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Vern Stephens played 15 major-league seasons (1941-1955) as a SS (1,330), 3B (322), OF (11). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 21 | SLA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 175 |
| 1942 | 22 | SLA | 145 | 575 | 84 | 169 | 14 | 92 | 1 | 41 | 53 | .294 | .774 | 125 |
| 1943 | 23 | SLA | 137 | 512 | 75 | 148 | 22 | 91 | 3 | 54 | 73 | .289 | .839 | 152 |
| 1944 | 24 | SLA | 145 | 559 | 91 | 164 | 20 | 109 | 2 | 62 | 54 | .293 | .826 | 143 |
| 1945 | 25 | SLA | 149 | 571 | 90 | 165 | 24 | 89 | 2 | 55 | 70 | .289 | .825 | 145 |
| 1946 | 26 | SLA | 115 | 450 | 67 | 138 | 14 | 64 | 0 | 35 | 49 | .307 | .817 | 135 |
| 1947 | 27 | SLA | 150 | 562 | 74 | 157 | 15 | 83 | 8 | 70 | 61 | .279 | .765 | 119 |
| 1948 | 28 | BOS | 155 | 635 | 114 | 171 | 29 | 137 | 1 | 77 | 56 | .269 | .821 | 124 |
| 1949 | 29 | BOS | 155 | 610 | 113 | 177 | 39 | 159 | 2 | 101 | 73 | .290 | .930 | 153 |
| 1950 | 30 | BOS | 149 | 628 | 125 | 185 | 30 | 144 | 1 | 65 | 43 | .295 | .872 | 128 |
| 1951 | 31 | BOS | 109 | 377 | 62 | 113 | 17 | 78 | 1 | 38 | 33 | .300 | .865 | 138 |
| 1952 | 32 | BOS | 92 | 295 | 35 | 75 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 39 | 31 | .254 | .726 | 109 |
| 1953 | 33 | CHA|SLA | 90 | 294 | 30 | 77 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 31 | 42 | .262 | .693 | 93 |
| 1954 | 34 | BAL | 101 | 365 | 31 | 104 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 17 | 36 | .285 | .714 | 101 |
| 1955 | 35 | BAL|CHA | 25 | 62 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .242 | .759 | 110 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1942 | SS | 144 | 0 | 290 | 415 | 42 | 82 |
| 1943 | SS | 123 | 0 | 220 | 339 | 34 | 51 |
| 1943 | OF | 11 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | SS | 143 | 0 | 239 | 480 | 35 | 71 |
| 1945 | SS | 144 | 0 | 256 | 439 | 28 | 69 |
| 1945 | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 1946 | SS | 112 | 0 | 224 | 343 | 30 | 71 |
| 1947 | SS | 149 | 0 | 283 | 494 | 24 | 113 |
| 1948 | SS | 155 | 0 | 269 | 540 | 24 | 113 |
| 1949 | SS | 155 | 0 | 257 | 508 | 27 | 128 |
| 1950 | SS | 146 | 0 | 258 | 431 | 13 | 115 |
| 1951 | 3B | 89 | 0 | 105 | 207 | 7 | 19 |
| 1951 | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | SS | 53 | 0 | 89 | 154 | 11 | 40 |
| 1952 | 3B | 29 | 0 | 21 | 73 | 5 | 8 |
| 1953 | 3B | 84 | 0 | 84 | 158 | 8 | 16 |
| 1953 | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | 3B | 96 | 95 | 102 | 186 | 10 | 19 |
| 1955 | 3B | 20 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 0 | 4 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Vern Stephens won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1942 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1942 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1944 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1945 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1945 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1949 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1949 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1945, 1944, 1943, 1942.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 140 / 336 | 1 |
| 1943 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 49 / 336 | 0 |
| 1944 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 193 / 336 | 4 |
| 1945 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 94 / 336 | 0 |
| 1946 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1947 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 33 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1948 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 121 / 336 | 0 |
| 1949 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 100 / 336 | 1 |
| 1950 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 26 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
Vern Stephens ranks on 5 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #55 | shortstops | 1949 | 153 OPS+ |
| #60 | shortstops | 1943 | 152 OPS+ |
| #92 | shortstops | 1945 | 145 OPS+ |
| #98 | shortstops | 1944 | 143 OPS+ |
| #132 | shortstops | 1946 | 135 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.