Vic Wertz

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 186lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: February 9, 1925 in York, PA us

Died: July 7, 1983 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI

High School: Reading HS (Reading, PA)

Debut: April 15, 1947 (Age 22-065d, 10,283rd in major league history)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1963 (Age 38-222d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Victor Woodrow Wertz

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.0

6099

1692

266

.277

867

RBI

1178

OBP

.364

SLG

.469

OPS

.833

OPS+

122

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
2	2	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	3	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
6	6	Apr 23	DET		SLB	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
7	7	Apr 28	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
8	8	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	DET		PHA	L,1-9	CG	49	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
10	10	May 2	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
11	11	May 3	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
12	12	May 4	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	13	May 5	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	52	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	14	May 6	DET		NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
15	15	May 7	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
16	16	May 8	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	52	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	17	May 9	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
18	18	May 11	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 12	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
20	20	May 13 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-13	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 13 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 15	DET	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	23	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	24	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
25	25	May 18	DET	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	26	May 20	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	27	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	28	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
29	29	May 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	30	May 25	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 26	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 27 (1)	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 27 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 28	DET		CLE	L,0-9	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	35	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
36	36	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	37	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,7-8	GS	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	39	Jun 3 (1)	DET		WSH	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	40	Jun 3 (2)	DET		WSH	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	41	Jun 4	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
42	42	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
43	43	Jun 6	DET		BOS	W,6-4	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
44	44	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
45	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	46	Jun 10 (1)	DET		PHA	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	47	Jun 10 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
49	49	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
50	50	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	51	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	52	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	54 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	56 (1)	Jun 21	DET	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
55	57	Jun 22	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	58	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
57	59	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
58	60	Jun 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
59	61	Jun 27	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF
60	62	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
61	63	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	64	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	65	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
64	66	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	67	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	68	Jul 5	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	69	Jul 6	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	70	Jul 7	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	71	Jul 8 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	72	Jul 8 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	73	Jul 12	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	74	Jul 13	DET		WSH	L,1-3	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
73	75	Jul 14	DET		WSH	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	76	Jul 15 (1)	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	77	Jul 15 (2)	DET		NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	78	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	79	Jul 17	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	80	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,9-16	CG	54	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	81	Jul 19 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
80	82	Jul 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,4-3	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	83	Jul 20	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
82	84	Jul 21	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
83	86 (1)	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	88 (1)	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	89	Jul 27	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	90	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	91	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	94 (2)	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
89	95	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
91	100 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	101	Aug 6	DET		CHW	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
93	102	Aug 7	DET		CHW	L,1-2	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	103	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	104	Aug 9	DET		SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	105	Aug 10	DET		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	106	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	107	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	109	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
101	110	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
102	112 (1)	Aug 17	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	113	Aug 18	DET	@	SLB	L,9-20	CG	55	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	114	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	115	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	126 (10)	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
107	127	Aug 30	DET		BOS	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
108	128	Aug 31	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	129	Sep 1	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	130	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	131	Sep 3 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	132	Sep 3 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	133	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
114	134	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
115	135	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	47	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
116	137 (1)	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
117	139 (1)	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
118	140	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
119	141	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
120	142	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	143	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
122	144	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
123	145	Sep 18	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
124	147 (1)	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
125	148	Sep 22	DET		CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
126	149	Sep 23	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
127	150	Sep 25	DET	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	151	Sep 26	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	152	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	153	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	54	12.2	4	0	0	4	0	RF
131	154	Sep 30	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							131gm		1143.0	251	8	3	262	1