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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 24	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (9)	May 8 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	18	May 8 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	19	May 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	20	May 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
12	21	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	22	May 12	DET	@	WSH	W,14-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
14	23	May 14	DET		SLB	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	24	May 15	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	25	May 16	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	26	May 18	DET		BOS	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	27	May 19	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	28	May 20	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	29	May 21	DET		PHA	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	30	May 22	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	31	May 23	DET		WSH	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	32	May 24	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	33	May 25	DET		NYY	L,5-16	CG	53	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
25	34	May 26	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	35	May 28	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	36	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	37	May 30	DET	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	38	May 31 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	39	May 31 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	40	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	41	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	41	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	42	Jun 4	DET	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	43	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	62 (18)	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	68 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-12	GS	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	70 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	71	Jul 6	DET	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	72	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	73	Jul 8	DET		SLB	W,12-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	74	Jul 9	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	75	Jul 10	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	76	Jul 11	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GS	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	77	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-13	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	81 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
46	83 (1)	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	84	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
48	85	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS	54	11.1	2	1	0	3	0
49	86	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
50	87	Jul 24	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
51	88	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
52	90 (1)	Jul 27	DET		BOS	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	91	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,13-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	92	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	93	Jul 30	DET		PHA	W,17-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	94	Jul 31	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	95	Aug 1	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	96	Aug 3	DET		NYY	L,3-15	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	97	Aug 5	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	98	Aug 6	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	99	Aug 7	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	106 (6)	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	107	Aug 15	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	GS	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	108	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	109	Aug 20	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	110	Aug 21	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	111	Aug 22	DET		SLB	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	112	Aug 24	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	113	Aug 25	DET	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
70	114	Aug 26	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
71	115	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	116	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	117	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	118	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,10-11	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	119	Aug 30	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	129 (9)	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
77	130	Sep 11 (1)	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	131	Sep 11 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	132	Sep 12	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	133	Sep 14 (1)	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	134	Sep 14 (2)	DET		WSH	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	135	Sep 15	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	136	Sep 16 (1)	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	138 (1)	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,5-13	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	139	Sep 18	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	140	Sep 19 (1)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	54	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	141	Sep 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	142	Sep 20	DET		BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
89	143	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	144	Sep 22	DET		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	145	Sep 23	DET		PHA	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	146	Sep 24	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	147	Sep 25	DET		CLE	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
94	148	Sep 26	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	149	Sep 28	DET		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
96	150	Sep 29	DET		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	152 (1)	Oct 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	154 (1)	Oct 3	DET	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							101gm		851.2	175	12	10	197	3