Vic Wertz

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 186lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: February 9, 1925 in York, PA us

Died: July 7, 1983 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI

High School: Reading HS (Reading, PA)

Debut: April 15, 1947 (Age 22-065d, 10,283rd in major league history)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1963 (Age 38-222d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Victor Woodrow Wertz

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.0

6099

1692

266

.277

867

RBI

1178

OBP

.364

SLG

.469

OPS

.833

OPS+

122

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-53 / in Starts: 8-6
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 112 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	93 (54-24-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 112 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	69 (36-21-11)

Most Driven In
N Cash	5
Self	5
D McAuliffe	2
J Wood	2
R Colavito	1
A Kaline	1
F Kostro	1
C FernÃ¡ndez	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
D Brown	1
D Buddin	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1748	1	Apr 9	DET	@	WSA	L,1-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.61	0.038	3.79	0.05%	0.21	PH
2	1749	3 (1)	Apr 14	DET		NYY	L,5-11	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.42	-0.040	3.04	-0.05%	-0.51	PH
3	1750	6 (2)	Apr 19	DET	@	BOS	L,5-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.17	-0.004	.37	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
4	1751	7	Apr 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	2.05	-0.058	4.61	-0.08%	-0.23	PH
5	1752	10 (2)	Apr 25	DET		KCA	L,8-9	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	.87	0.048	1.98	0.07%	1.27	PH
6	1753	11	Apr 26	DET		KCA	W,11-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	6	4.09	0.261	8.90	0.34%	1.27	PH
7	1754	13 (1)	Apr 28	DET		LAA	L,6-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	9	1.55	0.068	3.52	0.09%	0.39	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	1755	15 (1)	May 1	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	6	6.88	0.388	18.13	0.61%	1.66	PH
9	1756	16	May 2	DET	@	KCA	L,8-12	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.556	.556	.556	1.111	9	1.16	0.031	2.98	0.05%	0.21	PH
10	1757	17	May 3	DET	@	KCA	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	2.12	-0.051	5.32	-0.08%	-0.30	PH
11	1758	20 (2)	May 6	DET	@	MIN	L,7-10	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.545	.545	.545	1.091	9	1.53	0.086	3.00	0.10%	0.72	PH
12	1759	23 (2)	May 10	DET	@	LAA	L,4-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.50	-0.013	1.06	-0.02%	-0.10	PH
13	1760	25 (1)	May 12	DET		BOS	L,1-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.462	.462	.462	.923	8	4.19	-0.103	8.25	-0.12%	-0.81	PH
14	1761	27 (1)	May 15	DET		MIN	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	9	2.00	-0.046	4.11	-0.06%	-0.37	PH
15	1762	28	May 16	DET		MIN	L,4-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.91	0.034	1.58	0.04%	0.39	PH
16	1763	29	May 18	DET	@	CLE	L,2-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	.03	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.15	PH
17	1764	31 (1)	May 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9						PH
18	1765	34 (2)	May 24	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.353	.706	9	.80	-0.010	1.46	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
19	1766	42 (7)	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.389	.444	.833	8	2.65	0.208	7.98	0.38%	1.24	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	1767	48 (5)	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.368	.421	.789	8	2.33	-0.060	7.08	-0.11%	-0.24	PH
21	1768	50 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,7-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.350	.400	.750	9	2.16	-0.055	6.26	-0.10%	-0.23	PH
22	1769	51	Jun 8 (2)	DET	@	WSA	L,0-1	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.381	.429	.810	7	3.86	0.110	12.27	0.21%	0.39	PH
23	1770	54 (2)	Jun 10 (2)	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.409	.773	7	4.87	-0.146	11.10	-0.20%	-0.80	PH
24	1771	55	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.346	.385	.731	5	1.46	-0.022	3.90	-0.04%	-0.49	1B
25	1772	56	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,0-3	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.370	.704	8	1.86	-0.045	3.67	-0.05%	-0.30	PH
26	1773	57	Jun 16	DET		BOS	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.321	.357	.679	9	1.73	-0.045	2.92	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
27	1774	61 (3)	Jun 20	DET		WSA	L,4-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.310	.345	.655	8	1.27	-0.036	1.87	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
28	1775	64 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	DET		NYY	L,4-8	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.467	.800	9	.34	0.023	.62	0.03%	1.00	PH
29	1776	66 (1)	Jun 24	DET		NYY	L,7-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.323	.452	.774	9	1.25	-0.036	2.48	-0.04%	-0.24	PH
30	1777	69 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-3	11-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.438	.750	3	2.93	-0.072	5.06	-0.07%	-0.30	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	1778	76 (6)	Jul 3	DET		CHW	W,5-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.303	.424	.727	9	3.22	0.041	7.38	0.06%	0.13	PH
32	1779	77	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.297	.405	.703	5	1.31	-0.029	3.72	-0.05%	-0.43	1B
33	1780	78	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.289	.395	.684	9	3.09	-0.123	8.02	-0.19%	-0.76	PH
34	1781	79	Jul 5	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.282	.385	.667	9	1.17	-0.030	2.40	-0.04%	-0.43	PH
35	1782	80	Jul 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.475	.775	8	2.27	0.360	3.63	0.35%	1.00	PH
