Vern Bickford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 17, 1920 in Hellier, KY us

Died: May 6, 1960 in Richmond, VA

Buried: Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, VA

Debut: April 24, 1948 (Age 27-251d, 10,490th in major league history)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 24, 1954 (Age 33-250d)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Vernon Edgell Bickford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.7

ERA

3.71

182

149

1076.1

450

WHIP

1.400

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-15 / in Starts: 21-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	34	3	Apr 19(2)	BSN		PHI	W,11-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	2	1	0	5	1	0	1.00	2.84	38	8	16	0	0	9	68			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	2	.45	-0.012	1.13	-0.02%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
2	35	7	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-2	L(1-1)	4	2.0	4	6	3	1	0	1	0	3.27	4.24	12	3	4	0	1	4	29			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.349	1.99	-0.55%	-4.98	1b start tie	2b 3 out d6
3	36	11	Apr 28	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	3	1	0	2	8	0	1	1.80	3.11	33	11	8	1	0	3	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.261	2.24	0.41%	3.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	37	16	May 3	BSN		CHC	L,0-4	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	8.0	8	3	3	3	4	1	0	2.25	3.44	33	11	7	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	28	3	0	1	1	0	0	.73	-0.047	2.48	-0.10%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
5	38	21	May 8(2)	BSN		PIT	L,8-11	GS-1		4	0.2	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.45	3.52	7	0	2	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.332	3.14	-0.61%	-3.87	1t start tie	1t --3 2 out d4
6	39	22	May 9	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	0	9.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.87	3.12	31	9	11	2	0	3	81			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.421	2.94	0.71%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	40	26	May 15	BSN		BRO	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-2)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.31	2.88	32	10	13	4	0	1	83			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.539	3.74	1.21%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	41	29	May 19	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.26	2.98	34	11	14	2	2	7	67			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.334	3.80	0.71%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	42	33	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	10	4	4	2	4	2	1	2.51	3.33	40	10	14	1	1	9	53			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.015	2.30	0.04%	0.40	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
10	43	37	May 28	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-6	GS-1		4	0.0	2	3	3	3	0	1	0	2.92	3.67	5	1	0	0	0	1	31			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.289	4.79	-0.70%	-3.85	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	44	42	Jun 1	BSN		PIT	W,8-6	GS-2		3	1.2	4	5	5	2	0	1	1	3.53	3.97	12	1	4	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.338	4.32	-0.80%	-4.13	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d5
12	45	47	Jun 7	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	CG	W(7-2)	5	9.0	6	5	1	6	4	0	0	3.23	3.93	39	14	9	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	-0.244	5.56	-0.53%	-0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	46	51	Jun 11	BSN		CHC	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-3)	3	6.1	11	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.42	3.88	31	9	7	0	1	10	34			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.218	6.27	-0.53%	-1.28	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d3
14	47	56	Jun 16	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	2	0	1	3.28	3.83	36	13	12	0	2	5	68			1	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.120	2.93	0.23%	2.67	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
15	48	61	Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.16	3.83	36	7	17	1	2	6	65			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.307	5.80	0.59%	2.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
16	49	65	Jun 24	BSN	@	STL	L,4-8	GS-3		3	2.0	4	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.36	4.00	13	4	4	1	1	1	34			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.243	4.32	-0.60%	-2.33	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out a1
17	50	69	Jun 29	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-9	GS-3	L(9-4)	4	2.0	6	7	4	1	2	0	0	3.65	3.96	15	4	3	0	1	5	23			0	0	0	14	4	1	0	0	0	2	.82	-0.310	2.19	-0.50%	-5.61	1b start tie	3b -2- 0 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	51	72	Jul 1	BSN		PHI	W,2-1	CG(12)	W(10-4)	1	12.0	9	1	1	2	9	0	0	3.35	3.70	44	12	12	0	0	9	87			0	0	0	42	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.69	0.933	5.61	1.86%	4.80	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
