Vic Wertz
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[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.
[edit] Statistics
[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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