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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 DET AL 24 3B 47 45 390.0 138 33 99 6 6 .957 4.1 12.6 4.1 1.7 2.4 0 3.05 2.81 .946 3.02 2.85
1963 DET AL 24 2B 21 15 146.2 93 36 54 3 10 .968 1.2 9.8 1.2 -0.9 2.1 0 5.52 4.29 .981 5.08 4.68
1963 DET AL 24 SS 8 6 65.1 37 16 20 1 4 .973 0.4 7.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 4.96 4.50 .965 4.78 4.56
1964 DET AL 25 3B 142 138 1227.0 424 126 283 15 30 .965 10.3 10.1 8.3 0.1 8.1 2 3.00 2.88 .954 3.03 2.76
1964 DET AL 25 SS 4 4 40.0 19 8 10 1 3 .947 -1.0 -30.0 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0 4.05 4.50 .968 4.77 4.55
1965 DET AL 26 3B 161 161 1427.2 506 163 331 12 33 .976 8.9 7.5 6.9 2.8 4.1 2 3.11 3.07 .959 3.13 2.87 MVP-10
1965 DET AL 26 SS 3 1 15.1 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.2 15.7 0.2 0.0 0.3 0 3.52 2.00 .967 4.75 4.37 MVP-10
1965 DET AL 26 2B 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 5.10 4.40 MVP-10
1966 DET AL 27 3B 150 148 1326.1 392 128 253 11 20 .972 -12.5 -11.3 -12.5 -4.1 -8.4 0 2.59 2.54 .953 3.03 2.80
1967 DET AL 28 3B 140 135 1193.1 401 112 280 9 21 .978 7.0 7.0 7.0 3.8 3.3 0 2.96 2.80 .954 3.13 2.72
1967 DET AL 28 SS 1 0 2.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 13.50 3.00 .967 4.50 4.10
1968 DET AL 29 3B 150 147 1340.2 441 142 284 15 22 .966 7.1 6.4 7.1 2.6 4.5 0 2.86 2.84 .950 3.05 2.67 AS
1968 DET AL 29 SS 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .950 4.73 4.05 AS
1969 DET AL 30 3B 129 122 1092.2 386 114 259 13 20 .966 5.3 5.8 7.3 2.7 4.7 -2 3.07 2.89 .954 3.16 2.74
1970 DET AL 31 3B 117 100 915.2 299 94 191 14 20 .953 -12.2 -16.0 -12.2 -10.2 -2.0 0 2.80 2.44 .949 3.07 2.67
1970 DET AL 31 2B 2 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 5.40 1.50 .967 5.40 4.65
1971 WSA AL 32 3B 7 2 26.2 11 2 7 2 1 .818 -1.1 -49.5 -1.1 -1.2 0.1 0 3.04 1.29 .964 3.04 2.74
1971 WSA AL 32 SS 7 5 47.0 20 5 15 0 1 1.000 -1.8 -46.0 -1.8 -1.8 0.0 0 3.83 2.86 .965 4.90 4.31
1971 WSA AL 32 2B 1 0 12.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -40.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 2.25 3.00 .967 5.32 4.80
9 Seasons 3B 1043 998 8940.0 2998 914 1987 97 173 .968 16.9 2.3 14.9 -1.8 16.8 2 2.92 2.78 .954 3.08 2.76
4 Seasons 2B 25 15 169.2 100 40 57 3 10 .970 1.1 7.8 1.1 -0.6 1.7 0 5.15 3.88 .980 5.11 4.67
6 Seasons SS 25 16 173.2 87 32 53 2 10 .977 -2.5 -17.3 -2.5 -2.4 0.0 0 4.40 3.40 .966 4.80 4.41
9 Seasons TOT 1093 1029 9283.1 3185 986 2097 102 193 .968 15.5 2.0 13.5 -4.8 18.5 2 2.99 2.82 .923 3.15 2.84
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 DET AL 24 78 66 78 78 0 0 0 21 47 8 0 0 0 0 6 1
1964 DET AL 25 148 142 148 148 0 0 0 0 142 4 0 0 0 0 3 0
1965 DET AL 26 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 1 161 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 27 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 28 142 135 142 142 0 0 0 0 140 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1968 DET AL 29 150 147 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
1969 DET AL 30 132 122 132 132 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1970 DET AL 31 128 100 128 128 0 0 0 2 117 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1971 WSA AL 32 20 7 20 20 0 0 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 9 0
9 Seasons 1110 1029 1110 1110 0 0 0 25 1043 25 0 0 0 0 41 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1963 DET AL 24 1712 59% 77% 24% 134 90% 0 33 26 2 5 97 86 8 0 3 6 1 5 0 5 6 4 1 5 0 0 0 9 67%
1964 DET AL 25 5338 62% 75% 25% 423 92% 1 133 106 14 13 285 235 43 2 4 14 0 12 2 12 30 19 4 24 3 2 1 14 57%
1965 DET AL 26 6159 61% 74% 24% 461 97% 0 162 126 18 18 329 260 55 3 6 12 1 9 2 10 34 23 6 31 2 2 0 14 93%
1966 DET AL 27 5758 65% 75% 24% 382 95% 2 135 111 10 14 253 205 39 4 7 11 0 9 2 9 21 16 0 19 1 0 1 7 86%
1967 DET AL 28 5139 60% 74% 25% 379 94% 3 114 88 12 14 273 230 35 4 5 9 1 8 0 7 21 11 3 18 2 1 1 8 88%
1968 DET AL 29 5587 59% 74% 25% 425 94% 3 140 114 10 16 287 248 32 1 3 15 0 12 3 13 22 12 2 16 5 5 0 9 78%
1969 DET AL 30 4753 61% 74% 24% 368 94% 4 112 89 7 16 262 216 35 3 11 13 0 13 0 10 19 10 1 13 4 2 2 10 90%
1970 DET AL 31 4094 67% 75% 24% 288 91% 3 93 75 11 7 192 144 38 3 3 14 0 12 2 12 20 12 2 15 4 3 1 7 71%
1971 WSA AL 32 126 56% 83% 27% 11 73% 0 2 1 0 1 7 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Seasons 38666 62% 75% 24% 2871 94% 16 924 736 84 104 1985 1629 286 20 42 96 3 82 11 80 174 108 19 142 21 15 6 79 78%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1963 DET AL 24 644 63% 76% 26% 58 97% 0 36 11 16 9 55 47 5 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 10 4 0 3 1 10 4 5 0 0 0
1965 DET AL 26 21 52% 76% 38% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 DET AL 31 21 71% 71% 43% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 32 52 77% 81% 35% 2 100% 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 738 64% 76% 27% 63 97% 0 39 12 18 9 58 50 5 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 10 4 0 3 1 10 4 5 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1963 DET AL 24 292 61% 78% 24% 33 97% 1 16 12 3 1 20 13 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1964 DET AL 25 180 62% 75% 22% 20 85% 0 9 6 2 1 12 8 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1965 DET AL 26 69 70% 70% 17% 8 88% 0 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 28 8 88% 88% 13% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1968 DET AL 29 18 44% 89% 28% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 32 224 57% 81% 22% 17 88% 0 5 3 1 1 14 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 791 61% 78% 22% 80 91% 1 34 24 7 3 53 35 14 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 10 5 1 3 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

* 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.

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