Don Wert
Donald Ralph Wert
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 29, 1938 in Strasburg, PA
School: Franklin & Marshall College
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1963
Final Game: June 11, 1971
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1963 24 DET AL 78 283 251 31 65 6 2 7 25 3 3 24 51 .259 .326 .382 .709 96 96 6 2 4 2 2 54/6
1964 25 DET AL 148 594 525 63 135 18 5 9 55 3 4 50 74 .257 .325 .362 .687 90 190 11 6 6 7 5 *5/6
1965 26 DET AL 162 697 609 81 159 22 2 12 54 5 6 73 71 .261 .341 .363 .704 99 221 15 3 8 4 4 *5/64 MVP-10
1966 27 DET AL 150 642 559 56 150 20 2 11 70 6 3 64 69 .268 .342 .370 .713 103 207 20 2 11 6 3 *5
1967 28 DET AL 142 598 534 60 137 23 2 6 40 1 1 44 59 .257 .320 .341 .661 93 182 16 7 10 3 2 *5/6
1968 29 DET AL 150 589 536 44 107 15 1 12 37 0 3 37 79 .200 .258 .299 .556 67 160 12 5 11 0 7 *5/6 AS
1969 30 DET AL 132 478 423 46 95 11 1 14 50 3 1 49 60 .225 .303 .355 .658 80 150 14 1 0 5 6 *5
1970 31 DET AL 128 419 363 34 79 13 0 6 33 1 3 44 56 .218 .307 .303 .610 69 110 13 4 5 3 7 *5/4
1971 32 WSA AL 20 46 40 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 .050 .156 .075 .231 -31 3 2 1 1 0 1 /564
9 Seasons 1110 4346 3840 417 929 129 15 77 366 22 24 389 529 .242 .314 .343 .658 87 1319 109 31 56 30 37
162 Game Avg. 162 634 560 61 136 19 2 11 53 3 4 57 77 .242 .314 .343 .658 87 193 16 5 8 4 5
DET (8 yrs) 1090 4300 3800 415 927 128 15 77 364 22 24 385 519 .244 .316 .346 .662 88 1316 107 30 55 30 36
WSA (1 yr) 20 46 40 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 .050 .156 .075 .231 -31 3 2 1 1 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1963 24 DET AL 283 201 31 4.2 97 .297 .259 .259 .326 .325 .382 .399 .709 .725 96 .497 -1.6 -0.2 .626 .219 .124 4.2
1964 25 DET AL 594 418 63 4.1 98 .281 .257 .258 .325 .327 .362 .401 .687 .727 90 .480 -6.7 -0.7 .605 .198 .105 4.5
1965 26 DET AL 697 483 76 4.2 93 .277 .261 .253 .341 .323 .363 .388 .704 .711 99 .523 0.8 0.1 .628 .220 .102 7.1
1966 27 DET AL 642 449 71 4.3 92 .287 .268 .251 .342 .319 .370 .388 .713 .707 103 .539 3.8 0.4 .639 .222 .102 7.8
1967 28 DET AL 598 427 58 3.7 87 .278 .257 .246 .320 .316 .341 .369 .661 .686 93 .491 -3.9 -0.4 .563 .167 .084 1.7
1968 29 DET AL 589 455 40 2.4 82 .213 .200 .241 .258 .311 .299 .357 .556 .668 67 .326 -23.3 -2.7 .448 .162 .099 .0
1969 30 DET AL 478 348 45 3.5 99 .229 .225 .260 .303 .338 .355 .392 .658 .730 80 .414 -12.0 -1.2 .589 .251 .130 4.9
1970 31 DET AL 419 308 33 2.9 98 .240 .218 .259 .307 .334 .303 .395 .610 .729 69 .324 -14.9 -1.5 .520 .201 .085 1.7
1971 32 WSA AL 46 41 0 0.0 87 .067 .050 .248 .156 .319 .075 .368 .231 .687 -31 .000 -6.8 -0.7 .200 .125 .025
9 Seasons 4346 3130 417 3.6 93 .261 .242 .252 .314 .323 .343 .384 .658 .707 87 .452 -64.5 -6.9 .571 .202 .102 34.2
162 Game Avg. 634 457 61 3.6 93 .261 .242 .252 .314 .323 .343 .384 .658 .707 87 .452 -64.5 -6.9 .571 .202 .102 5
DET (8 yrs) 4300 3089 417 3.6 93 .263 .244 .253 .316 .323 .346 .385 .662 .708 88 .458 -57.7 -6.2 .576 .203 .102 34.2
WSA (1 yr) 46 41 0 0.0 87 .067 .050 .248 .156 .319 .075 .368 .231 .687 -31 .000 -6.8 -0.7 .200 .125 .025

