Vern Bickford

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Full Name: Vernon Edgell Bickford	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 24, 1948
Birthdate: August 17, 1920	Final Game: April 24, 1954
Birthplace: Hellier, Kentucky	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: May 6, 1960
Deathplace: Richmond, Virginia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 17, 1920 in Hellier, Kentucky, Vern Bickford (Vernon Edgell Bickford) played for the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 7 year career. Bickford broke into the bigs on April 24, 1948 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 3.27 ERA in 146 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Vern Bickford's best season was 1950, when he posted a 3.47 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 126 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1948	BOS	N	33	22	11	5	3.27	60	59	53	10	1	1	146	125	9	63	0	0	3
1949	BOS	N	37	36	16	11	4.25	101	125	109	15	2	0	230.2	246	20	106	0	3	6
1950	BOS	N	40	39	19	14	3.47	126	135	120	27	2	0	311.2	293	25	122	0	5	6
1951	BOS	N	25	20	11	9	3.12	76	68	57	12	3	0	164.2	146	7	76	0	0	6
1952	BOS	N	26	22	7	12	3.74	62	73	67	7	1	0	161.1	165	7	64	0	4	2
1953	MIL	N	20	9	2	5	5.28	25	35	34	2	0	1	58	60	8	35	0	2	2
1954	BAL	A	1	1	0	1	9.00	0	5	4	0	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		181	148	66	56	3.69	450	495	440	73	9	2	1072.1	1035	76	466	0	14	25
Total	AL		1	1	0	1	9.00	0	5	4	0	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	0	0
Total			182	149	66	57	3.71	450	500	444	73	9	2	1076.1	1040	76	467	0	14	25

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	BOS	N	P	33	0	0	6	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1949	BOS	N	P	37	0	0	7	50	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1950	BOS	N	P	40	0	0	26	45	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1951	BOS	N	P	25	0	0	14	38	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1952	BOS	N	P	26	0	0	12	32	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1953	MIL	N	P	20	0	0	3	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	BAL	A	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	182	0	0	68	202	6	19	0	0	0	0	0	.978

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	BOS	N	33	49	3	10	0	7	.204	.235	.245	2	0	2	12	0	6	0	0	1
1949	BOS	N	37	81	7	15	0	8	.185	.205	.185	0	0	2	20	0	10	0	0	4
1950	BOS	N	40	116	9	16	0	6	.138	.160	.138	0	0	3	24	0	9	0	0	0
1951	BOS	N	25	52	1	6	0	4	.115	.148	.135	1	0	2	12	0	6	0	0	2
1952	BOS	N	26	51	2	9	0	3	.176	.176	.196	1	0	0	9	0	5	0	0	2
1953	MIL	N	20	15	1	1	0	0	.067	.125	.067	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	1
1954	BAL	A	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		181	364	23	57	0	28	.157	.179	.168	4	0	10	84	0	37	0	0	10
Total	AL		1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			182	365	23	57	0	28	.156	.179	.167	4	0	10	85	0	37	0	0	10

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Boston Braves (1946).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Charlie White and $10000 (February 10, 1954).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (May 17, 1954).

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