36	1783	85 (4)	Jul 13	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.293	.463	.756	9	1.03	-0.027	1.81	-0.03%	-0.10	PH
37	1784	87 (1)	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.452	.738	9	1.25	-0.031	1.73	-0.03%	-0.16	PH
38	1785	88	Jul 17	DET	@	LAA	L,0-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.279	.442	.721	9	2.15	-0.054	2.26	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
39	1786	89	Jul 18	DET	@	LAA	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.283	.435	.717	5	.58	-0.024	.55	-0.01%	-0.26	1B
40	1787	90	Jul 19	DET	@	LAA	L,1-2	2-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.417	.688	5	.87	-0.048	.55	-0.02%	-0.44	1B
41	1788	93 (2)	Jul 22	DET	@	KCA	L,3-11	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.265	.408	.673	9	.14	-0.004	.07	0.00%	-0.42	PH
42	1789	94	Jul 23	DET	@	MIN	L,1-8	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.280	.408	.688	9	.02	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.26	PH
43	1790	95	Jul 24	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.294	.420	.714	9	2.34	0.082	1.15	0.02%	0.39	PH
44	1791	96	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.308	.420	.728	8	.52	0.022	.25	0.01%	0.13	PH
45	1792	97	Jul 27	DET		LAA	W,4-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.302	.412	.714	1	2.89	-0.075	.95	-0.02%	-0.45	PH
46	1793	100 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	DET		LAA	L,8-12	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.269	.296	.404	.700	9	.55	0.033	.31	0.01%	0.34	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	1794	103 (2)	Aug 2	DET		KCA	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.309	.415	.724	9	2.60	0.094	.65	0.01%	0.78	PH
48	1795	105 (1)	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,3-4	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.304	.407	.711	9	2.94	-0.133	.52	-0.01%	-0.93	PH
49	1796	108 (2)	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.298	.400	.698	1	4.05	-0.098	.50	-0.01%	-0.31	PH
50	1797	109	Aug 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.310	.429	.739	1	1.63	0.116	.20	0.01%	1.10	PH
51	1798	110	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,6-5	GS-5	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.311	.475	.786	5	.73	0.132	.04	0.00%	1.32	1B
52	1799	112 (1)	Aug 9	DET	@	WSA	W,8-5	GS-7	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.338	.484	.822	5	1.17	0.227	.09	0.01%	2.06	1B
53	1800	116 (3)	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.333	.470	.803	5	1.59	-0.054	.11	0.00%	-0.56	1B
54	1801	121 (4)	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.343	.478	.820	1	.96	0.044	.08	0.00%	0.26	PH
55	1802	122	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.338	.471	.809	1	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
56	1803	125 (2)	Aug 22	DET		CLE	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.347	.522	.869	9	1.42	0.234	.05	0.01%	1.00	PH
57	1804	128 (2)	Aug 25	DET		WSA	W,7-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.356	.529	.885	5	2.44	0.053	.21	0.00%	0.21	PH
58	1805	131 (2)	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.338	.364	.527	.891	5	.85	-0.007	.17	0.00%	-0.14	1B
59	1806	132	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.359	.520	.879	5	1.87	-0.047	.15	0.00%	-0.17	PH 1B
60	1807	133	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,5-2	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.378	.526	.904	5	.62	0.057	.02	0.00%	0.83	1B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
61	1808	134	Sep 1	DET		CHW	W,2-1	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.360	.500	.860	5	1.22	-0.131	.05	0.00%	-1.88	1B
62	1809	135	Sep 2	DET		CHW	L,8-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.356	.488	.844	5	.44	-0.035	.03	0.00%	0.37	1B
63	1810	136	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,1-0	GS-10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.362	.489	.851	5	1.60	0.239	.01	0.00%	1.04	1B
64	1811	137	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.371	.495	.866	5	.45	0.008	.01	0.00%	0.35	1B
65	1812	138	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.340	.366	.515	.882	5	.94	-0.085	.06	0.00%	-0.24	1B
66	1813	139	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-0	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.330	.356	.500	.856	5	.56	-0.042	.03	0.00%	-0.52	1B
67	1814	144 (4)	Sep 11	DET		NYY	L,7-8	4-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.337	.362	.505	.867	9	3.03	0.135	.01	0.00%	1.16	PH
68	1815	145	Sep 12 (1)	DET		BOS	L,6-8	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.358	.500	.858	9	2.63	0.093	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
69	1816	146	Sep 12 (2)	DET		BOS	L,2-6	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.500	.864	9	.22	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.26	PH
70	1817	148 (1)	Sep 14	DET	@	LAA	W,3-2	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.370	.500	.870	7	4.67	0.149	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
71	1818	153 (4)	Sep 20	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.330	.367	.495	.862	8	.42	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.78	PH
72	1819	155 (1)	Sep 22	DET	@	KCA	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.364	.490	.854	7	2.71	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
73	1820	156	Sep 23	DET	@	KCA	W,3-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.360	.486	.846	8	.97	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
74	1821	158 (1)	Sep 26	DET		LAA	L,5-8	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.324	.357	.486	.843	8	3.92	-0.052	.00	0.00%	0.04	PH
							21-53		112	105	7	34	2	0	5	18	5	0	13	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	.324	.357	.486	.843		1.50	1.347	1.80	0.90%	6.81

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