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 29 DET AL WS STL W 6 24 17 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 5 .118 .375 .118 .493 2 0 1 0 0 1
1 WS 6 24 17 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 5 .118 .375 .118 .493 2 0 1 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 DET AL 29 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1963 24 DET AL 283 2.5% 18.0% 8.5% 5.3% 23% 2.13 4.9 35.9 10.0 0.78 69%
1964 25 DET AL 594 1.5% 12.5% 8.4% 5.4% 24% 1.48 7.1 58.3 9.5 0.78 76%
1965 26 DET AL 697 1.7% 10.2% 10.5% 5.2% 23% 0.97 8.6 50.8 11.3 1.10 76%
1966 27 DET AL 642 1.7% 10.8% 10.0% 5.1% 22% 1.08 8.1 50.8 8.0 0.93 76%
1967 28 DET AL 598 1.0% 9.9% 7.4% 5.2% 23% 1.34 9.1 89.0 13.4 1.03 79%
1968 29 DET AL 589 2.0% 13.4% 6.3% 4.8% 26% 2.14 6.8 44.7 14.5 0.94 76%
1969 30 DET AL 478 2.9% 12.6% 10.3% 5.4% 27% 1.22 7.1 30.2 8.5 0.99 74%
1970 31 DET AL 419 1.4% 13.4% 10.5% 4.5% 24% 1.27 6.5 60.5 11.0 0.91 73%
1971 32 WSA AL 46 0.0% 21.7% 8.7% 2.2% 50% 2.50 4.0 20.0 1.00 65%
9 Seasons 4346 1.8% 12.2% 9.0% 5.1% 24% 1.36 7.3 49.9 10.5 0.95 75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1963 24 DET AL 9 0 29% 128 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 55% 15 10 4 3 1 2 11 1 10
1964 25 DET AL 8 0 30% 259 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 16 59% 25 14 10 5 2 3 19 3 16
1965 26 DET AL 6 0 31% 293 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 51% 42 25 16 4 4 0 25 5 20
1966 27 DET AL 7 0 22% 285 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 12 39% 31 22 9 7 3 4 13 4 7
1967 28 DET AL 7 0 30% 226 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 21 49% 38 22 16 4 2 2 15 5 10
1968 29 DET AL 8 0 23% 179 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 44% 17 10 7 3 2 1 12 5 6
1969 30 DET AL 4 0 24% 166 3 1 75% 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 7 54% 22 14 8 4 1 2 13 2 11
1970 31 DET AL 8 0 23% 150 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 39% 22 15 7 3 1 2 11 5 5
1971 32 WSA AL 1 0 29% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
9 Seasons 58 0 27% 1692 22 24 48% 21 22 1 0 0 1 8 1 41 98 49% 213 132 78 33 16 16 120 31 85
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1963 24 DET AL 283 39% 65 4 0 0 0 1.29 7 0 8 2 5 5 2 0 4 4 100% 54 6 11% 17 9 53% 165 22 13% 16 10 63% 10 2 20% 0
1964 25 DET AL 594 35% 135 3 0 0 0 0.45 9 0 17 4 5 5 4 0 6 6 100% 98 11 11% 40 17 43% 336 47 14% 29 18 62% 25 10 40% 0
1965 26 DET AL 697 34% 159 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 5 7 9 3 0 8 8 100% 105 15 14% 56 20 36% 347 43 12% 26 13 50% 29 12 41% 0
1966 27 DET AL 642 35% 150 0 0 0 0 11 1 16 6 5 8 3 0 12 11 92% 116 20 17% 49 20 41% 359 62 17% 38 22 58% 28 13 46% 0
1967 28 DET AL 598 36% 137 2 0 0 0 0.76 6 0 20 4 2 4 2 0 11 10 91% 117 16 14% 47 23 49% 365 36 10% 23 13 57% 27 13 48% 0
1968 29 DET AL 589 29% 107 0 0 0 0 12 0 19 10 2 3 9 0 11 11 100% 119 12 10% 67 24 36% 364 28 8% 31 9 29% 37 10 27% 0
1969 30 DET AL 478 39% 95 2 0 0 2 1.95 14 0 9 9 5 9 5 0 0 0 106 14 13% 46 12 26% 304 39 13% 22 9 41% 21 6 29% 0
1970 31 DET AL 419 35% 79 15 2 0 0 1.34 6 0 12 3 3 4 2 0 5 5 100% 100 13 13% 43 15 35% 300 28 9% 21 7 33% 21 7 33% 0
1971 32 WSA AL 46 54% 2 7 0 0 0 1.34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 2 17% 7 3 43% 32 2 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 4346 35% 929 33 2 0 2 1.25 77 1 113 43 34 47 30 0 58 56 97% 827 109 13% 372 143 38% 2572 307 12% 207 101 49% 198 73 37% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 24 78 283 251 31 65 6 2 7 25 3 3 24 51 .259 .326 .382 .709 96 96 6 2 4 2 2
1964 25 226 877 776 94 200 24 7 16 80 6 7 74 125 .258 .325 .369 .694 92 286 17 8 10 9 7
1965 26 388 1574 1385 175 359 46 9 28 134 11 13 147 196 .259 .332 .366 .698 95 507 32 11 18 13 11
1966 27 538 2216 1944 231 509 66 11 39 204 17 16 211 265 .262 .335 .367 .702 97 714 52 13 29 19 14
1967 28 680 2814 2478 291 646 89 13 45 244 18 17 255 324 .261 .332 .362 .693 96 896 68 20 39 22 16
1968 29 830 3403 3014 335 753 104 14 57 281 18 20 292 403 .250 .319 .350 .669 91 1056 80 25 50 22 23
1969 30 962 3881 3437 381 848 115 15 71 331 21 21 341 463 .247 .317 .351 .668 90 1206 94 26 50 27 29
1970 31 1090 4300 3800 415 927 128 15 77 364 22 24 385 519 .244 .316 .346 .662 88 1316 107 30 55 30 36
1971 32 1110 4346 3840 417 929 129 15 77 366 22 24 389 529 .242 .314 .343 .658 87 1319 109 31 56 30 37

