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Vance
Law		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 1, 1956 in Boise, ID, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1991   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1984 27 TOR AL 95 193 23 51 14 5 2 28 0 1 8 53 .264 .294 .420 .713 20.3 4.4
1985 28 TOR AL 125 351 24 80 23 8 2 47 2 1 20 66 .228 .267 .356 .624 29.8 2.8
1986 29 TOR AL 115 263 32 71 13 4 4 35 5 0 14 24 .270 .305 .395 .700 29.4 6.8
1987 30 TOR AL 104 234 24 67 10 3 2 29 1 1 16 13 .286 .328 .380 .708 29.1 5.6
1988 31 TOR AL 35 87 11 25 4 0 2 6 0 0 1 5 .287 .295 .402 .698 8.9 1.1
1989 32 TOR AL 127 353 39 114 22 2 3 45 1 1 18 18 .323 .356 .422 .778 46.4 10.7
1990 33 NYY AL 26 111 17 34 3 0 4 11 1 0 5 5 .306 .333 .441 .775 15.3 2.9
  CIN NL 129 503 57 152 39 3 4 58 6 0 24 32 .302 .333 .416 .748 61.7 10.8
  TOT   155 614 74 186 42 3 8 69 7 0 29 37 .303 .333 .420 .753 77.0 13.6
1991 34 CIN NL 157 560 53 160 23 4 14 86 3 1 29 27 .286 .319 .416 .735 67.8 10.6
1992 35 CIN NL 123 370 47 107 15 1 7 37 1 0 21 16 .289 .327 .392 .718 42.7 6.6
1993 36 CIN NL 10 23 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .261 .292 .261 .553 1.8 0.2
10 Years Sim 1046 3048 329 867 166 30 44 385 20 5 157 259 .284 .318 .402 .720 353.0 62.4
162 Game Average 472 50 134 25 4 6 59 3 0 24 40 .284 .318 .402 .720 54.7  
Career Highs 157 614 74 186 42 8 14 86 7 1 29 66 .323 .356 .422 .778 77.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1984 27 TOR AL 2B 54 13 219.0 58 86 4 26 .973 5.92 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    3B 25 18 172.7 10 41 7 5 .879 2.66 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 4 1 20.7 4 12 1 2 .941 6.97 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 28 TOR AL 2B 105 88 786.7 164 311 12 73 .975 5.43 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    3B 5 4 39.0 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 4 0 4.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 29 TOR AL 2B 37 7 128.0 31 32 2 9 .969 4.43 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 13 11 95.7 7 26 4 1 .892 3.10 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 7 7 64.0 76 6 0 6 1.000 11.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 8 6 60.0 11 19 0 4 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 8 5 53.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1987 30 TOR AL SS 21 16 151.0 28 64 1 13 .989 5.48 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 29 12 138.7 32 54 5 16 .945 5.58 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 10 9 88.7 109 9 1 9 .992 11.98 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 11 10 87.0 7 18 1 0 .962 2.59 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 4 4 39.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 31 TOR AL 1B 5 5 42.0 41 1 1 4 .977 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 6 2 25.7 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 6 1 19.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 5.68 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 1 16.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1989 32 TOR AL 3B 60 58 504.3 30 131 7 8 .958 2.87 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    2B 53 19 236.0 47 95 4 16 .973 5.42 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    SS 9 5 48.0 8 11 0 3 1.000 3.56 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 1 1 9.0 10 0 0 4 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 33 NYY AL 2B 18 18 170.0 37 58 3 13 .969 5.03 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 5 4 41.9 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.58 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 2 24.6 4 8 1 2 .923 4.39 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CIN NL 2B 90 88 766.6 168 259 15 60 .966 5.01 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 23 22 189.1 12 38 1 2 .980 2.38 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 12 12 110.8 17 38 5 10 .917 4.47 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  TOT   2B 108 106 936.6 205 317 18 73 .967 5.02   1.4
      3B 28 26 231.0 15 47 1 2 .984 2.42   0.5
      SS 15 14 135.4 21 46 6 12 .918 4.45   0.6
1991 34 CIN NL SS 151 146 1286.0 193 470 28 82 .959 4.64 0 0 .000 0 6.6
    2B 3 0 6.3 1 3 1 1 .800 5.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 35 CIN NL 2B 78 75 644.3 139 274 11 49 .974 5.77 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    SS 26 7 94.7 12 32 3 4 .936 4.18 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 14 9 86.0 5 19 1 1 .960 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1993 36 CIN NL 3B 3 2 21.0 2 6 1 1 .889 3.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 3 2 15.0 4 1 1 1 .833 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 1 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 474 322 3120.6 680 1184 57 264 .970 5.38 0 0 .000 0 14.0
  SS 247 199 1840.4 284 660 40 123 .959 4.62 0 0 .000 0 9.6
  3B 163 139 1253.7 77 301 22 19 .945 2.71 0 0 .000 0 3.8
  1B 23 22 203.7 236 16 2 23 .992 11.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  RF 8 5 53.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 6 4 43.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   922 691 6516.3 1302 2161 121 429 .966 4.78 0 0 .000 0 28.1
Career Highs   155 146 1303.0 241 473 29 87 .985 5.85 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1987 30 TOR AL 0 8 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875
1989 32 TOR AL 11 40 5 7 3 1 0 4 0 0 2 4 .175 .214 .300 .514
1991 34 CIN NL 4 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .188 .188 .250 .438
Career Post-Season Batting 15 64 9 13 5 1 0 7 0 0 2 4 .203 .227 .313 .540
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1990-6-39
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  5. Pat Listach (912)
  6. Jack Wilson (910)
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  8. Larry Bowa (905)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 51st overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1980
Traded from Cincinnati to Toronto on 3/2/1980 (Going to CIN: C T. Player. Going to TOR: 2B V. Law)
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/10/1984, off Rich Gale (CAL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/15/1984, off Dave Stewart (CHW)
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 8/14/1989
Released by Toronto on 10/27/1989
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/9/1990 to a 3-year deal worth $5,800,000 per year
Traded from New York (A) to Cincinnati on 5/1/1990 (Going to NYY: P Donnie Moore, SS Shawon Dunston. Going to CIN: C Chad Kreuter, 2B Vance Law, SS Andres Thomas)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1990, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game
8/16/1992: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $1,100,000 per year, for 3 years
Released by Cincinnati on 10/16/1994
 
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