Vernon Decatur Stephens was an American professional baseball player.
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12 Facts About Vern Stephens
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Vern Stephens played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1941 through 1955.
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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.
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Vern Stephens 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.
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Vern Stephens was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Vern Stephens was born in McAlister, New Mexico while his parents were en route from Oklahoma to California.
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Vern Stephens attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California.
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Vern Stephens had been in Mexico only a few days when his father, a minor league umpire, and the Browns scout Jack Fournier drove down and brought him back to the United States.
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In 1944, Vern Stephens led the American League with 109 runs batted in as he led the Browns to their first and only World Series appearance in St Louis.
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Vern Stephens was the only member of the pennant-winning 1944 St Louis Browns who played with the Baltimore Orioles when the Browns moved to Baltimore in 1954.
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Vern Stephens played five years with the Boston Red Sox from 1948 to 1952.
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Vern Stephens died of a heart attack in Long Beach, California at 48 years of age.
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