Vern Stephens Stats

Vern Stephens was born on Saturday, October 23, 1920, in McAlister, New Mexico. Stephens was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 13, 1941, with the St. Louis Browns. 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 Stephens baseball stats page.
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Vern Stephens
 
 
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Birth Name:   Vernon Decatur Stephens
Nickname:   Buster or Vern
Born On:   10-23-1920  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   McAlister, New Mexico
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-03-1968 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Long Beach, California
Cemetery:   Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, California
High School:   Polytechnic High School (Long Beach, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-13-1941 (Age 20)
Last Game:   06-30-1955
Draft:   Not Applicable
Vern Stephens

Vern Stephens Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Vern Stephens

Vern Stephens Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1941 21 Browns 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .500 .500 .500
1942 22 Browns 145 575 84 169 26 6 14 0 92 41 - 53 3 - 0 15 .294 .341 .433
1943 23 Browns 137 512 75 148 27 3 22 0 91 54 - 73 5 - 0 11 .289 .357 .482
1944 24 Browns 145 559 91 164 32 1 20 2 109 62 - 54 6 - 1 3 .293 .365 .462
1945 25 Browns 149 571 90 165 27 3 24 1 89 55 - 70 5 - 1 11 .289 .352 .473
1946 26 Browns 115 450 67 138 19 4 14 1 64 35 - 49 3 - 0 12 .307 .357 .460
1947 27 Browns 150 562 74 157 18 4 15 1 83 70 - 61 2 - 0 7 .279 .359 .406
1948 28 Red Sox 155 635 114 171 25 8 29 1 137 77 - 56 2 - 2 25 .269 .350 .471
1949 29 Red Sox 155 610 113 177 31 2 39 2 159 101 - 73 0 - 0 19 .290 .391 .539
1950 30 Red Sox 149 628 125 185 34 6 30 2 144 65 - 43 0 - 0 21 .295 .361 .511
1951 31 Red Sox 109 377 62 113 21 2 17 0 78 38 - 33 0 - 0 22 .300 .364 .501
1952 32 Red Sox 92 295 35 75 13 2 7 0 44 39 - 31 2 - 1 8 .254 .343 .383
1953 33 White Sox 44 129 14 24 6 0 1 0 14 13 - 18 1 - 0 3 .186 .261 .256
1953 33 Browns 46 165 16 53 8 0 4 0 17 18 - 24 3 - 0 7 .321 .388 .442
1954 34 Orioles 101 365 31 104 17 1 8 0 46 17 - 36 4 7 0 4 .285 .311 .403
1955 35 Orioles 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167
1955 35 White Sox 22 56 10 14 3 0 3 0 7 7 0 11 1 1 0 1 .250 .328 .464
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 1,720 6,497 1,001 1,859 307 42 247 10 1,174 692 0 685 37 8 6 169 .286 .355 .460
Vern Stephens

