Vic Wertz

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Full Name: Victor Woodrow Wertz	Primary Position: OF,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/186	First Game: April 15, 1947
Birthdate: February 9, 1925	Final Game: September 19, 1963
Birthplace: York, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 17 years
Died: July 7, 1983
Deathplace: Detroit, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Vic Wertz (Victor Woodrow Wertz) was born on February 9, 1925 in York, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1947 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .288 with 6 home runs and 44 RBI. Wertz played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 17 year career.

Most people believe that Vic Wertz's best season was 1950, when he slugged 27 home runs, hit for a .308 average and knocked in 123 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
1947	DET	A	102	333	60	96	6	44	.288	.376	.432	22	4	47	66	0	2	2	0	11
1948	DET	A	119	391	49	97	7	67	.248	.335	.396	19	9	48	70	3	6	0	0	5
1949	DET	A	155	608	96	185	20	133	.304	.385	.465	26	6	80	61	0	7	2	0	19
1950	DET	A	149	559	99	172	27	123	.308	.408	.533	37	4	91	55	4	3	0	0	13
1951	DET	A	138	501	86	143	27	94	.285	.383	.511	24	4	78	61	1	1	0	0	13
1952	STL	A	37	130	22	45	6	19	.346	.444	.523	5	0	23	20	0	1	0	0	2
1952	DET	A	85	285	46	70	17	51	.246	.352	.498	15	3	46	44	1	0	1	0	6
1952	TOT	A	122	415	68	115	23	70	.277	.381	.506	20	3	69	64	1	1	1	0	8
1953	STL	A	128	440	61	118	19	70	.268	.376	.466	18	6	72	44	4	2	1	0	13
1954	CLE	A	94	295	33	81	14	48	.275	.344	.478	14	2	34	40	0	1	0	0	4
1954	BAL	A	29	94	5	19	1	13	.202	.283	.245	1	0	11	17	0	0	0	0	1
1954	TOT	A	123	389	38	100	15	61	.257	.330	.422	15	2	45	57	0	1	0	0	5
1955	CLE	A	74	257	30	65	14	55	.253	.332	.475	11	2	32	33	1	0	1	3	6
1956	CLE	A	136	481	65	127	32	106	.264	.364	.509	22	0	75	87	5	0	0	10	8
1957	CLE	A	144	515	84	145	28	105	.282	.371	.485	21	0	78	88	2	0	2	6	9
1958	CLE	A	25	43	5	12	3	12	.279	.354	.512	1	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	2
1959	BOS	A	94	247	38	68	7	49	.275	.337	.413	13	0	22	32	2	0	0	5	5
1960	BOS	A	131	443	45	125	19	103	.282	.335	.460	22	0	37	54	1	1	0	4	13
1961	DET	A	8	6	0	1	0	1	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1961	BOS	A	99	317	33	83	11	60	.262	.339	.429	16	2	38	43	2	0	0	3	11
1961	TOT	A	107	323	33	84	11	61	.260	.336	.424	16	2	38	44	2	0	0	3	11
1962	DET	A	74	105	7	34	5	18	.324	.357	.486	2	0	5	13	1	0	0	0	1
1963	MIN	A	35	44	3	6	3	7	.136	.240	.341	0	0	6	5	0	0	0	2	1
1963	DET	A	6	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1963	TOT	A	41	49	3	6	3	7	.122	.218	.306	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	2	1
Total			1862	6099	867	1692	266	1178	.277	.364	.469	289	42	828	842	27	24	9	33	143

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	DET	A	OF	83	0	0	160	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1948	DET	A	OF	98	0	0	196	11	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1949	DET	A	OF	155	0	0	302	14	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1950	DET	A	OF	145	0	0	286	5	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1951	DET	A	OF	131	0	0	254	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1952	STL	A	OF	36	0	0	64	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1952	DET	A	OF	79	0	0	134	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1952	TOT	A	OF	115	0	0	198	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1952	TOT	A	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1953	STL	A	OF	121	0	0	243	15	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1954	CLE	A	1B	83	0	0	557	52	7	57	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1954	CLE	A	OF	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	BAL	A	OF	27	0	0	47	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1954	TOT	A	OF	32	0	0	57	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1954	TOT	A	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1955	CLE	A	1B	63	0	0	449	33	8	49	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1955	CLE	A	OF	9	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	CLE	A	1B	133	0	0	971	77	9	99	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1957	CLE	A	1B	139	138	1162.2	1025	83	14	122	1	0	0	0	0	.988
1958	CLE	A	1B	8	7	54.2	44	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1959	BOS	A	1B	64	56	456.2	440	38	4	44	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1960	BOS	A	1B	117	110	899.1	841	78	12	89	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1961	BOS	A	1B	86	82	656.1	664	67	7	65	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1962	DET	A	1B	16	14	112	75	9	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1963	MIN	A	1B	6	5	45	32	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	889	0	0	1709	72	49	20	0	0	0	0	0	.973
Total			1B	715	412	3386.2	5098	447	63	537	1	0	0	0	0	.989

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1942).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Dick Littlefield, Marlin Stuart and Don Lenhardt to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Jim Delsing, Ned Garver, Dave Madison and Bud Black (August 14, 1952).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Bob Chakales (June 1, 1954).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Gary Geiger to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jim Piersall (December 2, 1958).
Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Boston Red Sox (September 8, 1961).
Released by Detroit Tigers (May 5, 1963).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (June 18, 1963).
Released by Minnesota Twins (October 15, 1963).

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