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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
2	6	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-3	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
3	7	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	L,10-11	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
4	8	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
5	9	Apr 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
6	11 (1)	Apr 30	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	13 (1)	May 4	BOS		KCA	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
8	14	May 6	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
9	15	May 7	BOS		DET	W,5-0	GS	24	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
10	16	May 10	BOS		CHW	W,9-7	GS	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
11	17	May 12	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	GS	27	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
12	18	May 14	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	GS	27	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
13	20 (1)	May 15 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
14	21	May 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
15	23 (1)	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
16	24	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
17	25	May 22 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
18	28 (2)	May 25	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
19	29	May 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
20	30	May 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
21	32 (1)	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
22	33	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
23	35 (1)	May 31	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	GS	26	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	36	Jun 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
25	37	Jun 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,7-8	CG	48	10.0	6	1	2	9	0	1B
26	38	Jun 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	1B
27	40 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
28	45 (4)	Jun 9	BOS		CLE	L,2-3		30	7.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
29	46	Jun 10	BOS		CHW	L,3-13	CG	50	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
30	47	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	GS	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
31	49 (1)	Jun 12	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
32	50	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
33	52 (1)	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	29	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
34	53	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
35	55 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	GS	25	6.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
36	56	Jun 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
37	57	Jun 20	BOS	@	KCA	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
38	59 (1)	Jun 22	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
39	60	Jun 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,13-4	GS	22	6.0	5	0	1	6	3	1B
40	61	Jun 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
41	62	Jun 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
42	64 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-21	CG	53	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
43	66 (1)	Jun 29	BOS		DET	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
44	67	Jun 30	BOS		DET	W,11-7	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	68	Jul 2	BOS		KCA	L,6-10	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
46	69	Jul 3	BOS		KCA	W,13-2	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
47	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	3	1B
48	72	Jul 5	BOS		BAL	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
49	73	Jul 6	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
50	74	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
51	75	Jul 7 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
52	76	Jul 8	BOS		NYY	W,8-0	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
53	77	Jul 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
54	78	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,9-5	GS	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
55	79	Jul 15	BOS	@	KCA	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
56	80	Jul 16	BOS	@	KCA	W,1-0	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
57	81	Jul 17	BOS	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS	24	7.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
58	82	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-9	GS	32	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
59	84 (1)	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
60	85	Jul 22	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
61	86	Jul 23	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
62	87	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,10-6	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
63	92 (4)	Jul 29	BOS		DET	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
64	93	Jul 31 (1)	BOS		DET	L,6-9	GS	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
65	94	Jul 31 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	95	Aug 1	BOS		KCA	L,8-10	CG	53	10.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
67	96	Aug 2	BOS		KCA	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
68	97	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
69	98	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,9-1	GS	25	6.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
70	99	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
71	100	Aug 6	BOS	@	DET	W,11-9	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
72	101	Aug 7 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
73	102	Aug 7 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
74	103	Aug 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
75	104	Aug 10	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-1	GS	28	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
76	105	Aug 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-2		12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
77	106	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	1B
78	107	Aug 13	BOS	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.2	6	1	0	7	1	1B
79	108	Aug 14	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
80	109	Aug 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-3	GS	29	6.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
81	110	Aug 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
82	111	Aug 17	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
83	112	Aug 18	BOS		NYY	L,7-11	CG	51	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
84	113	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
85	114	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
86	115	Aug 21	BOS		BAL	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
87	116	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	GS	39	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
88	121 (4)	Aug 28 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
89	122	Aug 28 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
90	123	Aug 29	BOS		KCA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	4	1B
91	124	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
92	125	Aug 30 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
93	126	Aug 31	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	127	Sep 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
95	128	Sep 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
96	129	Sep 3	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
97	131 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
98	132	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
99	133	Sep 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
100	134	Sep 7	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	32	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
101	135	Sep 8	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	GS	22	6.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
102	137 (1)	Sep 10	BOS	@	KCA	W,7-4	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
103	138	Sep 11 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
104	139	Sep 11 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
105	140	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
106	141	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
107	142	Sep 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
108	143	Sep 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
109	144	Sep 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
110	145	Sep 20	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
111	146	Sep 21	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS	23	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
112	147	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
113	148	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
114	149	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
115	150	Sep 27	BOS		BAL	L,3-17	GS	27	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
116	152 (1)	Sep 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
117	153	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	1B
							117gm		899.1	841	78	12	931	89