | .469 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  St. Louis Browns | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | – | – |
| 1942 | St. Louis Browns | 145 | 575 | 169 | 14 | 91 | 1 | .294 | – | – |
| 1943 | St. Louis Browns | 137 | 512 | 148 | 22 | 91 | 3 | .289 | – | – |
| 1944 | St. Louis Browns | 145 | 559 | 164 | 20 | 105 | 2 | .293 | – | – |
| 1945 | St. Louis Browns | 149 | 571 | 165 | 24 | 89 | 2 | .289 | – | – |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns | 115 | 450 | 138 | 14 | 64 | – | .307 | – | – |
| 1947 | St. Louis Browns | 150 | 562 | 157 | 15 | 84 | 8 | .279 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Boston Red Sox | 155 | 635 | 171 | 29 | 138 | 1 | .269 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 155 | 610 | 177 | 39 | 159 | 2 | .290 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 149 | 628 | 185 | 30 | 144 | 1 | .295 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 109 | 377 | 113 | 17 | 78 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox | 92 | 295 | 75 | 7 | 44 | 2 | .254 | – | – |
| 1953 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 90 | 294 | 77 | 5 | 31 | 2 | .262 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Baltimore Orioles | 101 | 365 | 104 | 8 | 46 | – | .285 | – | – |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox | 25 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 7 | – | .242 | – | – |