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Vance Law

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Full Name: Vance Aaron Law Primary Position: 3B,2B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185 First Game: June 1, 1980
Birthdate: October 1, 1956 Final Game: October 6, 1991
Birthplace: Boise, Idaho MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Vance Law (Vance Aaron Law) was born on October 1, 1956 in Boise, Idaho. He made his Major League debut on June 1, 1980 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1982, his rookie year, he hit .281 with 5 home runs and 54 RBI. Law played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Vance Law's best season was 1988, when he hit for a .293 average and knocked in 78 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1980 PIT N 25 74 11 17 0 3 .230 .260 .311 2 2 3 7 0 1 2 0 2
1981 PIT N 30 67 1 9 0 3 .134 .157 .164 0 1 2 15 0 1 1 0 2
1982 CHI A 114 359 40 101 5 54 .281 .327 .384 20 1 26 46 1 7 4 1 10
1983 CHI A 145 408 55 99 4 42 .243 .325 .348 21 5 51 56 1 6 3 1 7
1984 CHI A 151 481 60 121 17 59 .252 .309 .403 18 2 41 75 1 6 4 2 13
1985 MON N 147 519 75 138 10 52 .266 .369 .405 30 6 86 96 2 8 6 0 11
1986 MON N 112 360 37 81 5 44 .225 .298 .325 17 2 37 66 1 2 3 1 9
1987 MON N 133 436 52 119 12 56 .273 .347 .422 27 1 51 62 0 2 8 5 8
1988 CHI N 151 556 73 163 11 78 .293 .358 .412 29 2 55 79 3 4 1 4 15
1989 CHI N 130 408 38 96 7 42 .235 .296 .355 22 3 38 73 0 1 2 0 11
1991 OAK A 74 134 11 28 0 9 .209 .303 .276 7 1 18 27 0 5 0 0 4
Total NL 728 2420 287 623 45 278 .257 .331 .380 127 17 272 398 6 19 23 10 58
Total AL 484 1382 166 349 26 164 .253 .318 .370 66 9 136 204 3 24 11 4 34
Total 1212 3802 453 972 71 442 .256 .326 .376 193 26 408 602 9 43 34 14 92

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1980 PIT N 2B 11 10 91.2 23 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1980 PIT N SS 8 7 62.1 8 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1980 PIT N 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 PIT N 2B 19 13 123.1 40 45 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 PIT N SS 7 4 46 8 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 PIT N 3B 2 0 5.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 CHI A SS 87 77 652.2 126 239 18 44 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1982 CHI A LF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 CHI A 3B 40 19 210.1 19 55 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1982 CHI A OF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 CHI A 2B 10 4 45 11 19 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1983 CHI A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 CHI A SS 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 CHI A OF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 CHI A 2B 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CHI A CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 CHI A 3B 140 134 1140.2 91 309 14 28 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1984 CHI A 3B 139 118 1063.2 79 199 13 24 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1984 CHI A CF 6 3 28 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1984 CHI A 2B 21 16 134 29 42 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1984 CHI A SS 3 0 10.1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 CHI A OF 6 3 28 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1985 MON N 1B 21 15 129.1 136 12 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1985 MON N OF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 MON N 3B 11 6 68 8 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1985 MON N 2B 126 119 1051.1 276 367 10 86 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1985 MON N RF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 MON N 3B 13 1 26.2 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 MON N RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 MON N 2B 94 87 755.1 170 284 3 50 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1986 MON N P 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1986 MON N 1B 20 7 85.1 94 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1986 MON N OF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1987 MON N 1B 18 10 101 89 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1987 MON N 2B 106 97 823 158 276 9 47 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1987 MON N P 3 0 3.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 MON N 3B 22 11 117 11 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1988 CHI N LF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 CHI N OF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 CHI N 3B 150 149 1339 111 272 19 22 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1989 CHI N LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1989 CHI N OF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1989 CHI N 3B 119 115 952.1 76 168 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1991 OAK A OF 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 OAK A LF 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 OAK A 1B 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1991 OAK A SS 3 1 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1991 OAK A P 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 OAK A 3B 67 36 369.2 36 62 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 .951
Total 1B 60 32 316.2 321 30 3 23 0 0 0 0 0 .992
Total CF 7 3 29 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .923
Total OF 15 3 39.2 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .929
Total SS 110 89 784.1 143 284 19 49 0 0 0 0 0 .957
Total 2B 388 346 3025.2 710 1065 29 208 0 0 0 0 0 .984
Total DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 7 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 704 589 5293.2 442 1115 71 102 0 0 0 0 0 .956
Total LF 6 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total RF 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1986 MON N 3 0 0 0 2.25 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 1 0
1987 MON N 3 0 0 0 5.40 2 2 2 0 0 0 3.1 5 0 0 0 1 0
1991 OAK A 1 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 6 0 0 0 3.68 2 4 3 0 0 0 7.1 8 0 2 0 2 0
Total AL 1 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 0
Total 7 0 0 0 3.38 2 4 3 0 0 0 8 9 0 3 0 2 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 39th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Ernie Camacho to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ross Baumgarten and Butch Edge (March 21, 1982).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox to Montreal Expos in exchange for Bob James (December 7, 1984).
  • Granted free agency (November 19, 1987).
  • Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 14, 1987).
  • Released by Chicago Cubs (January 2, 1990).
  • Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 7, 1991).
  • Released by Oakland Athletics (October 11, 1991).

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