Vance Law

Full Name: Vance Aaron Law	Primary Position: 3B,2B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185	First Game: June 1, 1980
Birthdate: October 1, 1956	Final Game: October 6, 1991
Birthplace: Boise, Idaho	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Vance Law (Vance Aaron Law) was born on October 1, 1956 in Boise, Idaho. He made his Major League debut on June 1, 1980 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1982, his rookie year, he hit .281 with 5 home runs and 54 RBI. Law played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Vance Law's best season was 1988, when he hit for a .293 average and knocked in 78 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1980	PIT	N	25	74	11	17	0	3	.230	.260	.311	2	2	3	7	0	1	2	0	2
1981	PIT	N	30	67	1	9	0	3	.134	.157	.164	0	1	2	15	0	1	1	0	2
1982	CHI	A	114	359	40	101	5	54	.281	.327	.384	20	1	26	46	1	7	4	1	10
1983	CHI	A	145	408	55	99	4	42	.243	.325	.348	21	5	51	56	1	6	3	1	7
1984	CHI	A	151	481	60	121	17	59	.252	.309	.403	18	2	41	75	1	6	4	2	13
1985	MON	N	147	519	75	138	10	52	.266	.369	.405	30	6	86	96	2	8	6	0	11
1986	MON	N	112	360	37	81	5	44	.225	.298	.325	17	2	37	66	1	2	3	1	9
1987	MON	N	133	436	52	119	12	56	.273	.347	.422	27	1	51	62	0	2	8	5	8
1988	CHI	N	151	556	73	163	11	78	.293	.358	.412	29	2	55	79	3	4	1	4	15
1989	CHI	N	130	408	38	96	7	42	.235	.296	.355	22	3	38	73	0	1	2	0	11
1991	OAK	A	74	134	11	28	0	9	.209	.303	.276	7	1	18	27	0	5	0	0	4
Total	NL		728	2420	287	623	45	278	.257	.331	.380	127	17	272	398	6	19	23	10	58
Total	AL		484	1382	166	349	26	164	.253	.318	.370	66	9	136	204	3	24	11	4	34
Total			1212	3802	453	972	71	442	.256	.326	.376	193	26	408	602	9	43	34	14	92

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	AVG
1980	PIT	N	2B	11	10	91.2	23	30	2	5	0	.964
1980	PIT	N	SS	8	7	62.1	8	24	1	3	0	.970
1980	PIT	N	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	PIT	N	2B	19	13	123.1	40	45	0	9	0	1.000
1981	PIT	N	SS	7	4	46	8	13	0	1	0	1.000
1981	PIT	N	3B	2	0	5.1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1982	CHI	A	SS	87	77	652.2	126	239	18	44	0	.953
1982	CHI	A	LF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	CHI	A	3B	40	19	210.1	19	55	5	3	0	.937
1982	CHI	A	OF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	CHI	A	2B	10	4	45	11	19	3	5	0	.909
1983	CHI	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	CHI	A	SS	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	CHI	A	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	CHI	A	2B	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	1.000
1983	CHI	A	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	CHI	A	3B	140	134	1140.2	91	309	14	28	0	.966
1984	CHI	A	3B	139	118	1063.2	79	199	13	24	0	.955
1984	CHI	A	CF	6	3	28	11	1	1	1	0	.923
1984	CHI	A	2B	21	16	134	29	42	2	6	0	.973
1984	CHI	A	SS	3	0	10.1	0	4	0	1	0	1.000
1984	CHI	A	OF	6	3	28	11	1	1	1	0	.923
1985	MON	N	1B	21	15	129.1	136	12	1	10	0	.993
1985	MON	N	OF	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1985	MON	N	3B	11	6	68	8	23	1	2	0	.969
1985	MON	N	2B	126	119	1051.1	276	367	10	86	0	.985
1985	MON	N	RF	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	MON	N	3B	13	1	26.2	9	5	0	1	0	1.000
1986	MON	N	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	MON	N	2B	94	87	755.1	170	284	3	50	0	.993
1986	MON	N	P	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	1.000
1986	MON	N	1B	20	7	85.1	94	9	1	8	0	.990
1986	MON	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	MON	N	1B	18	10	101	89	9	1	5	0	.990
1987	MON	N	2B	106	97	823	158	276	9	47	0	.980
1987	MON	N	P	3	0	3.1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1987	MON	N	3B	22	11	117	11	22	1	2	0	.971
1988	CHI	N	LF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1988	CHI	N	OF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1988	CHI	N	3B	150	149	1339	111	272	19	22	0	.953
1989	CHI	N	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	CHI	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	CHI	N	3B	119	115	952.1	76	168	13	13	0	.949
1991	OAK	A	OF	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	OAK	A	LF	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	OAK	A	1B	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1991	OAK	A	SS	3	1	11	1	4	0	0	0	1.000
1991	OAK	A	P	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	OAK	A	3B	67	36	369.2	36	62	5	7	0	.951
Total			1B	60	32	316.2	321	30	3	23	0	.992
Total			CF	7	3	29	11	1	1	1	0	.923
Total			OF	15	3	39.2	12	1	1	1	0	.929
Total			SS	110	89	784.1	143	284	19	49	0	.957
Total			2B	388	346	3025.2	710	1065	29	208	0	.984
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	7	0	8	0	2	0	0	1	1.000
Total			3B	704	589	5293.2	442	1115	71	102	0	.956
Total			LF	6	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	2	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	ERA	K	R	ER	IP	H	BB	WP
1986	MON	N	3	2.25	0	2	1	4	3	2	1
1987	MON	N	3	5.40	2	2	2	3.1	5	0	1
1991	OAK	A	1	.00	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	0
Total	NL		6	3.68	2	4	3	7.1	8	2	2
Total	AL		1	.00	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	0
Total			7	3.38	2	4	3	8	9	3	2

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 39th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Ernie Camacho to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ross Baumgarten and Butch Edge (March 21, 1982).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Montreal Expos in exchange for Bob James (December 7, 1984).
Granted free agency (November 19, 1987).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 14, 1987).
Released by Chicago Cubs (January 2, 1990).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 7, 1991).
Released by Oakland Athletics (October 11, 1991).

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