Vern Stephens

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: October 23, 1920 in McAlister, NM us

Died: November 4, 1968 in Long Beach, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, CA

High School: Long Beach Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: Long Beach City College (Long Beach, CA)

Debut: September 13, 1941 (Age 20-325d, 9,118th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 30, 1955 (Age 34-250d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Vernon Decatur Stephens

Nicknames: Junior, Buster or Little Slug

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8x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.2

6497

1859

247

.286

1001

RBI

1174

OBP

.355

SLG

.460

OPS

.815

OPS+

119

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	SLB	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	1	10	1
2	2	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 20	SLB	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
4	4	Apr 21	SLB		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 23 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 23 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
7	7	Apr 26	SLB		CLE	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 27	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
9	9	Apr 28	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	1	4	1	6	0
11	11	Apr 30 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	2	4	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 30 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	SLB		DET	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
14	14	May 3	SLB		DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	15	May 4	SLB		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
16	16	May 6	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
17	17	May 7 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 7 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
19	19	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	20	May 11	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
21	21	May 12	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
22	22	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
23	23	May 14 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	47	10.1	1	4	0	5	2
24	24	May 14 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
25	25	May 16	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	51	12.0	2	7	0	9	0
26	26	May 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
27	27	May 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
28	28	May 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-12	CG	49	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
29	29	May 19	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	4	7	1	12	0
30	30	May 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
31	31	May 21 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	51	11.2	1	3	1	5	0
32	32	May 21 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	0	7	0	7	1
33	33	May 24	SLB		BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	34	May 25	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
35	35	May 26	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	11.0	1	6	0	7	0
36	36	May 27	SLB		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
37	37	May 28 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,3-6	CG	0	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	38	May 28 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
39	39	May 29	SLB		NYY	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
40	40	May 30 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
41	41	May 30 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
42	42	May 31	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	49	11.0	1	4	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	SLB		WSH	L,5-11	CG	50	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
44	44	Jun 2	SLB		PHA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	3
45	45	Jun 3	SLB		PHA	W,18-8	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	1
46	46	Jun 4 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
47	47	Jun 4 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	0	2	1	3	0
48	48	Jun 8	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
50	50	Jun 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,1-13	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
52	52	Jun 13	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
53	53	Jun 14	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-3	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
54	58 (4)	Jun 20 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
55	59	Jun 20 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
56	60	Jun 21	SLB		CHW	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
57	61	Jun 22	SLB		CHW	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
58	62	Jun 23	SLB		DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
59	63	Jun 24	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
60	64	Jun 25 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
61	65	Jun 25 (2)	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
62	66	Jun 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
63	67	Jun 29	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.2	0	2	0	2	1
64	68	Jun 30	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	4
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	69	Jul 1	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	2	8	0	10	2
66	70	Jul 2 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
67	71	Jul 2 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.2	1	2	0	3	0
68	72	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
69	73	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	6	1	8	1
70	74	Jul 5	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
71	75	Jul 6	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
72	76	Jul 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	0	8	0	8	1
73	77	Jul 8	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
74	78	Jul 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
75	79	Jul 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
76	80	Jul 13 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
77	81	Jul 13 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	10.0	3	3	0	6	2
78	82	Jul 14	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	54	13.1	4	1	1	6	2
79	90 (7)	Jul 22	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
80	91	Jul 23 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,1-12	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
81	92	Jul 23 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
82	93	Jul 24	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	94	Jul 25	SLB		PHA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	95	Jul 26	SLB		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
85	96	Jul 27	SLB		PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	0	7	1	8	0
86	97	Jul 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
87	98	Jul 30 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	99	Jul 30 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
89	100	Jul 31	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	101	Aug 1	SLB		WSH	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	102	Aug 5	SLB		CLE	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
92	103	Aug 6 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
93	104	Aug 6 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
94	105	Aug 9	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
95	106	Aug 10	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
96	107	Aug 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
97	108	Aug 12	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
98	109	Aug 13 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	50	12.1	0	1	0	1	0
99	110	Aug 13 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	111	Aug 14	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	7	0	10	1
101	112	Aug 15	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
102	113	Aug 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
103	114	Aug 17	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
104	115	Aug 18	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
105	116	Aug 19	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	52	11.1	1	6	0	7	1
106	117	Aug 20 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	118	Aug 20 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-12	GF	29	5.0	0	4	0	4	2
108	119	Aug 21	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	12.0	2	3	0	5	0
109	120	Aug 22	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS	0		1	2	0	3	0
110	121	Aug 25	SLB	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
111	122	Aug 26	SLB	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
112	123	Aug 27 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
113	124	Aug 27 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,17-2	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
114	125	Aug 29	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	126	Aug 30	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
116	127	Aug 31	SLB		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	128	Sep 1	SLB		DET	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
118	129	Sep 2	SLB		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
119	130	Sep 3	SLB		DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
120	131	Sep 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	132	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
122	133	Sep 7	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
123	134	Sep 8	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
124	135	Sep 9	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	50	13.2	5	5	0	10	0
125	136	Sep 10 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
126	137	Sep 10 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
127	138	Sep 15	SLB		CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	139	Sep 16	SLB		CHW	W,9-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	140	Sep 17 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
130	141	Sep 17 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
131	142	Sep 19	SLB		WSH	L,0-6	CG	51	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
132	143	Sep 20	SLB		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
133	144	Sep 21	SLB		WSH	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
134	145	Sep 22	SLB		PHA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
135	146	Sep 23	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
136	147	Sep 24	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
137	148	Sep 25	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	149	Sep 26	SLB		BOS	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
139	150	Sep 27	SLB		BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
140	151	Sep 29 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
141	152	Sep 29 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
142	153	Sep 30	SLB		NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
143	154	Oct 1	SLB		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
							143gm		1286.0	239	480	35	754	71