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Vern Law
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| Vern Law | ||
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| Pitcher | ||
| Born: March 12, 1930 | ||
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| June 11, 1950 for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
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| Final game | ||
| August 20, 1967 for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Win-Loss | 162-147 | |
| ERA | 3.77 | |
| Strikeouts | 1092 | |
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Vernon Sanders Law (born March 12, 1930 in Meridian, Idaho) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for 16 seasons (1950 - 1967) for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Law was a member of the National League All Star Team in 1960. He won the Cy Young Award, and led the National League in complete games that year.
His son Vance Law also played in the Major Leagues, primarily as a utility infielder.
Law currently lives in Provo, Utah. He is the pitching coach for Provo High School (PHS) varsity baseball team (PHS is located across the street from BYU where his son is the head coach), and is an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). During his playing career, Law earned the nickname "Deacon" for his clean Mormon lifestyle.
Vern Law has been credited with saying, "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards."
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
| Preceded by Don Drysdale Joe Torre |
Major League Player of the Month August 1959 (with Willie McCovey) June 1965 (with Willie Stargell) |
Succeeded by Eddie Mathews Pete Rose |
| Preceded by Early Wynn |
Cy Young Award 1960 |
Succeeded by Whitey Ford |
| Preceded by Ken Boyer |
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award 1965 |
Succeeded by Brooks Robinson |
| Preceded by none |
NL Comeback Player of the Year 1965 |
Succeeded by Phil Regan |
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| 16 - Gene Baker | 6 - Smoky Burgess | 48 - Tom Cheney | 23 - Joe Christopher | 20 - Gino Cimoli | 21 - Roberto Clemente | 26 - Roy Face | 19 - Bob Friend | 22 - Joe Gibbon | 35 - Fred Green | 24 - Dick Groat | 31 - Harvey Haddix | 12 - Don Hoak | 29 - Clem Labine | 32 - Vern Law | 9 - Bill Mazeroski | 30 - Wilmer Mizell | 14 - Rocky Nelson | 2 - Bob Oldis | 11 - Ducky Schofield | 4 - Bob Skinner | 5 - Hal Smith | 7 - Dick Stuart | 18 - Bill Virdon | 39 - George Witt Manager 40 - Danny Murtaugh |
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| Newcombe • Spahn • Turley • Wynn • Law • Ford • Drysdale • Koufax • Chance |
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