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Don Wert

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Full Name: Donald Ralph Wert Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/162 First Game: May 11, 1963
Birthdate: July 29, 1938 Final Game: June 11, 1971
Birthplace: Strasburg, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Don Wert (Donald Ralph Wert) was born on July 29, 1938 in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on May 11, 1963 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1963, his rookie year, he hit .259 with 7 home runs and 25 RBI. Wert played for the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Don Wert's best season was 1965, when he knocked in 54 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1963 DET A 78 251 31 65 7 25 .259 .326 .382 6 2 24 51 2 4 3 2 6
1964 DET A 148 525 63 135 9 55 .257 .325 .362 18 5 50 74 6 6 3 5 11
1965 DET A 162 609 81 159 12 54 .261 .341 .363 22 2 73 71 3 8 5 4 15
1966 DET A 150 559 56 150 11 70 .268 .342 .370 20 2 64 69 2 11 6 3 20
1967 DET A 142 534 60 137 6 40 .257 .320 .341 23 2 44 59 7 10 1 2 16
1968 DET A 150 536 44 107 12 37 .200 .258 .299 15 1 37 79 5 11 0 7 12
1969 DET A 132 423 46 95 14 50 .225 .303 .355 11 1 49 60 1 0 3 6 14
1970 DET A 128 363 34 79 6 33 .218 .307 .303 13 0 44 56 4 5 1 7 13
1971 WAS A 20 40 2 2 0 2 .050 .156 .075 1 0 4 10 1 1 0 1 2
Total 1110 3840 417 929 77 366 .242 .314 .343 129 15 389 529 31 56 22 37 109

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1963 DET A SS 8 6 65.1 16 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1963 DET A 3B 47 45 390 33 99 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1963 DET A 2B 21 15 146.2 36 54 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 .968
1964 DET A 3B 141 138 1227 126 283 15 30 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1964 DET A SS 5 4 40 8 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1965 DET A 3B 161 161 1427.2 163 331 12 33 1 0 0 0 0 .976
1965 DET A SS 3 1 15.1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 DET A 2B 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 DET A 3B 150 148 1326.1 128 253 11 20 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1967 DET A 3B 140 135 1193.1 112 280 9 21 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1967 DET A SS 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 DET A 3B 150 147 1340.2 142 284 15 22 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1968 DET A SS 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 DET A 3B 129 122 1092.2 114 259 13 20 1 0 0 0 0 .966
1970 DET A 3B 117 100 915.2 94 191 14 20 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1970 DET A 2B 2 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 WAS A SS 7 5 47 5 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 WAS A 2B 1 0 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 WAS A 3B 7 2 26.2 2 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .818
Total 3B 1042 998 8940 914 1987 97 173 2 0 0 0 0 .968
Total SS 26 16 173.2 32 53 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 .977
Total 2B 25 15 169.2 40 57 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 .970

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1958).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with Denny McLain, Norm McRae and Elliott Maddox to Washington Senators in exchange for Ed Brinkman, Aurelio Rodriguez, Joe Coleman and Jim Hannan (October 9, 1970).
  • Released by Washington Senators (June 24, 1971).

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