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They couldn't sign me until after I graduated, but right after graduation day, I had nine different organizations there wanting to sign me.
— Vernon Law
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Vernon Law
baseball player
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Vernon Sanders Law is an American former baseball pitcher who played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played in 1950–51 and 1954–67. He batted and threw right-handed and was listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) and 195 pounds (88 kg). Law signed for the Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1948 and made his major-league debut in 1950. In 1960, he won both the Cy Young Award and a World Series ring as a member of the Pirates. In 1965, he won the Lou Gehrig Award and the Associated Press's National League Comeback Player of the Year Award. A control pitcher, he finished among the top three National League pitchers in bases on ball per nine innings pitched in multiple seasons. Law was inducted into the Pirates Hall of Fame in August 2025. At the time, he was the 11th oldest living Major League player.
All Quotes by Vernon Law
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Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.
— Vernon Law
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
— Vernon Law
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I had to go out and give my team a chance. I didn't want to be remembered as the guy blowing the World Series.
— Vernon Law