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Vern Stephens Vern Stephens

Full name: Vernon Decatur Stephens Born: October 23, 1920, McAllister, New Mexico Died November 4, 1968, Long Beach, California Buried at Sunnyside Memorial Park, Long Beach, California First Game: September 13, 1941; Final Game: June 30, 1955 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 185 Vern Stephens Collectibles! Vern Stephens Memorabilia! Vern Stephens Cards! Vern Stephens Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1941 STL A                 3     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0        0   0   0       0    0   0  .500  .500  .500   0.0 1941 STL A
1942 STL A               145   575   84  169  26   6  14   92   41       53   0   3      15    1   3  .294  .341  .433   0.6 1942 STL A
1943 STL A               137   512   75  148  27   3  22   91   54       73   0   5      11    3   2  .289  .357  .482   1.3 1943 STL A
1944 STL A               145   559   91  164  32   1  20  109   62       54   1   6       3    2   2  .293  .365  .462   2.8 1944 STL A
1945 STL A               149   571   90  165  27   3  24   89   55       70   1   5      11    2   1  .289  .352  .473   1.6 1945 STL A
1946 STL A               115   450   67  138  19   4  14   64   35       49   0   3      12    0   1  .307  .357  .460   1.7 1946 STL A
1947 STL A               150   562   74  157  18   4  15   83   70       61   0   2       7    8   4  .279  .359  .406   3.1 1947 STL A
1948 BOS A               155   635  114  171  25   8  29  137   77       56   2   2      25    1   0  .269  .350  .471   2.5 1948 BOS A
1949 BOS A               155   610  113  177  31   2  39  159  101       73   0   0      19    2   2  .290  .391  .539   3.9 1949 BOS A
1950 BOS A               149   628  125  185  34   6  30  144   65       43   0   0      21    1   0  .295  .361  .511   1.6 1950 BOS A
1951 BOS A               109   377   62  113  21   2  17   78   38       33   0   0      22    1   2  .300  .364  .501   2.0 1951 BOS A
1952 BOS A                92   295   35   75  13   2   7   44   39       31   1   2       8    2   2  .254  .343  .383   0.5 1952 BOS A
1953 CHI A                44   129   14   24   6   0   1   14   13       18   0   1       3    2   0  .186  .261  .256  -1.1 1953 CHI A
1953 STL A                46   165   16   53   8   0   4   17   18       24   0   3       7    0   0  .321  .388  .442   0.3 1953 STL A
1953 TOT A                90   294   30   77  14   0   5   31   31       42   0   4      10    2   0  .262  .332  .361  -0.8 1953 TOT A
1954 BAL A               101   365   31  104  17   1   8   46   17       36   0   4   7   4    0   3  .285  .311  .403  -0.3 1954 BAL A
1955 BAL A                 3     6    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .286  .167  -0.1 1955 BAL A
1955 CHI A                22    56   10   14   3   0   3    7    7   0   11   0   1   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   1    0   0  .242  .324  .435   0.2 1955 TOT A
Total                   1720  6497 1001 1859 307  42 247 1174  692   0i 685   6  37   8i169   25  22  .286  .355  .460  20.7 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

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World Series Batting RecordWorld 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 RecordAll-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            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 RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1941 STL A        SS    1     0    1    1    0  .500
1942 STL A        SS  144   290  415   42   82  .944
1943 STL A        SS  123   220  339   34   51  .943
1943 STL A        OF   11    20    3    0    0 1.000     9    0    3 
1944 STL A        SS  143   239  480   35   71  .954
1945 STL A        SS  144   256  439   28   69  .961
1945 STL A        3B    4     2   11    2    2  .867
1946 STL A        SS  112   224  343   30   71  .950
1947 STL A        SS  149   283  494   24  113  .970
1948 BOS A        SS  155   269  540   24  113  .971
1949 BOS A        SS  155   257  508   27  128  .966
1950 BOS A        SS  146   258  431   13  115  .981
1951 BOS A        3B   89   105  207    7   19  .978
1951 BOS A        SS    2     0    2    0    0 1.000
1952 BOS A        SS   53    89  154   11   40  .957
1952 BOS A        3B   29    21   73    5    8  .949
1953 CHI A        3B   38    30   67    1    7  .990
1953 CHI A        SS    3     0    4    0    0 1.000
1953 STL A        3B   46    54   91    7    9  .954
1953 TOT A        3B   84    84  158    8   16  .968
1954 BAL A        3B   96   102  186   10   19  .966
1955 BAL A        3B    2     0    2    0    0 1.000
1955 CHI A        3B   18    13   37    0    4 1.000
1955 TOT A        3B   20    13   39    0    4 1.000
Total             SS 1330  2385 4150  269  853  .960
Total             3B  322   327  674   32   68  .969
Total             OF   11    20    3    0    0 1.000     9    0    3 
Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

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

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

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

TransactionsTransactions

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 20, 1953).

Released by Baltimore Orioles (April 22, 1955).

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

Released by Chicago White Sox (July 6, 1955).

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