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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BOS		KCA	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		LAA	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
3	3	Apr 17	BOS		LAA	W,3-2	GS	21	6.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
4	5 (1)	Apr 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
5	8 (2)	Apr 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
6	10 (1)	Apr 26	BOS		WSA	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
7	11	Apr 27	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
9	13	Apr 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
10	14	Apr 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	16 (1)	May 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,8-9	CG	48	9.1	8	0	0	8	0	1B
12	17	May 5	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
13	18	May 7	BOS	@	MIN	W,11-9	GS	37	8.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
14	19	May 8	BOS	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
15	20	May 9	BOS	@	LAA	L,7-8	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
16	21	May 10	BOS	@	LAA	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
17	22	May 12	BOS	@	WSA	W,2-1	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
18	23	May 13	BOS	@	WSA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
19	24	May 14 (1)	BOS	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
20	25	May 14 (2)	BOS	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	9	1	0	10	2	1B
21	26	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,2-13	CG	50	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
22	34 (7)	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	10	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
23	36 (1)	May 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
24	37	May 28	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	GS	30	7.0	5	3	0	8	1	1B
25	38	May 29	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
26	39	May 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
27	40	May 31	BOS		NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	41	Jun 1	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	GS	28	6.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
29	42	Jun 2	BOS		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
30	43	Jun 3	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
31	44	Jun 4	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
32	45	Jun 5 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
33	46	Jun 5 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-10	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
34	47	Jun 6	BOS		KCA	W,5-3	GS	33	7.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
35	48	Jun 7	BOS		KCA	W,6-2	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
36	49	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		LAA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
37	51 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	BOS		LAA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
38	53 (1)	Jun 10	BOS		LAA	L,5-10	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
39	54	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,8-2	GS	28	7.0	11	1	1	13	3	1B
40	55	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		MIN	L,5-10	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
41	56	Jun 12	BOS		MIN	W,10-8	GS	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
42	57	Jun 13	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
43	58	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
44	59	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	W,10-1	GS	21	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
45	60	Jun 16	BOS		WSA	W,14-9	CG	50	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
46	61	Jun 17	BOS		WSA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
47	62	Jun 18 (1)	BOS		WSA	W,13-12	CG	44	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
48	64 (1)	Jun 20	BOS	@	LAA	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
49	65	Jun 21	BOS	@	LAA	L,1-5	GS	9	2.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
50	66	Jun 22	BOS	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	1	11	2	1B
51	67	Jun 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	23	6.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
52	68	Jun 24	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
53	69	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	W,7-4	GS	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
54	71 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	73 (1)	Jun 28	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS	19	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	91 (17)	Jul 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	49	12.0	10	4	0	14	0	1B
57	95 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-9	GS	31	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
58	96	Jul 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,11-12	CG	45	8.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
59	97	Jul 21	BOS		NYY	L,8-11	GS	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
60	98	Jul 22	BOS		NYY	L,9-11	GS	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
61	99	Jul 23	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
62	100	Jul 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	1B
63	101	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
64	103 (1)	Jul 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
65	106 (2)	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-8	CG	43	10.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	107	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		LAA	W,7-2	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
67	108	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		LAA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	109	Aug 3	BOS		LAA	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
69	110	Aug 4	BOS		KCA	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
70	111	Aug 5	BOS		KCA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
71	112	Aug 6 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,4-2	GS	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
72	114 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
73	116 (1)	Aug 8	BOS		MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
74	117	Aug 9	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	1B
75	118	Aug 10	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
76	119	Aug 11	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
77	120	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-8	GS	29	6.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
78	122 (1)	Aug 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
79	123	Aug 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
80	124	Aug 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	25	7.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
81	125	Aug 18	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
82	126	Aug 19	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
83	127	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
84	128	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
85	129	Aug 22	BOS		WSA	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
86	130	Aug 23	BOS		WSA	W,9-4	GS	21	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
							86gm		656.1	664	67	7	738	65