19	52	77	Jul 6	BSN		BRO	W,7-5	GS-9	W(11-4)	4	8.0	8	5	4	8	4	1	1	3.42	3.89	38	14	10	4	0	1	44			1	2	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.23	0.008	4.22	0.02%	-1.12	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
20	53	81	Jul 14	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	L(11-5)	7	9.0	10	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.39	3.77	39	9	11	0	0	10	58			0	0	0	36	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.26	-0.014	3.49	-0.02%	1.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
21	54	86	Jul 18	BSN		CIN	L,1-6	GS-3	L(11-6)	3	2.2	9	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.66	3.75	16	4	4	0	2	6	20			1	0	0	15	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.38	-0.308	3.71	-0.50%	-3.77	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d5
22	55	90	Jul 22	BSN		PIT	W,5-3	GS-7	W(12-6)	3	6.1	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.68	3.71	26	8	7	0	0	7	47			0	1	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.017	1.77	-0.02%	-0.13	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
23	56	95	Jul 27	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-7	GS-8		4	7.1	6	6	5	5	3	0	0	3.81	3.71	36	10	12	3	0	6	42			1	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.09	-0.503	1.10	-0.31%	-1.30	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	57	104	Aug 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-10	GS-2	L(12-7)	9	2.0	6	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.05	3.74	15	2	3	0	1	6	22			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.316	.24	-0.05%	-4.02	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
25	58	106	Aug 7(2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	L(12-8)	0	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.07	3.74	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.77	-0.230	.80	-0.04%	-0.45	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
26	59	109	Aug 11	BSN	@	NYG	T,7-7	GS-6		3	5.2	8	5	3	2	2	1	0	4.09	3.79	25	8	6	1	0	7	37			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.11	-0.301	.06	-0.01%	-2.27	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out a1
27	60	113	Aug 17	BSN		NYG	W,13-4	CG	W(13-8)	5	9.0	8	4	4	5	3	1	0	4.09	3.85	40	9	15	0	0	8	53			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.185	.01	0.00%	0.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
28	61	118	Aug 22	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.1	6	4	4	6	1	1	0	4.12	3.96	34	8	16	5	0	3	45			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.119	.11	-0.01%	-1.30	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a1
29	62	122	Aug 26	BSN		CIN	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	2	3	2	1	0	4.06	4.00	28	8	10	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.086	.10	0.01%	1.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	63	127	Aug 30	BSN		STL	W,12-4	GS-8	W(14-8)	3	8.0	8	4	4	5	3	1	0	4.08	4.06	36	8	12	1	0	8	48			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	64	133	Sep 4(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-6	L(14-9)	4	5.1	12	6	6	2	3	1	0	4.25	4.08	30	8	6	0	0	11	21			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.437	.00	0.00%	-3.30	1b start a 4	6b --- 1 out d1
32	65	137	Sep 7	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-5		2	5.0	6	3	3	4	1	1	0	4.28	4.16	22	10	5	2	0	2	40			0	0	0	18	0	2	0	2	0	0	.84	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-0.36	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
33	66	141	Sep 11(2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	GS-	L(14-10)	3	4.1	11	6	6	3	1	0	0	4.45	4.16	25						15						21	2	0	1		0
34	67	145	Sep 18(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-1		6	0.1	4	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.62	4.25	7	0	1	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.349	.00	0.00%	-4.91	1b start tie	1b -23 1 out d4
35	68	148	Sep 20	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(15-10)	1	9.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	4.51	4.21	34	12	9	3	0	6	70			0	1	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	.98	0.226	.00	0.00%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
36	69	152	Sep 25(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	L(15-11)	4	8.0	9	3	3	5	1	0	1	4.47	4.23	36						48						30	1	0	0		0
37	70	156	Oct 1	BSN		NYG	W,3-0	SHO	W(16-11)	5	9.0	8	0	0	6	2	0	0	4.29	4.22	40						67						33	0	0	0		0
							21-15		W-L:16-11	3.6	230.2	246	126	110	106	101	20	6	4.29	4.22	1026	0.91		6%	3%	187	48	0	---%	8	5	0	900	46	9	6	20	0	15	1.10	-1.995	2.46	-0.10%	-16.74

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