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Vance Law
Vance Aaron Law (Long arm of the Law)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
School Brigham Young

MLB Debut June 1, 1980
Final Game October 6, 1991
Born October 1, 1956 in Boise, ID (age 67)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1980 23 PIN NL   16   54    9   13   2   1   0    1   1   0    4    4  .241  .293  .315  .608    87    17   0   0   1   0   1  
 1981 24 CHA AL   52   54    6   11   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    9  .204  .214  .241  .455    64    13   1   1   0   0   3  
 1982 25 CHA AL   23   65    7   17   1   0   0   10   1   0    9   11  .262  .360  .277  .637    87    18   1   0   0   1   1  
 1983 26 CHA AL  104  285   46   71   7   0   4   23   1   0   46   26  .249  .357  .316  .673    92    90   2   0   0   2  11  
 1984 27 CHA AL   87  230   32   65  10   1  13   46   2   0   20   34  .283  .337  .504  .842   121   116   0   2   2   0   4  
 1985 28 MON NL  155  534   77  139  34   6  18   91   0   0   89  106  .260  .366  .448  .814   119   239   5   5   3   3   7  MVP-13
 1986 29 MON NL   92  190   23   50  10   0   4   28   0   0   17   27  .263  .325  .379  .704   101    72   0   1   1   1   6  
 1987 30 MON NL  137  473   75  122  28   1  17   69   0   2   39   61  .258  .313  .429  .742   101   203   0   3   0   0  12  
 1988 31 BAA AL  155  580   65  163  24   2  22   81   0   6   64   86  .281  .353  .443  .796   113   257   4   5   1   3  13  
 1989 32 LAN NL   87  227   24   56  17   0   5   25   1   0   19   35  .247  .304  .388  .691    99    88   0   1   0   0   6  
 1990           [Did not play]
 1991 34 OAA AL   55  131   14   34  11   1   0   10   0   0   22   32  .260  .366  .359  .725   102    47   0   0   0   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons      963 2823  378  741 146  12  83  387   7   8  330  431  .262  .340  .411  .751        1160  13  18   8  10  67
 Per 600 PA           530   71  139  27   2  16   73   1   2   62   81                                 218   2   3   2   2  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MON      384 1197  175  311  72   7  39  188   0   2  145  194  .260  .339  .429  .769         514   5   9   4   4  25
   With CHA      266  634   91  164  20   1  17   82   5   0   76   80  .259  .339  .374  .713         237   4   3   2   3  19
   With BAA      155  580   65  163  24   2  22   81   0   6   64   86  .281  .353  .443  .796         257   4   5   1   3  13
   With LAN       87  227   24   56  17   0   5   25   1   0   19   35  .247  .304  .388  .691          88   0   1   0   0   6
   With OAA       55  131   14   34  11   1   0   10   0   0   22   32  .260  .366  .359  .725          47   0   0   0   0   3
   With PIN       16   54    9   13   2   1   0    1   1   0    4    4  .241  .293  .315  .608          17   0   0   1   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1212 3802  453  972 193  26  71  442  34  26  408  602  .256  .326  .376  .703        1430  43  36  14   9  92
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1980 23 PIN NL  50    5   3.2   1   0   0  .000   2    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  UT              37   
 1981 24 CHA AL  33    2   1.3   2   0   0  .000   2   30   14  .467    0    0  .000  UT             134   
 1982 25 CHA AL  15    7   4.0   3   1   0  .333   3    9    5  .556    0    0  .000  3B   4e35      -75   
 1983 26 CHA AL  78   33   4.0   5   2   0  .400   8   46   27  .587    0    0  .000  3B   3e18        0   
 1984 27 CHA AL  76   39   6.2  10   2   0  .200  14   63   37  .587    0    0  .000  SS   4e40      129   
 1985 28 MON NL  19   94   6.2   3   1   1  .333  10   75   50  .667    0    0  .000  3B   3e22       40   
 1986 29 MON NL  62   22   4.2  36  16   0  .444   1   18   10  .556    0    0  .000  UT              82   
