Vance Law

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Vance Law
Infielder
Born: October 1, 1956 (1956-10-01) (age 51)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 1, 1980
for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Final game
October 6, 1991
for the Oakland Athletics
Career statistics
Batting average     .256
Home Runs     71
RBI     442
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Career highlights and awards

Vance Aaron Law (born October 1, 1956 in Boise, Idaho ) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1980 through 1991, he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1980-81), Chicago White Sox (1982-84), Montreal Expos (1985-87), Chicago Cubs (1988-89) Chunichi Dragons in 1990 and Oakland Athletics (1991). Law batted and threw right-handed. He is the son of Cy Young Award winner Vern Law. Currently, he is the head baseball coach at Brigham Young University.

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Law's best season in the Major League's was in 1988 when he hit for a .293 batting average, with 163 hits, and 78 RBIs. He was selected to the 1988 All-Star Game.

Law holds an American League record for the longest errorless game by a third baseman when he played all 25 innings of the longest game in AL history (May 8 and 9, 1984, against the Milwaukee Brewers.

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