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Johnny Wertz

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Full Name: Henry Levi Wertz Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/180 First Game: April 14, 1926
Birthdate: April 20, 1898 Final Game: May 22, 1929
Birthplace: Pomaria, South Carolina MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: September 24, 1990
Deathplace: Newberry, South Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

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

[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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