--- title: "4 Vern Law Quotes - Famous Baseball player (I Love Baseball)" description: "Vernon Sanders Law is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pira..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b116/author-vern-law-65315.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Vern Law](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b116/author-vern-law-65315.jpg) # Vern Law (1930) Baseball Player **4** quotes in **24** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Vern Law is a baseball player, best known for *I Love Baseball*. ## Quick Facts About Vern Law Born March 12, 1930 Profession Baseball Player Notable works I Love Baseball ## About Vern Law Vernon Sanders Law is an American former professional 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. He is currently the oldest living Cy Young Award winner. 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. ## Quotes by Vern Law > [Expectations tend to be self-fulfilling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vern-law/expectations-tend-to-be-self-fulfilling/) Vern Law [Expectations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expectations/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/vern-law-65315_expectations_expectations-tend-to-be-self-fulfilling_422847.png) > [If you don't play to win, why keep score?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vern-law/if-you-don-t-play-to-win-why-keep-score/) Vern Law [Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/vern-law-65315_baseball_if-you-don-t-play-to-win-why-keep-score_673547.png) > [Don't throw the ball before you have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vern-law/don-t-throw-the-ball-before-you-have-it/) Vern Law [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/vern-law-65315_ball_don-t-throw-the-ball-before-you-have-it_2830290.png) > [Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vern-law/experience-is-the-worst-teacher-it-gives-the-test-before-presenting/) Vern Law [Being a teacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-a-teacher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/vern-law-65315_being-a-teacher_experience-is-the-worst-teacher-it-gives_2852488.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vern-law/#itemlist", "name": "Vern Law Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Expectations tend to be self-fulfilling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vern Law" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vern-law/expectations-tend-to-be-self-fulfilling/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/vern-law-65315_expectations_expectations-tend-to-be-self-fulfilling_422847.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/vern-law-65315_expectations_expectations-tend-to-be-self-fulfilling_422847.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/vern-law-65315_expectations_expectations-tend-to-be-self-fulfilling_422847.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Expectations tend to be self-fulfilling.” — Vern Law", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you don't play to win, why keep score?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vern Law" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vern-law/if-you-don-t-play-to-win-why-keep-score/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/vern-law-65315_baseball_if-you-don-t-play-to-win-why-keep-score_673547.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/vern-law-65315_baseball_if-you-don-t-play-to-win-why-keep-score_673547.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/vern-law-65315_baseball_if-you-don-t-play-to-win-why-keep-score_673547.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you don't play to win, why keep score?” — Vern Law", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't throw the ball before you have it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vern Law" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vern-law/don-t-throw-the-ball-before-you-have-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/vern-law-65315_ball_don-t-throw-the-ball-before-you-have-it_2830290.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/vern-law-65315_ball_don-t-throw-the-ball-before-you-have-it_2830290.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/vern-law-65315_ball_don-t-throw-the-ball-before-you-have-it_2830290.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't throw the ball before you have it.” — Vern Law", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Experience is the worst teacher; 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