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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	SLB		DET	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
2	2	Apr 17	SLB		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	5	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 18	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
5	5	Apr 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
6	6	Apr 24	SLB	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 25	SLB	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	7	1	9	1
8	8	Apr 26	SLB		CHW	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
9	9	Apr 27 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
10	10	Apr 27 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 30	SLB		NYY	W,15-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	SLB		WSH	W,14-5	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	13	May 3	SLB		WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
14	14	May 4 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
15	15	May 4 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
16	16	May 6	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
17	17	May 7	SLB		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 8	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	54	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
20	20	May 10	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	21	May 11	SLB		CLE	L,1-16	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	22	May 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-9	GS	28	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	23	May 15	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
24	24	May 16	SLB	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
25	25	May 17	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 18 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	3	3	0	6	2
27	27	May 18 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
28	28	May 20	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
29	29	May 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
30	30	May 23	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	45	12.0	0	4	0	4	1
31	31	May 27 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
32	32	May 27 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	33	May 29	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
34	34	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	3	5	0	8	2
35	35	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	SLB		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
37	37	Jun 2	SLB		PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
38	38	Jun 3	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
39	39	Jun 4	SLB		BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
40	40	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
41	42 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,9-2	GS	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	43	Jun 8 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	44	Jun 9	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
44	45	Jun 10	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
45	46	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	51 (4)	Jun 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	52	Jun 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	65	14.2	7	8	1	16	0
48	53	Jun 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
49	54	Jun 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	1	4	0	5	0
50	55	Jun 22 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
51	56	Jun 22 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
52	57	Jun 24	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	58	Jun 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
54	59	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	39	7.0	2	1	0	3	2
55	60	Jun 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	0
56	61	Jun 29 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
57	62	Jun 29 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	63	Jul 1	SLB		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
59	64	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
60	65	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
61	66	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
62	67	Jul 6 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
63	68	Jul 6 (2)	SLB		DET	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
64	69	Jul 10	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
65	70	Jul 11	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
66	71	Jul 12 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-12	GS	34	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
67	72	Jul 12 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
68	73	Jul 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
69	74	Jul 13 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	75	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
71	76	Jul 15	SLB		PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	77	Jul 16 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
73	78	Jul 16 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
74	79	Jul 17	SLB		PHA	L,2-16	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
75	80	Jul 18	SLB		BOS	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
76	81	Jul 19	SLB		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	82	Jul 20 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	2	4	1
78	83	Jul 20 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
79	84	Jul 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
80	85	Jul 23	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
81	86	Jul 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-14	GS	37	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
82	87	Jul 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
83	88	Jul 26	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-12	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
84	89	Jul 27 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
85	90	Jul 27 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
86	91	Jul 29	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
87	92	Jul 30	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
88	93	Jul 31	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	94	Aug 1	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
90	95	Aug 2	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
91	96	Aug 3 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	97	Aug 3 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
93	98	Aug 5	SLB		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
94	99	Aug 6	SLB		CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
95	100	Aug 7	SLB		CHW	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
96	101	Aug 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	6	3	0	9	2
97	102	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
98	103	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.2	2	4	0	6	0
99	104	Aug 10 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	105	Aug 10 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	8	0	15	1
101	106	Aug 11 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
102	107	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	108	Aug 12	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
104	109	Aug 13 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
105	110	Aug 13 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	111	Aug 14	SLB		DET	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	112	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
108	113	Aug 16	SLB		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
109	114	Aug 17 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
110	115	Aug 17 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
111	116	Aug 19	SLB		BOS	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
112	117	Aug 21	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	118	Aug 22	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
114	119	Aug 23	SLB		PHA	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
115	120	Aug 24 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
116	121	Aug 24 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
117	122	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
118	123	Aug 26	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
119	124	Aug 27	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	0	1	1	2	0
120	125	Aug 29	SLB		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
121	126	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	4	0	5	1
122	127	Aug 31 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-11	GS	0		2	5	0	7	3
123	128	Aug 31 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	129	Sep 1 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
125	130	Sep 1 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
126	131	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
127	132	Sep 4	SLB	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
128	133	Sep 6	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	4	0	9	4
129	134	Sep 7	SLB	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
130	135	Sep 9	SLB	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
131	136	Sep 10	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
132	137	Sep 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
133	138	Sep 12	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
134	139	Sep 13	SLB	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	41	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
135	140	Sep 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
136	141	Sep 16 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	3
137	142	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	4
138	143	Sep 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
139	144	Sep 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	145	Sep 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
141	146	Sep 20	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
142	147	Sep 22 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	10	0	12	2
143	148	Sep 22 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	3
144	149	Sep 23	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
145	150	Sep 24	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
146	151	Sep 25	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
147	152	Sep 27 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
148	153	Sep 27 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	3	5	0	8	0
149	154	Sep 28	SLB		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	4
							149gm		1311.0	283	494	24	801	113