Vern Bickford
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1920 – 1960
Who was Vern Bickford?
Vernon Edgell Bickford was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed starting pitcher, he played six seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves from 1948 to 1953 in the National League, and one game for the Baltimore Orioles of the American League in 1954.
Bickford was born in Kentucky but raised in West Virginia. He began his professional career in 1939 and, after serving in World War II, made the majors in 1949. Acquired by the Braves organization due to a flip of a coin, Bickford became one of the most promising National League pitchers during his playing career, earning All-Star honors in 1949 and leading the National League in complete games in 1950. However his career was soon shorted by multiple arm injuries, and he was out of baseball by 1955. After working an assortment of jobs, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1960 and died after a three month illness.
He is best known for throwing a no-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 11, 1950.
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- Born
- Aug 17, 1920
United States of America - Profession
- Lived in
- Kentucky
- Died
- May 6, 1960
Richmond
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on July 23, 2013
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