Vance Law

Third Base

1980—1991

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Player LeveL
Journeyman
Top 100 Rank
NR
Third Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

Vance Aaron
GIVEN NAME
Law
SURNAME
October 1, 1956, in Boise, ID
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1980—1991
Playing Career
Played from 23-34
PLAYING AGE
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago White Sox
Montreal Expos
Chicago Cubs
Oakland A's
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Chicago White Sox
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Long Arm of the Law
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 185
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
June 1, 1980
Major League Debut
October 6, 1991
FINAL GAME

Related Content

Vance is the son of 1960 NL Cy Young Award winner Vern Law. Both father and son made their big league debuts with the Pirates, but 30 years apart.

30

HITTING

30

POWER

50

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1212
972
71
442
.256
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
11.1
57.0

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.703
.721
97.8

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.256
.326
.376

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Vance Law Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Law
531
136
63
27
4
10
62
57
84
5
200
194
.256
.326
.376
703
AVG 3B
536
140
66
26
3
13
52
76
8
211
195
.261
.327
.394
.721

Vance Law Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Vance Law PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
10.7
11.6
8.8
8.8
1.41
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = Vance Law
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = Vance Law
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B