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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET		SLB	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	2	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,1-3	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
4	4	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	6	Apr 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
7	7	Apr 20 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	8	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	9	Apr 26	DET		CLE	W,13-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
10	10	Apr 27	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	11	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
13	13	May 2	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	14	May 3	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
15	15	May 4 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	16	May 4 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
17	21 (4)	May 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	25 (3)	May 14	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	26	May 15	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	27	May 16	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	28	May 18	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
22	29	May 19	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	30	May 21	DET		PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	31	May 23	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
25	32	May 25 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	33	May 25 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	34	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
28	35	May 28	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
29	36	May 29	DET		CLE	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	56	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	39	Jun 1 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	40	Jun 1 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
34	41	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	42	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	44 (1)	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	46 (1)	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	L,9-11	GS	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	48 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	49	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,8-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
40	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	51	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
42	52	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
43	54 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	55	Jun 15 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	56	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	57	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	58	Jun 19	DET		NYY	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	59	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,1-3	GS	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	61 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-10	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	62	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,6-12	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	63	Jun 24	DET		BOS	W,7-1		24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
52	64	Jun 25	DET		BOS	L,3-10	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
53	65	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	W,6-0	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	67 (1)	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	68	Jun 29	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
56	69	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	70	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	72 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	73	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	74	Jul 5	DET		SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	75	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	76	Jul 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,6-16	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	77	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
64	78	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	79	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
66	80	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	81	Jul 14	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	82	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF
69	83	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	84	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	85	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	29	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	86	Jul 18	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	87	Jul 19	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	88	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	44	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
75	89	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	T,3-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	112 (22)	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
77	113	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	114	Aug 13	DET		CHW	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	115	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Browns
80	117	Aug 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	52	11.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	118	Aug 16	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	119	Aug 17 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	120	Aug 17 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	121	Aug 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
85	122	Aug 21 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	123	Aug 21 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	124	Aug 22 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	125	Aug 22 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	126	Aug 23	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-11	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
90	129 (2)	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	130	Aug 27	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-12	CG	49	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
92	131	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
93	132	Aug 31	SLB		DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	133	Sep 1 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
95	134	Sep 1 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	135	Sep 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
97	136	Sep 4	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	137	Sep 6	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	138	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
100	139	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
101	140	Sep 9	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	141	Sep 10	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	142	Sep 12	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	143	Sep 14 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	144	Sep 14 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	145	Sep 16	SLB		BOS	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
107	146	Sep 17	SLB		BOS	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
108	147	Sep 20 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
109	148	Sep 20 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-0	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
110	149	Sep 21	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
111	150	Sep 23	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	151	Sep 24	SLB	@	DET	W,7-4	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	152	Sep 25	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	153	Sep 26	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
115	154	Sep 27	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
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