Born:(1920-10-23)October 23, 1920 McAlister, New Mexico, U.S.
Died: November 4, 1968(1968-11-04) (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
St. Louis Browns (1941–1947)
Boston Red Sox (1948–1952)
Chicago White Sox (1953)
St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1953–1955)
Chicago White Sox (1955)
Career highlights and awards
8× All-Star (1943–1946, 1948–1951)
AL home run leader (1945)
3× AL RBI leader (1944, 1949, 1950)
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
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.
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and drives in 6 runs, giving him 153 RBIss for the season. Teammate VernStephens also hits his 40th home run and drives in his 150th run. September 19...
Williams (114) (AL Leader). 1949: VernStephens and Ted Williams (159) (MLB Leader). 1950: Walt Dropo and VernStephens (144) (MLB Leader). 1955: Jackie...
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