Vic Wertz
Victor Woodrow Wertz
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: February 9, 1925 in York, PA
High School: York (York, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: September 19, 1963
Died: July 7, 1983 in Detroit, MI
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 DET AL 22 OF 83 172 160 6 6 0 .965 2.00 .979 2.35 38-2-43
1948 DET AL 23 OF 98 217 196 11 10 3 .954 2.11 .976 2.36 64-1-36
1949 DET AL 24 OF 155 322 302 14 6 4 .981 2.04 .980 2.27 0-0-155 AS,MVP-10
1950 DET AL 25 OF 145 301 286 5 10 3 .967 2.01 .979 2.34 0-0-145 MVP-10
1951 DET AL 26 OF 131 264 254 7 3 1 .989 1.99 .977 2.23 0-0-131 AS
1952 TOT AL 27 OF 115 211 198 8 5 3 .976 1.79 .980 2.18 0-0-115 AS
1952 DET AL 27 OF 79 144 134 8 2 3 .986 1.80 .980 2.18 0-0-79
1952 SLB AL 27 OF 36 67 64 0 3 0 .955 1.78 .981 2.18 0-0-36
1953 SLB AL 28 OF 121 265 243 15 7 4 .974 2.13 .981 2.18 0-1-120
1954 TOT AL 29 OF 32 31 263.1 64 57 5 2 1 .969 -0.6 -2.7 -0.6 0.9 -1.5 0 2.12 1.94 .980 2.39 2.17
1954 TOT AL 29 RF 30 29 247.1 58 51 5 2 1 .966 -0.4 -1.9 -0.4 1.4 -1.8 0 2.04 1.87 .976 2.05 1.82
1954 BAL AL 29 OF 27 27 227.0 54 47 5 2 1 .963 -0.8 -4.2 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 0 2.06 1.93 .980 2.39 2.17
1954 BAL AL 29 RF 27 27 227.0 53 46 5 2 1 .962 -0.8 -4.2 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 0 2.02 1.89 .975 2.05 1.82
1954 CLE AL 29 1B 83 79 595.2 616 557 52 7 57 .989 1.1 2.2 2.1 3.2 -1.0 -1 9.20 7.34 .990 9.60 8.00
1954 CLE AL 29 OF 5 4 36.1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 6.6 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 2.48 2.00 .980 2.38 2.16
1954 CLE AL 29 RF 3 2 20.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 23.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.21 1.67 .980 2.04 1.83
1954 CLE AL 29 LF 2 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -15.0 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 0 2.25 2.00 .975 2.25 1.95
1955 CLE AL 30 1B 63 61 475.0 490 449 33 8 49 .984 -4.8 -12.1 -3.8 -1.9 -1.9 -1 9.13 7.65 .991 9.63 8.17
1955 CLE AL 30 OF 9 7 62.0 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 -1.1 -21.3 -1.1 -1.4 0.3 0 2.03 1.56 .979 2.40 2.08
1955 CLE AL 30 RF 8 6 59.0 18 16 2 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -14.2 -0.7 -1.0 0.3 0 2.75 2.25 .983 2.04 1.72
1955 CLE AL 30 LF 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 1.80
1956 CLE AL 31 1B 133 133 1086.2 1057 971 77 9 99 .991 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 8.68 7.88 .990 8.28 7.52 MVP-9
1957 CLE AL 32 1B 139 138 1162.2 1122 1025 83 14 122 .988 -4.3 -4.4 -4.3 -5.5 1.2 0 8.58 7.97 .992 7.74 7.19 AS,MVP-6
1958 CLE AL 33 1B 8 7 54.2 50 44 5 1 5 .980 0.3 6.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 8.07 6.13 .992 9.60 8.48
1959 BOS AL 34 1B 64 56 456.2 482 440 38 4 44 .992 2.7 7.1 3.7 1.3 2.4 -1 9.42 7.47 .990 9.84 8.27
1960 BOS AL 35 1B 117 110 899.1 931 841 78 12 89 .987 -2.8 -3.7 -1.8 -2.9 1.1 -1 9.20 7.85 .991 9.58 8.04 MVP-14
1961 BOS AL 36 1B 86 82 656.1 738 664 67 7 65 .991 3.5 6.4 3.5 -0.1 3.6 0 10.02 8.50 .990 9.45 8.29
1962 DET AL 37 1B 16 14 112.0 85 75 9 1 5 .988 -1.5 -16.1 -1.5 -2.1 0.5 0 6.75 5.25 .991 9.44 8.76
1963 MIN AL 38 1B 6 5 45.0 37 32 5 0 2 1.000 0.6 16.0 0.6 0.1 0.4 0 7.40 6.17 .989 9.48 8.58
9 Seasons OF 889 38 325.1 1830 1709 72 49 20 .973 -1.7 -6.3 -1.7 -0.5 -1.2 0 49.27 2.00 .979 2.39 2.26 105-4-783
10 Seasons 1B 715 685 5544.0 5608 5098 447 63 537 .989 -5.8 -1.3 -1.8 -8.3 6.4 -4 9.00 7.76 .991 8.95 7.86
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 38 35 306.1 76 67 7 2 2 .974 -1.1 -4.3 -1.1 0.4 -1.5 0 2.17 1.95 .978 2.05 1.80
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 3 3 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -37.9 -0.6 -0.9 0.3 0 1.89 1.33 .975 2.27 1.90
17 Seasons TOT 1604 723 5869.1 7438 6807 519 112 557 .985 -7.5 -1.5 -3.5 -8.8 5.2 0 -4 11.23 4.57 .973 8.59 4.76 105-4-783