Vern Stephens Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1941 Browns SS 1 0 - 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1942 Browns SS 144 144 3,825 747 5.2 705 290 415 42 82 n/a n/a n/a .944 4.98
1943 Browns LF 9 9 192 216 24.0 216 213 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 30.38
1943 Browns RF 3 2 27 7 2.3 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.00
1943 Browns SS 123 123 3,264 593 4.8 559 220 339 34 51 n/a n/a n/a .943 4.62
1944 Browns SS 143 142 3,756 754 5.3 719 239 480 35 71 n/a n/a n/a .954 5.17
1945 Browns 3B 4 4 117 15 3.8 13 2 11 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .867 3.00
1945 Browns SS 144 144 420 723 5.0 695 256 439 28 69 n/a n/a n/a .961 44.68
1946 Browns SS 112 112 2,895 597 5.3 567 224 343 30 71 n/a n/a n/a .950 5.29
1947 Browns SS 149 149 3,906 801 5.4 777 283 494 24 113 n/a n/a n/a .970 5.37
1948 Red Sox SS 155 155 465 833 5.4 809 269 540 24 113 n/a n/a n/a .971 46.97
1949 Red Sox SS 155 155 462 792 5.1 765 257 508 27 128 n/a n/a n/a .966 44.71
1950 Red Sox SS 146 146 3,843 702 4.8 689 258 431 13 115 n/a n/a n/a .981 4.84
1951 Red Sox 3B 89 89 2,316 319 3.6 312 105 207 7 19 n/a n/a n/a .978 3.64
1951 Red Sox SS 2 0 12 2 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1952 Red Sox 3B 29 29 678 99 3.4 94 21 73 5 8 n/a n/a n/a .949 3.74
1952 Red Sox SS 53 50 1,299 254 4.8 243 89 154 11 40 n/a n/a n/a .957 5.05
1953 White Sox 3B 38 33 843 98 2.6 97 30 67 1 7 n/a n/a n/a .990 3.11
1953 White Sox SS 3 0 33 4 1.3 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.27
1953 Browns 3B 46 46 1,179 152 3.3 145 54 91 7 9 n/a n/a n/a .954 3.32
1954 Orioles 3B 96 95 2,463 298 3.1 288 102 186 10 19 n/a n/a n/a .966 3.16
1955 Orioles 3B 2 2 33 2 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.64
1955 White Sox 3B 18 14 414 50 2.8 50 13 37 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.26
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
SS Totals 1,330 1,320 24,180 6,804 5.1 6,535 2,385 4,150 269 853 n/a n/a n/a .960 7.30
3B Totals 322 312 8,043 1,033 3.2 1,001 327 674 32 68 n/a n/a n/a .969 3.36
LF Totals 9 9 192 216 24.0 216 213 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 30.38
RF Totals 3 2 27 7 2.3 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.00
15 Years 1,664 1,643 32,442 8,060 4.8 7,759 2,932 4,827 301 921 n/a n/a n/a .963 6.46
Vern Stephens

Vern Stephens Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1941 Browns 0 0 .000 1 1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1942 Browns 1 3 .250 1 0 n/a 41.1 10.8 6.3 - - -
1943 Browns 3 2 .600 3 0 n/a 23.3 7.0 5.6 - - -
1944 Browns 2 2 .500 2 0 n/a 28.0 10.4 5.1 - - -
1945 Browns 2 1 .667 1 0 n/a 23.8 8.2 6.4 - - -
1946 Browns 0 1 .000 3 0 n/a 32.1 9.2 7.0 - - -
1947 Browns 8 4 .667 0 1 n/a 37.5 9.2 6.8 - - -
1948 Red Sox 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 21.9 11.3 4.6 - - -
1949 Red Sox 2 2 .500 0 0 n/a 15.6 8.4 3.8 - - -
1950 Red Sox 1 0 1.000 3 0 n/a 20.9 14.6 4.4 - - -
1951 Red Sox 1 2 .333 20 0 n/a 22.2 11.4 4.8 - - -
1952 Red Sox 2 2 .500 11 0 n/a 42.1 9.5 6.7 - - -
1953 White Sox 2 0 1.000 4 0 n/a 129.0 7.2 9.2 - - -
1953 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 41.3 6.9 9.7 - - -
1954 Orioles 0 3 .000 5 0 n/a 45.6 10.1 7.9 - - -
1955 Orioles 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1955 White Sox 0 0 .000 5 0 n/a 18.7 5.1 8.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 25 22 .532 60 2 n/a 26.3 9.5 5.5 - - -
Vern Stephens

Vern Stephens Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1941 St. Louis Browns 6 $1,800.00 - -
1942 St. Louis Browns 5 $3,000.00 - -
1943 St. Louis Browns 5 $3,500.00 Stats -
1944 St. Louis Browns 5 $9,000.00 Stats Stats
1945 St. Louis Browns 5 $9,000.00 n/a -
1946 St. Louis Browns 5 $11,000.00 Stats -
1947 St. Louis Browns 5 $18,000.00 - -
1948 Boston Red Sox 5 $25,000.00 Stats -
1949 Boston Red Sox 5 $25,000.00 Stats -
1950 Boston Red Sox 5 $40,000.00 Stats -
1951 Boston Red Sox 5 $40,000.00 Stats -
1952 Boston Red Sox 5 $35,000.00 - -
1953 Chicago White Sox 3 $28,000.00 - -
1953 St. Louis Browns 40 "     "     - -
1954 Baltimore Orioles 4 $23,000.00 - -
1955 Baltimore Orioles 4 $20,000.00 - -
1955 Chicago White Sox 35 "     "     - -




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