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Vern Bickford was born on Tuesday, August 17, 1920, in Hellier, Kentucky. Bickford was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 24, 1948, with the Boston Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Vern Bickford baseball stats page.

"And another thing - all that talk about (Warren) Spahn and (Johnny) Sain and two days of rain is bunk. Sure, they pitched fine ball, but so did Vern Bickford and Bill Voiselle, yet nobody ever gave those two any credit." - Catcher Phil Masi in Baseball Digest (Art Ahrens, February 1978)

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Birth Name:	Vernon Edgell Bickford
Nickname:	Vern
Born On:	08-17-1920
Born In:	Hellier, Kentucky
Zodiac:	Leo
Died On:	05-06-1960
Died In:	Richmond, Virginia
Cemetery:	Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Virginia

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-00
Weight:	185
First Game:	04-24-1948 (Age 27)
Last Game:	04-24-1954
Draft:	Not Applicable

Vern Bickford Vern Bickford Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1948	Braves	33	22	5	11	5	.688	3.27	10	1	1	146.0	625	125	53	59	9	63	-	60	0	3	0	-
1949	Braves	37	36	1	16	11	.593	4.25	15	2	0	230.2	1,026	246	109	125	20	106	-	101	3	6	1	-
1950	Braves	40	39	1	19	14	.576	3.47	27	2	0	311.2	1,325	293	120	135	25	122	-	126	5	6	1	-
1951	Braves	25	20	5	11	9	.550	3.12	12	3	0	164.2	697	146	57	68	7	76	-	76	0	6	0	-
1952	Braves	26	22	3	7	12	.368	3.74	7	1	0	161.1	690	165	67	73	7	64	-	62	4	2	0	-
1953	Braves	20	9	8	2	5	.286	5.28	2	0	1	58.0	258	60	34	35	8	35	-	25	2	2	1	-
1954	Orioles	1	1	0	0	1	.000	9.00	0	0	0	4.0	20	5	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
7 Years		182	149	23	66	57	.537	3.71	73	9	2	1,076.1	4,641	1,040	444	500	76	467	0	450	14	25	3	-

Vern Bickford Vern Bickford Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1948	Braves	33	49	3	10	2	0	0	0	7	2	-	12	6	-	0	1	.204	.235	.245
1949	Braves	37	81	7	15	0	0	0	0	8	2	-	20	10	-	0	4	.185	.205	.185
1950	Braves	40	116	9	16	0	0	0	0	6	3	-	24	9	-	0	0	.138	.160	.138
1951	Braves	25	52	1	6	1	0	0	0	4	2	-	12	6	-	0	2	.115	.148	.135
1952	Braves	26	51	2	9	1	0	0	0	3	0	-	9	5	-	0	2	.176	.176	.196
1953	Braves	20	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	7	1	-	0	1	.067	.125	.067
1954	Orioles	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
7 Years		182	365	23	57	4	0	0	0	28	10	-	85	37	0	0	10	.156	.179	.167

Vern Bickford Vern Bickford Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1948 Braves	P	33	22	438	29	0.9	28	6	22	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	1.73	-
1949 Braves	P	37	36	692	58	1.6	57	7	50	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	2.22	-
1950 Braves	P	40	39	935	73	1.8	71	26	45	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	2.05	-
1951 Braves	P	25	20	494	53	2.1	52	14	38	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	2.84	-
1952 Braves	P	26	22	484	45	1.7	44	12	32	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	2.45	-
1953 Braves	P	20	9	174	17	0.9	17	3	14	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.64	-
1954 Orioles	P	1	1	12	1	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.25	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		182	149	3,229	276	1.5	270	68	202	6	19	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	2.26	--
7 Years		182	149	3,229	276	1.5	270	68	202	6	19	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	2.26	--

Vern Bickford Vern Bickford Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1948 Braves	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.1	7.0	0.95	3.70	3.88
1949 Braves	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.1	10.1	0.95	3.94	4.14
1950 Braves	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.8	19.3	1.03	3.64	3.52
1951 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.3	13.0	1.00	4.15	4.15
1952 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.7	17.0	0.97	3.46	3.57
1953 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.1	0.0	0.71	3.88	5.43
1954 Orioles	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	2.25
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
7 Years	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.3	13.0	0.96	3.76	3.90

Vern Bickford Vern Bickford Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1948 Boston Braves	24	Undetermined	-	Stats
1949 Boston Braves	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1950 Boston Braves	24	Undetermined	-	-
1951 Boston Braves	24	Undetermined	-	-
1952 Boston Braves	24	Undetermined	-	-
1953 Milwaukee Braves	24	Undetermined	-	-
1954 Baltimore Orioles	24	Undetermined	-	-
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