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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
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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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
1947 22 DET AL 102 382 333 60 96 22 4 6 44 2 0 47 66 .288 .376 .432 .809 122 144 11 0 2 O
1948 23 DET AL 119 448 391 49 97 19 9 7 67 0 0 48 70 .248 .335 .396 .731 92 155 5 3 6 O
1949 24 DET AL 155 695 608 96 185 26 6 20 133 2 3 80 61 .304 .385 .465 .851 125 283 19 0 7 *O AS,MVP-10
1950 25 DET AL 149 657 559 99 172 37 4 27 123 0 1 91 55 .308 .408 .533 .941 136 298 13 4 3 *O MVP-10
1951 26 DET AL 138 581 501 86 143 24 4 27 94 0 3 78 61 .285 .383 .511 .894 140 256 13 1 1 *O AS
1952 27 TOT AL 122 486 415 68 115 20 3 23 70 1 0 69 64 .277 .381 .506 .887 144 210 8 1 1 *O AS
1952 27 DET AL 85 332 285 46 70 15 3 17 51 1 0 46 44 .246 .352 .498 .851 134 142 6 1 0 O
1952 27 SLB AL 37 154 130 22 45 5 0 6 19 0 0 23 20 .346 .444 .523 .968 165 68 2 0 1 O
1953 28 SLB AL 128 518 440 61 118 18 6 19 70 1 4 72 44 .268 .376 .466 .842 124 205 13 4 2 *O
1954 29 TOT AL 123 441 389 38 100 15 2 15 61 0 2 45 57 .257 .330 .422 .751 106 164 5 0 1 6 39/7
1954 29 BAL AL 29 106 94 5 19 1 0 1 13 0 0 11 17 .202 .283 .245 .528 51 23 1 0 0 1 9
1954 29 CLE AL 94 335 295 33 81 14 2 14 48 0 2 34 40 .275 .344 .478 .822 122 141 4 0 1 5 3/97
1955 30 CLE AL 74 295 257 30 65 11 2 14 55 1 1 32 33 .253 .332 .475 .807 112 122 6 1 0 5 3 3/97
1956 31 CLE AL 136 568 481 65 127 22 0 32 106 0 0 75 87 .264 .364 .509 .874 127 245 8 5 0 7 10 *3 MVP-9
1957 32 CLE AL 144 606 515 84 145 21 0 28 105 2 3 78 88 .282 .371 .485 .857 133 250 9 2 0 11 6 *3 AS,MVP-6
1958 33 CLE AL 25 48 43 5 12 1 0 3 12 0 0 5 7 .279 .354 .512 .866 137 22 2 0 0 0 0 /3
1959 34 BOS AL 94 273 247 38 68 13 0 7 49 0 0 22 32 .275 .337 .413 .750 102 102 5 2 0 2 5 3
1960 35 BOS AL 131 487 443 45 125 22 0 19 103 0 2 37 54 .282 .335 .460 .796 111 204 13 1 1 5 4 *3 MVP-14
1961 36 TOT AL 107 369 323 33 84 16 2 11 61 0 0 38 44 .260 .336 .424 .760 101 137 11 2 0 6 3 3
1961 36 BOS AL 99 363 317 33 83 16 2 11 60 0 0 38 43 .262 .339 .429 .768 103 136 11 2 0 6 3 3
1961 36 DET AL 8 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 37 DET AL 74 112 105 7 34 2 0 5 18 0 0 5 13 .324 .357 .486 .843 122 51 1 1 0 1 0 3
1963 38 TOT AL 41 55 49 3 6 0 0 3 7 0 0 6 6 .122 .218 .306 .524 44 15 1 0 0 0 2 /3
1963 38 DET AL 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 38 MIN AL 35 50 44 3 6 0 0 3 7 0 0 6 5 .136 .240 .341 .581 60 15 1 0 0 0 2 /3
17 Seasons 1862 7021 6099 867 1692 289 42 266 1178 9 19 828 842 .277 .364 .469 .833 121 2863 143 27 24 43 33
162 Game Avg. 162 611 531 75 147 25 4 23 102 1 2 72 73 .277 .364 .469 .833 121 249 12 2 2
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
DET (9 yrs) 836 3218 2793 443 798 145 30 109 531 5 7 395 372 .286 .376 .476 .852 125 1330 68 10 19 1 0
CLE (5 yrs) 473 1852 1591 217 430 69 4 91 326 3 6 224 255 .270 .358 .490 .848 126 780 29 8 1 28 19
BOS (3 yrs) 324 1123 1007 116 276 51 2 37 212 0 2 97 129 .274 .337 .439 .776 106 442 29 5 1 13 12
BAL (3 yrs) 194 778 664 88 182 24 6 26 102 1 4 106 81 .274 .377 .446 .823 122 296 16 4 3 1
MIN (1 yr) 35 50 44 3 6 0 0 3 7 0 0 6 5 .136 .240 .341 .581 60 15 1 0 0 0 2

