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Vern Stephens

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Full name Vernon Decatur Stephens
Born October 23, 1920, McAlister, New Mexico
Died November 4, 1968, Long Beach, California
Buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Long Beach, California
First Game: September 13, 1941; Final Game: June 30, 1955
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 185
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                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1941 STL A Daily Splits 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0.0 1941 STL A 1942 STL A Daily Splits 145 575 84 169 26 6 14 92 41 3 53 0 3 0 16 15 1 3 .294 .341 .433 0.9 1942 STL A 1943 STL A Daily Splits 137 512 75 148 27 3 22 91 54 7 73 0 5 0 12 11 3 2 .289 .357 .482 1.4 1943 STL A 1944 STL A Daily Splits 145 559 91 164 32 1 20 109 62 7 54 1 6 0 17 3 2 2 .293 .365 .462 2.7 1944 STL A 1945 STL A Daily Splits 149 571 90 165 27 3 24 89 55 7 70 1 5 0 13 11 2 1 .289 .352 .473 1.9 1945 STL A 1946 STL A Daily Splits 115 450 67 138 19 4 14 64 35 4 49 0 3 0 12 12 0 1 .307 .357 .460 2.1 1946 STL A 1947 STL A Daily Splits 150 562 74 157 18 4 15 83 70 3 61 0 2 0 15 7 8 4 .279 .359 .406 3.1 1947 STL A 1948 BOS A Daily Splits 155 635 114 171 25 8 29 137 77 4 56 2 2 0 15 25 1 0 .269 .350 .471 2.5 1948 BOS A 1949 BOS A Daily Splits 155 610 113 177 31 2 39 159 101 5 73 0 0 0 11 19 2 2 .290 .391 .539 3.9 1949 BOS A 1950 BOS A Daily Splits 149 628 125 185 34 6 30 144 65 2 43 0 0 0 18 21 1 0 .295 .361 .511 1.3 1950 BOS A 1951 BOS A Daily Splits 109 377 62 113 21 2 17 78 38 1 33 0 0 0 4 22 1 2 .300 .364 .501 2.2 1951 BOS A 1952 BOS A Daily Splits 92 295 35 75 13 2 7 44 39 8 31 1 2 0 2 8 2 2 .254 .343 .383 1.3 1952 BOS A 1953 CHI A Daily Splits 44 129 14 24 6 0 1 14 13 1 18 0 1 0 5 3 2 0 .186 .261 .256 -1.2 1953 CHI A 1953 STL A Daily Splits 46 165 16 53 8 0 4 17 18 1 24 0 3 0 1 7 0 0 .321 .388 .442 0.3 1953 STL A 1953 TOT A 90 294 30 77 14 0 5 31 31 2 42 0 4 0 6 10 2 0 .262 .332 .361 -0.9 1953 TOT A 1954 BAL A Daily Splits 101 365 31 104 17 1 8 46 17 5 36 0 4 7 0 7 4 0 3 .285 .311 .403 -0.7 1954 BAL A 1955 BAL A Daily Splits 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 -0.1 1955 BAL A 1955 CHI A Daily Splits 22 56 10 14 3 0 3 7 7 0 11 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .328 .464 0.3 1955 CHI A 1955 TOT A 25 62 10 15 3 0 3 7 7 0 11 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .242 .324 .435 0.2 1955 TOT A Total (15 Years) Splits 1720 6497 1001 1859 307 42 247 1174 692 58 685 6 37 8 0 149 169 25 22 .286 .355 .460 21.9 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1944 STL A Daily Splits 6 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .320 .273 1944 STL A

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1943 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1943 AL 1944 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1944 AL 1946 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1946 AL 1948 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1948 AL 1949 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1949 AL 1951 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1951 AL Total ( 6 Years) Splits 6 15 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .400 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1941 STL A Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 .500 1942 STL A Daily Splits SS 144 144 141 1289.1 290 415 42 82 0 .944 1943 STL A Daily Splits SS 123 123 120 1098 220 339 34 51 0 .943 1943 STL A OF 11 11 8 93.2 20 3 0 0 0 1.000 9 0 3 1943 STL A LF 9 9 7 69.2 15 3 0 0 0 1.000 1943 STL A RF 3 2 1 24 7 0 0 0 0 1.000 1944 STL A Daily Splits SS 143 142 138 1283 239 480 35 71 0 .954 1945 STL A Daily Splits SS 144 144 140 1274.1 256 439 28 69 0 .961 1945 STL A 3B 4 4 4 39 2 11 2 2 0 .867 1946 STL A Daily Splits SS 112 112 108 975.1 224 343 30 71 0 .950 1947 STL A Daily Splits SS 149 149 144 1308 283 494 24 113 0 .970 1948 BOS A Daily Splits SS 155 155 155 1379.1 269 540 24 113 0 .971 1949 BOS A Daily Splits SS 155 155 154 1375 257 508 27 128 0 .966 1950 BOS A Daily Splits SS 146 146 144 1281.1 258 431 13 115 0 .981 1951 BOS A Daily Splits 3B 89 89 80 772.1 105 207 7 19 0 .978 1951 BOS A SS 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1952 BOS A Daily Splits SS 53 50 46 433.2 89 154 11 40 0 .957 1952 BOS A 3B 29 29 19 226.1 21 73 5 8 0 .949 1953 CHI A Daily Splits 3B 38 33 23 281.2 30 67 1 7 0 .990 1953 CHI A SS 3 0 0 11 0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1953 STL A Daily Splits 3B 46 46 38 393 54 91 7 9 0 .954 1953 TOT A 3B 84 79 61 674.2 84 158 8 16 0 .968 1954 BAL A Daily Splits 3B 96 95 83 821 102 186 10 19 0 .966 1955 BAL A Daily Splits 3B 2 2 1 11 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1955 CHI A Daily Splits 3B 18 14 13 138 13 37 0 4 0 1.000 1955 TOT A 3B 20 16 14 149 13 39 0 4 0 1.000 Total (13 Years) Splits SS 1330 1320 1290 11715.1 2385 4150 269 853 0 .960 Total ( 6 Years) 3B 322 312 261 2682.1 327 674 32 68 0 .969 Total ( 1 Year ) OF 11 11 8 93.2 20 3 0 0 0 1.000 9 0 3 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 9 9 7 69.2 15 3 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) RF 3 2 1 24 7 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1944 STL A Daily Splits SS 6 6 6 54.1 9 19 3 4 0 .903

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1943 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 1 3 1 1 0 .800 1944 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1946 AL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1948 AL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 1949 AL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 5 Years) Splits SS 5 2 2 32 5 7 1 1 0 .923 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1938).

Traded by St. Louis Browns with Jack Kramer to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Roy Partee, Jim Wilson, Al Widmar, Eddie Pellagrini, Pete Layden, Joe Ostrowski and $310000 (November 17, 1947).

Traded by Boston Red Sox to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Hal Brown, Bill Kennedy and Marv Grissom (February 9, 1953).

Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Chicago White Sox (July 30, 1953).

Released by Baltimore Orioles (April 18, 1955).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (May 2, 1955).

Released by Chicago White Sox (July 1, 1955).

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