Johnny Wertz
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[edit] Biography
Born on April 20, 1898 in Pomaria, South Carolina, Johnny Wertz (Henry Levi Wertz) played for the Boston Braves for his entire 4 year career. Wertz broke into the bigs on April 14, 1926 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 3.28 ERA in 189.1 innings pitched in 1926, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Johnny Wertz's best season was 1926, when he posted a 3.28 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 65 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | BOS | N | 32 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3.28 | 65 | 85 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 189.1 | 212 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 1927 | BOS | N | 42 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 4.55 | 39 | 95 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 164.1 | 204 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 1928 | BOS | N | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.31 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | BOS | N | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 88 | 40 | 15 | 21 | 4.29 | 111 | 210 | 180 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 378 | 460 | 14 | 111 | 0 | 9 | 14 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | BOS | N | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1927 | BOS | N | P | 42 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .930 |
| 1928 | BOS | N | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1929 | BOS | N | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 88 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 92 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | BOS | N | 32 | 64 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 6 | .266 | .319 | .328 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | BOS | N | 42 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .163 | .217 | .209 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | BOS | N | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | BOS | N | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 88 | 111 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 9 | .234 | .286 | .288 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Boston Braves with Luke Urban and Jimmy Cooney to Buffalo (International) in exchange for Bonnie Hollingsworth (June 22, 1928).
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