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
1954 29 CLE AL WS NYG L 4 18 16 2 8 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 .500 .556 .938 1.493 15 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 18 16 2 8 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 .500 .556 .938 1.493 15 0 0 0 0 0
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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1949 *
1951 (RF)
1952
1957 (1B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1949-AL-10-15%
1950-AL-10-15%
1956-AL-9-13%
1957-AL-6-18%
1960-AL-14-7%
0.68 Career Shares (334th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1949 AL--.304--10th

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 AL--.408--9th
1952 AL--.381--10th
1957 AL--.371--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1949 AL--.465--9th
1950 AL--.533--6th
1951 AL--.511--4th
1952 AL--.506--5th
1953 AL--.466--9th
1956 AL--.509--10th
1957 AL--.485--5th
Career--.469--227th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1949 AL--.851--9th
1950 AL--.941--6th
1951 AL--.894--5th
1952 AL--.887--4th
1957 AL--.857--7th
Career--.833--218th

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL--155--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1949 AL--608--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 AL--695--6th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1949 AL--96--9th
1957 AL--84--8th

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL--185--4th
1950 AL--172--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1949 AL--283--3rd
1950 AL--298--8th
1951 AL--256--8th
1957 AL--250--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1950 AL--37--2nd

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL--9--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL--20--9th
1950 AL--27--9th
1951 AL--27--4th
1952 AL--23--7th
1953 AL--19--9th
1956 AL--32--2nd
1957 AL--28--4th
Career--266--166th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 AL--133--3rd
1950 AL--123--4th
1951 AL--94--6th
1956 AL--106--3rd
1957 AL--105--2nd
1960 AL--103--3rd
Career--1178--144th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL--91--10th
1951 AL--78--9th
1953 AL--72--10th
1957 AL--78--5th
Career--828--209th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 AL--66--8th
1948 AL--70--7th
1956 AL--87--5th
1957 AL--88--2nd

Singles s c a p y
1949 AL--133--7th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1949 AL--125--10th
1950 AL--136--5th
1951 AL--140--5th
1952 AL--144--4th
1957 AL--133--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1949 AL--108--3rd
1950 AL--120--4th
1951 AL--96--8th
1957 AL--97--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1950 AL--32--5th
1951 AL--28--7th
1952 AL--25--7th
1957 AL--26--6th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1950 AL--3.0--5th
1951 AL--2.8--7th
1952 AL--2.6--7th
1957 AL--2.6--6th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1949 AL--52--4th
1950 AL--68--5th
1951 AL--55--5th
1956 AL--54--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1949 AL--265--10th
1950 AL--267--10th
1957 AL--225--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1949 AL--.645--8th
1950 AL--.700--4th
1951 AL--.684--5th
1952 AL--.722--4th
1957 AL--.683--6th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 AL--7--4th
1957 AL--11--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--10--2nd
1957 AL--6--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1949 AL--19--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1950 AL--20.704--7th
1951 AL--18.556--5th
1952 AL--18.043--4th
1953 AL--23.158--7th
1954 AL--25.933--9th**
1956 AL--15.031--2nd
1957 AL--18.393--5th
1960 AL--23.316--9th
Career--22.929--205th

Outs Made s c a p y
1949 AL--452--5th

Oldest s c a p y
1962 AL--born 1925-02-09--9th
1963 AL--born 1925-02-09--5th

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (980), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 102 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (511), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (405), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Bobby Bonilla (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Nicholson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Thomson (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jackie Jensen (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

August 14, 1952: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Don Lenhardt, Dick Littlefield and Marlin Stuart to the St. Louis Browns for Bud Black, Jim Delsing, Ned Garver and Dave Madison.

June 1, 1954: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for Bob Chakales.

December 2, 1958: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Gary Geiger to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Piersall.

September 8, 1961: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Boston Red Sox.

May 5, 1963: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

June 18, 1963: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 15, 1963: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

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