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 24 78 282 253 33 67 6 2 7 27 3 25 51 .265 .333 .387 .721 33 78
1964 25 147 596 530 67 142 19 5 9 58 3 53 74 .268 .337 .374 .711 67 148
1965 26 162 705 620 89 170 24 2 13 59 5 78 71 .274 .356 .382 .738 84 162
1966 27 151 648 572 62 160 21 2 12 78 6 68 69 .280 .355 .386 .741 78 150
1967 28 142 607 548 70 151 25 2 7 46 1 48 59 .276 .341 .367 .708 67 142
1968 29 150 598 550 55 121 17 1 14 47 0 42 79 .220 .283 .331 .614 50 150
1969 30 132 478 423 47 95 11 1 14 51 3 49 60 .225 .303 .355 .658 46 132
1970 31 128 417 365 36 81 13 0 6 35 1 45 56 .222 .312 .307 .619 35 128
1971 32 20 49 41 4 3 2 0 0 4 0 6 10 .073 .224 .122 .346 1 20
9 Seasons 1110 4380 3902 463 990 138 15 82 405 22 414 529 .254 .328 .360 .688 461 1110
162 Game Avg. 162 639 569 68 144 20 2 12 59 3 60 77 .254 .328 .360 .688 67 1110

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1968 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1965-AL-10-8%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Games Played s c a p y
1965 AL--162--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1965 AL--609--3rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1965 AL--697--3rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1965 AL--81--9th

Hits s c a p y
1965 AL--159--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 AL--73--6th

Singles s c a p y
1965 AL--123--6th
1966 AL--117--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1965 AL--235--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL--6--9th
1967 AL--7--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1966 AL--11--3rd
1967 AL--10--7th
1968 AL--11--3rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1964 AL--7--3rd
1966 AL--6--8th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1966 AL--20--4th
1967 AL--16--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1965 AL--483--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 10 (1256), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1361), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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