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: 22-17 / in Starts: 22-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 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	71	3	Apr 21	BSN		PHI	T,2-2	CG(7)		99	7.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.57	2.58	26	9	10	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.195	3.40	0.34%	1.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
2	72	8	Apr 25	BSN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	L(0-1)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.81	2.77	35	17	11	5	2	1	59			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	.69	-0.054	2.13	-0.10%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
3	73	11	Apr 29	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-2)	3	8.0	12	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.63	2.75	34	10	10	1	0	12	50			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.09	0.140	2.90	0.22%	2.11	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
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	74	16	May 4	BSN	@	CIN	W,12-6	GS-6		4	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.30	3.08	27	8	4	1	0	9	40			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.197	2.77	-0.29%	-0.86	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
5	75	20	May 8	BSN	@	STL	L,3-10	GS-5	L(0-3)	3	5.0	6	6	5	4	1	1	0	4.11	3.67	25	10	7	1	0	3	30			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.274	1.95	-0.52%	-3.28	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
6	76	23	May 13	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-2	CG	W(1-3)	4	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	0	1	3.48	3.83	37	13	14	3	0	1	71			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.54	0.239	1.68	0.45%	2.85	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a10
7	77	26	May 17	BSN		PIT	L,1-4	GS-6	L(1-4)	3	5.2	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.81	4.01	27	8	5	1	0	8	37			0	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.204	3.05	-0.37%	-1.48	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
8	78	29	May 21(2)	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	W(2-4)	3	9.0	5	3	2	3	3	0	0	3.53	3.85	36	10	15	0	0	5	67			2	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.263	3.54	0.43%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	79	33	May 27	BSN		BRO	W,7-1	CG	W(3-4)	5	9.0	7	1	0	3	3	0	0	3.06	3.72	38	16	15	6	0	1	71			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.197	2.22	0.35%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
10	80	37	Jun 1	BSN	@	PIT	W,14-2	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	6	4	0	0	2.93	3.72	39	12	10	0	1	7	63			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.092	.47	0.13%	2.85	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a12
11	81	42	Jun 6	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	7	3	2	5	2	1	0	2.84	3.88	37	10	13	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.18	0.068	2.95	0.10%	1.71	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
12	82	46	Jun 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,10-13	GS-3		3	2.2	6	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.16	3.87	17	2	3	0	1	6	30			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.206	3.29	-0.34%	-2.78	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out a1
13	83	47	Jun 11(1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(5-5)	0	9.1	12	5	5	9	5	1	0	3.32	4.06	49	8	15	0	0	12	40			0	0	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	-0.158	4.68	-0.25%	-0.75	1b start a 1	10b 12- 1 out d1
14	84	51	Jun 15(2)	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	GS-8		3	7.0	7	5	5	4	2	1	0	3.53	4.16	32	10	9	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.223	2.66	-0.28%	-1.94	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
15	85	54	Jun 18(1)	BSN		PIT	W,8-6	GS-3		2	2.0	3	5	4	2	1	1	1	3.80	4.32	13	5	1	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.408	3.17	-0.73%	-4.01	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d1
16	86	58	Jun 21	BSN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	L(5-6)	2	9.0	5	3	3	0	9	1	0	3.73	4.14	32	9	10	0	0	4	74			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.059	1.70	0.10%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
17	87	61	Jun 25	BSN		STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.47	4.05	34	9	14	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.359	1.80	0.59%	4.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	88	64	Jun 29	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	8	2	1	2	5	0	0	3.30	3.92	36	10	11	1	0	8	68			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.327	5.02	0.63%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
19	89	69	Jul 3	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(8-6)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.15	3.87	34	10	15	5	0	4	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.487	5.50	1.29%	3.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
