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Vern Bickford
Vernon Edgell Bickford

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

Debut April 24, 1948
Final Game April 24, 1954
Born August 17, 1920 in Hellier, KY
Died May 6, 1960 in Richmond, VA

Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 27 BSN NL  11   5  33  22  10   1   5  1  146.0  125   59   53   9   63   60   3   0   625       0  3.27  3.84  117 1.288
 1949 28 BSN NL  16  11  37  36  15   2   1  0  230.7  246  125  109  20  106  101   6   3  1026       1  4.25  3.80   89 1.526 AS
 1950 29 BSN NL  19  14  40  39  27   2   1  0  311.7  293  135  120  25  122  126   6   5  1325       1  3.47  3.85  111 1.332 MVP-30
 1951 30 BSN NL  11   9  25  20  12   3   5  0  164.7  146   68   57   7   76   76   6   0   697       0  3.12  3.68  118 1.348
 1952 31 BSN NL   7  12  26  22   7   1   3  0  161.3  165   73   67   7   64   62   2   4   690       0  3.74  3.62   97 1.419
 1953 32 MLN NL   2   5  20   9   2   0   8  1   58.0   60   35   34   8   35   25   2   2   258       1  5.28  3.94   75 1.638
 1954 33 BAL AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    4.0    5    5    4   0    1    0   0   0    20       0  9.00  3.58   40 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .537  66  57 182 149  73   9  23  2 1076.3 1040  500  444  76  467  450  25  14  4641       3  3.71  3.78  102 1.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  11  37  30  14   1   4  0  221.0  213  102   91  15   95   92   5   2   953   0   0  3.71  3.78  102 1.400
 Career High     19  14  40  39  27   3   8  1  311.7  293  135  120  25  122  126   6   5  1325   0   1  3.12  3.94  118 1.288

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 27 BSN NL  33   49    3   10   2  0   0    7   0      2  12  .204  .235  .245   31   12   6           0   1
 1949 28 BSN NL  37   81    7   15   0  0   0    8   0      2  20  .185  .205  .185    8   15  10           0   4 AS
 1950 29 BSN NL  40  116    9   16   0  0   0    6   0      3  24  .138  .160  .138  -19   16   9           0   0 MVP-30
 1951 30 BSN NL  25   52    1    6   1  0   0    4   0  0   2  12  .115  .148  .135  -21    7   6           0   2
 1952 31 BSN NL  26   51    2    9   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   9  .176  .176  .196    4   10   5           0   2
 1953 32 MLN NL  20   15    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .067  .125  .067  -47    1   1           0   1
 1954 33 BAL AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      182  365   23   57   4  0   0   28   0  0  10  85  .156  .179  .167   -5   61  37   0   0   0  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        325   20   51   4  0   0   25   0  0   9  76  .156  .179  .167   -5   54  33   0   0   0   9
 Career High     40  116    9   16   2  0   0    8   0  0   3  24                          16  10   0   0   0   4

