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Vic Wertz

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Full Name: Victor Woodrow Wertz Primary Position: OF,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/186 First Game: April 15, 1947
Birthdate: February 9, 1925 Final Game: September 19, 1963
Birthplace: York, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 17 years
Died: July 7, 1983
Deathplace: Detroit, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Vic Wertz (Victor Woodrow Wertz) was born on February 9, 1925 in York, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1947 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .288 with 6 home runs and 44 RBI. Wertz played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 17 year career.

Most people believe that Vic Wertz's best season was 1950, when he slugged 27 home runs, hit for a .308 average and knocked in 123 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1947 DET A 102 333 60 96 6 44 .288 .376 .432 22 4 47 66 0 2 2 0 11
1948 DET A 119 391 49 97 7 67 .248 .335 .396 19 9 48 70 3 6 0 0 5
1949 DET A 155 608 96 185 20 133 .304 .385 .465 26 6 80 61 0 7 2 0 19
1950 DET A 149 559 99 172 27 123 .308 .408 .533 37 4 91 55 4 3 0 0 13
1951 DET A 138 501 86 143 27 94 .285 .383 .511 24 4 78 61 1 1 0 0 13
1952 STL A 37 130 22 45 6 19 .346 .444 .523 5 0 23 20 0 1 0 0 2
1952 DET A 85 285 46 70 17 51 .246 .352 .498 15 3 46 44 1 0 1 0 6
1952 TOT A 122 415 68 115 23 70 .277 .381 .506 20 3 69 64 1 1 1 0 8
1953 STL A 128 440 61 118 19 70 .268 .376 .466 18 6 72 44 4 2 1 0 13
1954 CLE A 94 295 33 81 14 48 .275 .344 .478 14 2 34 40 0 1 0 0 4
1954 BAL A 29 94 5 19 1 13 .202 .283 .245 1 0 11 17 0 0 0 0 1
1954 TOT A 123 389 38 100 15 61 .257 .330 .422 15 2 45 57 0 1 0 0 5
1955 CLE A 74 257 30 65 14 55 .253 .332 .475 11 2 32 33 1 0 1 3 6
1956 CLE A 136 481 65 127 32 106 .264 .364 .509 22 0 75 87 5 0 0 10 8
1957 CLE A 144 515 84 145 28 105 .282 .371 .485 21 0 78 88 2 0 2 6 9
1958 CLE A 25 43 5 12 3 12 .279 .354 .512 1 0 5 7 0 0 0 0 2
1959 BOS A 94 247 38 68 7 49 .275 .337 .413 13 0 22 32 2 0 0 5 5
1960 BOS A 131 443 45 125 19 103 .282 .335 .460 22 0 37 54 1 1 0 4 13
1961 DET A 8 6 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BOS A 99 317 33 83 11 60 .262 .339 .429 16 2 38 43 2 0 0 3 11
1961 TOT A 107 323 33 84 11 61 .260 .336 .424 16 2 38 44 2 0 0 3 11
1962 DET A 74 105 7 34 5 18 .324 .357 .486 2 0 5 13 1 0 0 0 1
1963 MIN A 35 44 3 6 3 7 .136 .240 .341 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 2 1
1963 DET A 6 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1963 TOT A 41 49 3 6 3 7 .122 .218 .306 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 1
Total 1862 6099 867 1692 266 1178 .277 .364 .469 289 42 828 842 27 24 9 33 143

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1947 DET A OF 83 0 0 160 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1948 DET A OF 98 0 0 196 11 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1949 DET A OF 155 0 0 302 14 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1950 DET A OF 145 0 0 286 5 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1951 DET A OF 131 0 0 254 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1952 STL A OF 36 0 0 64 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1952 DET A OF 79 0 0 134 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1952 TOT A OF 115 0 0 198 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1952 TOT A RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1953 STL A OF 121 0 0 243 15 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1954 CLE A 1B 83 0 0 557 52 7 57 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1954 CLE A OF 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 BAL A OF 27 0 0 47 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1954 TOT A OF 32 0 0 57 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1954 TOT A RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1955 CLE A 1B 63 0 0 449 33 8 49 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1955 CLE A OF 9 0 0 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 CLE A 1B 133 0 0 971 77 9 99 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1957 CLE A 1B 139 138 1162.2 1025 83 14 122 1 0 0 0 0 .988
1958 CLE A 1B 8 7 54.2 44 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1959 BOS A 1B 64 56 456.2 440 38 4 44 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1960 BOS A 1B 117 110 899.1 841 78 12 89 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1961 BOS A 1B 86 82 656.1 664 67 7 65 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1962 DET A 1B 16 14 112 75 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1963 MIN A 1B 6 5 45 32 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 889 0 0 1709 72 49 20 0 0 0 0 0 .973
Total 1B 715 412 3386.2 5098 447 63 537 1 0 0 0 0 .989

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1942).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with Dick Littlefield, Marlin Stuart and Don Lenhardt to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Jim Delsing, Ned Garver, Dave Madison and Bud Black (August 14, 1952).
  • Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Bob Chakales (June 1, 1954).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Gary Geiger to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jim Piersall (December 2, 1958).
  • Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Boston Red Sox (September 8, 1961).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (May 5, 1963).
  • Signed by Minnesota Twins (June 18, 1963).
  • Released by Minnesota Twins (October 15, 1963).

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