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Encyclopedia > Vern Law

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. March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Meridian is a city located in Ada County, Idaho. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitchers mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a... This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January 29 - Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner are elected to the Hall of Fame by an unanimous vote of the Special Veterans Committee. ... The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...


Law was a member of the National League All Star Team in 1960. He also won the National League Cy Young Award and lead the league on complete games that year. This article refers to the American baseball league. ... The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is an annual exhibition baseball game between the best players from the National League and the American League. ... The following are the events of the year 1960 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ... In baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best pitchers in the Major Leagues. ... In baseball, a complete game (denoted by CG) is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game himself, without the benefit of a relief pitcher. ...


Vern's son Vance also played major league baseball, primarily as a utility infielder.


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