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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
2	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
4	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
5	5	Apr 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
6	6	Apr 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	18	5.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
7	7	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-9	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
8	8	Apr 19	CLE	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
9	14 (5)	Apr 29	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
10	15	Apr 30	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	GS	24	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	16	May 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	GS	23	7.0	2	0	1	3	2	1B
12	17	May 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
13	18	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
14	19	May 3	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
15	20	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
16	21	May 6	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
17	22	May 7	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
18	29 (6)	May 15 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
19	30	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
20	31	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,19-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
21	32	May 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
22	33	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
23	34	May 22	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
24	35	May 24	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
25	36	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
26	37	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	GF	16	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
27	38	May 28	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	47 (8)	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
29	48	Jun 5 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
30	49	Jun 7	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
31	50	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	48	12.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
32	51	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
33	52	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
34	53	Jun 11	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
35	54	Jun 12 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
36	55	Jun 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	44	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
37	56	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	44	11.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
38	57	Jun 14 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
39	58	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	84 (25)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
41	85	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS	30	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
42	88 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
43	89	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS	22	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
44	96 (6)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	GS	31	7.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
45	98 (1)	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
46	99	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	100	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-1	GS	23	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
48	101	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
49	102	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	23	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
50	103	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	104	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
52	105	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
53	106	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
54	107	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
55	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
56	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
57	110	Aug 9	CLE		DET	W,4-2	GS	33	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
58	111	Aug 10	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
59	112	Aug 11	CLE		DET	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
60	113	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-1	GS	14	4.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
61	114	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
62	115	Aug 13	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
63	116	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
65	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
66	119	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	120	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
68	121	Aug 20	CLE		KCA	W,7-5	GS	30	7.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
69	122	Aug 21	CLE		KCA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	123	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B RF
71	124	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							72gm		537.0	464	34	8	506	50