Vern Law

Vern Law

Infobox MLB retired
name=Vern Law
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1930|3|12|
Meridian, Idaho
debutdate=June 11
debutyear=by|1950
debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
finaldate=August 20
finalyear=by|1967
finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=162-147
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.77
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=1,092
teams=
* Pittsburgh Pirates (by|1950-by|1951, by|1954-by|1967)
highlights=
* All-Star selection (1960)
* World Series champion (1960)
* 1960 Cy Young Award
* 1960 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
* 1965 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
* 1968 NL Comeback Player of the Year

Vernon Sanders Law (born March 12, 1930 in Meridian, Idaho) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for 16 seasons (by|1950-by|1951, by|1954-by|1967) for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Law was a member of the National League All Star Team in by|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."

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins

External links

*baseball-reference|id=l/lawve01


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