| Vern Stephens | |
|---|---|
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| Shortstop | |
| Born: October 23, 1920 McAlister, New Mexico, U.S. | |
| Died: November 4, 1968 (aged 48) Long Beach, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 13, 1941, for the St. Louis Browns | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 30, 1955, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .286 |
| Home runs | 247 |
| Runs batted in | 1,174 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Vernon Decatur Stephens (October 23, 1920 – November 4, 1968) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1941 through 1955.[1] An eight-time All-Star, Stephens was notable for being the 1945 American League home run champion and was a three-time American League RBI champion.[2] He was the cleanup hitter for the only St. Louis Browns team to win an American League pennant in 1944, and was a top power hitter for the Boston Red Sox. Nicknamed "Little Slug", "Junior", and "Buster", Stephens batted and threw right-handed. He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006.[3]
- ^ "Vern Stephens statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ^ Armour, Mark. "The Baseball Biography Project: Vern Stephens". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ^ "Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame members". mlb.com. Retrieved November 17, 2019.