Vern Law

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Vern Law
Pitcher
Born: March 12, 1930 (1930-03-12) (age 78)
Meridian, Idaho
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 11, 1950
for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Final game
August 20, 1967
for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics
Win-Loss record     162-147
Earned run average     3.77
Strikeouts     1,092
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Vernon Sanders Law (born March 12, 1930 in Meridian, Idaho) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for 16 seasons (1950 - 1967) for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Law was a member of the National League All Star Team in 1960. He won the Cy Young Award, and led the National League in complete games that year.

His son Vance Law also played in the Major Leagues, primarily as a utility infielder.

Law currently lives in Provo, Utah. He is the pitching coach for Provo High School (PHS) varsity baseball team (PHS is located across the street from BYU where his son is the head coach), and is an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). During his playing career, Law was tagged with the nickname "Deacon" by Pirate broadcaster Bob Prince because he is a member of the ordained priesthood of the LDS Church.

Vern Law has been credited with saying, "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards."

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Preceded by
Don Drysdale
Joe Torre		 Major League Player of the Month
August 1959 (with Willie McCovey)
June 1965 (with Willie Stargell)		 Succeeded by
Eddie Mathews
Pete Rose
Preceded by
Early Wynn		 Cy Young Award
1960		 Succeeded by
Whitey Ford
Preceded by
Ken Boyer		 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1965		 Succeeded by
Brooks Robinson
Preceded by
none		 NL Comeback Player of the Year
1965		 Succeeded by
Phil Regan
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Pittsburgh Pirates 1960 World Series roster
16 - Gene Baker | 6 - Smoky Burgess | 48 - Tom Cheney | 23 - Joe Christopher | 20 - Gino Cimoli | 21 - Roberto Clemente | 26 - Roy Face | 19 - Bob Friend | 22 - Joe Gibbon | 35 - Fred Green | 24 - Dick Groat | 31 - Harvey Haddix | 12 - Don Hoak | 29 - Clem Labine | 32 - Vern Law | 9 - Bill Mazeroski | 30 - Wilmer Mizell | 14 - Rocky Nelson | 2 - Bob Oldis | 11 - Ducky Schofield | 4 - Bob Skinner | 5 - Hal Smith | 7 - Dick Stuart | 18 - Bill Virdon | 39 - George Witt
Manager 40 - Danny Murtaugh
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Major League Baseball Cy Young Award: 1956-1966
1956: Newcombe | 1957: Spahn | 1958: Turley | 1959: Wynn | 1960: Law | 1961: Ford | 1962: Drysdale | 1963: Koufax | 1964: Chance | 1965: Koufax | 1966: Koufax |
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National League Comeback Player of the Year Award
1965: Law | 1966: Regan | 1967: McCormick | 1968: A. Johnson | 1969: Agee | 1970: Hickman | 1971: Downing | 1972: Tolan | 1973: D. Johnson | 1974: Wynn | 1975: Jones | 1976: John | 1977: McCovey | 1978: Stargell | 1979: Brock | 1980: Reuss | 1981: Knepper | 1982: Morgan | 1983: Denny | 1984: Andújar | 1985: Reuschel | 1986: Knight | 1987: Sutcliffe | 1988: Leary | 1989: Smith | 1990: Tudor | 1991: Pendleton | 1992: Sheffield | 1993: Galarraga | 1994: Wallach | 1995: Gant | 1996: Davis | 1997: Daulton | 1998: Vaughn | 1999: Henderson | 2000: Galarraga | 2001: Morris | 2002: Lieberthal | 2003: López | 2004: Carpenter | 2005: Griffey, Jr. | 2006: Garciaparra | 2007: Young
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Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1955: Dark | 1956: Reese | 1957: Musial | 1958: McDougald | 1959: Hodges | 1960: Groat | 1961: Spahn | 1962: Roberts | 1963: Richardson | 1964: Boyer | 1965: Law | 1966: Robinson | 1967: Banks | 1968: Kaline | 1969: Rose | 1970: Aaron | 1971: Killebrew | 1972: Parker | 1973: Santo | 1974: Stargell | 1975: Bench | 1976: Sutton | 1977: Brock | 1978: Kessinger | 1979: Niekro | 1980: Pérez | 1981: John | 1982: Cey | 1983: Schmidt | 1984: Garvey | 1985: Murphy | 1986: Brett | 1987: Sutcliffe | 1988: Bell | 1989: Smith | 1990: Davis | 1991: Hrbek | 1992: Ripken, Jr. | 1993: Mattingly | 1994: Larkin | 1995: Schilling | 1996: Butler | 1997: Molitor | 1998: Gwynn | 1999: McGwire | 2000: Stottlemyre | 2001: Franco | 2002: Graves | 2003: Moyer | 2004: Thome | 2005: Smoltz | 2006: Hoffman | 2007: Timlin
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