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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-14 / in Starts: 16-6
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 57 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	44 (20-16-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 57 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	38 (19-12-6)

Most Driven In
B Elliott	1
J Russell	1
F McCormick	1

1948 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	5 (4)	Apr 24	BSN		NYG	L,9-16	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	2	7 (1)	Apr 25 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,0-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	3	14 (6)	May 2	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-5	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	4	23 (8)	May 18	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	5	24	May 19	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.69	-0.030	1.94	-0.05%	-0.54	P
6	6	29 (4)	May 23 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,12-4	CG	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2			0	0	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	9						P
7	7	33 (3)	May 31 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	9	.72	-0.018	1.81	-0.03%	-0.16	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	8	37 (3)	Jun 4	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-7	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	9	1.10	-0.026	2.96	-0.04%	-0.30	P
9	9	38	Jun 5	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	9						P
10	10	41 (2)	Jun 8	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	1	0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	9	.65	-0.058	1.68	-0.09%	-2.86	P
11	11	46 (4)	Jun 12 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,9-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	9						P
12	12	48 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,10-5	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	9						P
13	13	52 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,8-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.214	.414	9	2.22	0.113	9.49	0.29%	1.07	P
14	14	56 (3)	Jun 20 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.222	.433	9	1.04	-0.089	5.03	-0.26%	-0.93	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	15	72 (15)	Jul 6	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.227	.445	9	.76	-0.026	4.58	-0.09%	-0.38	P
16	16	80 (7)	Jul 16	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.217	.227	.445	9						P
17	17	83 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9	.81	-0.072	5.29	-0.28%	-0.31	P
18	18	90 (6)	Jul 25 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-6	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9						P
19	19	92 (1)	Jul 28	BSN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			0	0	0	.143	.200	.179	.379	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	20	97 (4)	Aug 2	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.167	.354	9	2.13	-0.112	13.11	-0.42%	-0.93	P
21	21	101 (3)	Aug 6	BSN		CHC	L,4-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.167	.354	9						P
22	22	104 (2)	Aug 10	BSN		NYG	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.167	.354	9						P
23	23	107 (2)	Aug 13	BSN		BRO	L,3-6	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.167	.354	9						P
24	24	110 (2)	Aug 16	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.167	.354	9						P
25	25	112 (1)	Aug 18	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.182	.161	.343	9	1.39	-0.071	10.81	-0.33%	-0.81	P
26	26	116 (3)	Aug 23	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-2	14-GF(14)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.182	.161	.343	9						P
27	27	120 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.206	.188	.393	9	2.76	0.094	23.10	0.47%	1.00	P
28	28	122 (1)	Aug 28	BSN	@	CHC	W,5-4	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.206	.188	.393	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	29	131 (8)	Sep 4 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1			0	0	0	.171	.216	.229	.445	9						P
30	30	138 (6)	Sep 12 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS-10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.244	.256	.500	9	1.48	0.004	13.00	0.02%	-0.20	P
31	31	145 (6)	Sep 21 (2)	BSN		STL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.244	.256	.500	9	.52	-0.039	.41	-0.02%	-0.77	P
32	32	148 (2)	Sep 26	BSN		NYG	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.250	.261	.511	9	.56	-0.023	.18	0.00%	-0.59	P
33	33	151 (2)	Oct 1	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.235	.245	.480	9	.56	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
							19-14		57	49	3	10	2	0	0	7	2	0	12	0	6		0	1	0	0	.204	.235	.245	.480		1.02	-0.397	5.15	-0.83%	-7.29

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