20	90	72	Jul 6	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.21	3.92	14	7	6	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.012	1.27	0.03%	-0.38	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
21	91	75	Jul 9	BSN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(9-6)	2	13.0	8	2	2	3	4	1	1	3.06	3.92	48						84						44			0		0
22	92	79	Jul 16(1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	W(10-6)	6	9.0	12	5	4	2	5	1	0	3.11	3.90	40						48						38			0		0
23	93	85	Jul 22(1)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-5	GS-7	W(11-6)	5	6.2	8	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.25	3.97	30	8	10	0	1	8	36			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	0	.90	0.018	5.85	0.07%	-1.43	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
24	94	89	Jul 26	BSN		PIT	L,4-8	GS-	L(11-7)	3	7.0	10	6	6	2	2	2	0	3.42	4.07	32						33						28			0		0
25	95	93	Jul 30(1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	4	2	1	4	2	0	0	3.31	4.04	35	10	15	1	0	4	71			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.24	0.344	4.88	0.81%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
26	96	98	Aug 3	BSN		STL	W,5-1	CG	W(13-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.21	4.04	33	11	13	1	0	4	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.303	3.72	0.90%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	97	103	Aug 7	BSN		NYG	L,3-9	GS-6	L(13-8)	3	6.0	11	5	5	6	2	0	0	3.33	4.06	34	7	8	0	1	11	26			1	0	0	27	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.33	-0.289	6.40	-0.83%	-2.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
28	98	107	Aug 11	BSN		BRO	W,7-0	SHO	W(14-8)	3	9.0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.19	4.03	30	12	11	0	0	0	86			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.231	1.10	0.42%	4.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
29	99	111	Aug 16	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(14-9)	4	8.0	11	5	5	4	5	1	1	3.28	4.06	39	7	11	0	3	11	41			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.230	2.76	-0.68%	-0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
30	100	114	Aug 22	BSN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	W(15-9)	5	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	1	0	3.19	4.07	34	7	15	0	0	6	71			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.548	1.98	0.49%	3.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
31	101	119	Aug 26	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-4	CG	W(16-9)	3	9.0	8	4	4	2	6	1	1	3.22	4.06	35	10	8	0	4	8	59			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	2	0	0	.32	0.069	.19	0.02%	0.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
32	102	123	Aug 30	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	W(17-9)	3	9.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.25	4.01	36	9	15	1	0	8	55			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.143	1.00	0.09%	0.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Sept				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
33	103	127	Sep 4(1)	BSN		BRO	W,11-4	CG	W(18-9)	4	9.0	12	4	2	2	5	0	0	3.21	3.95	41	12	12	2	0	10	54			0	0	0	39	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.068	.21	-0.01%	0.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
34	104	130	Sep 7	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	W(19-9)	2	9.0	7	4	3	2	7	1	0	3.20	3.92	38	14	8	0	1	7	64			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.05	0.109	.84	0.05%	0.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
35	105	134	Sep 12	BSN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	L(19-10)	4	9.0	5	3	3	5	7	1	0	3.19	3.93	37						67						31			0		0
36	106	138	Sep 16	BSN		PIT	L,0-4	CG(12)	L(19-11)	3	12.0	8	4	4	7	4	0	0	3.18	3.92	48	21	8	1	0	8	67			0	1	0	41	1	0	1	3	0	1	1.62	0.470	.65	0.11%	1.91	1t start tie	12t 3 out d4
37	107	142	Sep 20	BSN		STL	L,0-1	CG	L(19-12)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.12	3.85	35						74						31			0		0
38	108	145	Sep 24	BSN		NYG	L,4-12	GS-3	L(19-13)	3	2.1	6	8	6	1	0	2	1	3.27	3.95	16	4	4	0	0	6	16			2	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.526	.31	-0.13%	-6.70	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d5
39	109	148	Sep 26	BSN		PHI	L,7-8	GS-7		1	6.0	12	5	5	2	1	1	0	3.36	3.97	32	5	13	3	0	11	27			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.392	.06	-0.01%	-2.67	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d3
40	110	154	Sep 29(2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS-7	L(19-14)	2	6.0	11	7	7	2	1	2	0	3.49	4.04	31	10	16	11	0	2	21			0	0	0	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.553	.00	0.00%	-3.77	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d1
							22-17		W-L:19-14	3.1	311.2	293	135	121	122	127	25	6	3.49	4.04	1326	0.93		7%	2%	214	54	0	---%	5	4	0	1183	47	5	4	24	0	13	1.00	0.891	2.46	3.07%	14.86

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