 1987 30 MON NL  31   61   4.5  17   4   1  .235  13  126   85  .675    0    0  .000  2B   3e16      -27   
 1988 31 BAA AL  25   89   5.4   0   0   0  .000  19   78   53  .679    0    0  .000  3B   2e21       26   
 1989 32 LAN NL  85   26   4.0  34   3   0  .088   7   22   10  .455    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e16   40   
 1990           [Did not play]
 1991 34 OAA AL  82   18   4.9   8   2   0  .250   2   21   13  .619    0    0  .000  3B   4e20      146   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          400   4.9 119  31   2  .261  81  494  307  .621    0    0  .000                  35   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1980 23 PIN NL  SS     8    17    23    1    4   .976     7    62.1   5.78
                 3B     7     7    11    1    1   .947     7    58.2   2.76
 1981 24 CHA AL  SS    39    19    33    2    5   .963     2    88.2   5.28
                 2B    12    23    22    0    8  1.000     9    65.1   6.20
 1982 25 CHA AL  3B    21    24    31    3    7   .948    19   163.2   3.02
                 2B     1     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1983 26 CHA AL  3B    95    40   130    7   19   .960    66   659.0   2.32
                 2B     2     3     1    0    0  1.000     1    10.0   3.60
                 SS     6     1     4    1    0   .833     0     8.0   5.62
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .1   0.00
 1984 27 CHA AL  SS    62    97   165   13   33   .953    55   448.2   5.26
                 3B    32     7    16    1    3   .958     3    90.0   2.30
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1985 28 MON NL  3B   153   111   282   10   31   .975   147  1313.1   2.69
 1986 29 MON NL  RF    37    47     0    1    0   .979    31   241.2   1.75
                 2B    31    35    24    0   12  1.000     4   111.0   4.78
                 3B     4     1     3    0    0  1.000     1    14.0   2.57
 1987 30 MON NL  2B   117   276   288   12   58   .979   109   931.1   5.45
                 3B     8     3     7    1    0   .909     6    51.0   1.76
                 CF     1     3     0    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   4.50
 1988 31 BAA AL  3B   151   148   275   18   36   .959   151  1326.1   2.87
                 LF     7     4     0    1    0   .800     1    17.0   2.12
 1989 32 LAN NL  LF    38    46     1    4    0   .922    35   292.0   1.45
                 3B    18     8    26    3    3   .919    16   143.2   2.13
 1990           [Did not play]
 1991 34 OAA AL  3B    48    40    67    2   12   .982    34   319.0   3.02
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
                 SS     2     2     1    0    1  1.000     0     3.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   537   389   848   46  112   .964   450  4138.2   2.69
                 2B   163   337   337   12   78   .983   123  1119.2   5.42
                 SS   117   136   226   17   43   .955    64   610.2   5.34
                 LF    48    51     1    5    0   .912    36   313.1   1.49
                 RF    37    47     0    1    0   .979    31   241.2   1.75
                 CF     2     4     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1983 ALCS  CHA MLA   L    2   3  1  0  0  0  0   0  2  0  .000  .400  .000  0
 1985 NLCS  MON SDN   L    3  10  1  2  0  0  0   1  2  2  .200  .385  .200  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1980  PIN   71-91   Jim Tripodi
 1981  CHA   70-92   Ben Lea
 1982  CHA   91-71   Ben Lea
 1983  CHA   91-71   Ben Lea
 1984  CHA   69-93   Ben Lea
 1985  MON  101-61   Steve Bivens
 1986  MON  101-61   Steve Bivens
 1987  MON   94-68   Steve Bivens
 1988  BAA   65-97   Charlie Steinhice
 1989  LAN   65-97   Billy Vanson
 1991  OAA   62-100  Drew Kennedy

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