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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

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

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 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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Transactions

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

October 9, 1970: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Elliott Maddox, Denny McLain and Norm McRae to the Washington Senators for Ed Brinkman, Joe Coleman, Jim Hannan and Aurelio Rodriguez.

June 24, 1971: Released by the Washington Senators.

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