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Vern Bickford
Vernon Edgell Bickford

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

MLB Debut April 24, 1948
Final Game April 24, 1954
Born August 17, 1920 in Hellier, KY
Died May 6, 1960 (age 39)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1948 27 BOA AL  12   3  .800  22  19   6   3   0   3  147.0  123   613   53   48   7   65   0   3   43   0  0  2.94  
 1949 28 BON NL   5  10  .333  32  13   4  13   1   1  129.2  138   582   89   79  12   62   5   0   59   3  1  5.48  
 1950 29 BON NL  14  14  .500  32  32  11   0   0   3  238.1  232  1040  117  105  25   96  14   4  101   3  1  3.97  
 1951 30 BON NL  13   7  .650  29  28   5   1   0   1  188.2  176   816   89   72  10   83  12   3  113   2  0  3.43  CY-6
 1952 31 BON NL   6  11  .353  25  22   4   3   0   0  147.1  169   666  101   81  16   73   1   1   78   2  0  4.95  
 1953 32 MLN NL   1   2  .333  17   0   0  14   1   0   33.2   46   159   33   28   9   17   1   0   11   0  2  7.49  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
  6 Seasons      51  47  .520 157 114  30  34   2   8  884.2  884  3876  482  413  79  396  33  11  405  10  4  4.20
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With MLN      39  44  .470 135  95  24  31   2   5  737.2  761  3263  429  365  72  331  33   8  362  10  4  4.45
   With BOA      12   3  .800  22  19   6   3   0   3  147.0  123   613   53   48   7   65   0   3   43   0  0  2.94
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      66  57  .537 182 149  73  23   2   9 1077.1 1040  4641  500  444  76  467      25  450  14  3  3.71
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1948 27 BOA AL  44   60   3.7   0  6.21   49   6   0  .122   1    8    6  .750    3    1  .750  -32   
 1949 28 BON NL  44   75   5.2   3  4.92   36   6   0  .167   0    4    3  .750    4    2  .667  -33   
 1950 29 BON NL  41  118   4.4   0  4.22   75  15   0  .200   3    7    4  .571    2    1  .667   -6   
 1951 30 BON NL  43   82   3.9   0  4.64   62   8   0  .129   0    9    9 1.000   17    3  .850  -24   
 1952 31 BON NL  48   92   5.6   0  3.36   45   5   0  .111   0    5    5 1.000   12    8  .600   67   
 1953 32 MLN NL  41   34   9.2   3          6   2   0  .333   0    1    0  .000    0    1  .000  134   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
  6 Seasons          463   4.7   6        273  42   0  .154   4   34   27  .794   38   16  .704    0   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1948 WS    BOA SLN   W    1  1.29   1-0   0  1   7.0   6   1   6   1
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1948  BOA  112-42   Steve Bivens
 1949  BON   77-77   Jim Pardee
 1950  BON   69-85   Jim Pardee
 1951  BON   69-85   Jim Pardee
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