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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 and Marshall College (Lancaster, PA)
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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 DET AL 24 3B 47 45 40 390.0 138 33 99 6 6 .957 4 13 3.05 2.81 .947 3.02 3.02
1963 DET AL 24 2B 21 15 14 146.2 93 36 54 3 10 .968 1 10 5.52 4.29 .980 5.08 5.09
1963 DET AL 24 SS 8 6 6 65.1 37 16 20 1 4 .973 0 7 4.96 4.50 .965 4.78 4.78
1964 DET AL 25 3B 142 138 135 1227.0 424 126 283 15 30 .965 10 10 3.00 2.88 .955 3.03 3.02
1964 DET AL 25 SS 4 4 3 40.0 19 8 10 1 3 .947 -1 -30 4.05 4.50 .968 4.77 4.78
1965 DET AL 26 3B 161 161 156 1427.2 506 163 331 12 33 .976 9 7 3.11 3.07 .960 3.13 3.12 MVP-10
1965 DET AL 26 SS 3 1 1 15.1 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 0 16 3.52 2.00 .962 4.75 4.73 MVP-10
1965 DET AL 26 2B 1 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 20 1.50 1.00 .980 5.10 5.10 MVP-10
1966 DET AL 27 3B 150 148 145 1326.1 392 128 253 11 20 .972 -12 -11 2.59 2.54 .954 3.03 3.03
1967 DET AL 28 3B 140 135 132 1193.1 401 112 280 9 21 .978 7 7 2.96 2.80 .955 3.13 3.14
1967 DET AL 28 SS 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0 0 13.50 3.00 .963 4.50 4.60
1968 DET AL 29 3B 150 147 142 1340.2 441 142 284 15 22 .966 7 6 2.86 2.84 .951 3.05 3.04 AS
1968 DET AL 29 SS 2 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -90 4.50 1.00 .960 4.73 4.75 AS
1969 DET AL 30 3B 129 122 116 1092.2 386 114 259 13 20 .966 5 6 3.07 2.89 .955 3.16 3.15
1970 DET AL 31 3B 117 100 95 915.2 299 94 191 14 20 .953 -12 -16 2.80 2.44 .949 3.07 3.06
1970 DET AL 31 2B 2 0 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 48 5.40 1.50 .980 5.40 5.30
1971 WSA AL 32 3B 7 2 2 26.2 11 2 7 2 1 .818 -1 -50 3.04 1.29 .956 3.04 3.03
1971 WSA AL 32 SS 7 5 5 47.0 20 5 15 0 1 1.000 -2 -46 3.83 2.86 .965 4.90 4.89
1971 WSA AL 32 2B 1 0 0 12.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 2.25 3.00 .980 5.32 5.30
9 Seasons 3B 1043 998 963 8940.0 2998 914 1987 97 173 .968 17 2 2.92 2.78 .954 3.08 3.08
4 Seasons 2B 25 15 14 169.2 100 40 57 3 10 .970 1 8 5.15 3.88 .980 5.11 5.12
6 Seasons SS 25 16 15 173.2 87 32 53 2 10 .977 -2 -17 4.40 3.40 .965 4.80 4.79
9 Seasons TOT 1093 1029 992 9283.1 3185 986 2097 102 193 .968 16 2 2.99 2.82 .955 3.15 3.16
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1963 DET AL 24 3B 4 13 4 2 2 0
1963 DET AL 24 2B 1 10 1 2 -1 0
1963 DET AL 24 SS 0 7 0 0 0 0
1964 DET AL 25 3B 10 10 8 8 0 2
1964 DET AL 25 SS -1 -30 -1 -0 -1 0
1965 DET AL 26 3B 9 7 7 4 3 2
1965 DET AL 26 SS 0 16 0 0 0 0
1965 DET AL 26 2B 0 20 0 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 27 3B -12 -11 -12 -8 -4 0
1967 DET AL 28 3B 7 7 7 3 4 0
1967 DET AL 28 SS 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 DET AL 29 3B 7 6 7 4 3 0
1968 DET AL 29 SS -0 -90 -0 0 -0 0
1969 DET AL 30 3B 5 6 7 5 3 -2
1970 DET AL 31 3B -12 -16 -12 -2 -10 0
1970 DET AL 31 2B 0 48 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 32 3B -1 -50 -1 0 -1 0
1971 WSA AL 32 SS -2 -46 -2 0 -2 0
1971 WSA AL 32 2B -0 -40 -0 -0 0 0
9 Seasons 3B 17 2 15 17 -2 2
4 Seasons 2B 1 8 1 2 -1 0
6 Seasons SS -2 -17 -2 0 -2 0
9 Seasons TOT 16 2 14 19 -5 2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 73 0 0 0 21 47 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1964 DET AL 25 148 142 148 145 0 0 0 0 141 5 0 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 0
1966 DET AL 27 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 28 142 135 142 140 0 0 0 0 140 1 0 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 0 2
1969 DET AL 30 132 122 132 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1970 DET AL 31 128 100 128 118 0 0 0 2 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1971 WSA AL 32 20 7 20 14 0 0 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
9 Seasons 1110 1029 1110 1081 0 0 0 25 1042 26 0 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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 1660 61% 80% 25% 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 5227 64% 77% 26% 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 5982 63% 76% 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 5593 67% 77% 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 4973 61% 77% 26% 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 5431 61% 76% 26% 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 4591 64% 77% 25% 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 3977 69% 77% 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 32 121 59% 87% 28% 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 37555 64% 77% 25% 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 64% 79% 28% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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 24 634 64% 77% 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 20 55% 80% 40% 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 50 80% 84% 36% 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 725 65% 77% 28% 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 64% 79% 28% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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 24 286 62% 80% 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 25 178 63% 76% 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 67 72% 72% 18% 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 17 47% 94% 29% 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 32 214 59% 85% 23% 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 770 62% 80% 23% 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 64% 79% 28% 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 1918 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)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1964 AL  142 (5th)
1965 AL  161 (1st)
1966 AL  150 (3rd)
1967 AL  140 (4th)
1968 AL  150 (3rd)
Career  1,043 (96th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1964 AL  126 (5th)
1965 AL  163 (2nd)
1966 AL  128 (4th)
1967 AL  112 (4th)
1968 AL  142 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1964 AL  283 (4th)
1965 AL  331 (2nd)
1967 AL  280 (5th)
1968 AL  284 (4th)
Career  1,987 (91st)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1963 AL  4 (5th)
1964 AL  10 (4th)
1965 AL  9 (3rd)
1967 AL  7 (5th)
1968 AL  7 (3rd)
1969 AL  5 (5th)
Career  17 (74th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1964 AL  3.00 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1964 AL  2.88 (5th)
1968 AL  2.84 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1964 AL  .965 (3rd)
1965 AL  .976 (1st)
1966 AL  .972 (2nd)
1967 AL  .978 (2nd)
1968 AL  .966 (2nd)
1969 AL  .966 (4th)
Career  .968 (14th)

                                         

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