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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1x All-Star

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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: 12-13 / in Starts: 12-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 2

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	111	1	Apr 17	BSN		NYG	L,0-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	4	4	5	3	0	0	5.14	3.76	34	11	7	1	0	8	43			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.126	2.37	-0.19%	-0.76	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
2	112	6	Apr 21	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS-6	W(1-1)	3	5.1	6	4	3	3	0	1	0	5.11	4.99	24	7	8	2	0	6	39			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.08	-0.239	3.01	-0.40%	-1.97	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
3	113	10	Apr 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS-8	W(2-1)	3	8.0	10	5	3	4	4	1	0	4.43	4.84	36	12	13	4	0	3	46			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	-0.289	4.07	-0.50%	-0.94	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
4	114	14	Apr 29(1)	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-1)	3	9.0	7	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.07	4.29	33	8	13	2	0	7	72			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.86	0.719	7.11	1.65%	4.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
5	115	19	May 4	BSN		CHC	W,9-3	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	5	3	3	5	5	1	1	3.05	4.41	36	13	7	1	0	5	65			0	0	1	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.69	-0.048	2.35	-0.10%	1.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	116	24	May 9	BSN		CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-1)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.47	3.79	31	6	12	0	0	2	90			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.437	2.70	0.96%	4.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	117	28	May 15	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(5-2)	5	8.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.28	3.74	29	14	8	1	0	2	77			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	2	.89	0.227	3.10	0.47%	3.02	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
8	118	32	May 19	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.24	3.66	34	14	6	3	0	8	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.365	3.01	0.70%	2.57	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
9	119	34	May 20(2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	9-GF	BL(6-3)	0	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.35	3.66	5	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.37	-0.554	18.78	-1.16%	-1.31	9b -2- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
10	120	37	May 25	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(6-4)	4	8.0	8	4	3	8	4	1	0	2.47	3.93	40	16	9	4	0	3	48			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	-0.102	3.99	-0.21%	0.06	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d2
11	121	41	May 30(2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.52	3.71	34	12	10	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	.60	0.212	1.81	0.38%	1.52	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
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
12	122	44	Jun 3(1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	L(7-5)	3	9.0	5	3	2	6	4	0	0	2.47	3.70	37	11	11	0	0	5	65			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.078	4.17	-0.15%	1.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
13	123	49	Jun 7	BSN		PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-5)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	1	2.25	3.62	35	9	14	2	1	6	76			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.290	.99	0.31%	4.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	124	54	Jun 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-9	GS-4	L(8-6)	6	3.2	6	6	6	3	4	0	0	2.69	3.59	19	2	5	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.13	-0.301	2.08	-0.33%	-3.41	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d4
15	125	59	Jun 18	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-6		3	6.0	9	4	4	4	1	0	1	2.87	3.65	31	9	7	0	0	9	35			2	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	-0.277	2.59	-0.25%	-0.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
16	126	63	Jun 24	BSN	@	STL	L,5-6	9-GF(14)	BL(8-7)	5	5.1	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.82	3.61	22	5	8	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	1	20	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.99	0.018	3.60	0.01%	0.96	9b 12- 1 out a1	14b end d 1
17	127	66	Jun 30	BSN		NYG	W,19-7	GS-7	W(9-7)	5	7.0	7	7	1	4	5	0	1	2.73	3.59	33	8	8	0	0	7	48			0	1	1	28	3	0	0	0	0	2	.87	-0.460	1.04	-0.33%	-3.76	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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	128	72	Jul 5	BSN		PHI	W,7-6	GS-4		4	4.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	1	2.86	3.55	19	7	2	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.158	.56	-0.04%	-1.15	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
19	129	84	Jul 21	BSN		PIT	W,11-6	CG	W(10-7)	15	9.0	11	6	6	8	5	0	0	3.07	3.58	42	7	11	1	0	11	38			2	0	0	34	3	1	0	2	0	0	1.16	-0.219	.27	-0.03%	-1.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	130	89	Jul 26	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS-9	W(11-7)	4	8.2	6	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.01	3.59	35	11	12	1	0	5	61			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.361	.25	0.07%	2.08	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a4
21	131	94	Jul 30	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(11-8)	3	8.0	10	4	4	2	3	1	1	3.09	3.64	36	13	7	1	0	10	47			0	1	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	-0.289	.12	-0.01%	-0.02	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
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
22	132	98	Aug 3	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(11-9)	3	8.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.04	3.59	29	14	6	1	0	5	62			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.113	.14	0.01%	2.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
23	133	148	Sep 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-4	6-GF(8)		50	3.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.10	3.61	15	7	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.49	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
24	134	154	Sep 29	BSN		NYG	L,0-3	9-GF		5	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.61	6	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	.36	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.54	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
25	135	155	Sep 30	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	3.60	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
							12-13		W-L:11-9,BSv:2	3.5	164.2	148	68	57	76	76	7	6	3.12	3.60	698	1.18		6%	0%	132	56	3	67%	8	5	3	610	22	6	3	18	0	9	1.17	-0.422	2.39	0.86%	10.45

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