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Johnny Wertz

Henry Levi Wertz
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Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 20, 1898 in Pomaria, SC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1926
Team: Braves 1926-1929

Final Game: May 22, 1929
Died: September 24, 1990 in Newberry, SC
Buried: St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, Newberry, SC
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 10:01AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1926 28 BSN NL 11 9 .550 3.28 32 23 8 7 1 0 189.1 212 85 69 6 47 65 10 0 3 820 109 1.368 10.1 0.3 2.2 3.1 1.38
1927 29 BSN NL 4 10 .286 4.55 42 15 18 4 0 1 164.1 204 95 83 5 52 39 4 0 6 730 81 1.558 11.2 0.3 2.8 2.1 0.75
1928 30 BSN NL 0 2 .000 10.31 10 2 5 0 0 0 18.1 31 22 21 2 8 5 0 0 0 93 38 2.127 15.2 1.0 3.9 2.5 0.63
1929 31 BSN NL 0 0 10.50 4 0 3 0 0 1 6.0 13 8 7 1 4 2 0 0 0 34 46 2.833 19.5 1.5 6.0 3.0 0.50
4 Seasons 15 21 .417 4.29 88 40 34 11 1 2 378.0 460 210 180 14 111 111 14 0 9 1677 85 1.511 11.0 0.3 2.6 2.6 1.00
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .417 4.29 47 21 18 6 1 1 201 244 112 96 7 59 59 7 0 5 891 85 1.511 11.0 0.3 2.6 2.6 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1926 28 BSN NL 189.1 23 85 109 -3 1.0 24 2.1 $
1927 29 BSN NL 164.1 15 95 95 -5 1.0 0 0.1 $
1928 30 BSN NL 18.1 2 22 11 0 1.0 -11 -1.1 $
1929 31 BSN NL 6.0 0 8 4 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
4 Seasons 378.0 40 210 219 -8 1.0 9 0.7 $

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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
1926 28 BSN NL 32 72 64 6 17 1 0 1 6 0 5 13 .266 .319 .328 .647 81 21 0 3 1
1927 29 BSN NL 42 48 43 2 7 0 1 0 3 0 3 14 .163 .217 .209 .427 19 9 0 2 1
1928 30 BSN NL 10 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 1 0 0 1
1929 31 BSN NL 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 407 1 0 0 /1
4 Seasons 88 124 111 8 26 1 1 1 9 0 8 27 .234 .286 .288 .574 60 32 0 5
162 Game Avg. 162 228 204 15 48 2 2 2 17 0 15 50 .234 .286 .288 .574 60 59 0 9

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
1926 28 BSN NL 72 -2 -1 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1927 29 BSN NL 48 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1928 30 BSN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1929 31 BSN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
4 Seasons 124 -7 -1 0 0 0 8 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1926 BSN NL 28 P 32 23 7 189.1 70 14 54 2 2 .971 3.23 2.13 .958 2.57 2.53
1927 BSN NL 29 P 42 15 4 164.1 43 8 32 3 1 .930 2.19 0.95 .958 2.33 2.31
1928 BSN NL 30 P 10 2 0 18.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.95 0.60 .967 2.41 2.41
1929 BSN NL 31 P 4 0 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.25 .960 2.40 2.35
4 Seasons P 88 40 11 378.0 120 23 92 5 3 .958 2.74 1.31 .958 2.45 2.40
4 Seasons TOT 88 40 11 378.0 120 23 92 5 3 .958 2.74 1.31 .958 2.45 2.40
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1927 NL  42 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1926 NL  1.383 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1927 NL  0.274 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1927 NL  6 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1926 NL  10 (2nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1927 NL  18 (3rd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1926 NL  14 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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