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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	36 (31)	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	41 (4)	Jun 4 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	42	Jun 4 (2)	DET		NYY	L,8-17	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	43	Jun 5	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	44	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	47 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	DET		PHA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	48	Jun 11 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
12	49	Jun 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	51 (1)	Jun 17	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	52	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	53	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
16	54	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	56 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	59 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	60	Jun 27	DET		SLB	W,11-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	61	Jun 28	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	62	Jun 29 (1)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	GS	32	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	81 (18)	Jul 17 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-5	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
23	82	Jul 17 (2)	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	83	Jul 18	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	84	Jul 19	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	86 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	DET		NYY	W,12-11	GF	0		1	0	1	2	0
27	89 (2)	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	90	Jul 25	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	101 (10)	Aug 6 (2)	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	103 (1)	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,8-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	105 (1)	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	106	Aug 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	107	Aug 12 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
34	108	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	109	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	110	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	111	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	112	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	113	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
40	114	Aug 19	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	115	Aug 20	DET		NYY	L,13-14	CG	55	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	116	Aug 21 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	117	Aug 21 (2)	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	118	Aug 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	119	Aug 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	122	Aug 24 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	123	Aug 25	DET		PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	124	Aug 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	125	Aug 26 (2)	DET		BOS	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	126	Aug 27 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	127	Aug 27 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
54	128	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,3-13	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	129	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	130	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
57	131	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	132	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	133	Sep 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	134	Sep 1 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	135	Sep 4	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	136	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	137	Sep 7	DET		SLB	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	138	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	140 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	141	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	142	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	143	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	144	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,16-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	145	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	146	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
72	147	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	148	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	149	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	150	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	151	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	T,5-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	152	Sep 22 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	153	Sep 22 (2)	DET		CLE	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	154	Sep 23	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	155	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	156	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	157	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	158	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							83gm			146	4	6	156	0