#63 Vern Bickford, Reliever, 35 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Monday, 10/2/1955 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Vern Bickford
8/17/1920 35 USA,KY,HELLIER 6"0 190
Reliever R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 3,260,002 1956 7 Year(s), 113 Days (1317 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 53 Days (1429 total Days) 8 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 5 | 6 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
Talent | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 53 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.87 | 36.2 | 53 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.87 | 38.0 | 56 | 33 | 29 | 16 | 18 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 3 | 1 | .0 | 29 | 12 | 16.7 | 13.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 6.55 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 59 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 | .408 | .407 | .815 |
vs. RHB | 96 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .365 | .371 | .500 | .871 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 17.0 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
Road | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.03 | 19.2 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 4.2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
May | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.94 | 11.2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
June | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
July | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 7.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
August | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Sept./Oct. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.39 | 4.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1948 | 42 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5.08 | 250.0 | 304 | 141 | 141 | 24 | 120 | 155 | 17 | 2 | 1.70 | .000 | BSN |
1949 | 42 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4.43 | 250.0 | 264 | 123 | 123 | 21 | 105 | 182 | 17 | 2 | 1.48 | .000 | BSN |
1950 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 17.1 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.96 | .419 | BSN |
1951 | 65 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4.34 | 56.0 | 56 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.57 | .282 | BSN |
1952 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.78 | 47.2 | 38 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | .221 | BSN |
1953 | 67 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 4.30 | 69.0 | 69 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | .266 | BSN |
1954 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.93 | 50.1 | 45 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.39 | .258 | MIL |
1955 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.87 | 36.2 | 53 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 | .370 | PIT |
Total | 372 | 70 | 49 | 33 | 39 | 4.71 | 777.0 | 855 | 415 | 407 | 73 | 362 | 464 | 34 | 4 | 1.57 | 1.498 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1950, AAA | 56 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4.24 | 46.2 | 52 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1.48 | .389 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1950 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 8.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1948 | 33 | 250 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .190 | .180 | .370 | BSN |
1949 | 37 | 250 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .190 | .180 | .370 | BSN |
1950 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BSN |
1951 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BSN |
1952 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BSN |
1953 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BSN |
1954 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | MIL |
1955 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PIT |
Total | 358 | 510 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 117 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .190 | .178 | .368 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 29 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 36.2 | 1.47 | | | | |
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Awards Won World Championship with Boston (N) in 1951... Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/9/1955 to a 2-year deal worth $3,260,002 per year...
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