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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 18	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
2	5	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-2	GS	25	6.0	0	6	0	6	2	3B
3	6	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
4	7	Apr 20	BOS		WSH	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
5	8	Apr 21	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
6	9	Apr 22	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
7	10	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	12 (1)	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,5-3	GS	36	7.1	0	2	1	3	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	13	May 1	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	14	May 2	BOS		SLB	W,13-6	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	15	May 3	BOS		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
12	16	May 4	BOS		CLE	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
13	17	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	22 (4)	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-18	CG	52	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
15	23	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
16	24	May 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
17	25	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	31	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
18	29 (3)	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
19	30	May 19	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
20	31	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
21	32	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
22	33	May 24	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
23	34	May 26	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
24	35	May 27	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
25	36	May 29	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	27	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
26	37	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
27	38	May 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
28	39	May 31	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	40	Jun 1	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
30	41	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	10.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
31	42	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	L,0-6	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	43	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	W,13-11	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
33	44	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
34	45	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
35	46	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,11-9	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
36	47	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
37	48	Jun 8 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
38	49	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	5	3	2	10	2	SS
39	50	Jun 10	BOS		SLB	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
40	51	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
41	52	Jun 12	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
42	53	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
43	54	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS	36	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
44	55	Jun 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
45	56	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
46	57	Jun 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
47	59 (1)	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
48	60	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
49	61	Jun 22 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	5	2	8	1	SS
50	63 (1)	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
51	64	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
52	65	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
53	66	Jun 27	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS
54	67	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	SS
55	68	Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	69	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
57	70	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
58	71	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	2	3	0	5	2	SS
59	72	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
60	73	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
61	74	Jul 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
62	75	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS	31	7.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
63	76	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		DET	W,16-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
64	77	Jul 11 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
65	78	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
66	79	Jul 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,8-5	GS	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	124 (44)	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	GF	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
68	126 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	GS	20	5.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	129 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
70	130	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
71	131	Sep 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
72	132	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
73	133	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	134	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	2	3B
75	135	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
76	136	Sep 7	BOS		PHA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
77	137	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	138	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	140 (1)	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
80	148 (7)	Sep 21	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
81	149	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
82	150	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
							82gm		660.0	110	227	16	353	48