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 27 BSN NL   57   46    3   1.7   101| .204  .268| .235  .342| .245  .396| .480  .738|  31  .151  -4.8  -0.5     
 1949 28 BSN NL   93   80    3   1.0   100| .185  .264| .205  .337| .185  .396| .390  .733|   8  .058 -10.5  -1.1     
 1950 29 BSN NL  128  109    3   0.7   103| .138  .262| .160  .338| .138  .407| .298  .745| -19  .032 -19.8  -2.0     
 1951 30 BSN NL   60   54    1   0.5    97| .115  .259| .148  .332| .135  .392| .283  .724| -21  .017  -8.6  -0.9   0%
 1952 31 BSN NL   56   49    2   1.1    95| .176  .258| .176  .330| .196  .384| .372  .714|   4  .080  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1953 32 MLN NL   17   16    0   0.0   105| .067  .267| .125  .337| .067  .416| .192  .753| -47  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1954 33 BAL AL    1    1    0   0.0    93| .000  .257| .000  .331| .000  .376| .000  .707|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       412  355   12   0.9   100| .156  .263| .179  .336| .167  .398| .346  .734|  -5  .049 -53.9  -5.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1948 27 BSN NL   P   33      6   22    1    0  .966  .962  0.85  0.91  1.73  2.11   22  146.0
 1949 28 BSN NL   P   37      7   50    1    3  .983  .953  1.54  0.91  2.22  2.04   36  230.7 AS
 1950 29 BSN NL   P   40     26   45    2    5  .973  .961  1.77  0.97  2.05  2.12   39  311.7
 1951 30 BSN NL   P   25     14   38    1    4  .981  .961  2.08  0.96  2.84  2.14   20  164.7
 1952 31 BSN NL   P   26     12   32    1    4  .978  .952  1.69  0.98  2.46  2.18   22  161.3
 1953 32 MLN NL   P   20      3   14    0    3 1.000  .955  0.85  0.87  2.64  2.06    9   58.0
 1954 33 BAL AL   P    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  0.90  2.25  2.02    1    4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1948 27 BSN NL   P   33      6   22    1    0  .966  .962  0.85  0.91  1.73  2.11   22  146.0
 1949 28 BSN NL   P   37      7   50    1    3  .983  .953  1.54  0.91  2.22  2.04   36  230.7
 1950 29 BSN NL   P   40     26   45    2    5  .973  .961  1.77  0.97  2.05  2.12   39  311.7
 1951 30 BSN NL   P   25     14   38    1    4  .981  .961  2.08  0.96  2.84  2.14   20  164.7
 1952 31 BSN NL   P   26     12   32    1    4  .978  .952  1.69  0.98  2.46  2.18   22  161.3
 1953 32 MLN NL   P   20      3   14    0    3 1.000  .955  0.85  0.87  2.64  2.06    9   58.0
 1954 33 BAL AL   P    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  0.90  2.25  2.02    1    4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 182     68  202    6   19  .978  .958  1.48  0.94  2.26  2.11  149 1076.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       182     68  202    6   19  .978  .958  1.48  0.94  2.26  2.11  149   1076

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   1   1   2.70  0  1  0  0   3.1   4   1   5   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1949   BSN NL      0  0  0   1     2   2   2   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  2  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1949   BSN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1949 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-NL-30-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Sac. Hits
1949 NL-10-8
1950 NL-9-9

ERA
1950 NL-3.47-10
1951 NL-3.12-8

Wins
1949 NL-16-7
1950 NL-19-4

Won-Loss %
1948 NL-.688-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1950 NL-8.46-9
1951 NL-7.98-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1949 NL-3.94-10

Innings
1949 NL-230.7-7
1950 NL-311.7-1

Strikeouts
1949 NL-101-9
1950 NL-126-8

Games Started
1949 NL-36-3
1950 NL-39-1

Comp. Games
1949 NL-15-7
1950 NL-27-1

Shutouts
1950 NL-2-9
1951 NL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1949 NL-20-7
1950 NL-25-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1949 NL-106-2
1950 NL-122-2

Hits Allowed
1949 NL-246-5
1950 NL-293-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1949 NL-109-4
1950 NL-120-3

Wild Pitches
1950 NL-5-8

Hit Batsmen
1949 NL-6-6
1950 NL-6-6
1951 NL-6-6

Batters Faced
1949 NL-1026-6
1950 NL-1325-1

Black Ink: Pitching - 6 (366) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 45 (553) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.5 (824) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1946 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.
February 10, 1954: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Baltimore Orioles for Charlie White and $10,000.
May 12, 1954: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
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Uniforms
View Vern Bickford's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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All-Star 1949 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1950-NL-30-0.01 Car-1456-0.01 shares	Sac. Hits 1949 NL-10-8 1950 NL-9-9	ERA 1950 NL-3.47-10 1951 NL-3.12-8	Wins 1949 NL-16-7 1950 NL-19-4	Won-Loss % 1948 NL-.688-4
Hits Allowed/9IP 1950 NL-8.46-9 1951 NL-7.98-6	Strikeouts/9IP 1949 NL-3.94-10	Innings 1949 NL-230.7-7 1950 NL-311.7-1	Strikeouts 1949 NL-101-9 1950 NL-126-8	Games Started 1949 NL-36-3 1950 NL-39-1	Comp. Games 1949 NL-15-7 1950 NL-27-1
Shutouts 1950 NL-2-9 1951 NL-3-7	Home Runs Allow. 1949 NL-20-7 1950 NL-25-8	Bases On Balls Allow. 1949 NL-106-2 1950 NL-122-2	Hits Allowed 1949 NL-246-5 1950 NL-293-2	Earned Runs Allow. 1949 NL-109-4 1950 NL-120-3	Wild Pitches 1950 NL-5-8
Hit Batsmen 1949 NL-6-6 1950 NL-6-6 1951 NL-6-6	Batters Faced 1949 NL-1026-6 1950 NL-1325-1