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Don Wert

Donald Ralph Wert

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 162 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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Senators 1963-1971

Final Game: June 11, 1971
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1958	19	DET-min	D	120	457	457		130	17	11	7						.284	.284	.416	.700		190						VDS · GAFL
1959	20	DET-min	B	113	396	396		87	14	8	9						.220	.220	.364	.583		144						DHM · CARL
1960	21	DET-min	B	133	475	475		131	26	12	18						.276	.276	.495	.771		235						DHM · CARL
1961	22	DET-min	AAA	137	563	519	89	170	25	8	12	75	6		44	49	.328	.380	.476	.856		247						DEN · AA
1962	23	DET-min	AAA	147	668	555	82	148	20	9	7	83	10		96	72	.267	.378	.373	.751		207		5	9	3	4	DEN · AA
1963	24	DET-min	AAA	21	93	81	13	22	2	0	3	6	1	1	12	8	.272	.366	.407	.773		33						SYR · IL
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1963	24	DET	AL	283	-1	1	3	-1	6	2	8	17	1.7	12	1.3	0.4	$	54/6
1964	25	DET	AL	594	-7	0	1	-1	9	4	17	23	2.2	14	1.5	0.7	$	*5/6
1965	26	DET	AL	697	3	1	-3	-3	9	4	19	30	2.9	21	2.3	0.6	$	*5/64	MVP-10
1966	27	DET	AL	642	3	0	-1	-3	-12	4	17	7	0.7	20	2.1	-1.4	$	*5
1967	28	DET	AL	598	-5	2	0	-2	7	4	16	22	2.1	15	1.6	0.5	$	*5/6
1968	29	DET	AL	589	-21	1	0	0	7	4	17	8	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	*5/6	AS
1969	30	DET	AL	478	-10	1	-1	0	5	3	14	12	1.1	7	0.7	0.4	$	*5
1970	31	DET	AL	419	-17	-2	2	-2	-12	3	14	-14	-1.6	-2	-0.2	-1.4	$29,000	*5/4
1971	32	WSA	AL	46	-7	0	0	0	-3	0	2	-8	-1.0	-5	-0.5	-0.5	$29,000	/564
9 Seasons				4346	-62	4	1	-12	16	28	124	97	8.3	83	8.9	-0.6	$58,000

DET (8 yrs)				4300	-55	4	1	-12	19	28	122	105	9.3	88	9.4	-0.1	$29,000
WSA (1 yr)				46	-7	0	0	0	-3	0	2	-8	-1.0	-5	-0.5	-0.5	$29,000

Advanced Batting

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	.326	.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	.728	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	.247	.320	.316	.341	.370	.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	.253	.314	.323	.343	.384	.658	.708	87	.452	-64.5	-7.0	.571	.202	.102	34.2
162 Game Avg.				634	457	61	3.6	93	.261	.242	.253	.314	.323	.343	.384	.658	.708	87	.452	-64.5	-7.0	.571	.202	.102	5

DET (8 yrs)				4300	3089	417	3.6	93	.263	.244	.253	.316	.323	.346	.385	.662	.708	88	.458	-57.8	-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

Postseason Gamelog

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

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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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					2.1%	15.3%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.86	5.8	42.7	9.2	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1963	24	DET	AL	-1.6	-0.2	295	-0.3	4.5	-4.8	.99	0.2	-0.5	2.0	0.2	0.95	7.5	1.32	4
1964	25	DET	AL	-6.7	-0.7	612	-0.4	9.6	-10.1	.99	-0.4	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	0.95	-3.0	0.37	3
1965	26	DET	AL	0.8	0.1	716	-0.7	11.5	-12.2	1.01	-0.0	-0.7	-1.9	-0.2	0.92	-1.2		0
1966	27	DET	AL	3.8	0.4	659	1.9	11.8	-9.9	.96	0.8	1.2	10.6	1.1	0.96	5.2		0
1967	28	DET	AL	-3.9	-0.4	614	-0.6	9.1	-9.7	.97	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.98	0.4	0.65	2
1968	29	DET	AL	-23.3	-2.7	595	-2.1	8.8	-10.9	1.01	-2.5	0.4	-27.7	-3.1	0.99	-22.0		0
1969	30	DET	AL	-12.0	-1.2	485	-1.1	7.3	-8.4	.95	-0.2	-0.9	-8.7	-0.9	0.95	-1.1	1.90	2
1970	31	DET	AL	-14.9	-1.5	429	-1.3	6.9	-8.2	1.11	-1.4	0.2	-13.4	-1.4	1.02	-13.9	1.24	15
1971	32	WSA	AL	-6.8	-0.7	46	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	1.21	-0.7	0.1	-6.0	-0.7	0.97	-6.3	1.21	7
9 Seasons				-64.5	-7.0	4451	-5.3	69.9	-75.2	1.00	-4.4	-0.9	-48.9	-5.3	0.96	-34.5	1.17	33

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

						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	1.32	7	0	8	2	5	5	2	0	4	4	100%	54	6	11%	17	9	53%	165	22	13%	16	10	63%	5	2	40%	0
1964	25	DET	AL	594	35%	135			3	0	0	0	0.37	9	0	17	4	5	5	4	0	6	6	100%	98	11	11%	40	17	43%	336	47	14%	29	18	62%	14	11	79%	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%	20	12	60%	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%	10	6	60%	0
1967	28	DET	AL	598	36%	137			2	0	0	0	0.65	6	0	20	4	2	4	2	0	11	10	91%	117	16	14%	47	23	49%	365	36	10%	23	13	57%	19	12	63%	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%	32	19	59%	0
1969	30	DET	AL	478	39%	95			2	0	0	2	1.90	14	0	9	9	5	9	5	0	0	0		106	14	13%	46	12	26%	304	39	13%	22	9	41%	13	7	54%	0
1970	31	DET	AL	419	35%	79			15	2	0	0	1.24	6	0	12	3	3	4	2	0	5	5	100%	100	13	13%	43	15	35%	300	28	9%	21	7	33%	19	9	47%	0
1971	32	WSA	AL	46	54%	2			7	0	0	0	1.21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	2	17%	7	3	43%	32	2	6%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
9 Seasons				4346	35%	929			33	2	0	2	1.17	77	1	113	43	34	47	30	0	58	56	97%	827	109	13%	372	143	38%	2572	307	12%	207	101	49%	134	79	59%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

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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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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	591	527	67	139	19	5	9	58	3	51	74	.264	.332	.370	.702	65	148
1965	26	162	704	619	89	169	23	2	13	60	5	78	71	.273	.355	.380	.735	83	162
1966	27	151	648	572	62	160	21	2	12	77	6	68	69	.280	.355	.386	.741	78	150
1967	28	142	606	547	69	150	25	2	7	46	1	48	59	.274	.340	.366	.706	66	142
1968	29	150	601	552	56	123	17	1	14	47	0	43	79	.223	.286	.333	.620	51	150
1969	30	132	481	425	47	97	11	1	14	51	3	50	60	.228	.308	.358	.665	47	132
1970	31	128	417	365	36	81	13	0	6	35	1	45	56	.222	.312	.307	.619	35	128
1971	32	20	45	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	20
9 Seasons		1110	4375	3900	459	986	135	15	82	401	22	412	529	.253	.327	.358	.685	458	1110
162 Game Avg.		162	639	569	67	144	20	2	12	59	3	60	77	.253	.327	.358	.685	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 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (972nd)	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 Ink	Batting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 10 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1669), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Jim Davenport (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Davenport (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hubie Brooks (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Aspromonte (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Aspromonte (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Schaal (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Schaal (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Kirkpatrick (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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