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1947 DET AL 22 102 102 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 2 43 83
1948 DET AL 23 119 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 1 36 98
1949 DET AL 24 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 155
1950 DET AL 25 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 145
1951 DET AL 26 138 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 131
1952 DET AL 27 85 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 79
1952 SLB AL 27 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 36
1953 SLB AL 28 128 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 120 121
1954 CLE AL 29 94 83 94 94 0 0 83 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 7 0
1954 BAL AL 29 29 27 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 2 0
1955 CLE AL 30 74 68 74 74 0 0 63 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 6 0
1956 CLE AL 31 136 133 136 136 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1957 CLE AL 32 144 138 144 144 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1958 CLE AL 33 25 7 25 25 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1959 BOS AL 34 94 56 94 94 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1
1960 BOS AL 35 131 110 131 131 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1961 BOS AL 36 99 82 99 99 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1961 DET AL 36 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1962 DET AL 37 74 14 74 74 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0
1963 MIN AL 38 35 5 35 35 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1963 DET AL 38 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
17 Seasons 1862 723 1862 1862 0 0 715 0 0 0 105 4 783 889 216 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CLE AL 29 2532 60% 80% 25% 155 93% 2 546 44 496 6 52 52 42 7 1 3 7 1 6 0 5 57 0 0 1 51 1 5 1 4 13 92%
1955 CLE AL 30 2061 61% 74% 21% 124 90% 0 398 33 362 4 48 33 25 5 0 0 8 2 6 0 5 50 0 0 0 48 0 2 1 1 9 100%
1956 CLE AL 31 4715 64% 76% 23% 236 95% 0 956 74 880 5 81 74 54 13 1 1 9 3 6 0 5 100 4 0 1 90 4 10 2 8 17 82%
1957 CLE AL 32 5191 65% 77% 23% 262 94% 4 1009 97 905 7 74 80 58 16 0 4 14 4 9 1 9 121 4 0 1 109 6 12 1 11 18 100%
1958 CLE AL 33 250 69% 78% 21% 14 86% 0 43 5 38 0 2 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0
1959 BOS AL 34 2028 66% 78% 26% 103 96% 0 433 28 399 5 34 37 33 4 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 42 0 0 0 39 0 3 1 2 9 67%
1960 BOS AL 35 4001 67% 78% 25% 203 94% 2 830 67 758 8 53 75 60 11 0 6 12 3 7 2 7 90 0 0 1 78 1 12 4 8 13 100%
1961 BOS AL 36 2965 63% 76% 27% 167 94% 2 667 54 608 7 45 64 50 9 0 5 7 3 3 1 3 65 1 2 1 57 3 8 2 5 13 77%
1962 DET AL 37 505 63% 78% 17% 28 93% 0 77 5 71 1 14 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1963 MIN AL 38 203 70% 79% 21% 11 100% 0 34 2 32 0 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
10 Seasons 24451 64% 77% 24% 1303 94% 10 4993 409 4549 43 407 432 337 67 2 20 63 17 41 5 37 537 9 2 5 481 15 55 12 42 96 90%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BAL AL 29 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 1 2 9 4 0 10 2 0 5 2 1 3 0 0 9 8 0 36 16 44.4% 19 1 2.8% 4 1025 62% 78% 26% 101 50%
1954 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 87 86% 83% 39% 7 71%
1955 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 11 4 36.4% 6 1 9.1% 1 259 62% 80% 34% 28 54%
2 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 2 1 2 14 6 0 12 2 0 6 2 1 4 0 0 12 10 1 48 20 41.7% 26 2 4.2% 5 1371 63% 78% 29% 136 51%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 62% 78% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 80 55% 85% 29% 9 44%
1955 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 14 43% 64% 36% 2 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 94 53% 82% 30% 11 36%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

* 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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