Up on the blog today, we feature another card from
my 2018 custom "1960 Stars of the Game" set, packaged in WTHBALLS
gelatin box with packet, postcards and stickers, this one Vern Law, Cy
Young winner for the Pittsburgh Pirates:
Although Vern Law was already beginning his ninth season as a
big-league pitcher when 1960 broke, it was only in the past two seasons
that he established himself as a solid starter, winning 14 and 18 games
respectively in 1958 & 1959.
He'd carry that success right into the 1960 season, ending up as
the anchor of the Pirate staff, going 20-9 with a 3.08 E.R.A., along
with a league-leading 18 complete games and 120 strikeouts with three
shutouts in 35 starts.Overall he pitched between 1950 and 1967, missing
the 1952 and 1953 years to military service, and would end up with a
very nice record of 162 and 147 with a 3.77 ERA over 483 appearances and
2672.2 innings pitched.
He also tossed 28 shutouts while picking up 13 saves during that time, striking out 1092 batters while walking 597.
In
1965 at the age of 35 he had himself a better season that his Cy Young
year of 1960, when he'd go 17-9 with a great 2.15 ERA and five shutouts,
getting some MVP attention in the process.
Not too shabby for the career Pirate!