Vic Wertz

Victor Woodrow Wertz
Born: February 9, 1925
York, PA USA
Deceased: 1983
Detroit, MI USA
Primary Position: OF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 186
Career: 1947-1963
Minor League Statistics

Vic Wertz compiled a career batting average of .277 with 266 home runs and 1178 RBI in his 1862-game career with the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. He began playing during the 1947 season and last took the field during the 1963 campaign.

Detroit Tigers

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	AL	Detroit Tigers	102	382	333	60	96	22	4	6	44	2	0	47	66	.288	.376	.432	.809	144	11	0	2	0	0
1948	AL	Detroit Tigers	119	448	391	49	97	19	9	7	67	0	0	48	70	.248	.335	.396	.731	155	5	3	6	0	0
1949	AL	Detroit Tigers	155	695	608	96	185	26	6	20	133	2	3	80	61	.304	.385	.465	.851	283	19	0	7	0	0
1950	AL	Detroit Tigers	149	657	559	99	172	37	4	27	123	0	1	91	55	.308	.408	.533	.941	298	13	4	3	0	0
1951	AL	Detroit Tigers	138	581	501	86	143	24	4	27	94	0	3	78	61	.285	.383	.511	.894	256	13	1	1	0	0
1952	AL	Detroit Tigers	85	332	285	46	70	15	3	17	51	1	0	46	44	.246	.352	.498	.851	142	6	1	0	0	0
1952	AL	St. Louis Browns	37	154	130	22	45	5	0	6	19	0	0	23	20	.346	.444	.523	.968	68	2	0	1	0	0
1953	AL	St. Louis Browns	128	518	440	61	118	18	6	19	70	1	4	72	44	.268	.376	.466	.842	205	13	4	2	0	0
1954	AL	Baltimore Orioles	29	106	94	5	19	1	0	1	13	0	0	11	17	.202	.283	.245	.528	23	1	0	0	1	0
1954	AL	Cleveland Indians	94	335	295	33	81	14	2	14	48	0	2	34	40	.275	.344	.478	.822	141	4	0	1	5	0
1955	AL	Cleveland Indians	74	295	257	30	65	11	2	14	55	1	1	32	33	.253	.332	.475	.807	122	6	1	0	5	3
1956	AL	Cleveland Indians	136	568	481	65	127	22	0	32	106	0	0	75	87	.264	.364	.509	.874	245	8	5	0	7	10
1957	AL	Cleveland Indians	144	606	515	84	145	21	0	28	105	2	3	78	88	.282	.371	.485	.857	250	9	2	0	11	6
1958	AL	Cleveland Indians	25	48	43	5	12	1	0	3	12	0	0	5	7	.279	.354	.512	.866	22	2	0	0	0	0
1959	AL	Boston Red Sox	94	273	247	38	68	13	0	7	49	0	0	22	32	.275	.337	.413	.750	102	5	2	0	2	5
1960	AL	Boston Red Sox	131	487	443	45	125	22	0	19	103	0	2	37	54	.282	.335	.460	.796	204	13	1	1	5	4
1961	AL	Boston Red Sox	99	363	317	33	83	16	2	11	60	0	0	38	43	.262	.339	.429	.768	136	11	2	0	6	3
1961	AL	Detroit Tigers	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
1962	AL	Detroit Tigers	74	112	105	7	34	2	0	5	18	0	0	5	13	.324	.357	.486	.843	51	1	1	0	1	0
1963	AL	Detroit Tigers	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	AL	Minnesota Twins	35	50	44	3	6	0	0	3	7	0	0	6	5	.136	.240	.341	.581	15	1	0	0	0	2
Totals			1862	7021	6099	867	1692	289	42	266	1178	9	19	828	842	.277	.364	.469	.833	2863	143	27	24	43	33

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1947	AL	Detroit Tigers	OF	83	0	0.0	160	6	6	0	.965		2.000
1948	AL	Detroit Tigers	OF	98	0	0.0	196	11	10	3	.954		2.112
1949	AL	Detroit Tigers	OF	155	0	0.0	302	14	6	4	.981		2.039
1950	AL	Detroit Tigers	OF	145	0	0.0	286	5	10	3	.967		2.007
1951	AL	Detroit Tigers	OF	131	0	0.0	254	7	3	1	.989		1.992
1952	AL	St. Louis Browns	OF	36	0	0.0	64	0	3	0	.955		1.778
1952	AL	Detroit Tigers	OF	79	0	0.0	134	8	2	3	.986		1.797
1953	AL	St. Louis Browns	OF	121	0	0.0	243	15	7	4	.974		2.132
1954	AL	Cleveland Indians	1B	83	79	595.7	557	52	7	57	.989	9.201	7.337
1954	AL	Baltimore Orioles	OF	27	27	227.0	47	5	2	1	.963	2.062	1.926
1954	AL	Cleveland Indians	OF	5	4	36.3	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.477	2.000
1955	AL	Cleveland Indians	1B	63	61	475.0	449	33	8	49	.984	9.133	7.651
1955	AL	Cleveland Indians	OF	9	7	62.0	13	1	0	1	1.000	2.032	1.556
1956	AL	Cleveland Indians	1B	133	133	1086.7	971	77	9	99	.991	8.680	7.880
1957	AL	Cleveland Indians	1B	139	138	1162.7	1025	83	14	122	.988	8.577	7.971
1958	AL	Cleveland Indians	1B	8	7	54.7	44	5	1	5	.980	8.067	6.125
1959	AL	Boston Red Sox	1B	64	56	456.7	440	38	4	44	.992	9.420	7.469
1960	AL	Boston Red Sox	1B	117	110	899.3	841	78	12	89	.987	9.197	7.855
1961	AL	Boston Red Sox	1B	86	82	656.3	664	67	7	65	.991	1.024	8.500
1962	AL	Detroit Tigers	1B	16	14	112.0	75	9	1	5	.988	6.750	5.250
1963	AL	Minnesota Twins	1B	6	5	45.0	32	5	0	2	1.000	7.400	6.167
Totals				1604	723	5869.3	6807	519	112	557	.985	11.234	4.567

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1954	AL	Cleveland Indians	WS	4	18	16	2	8	2	1	1	3	0	0	2	2	.500	.556	.938	1.493	15	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				4	18	16	2	8	2	1	1	3	0	0	2	2	.500	.556	.938	1.493	15	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1954	AL	Cleveland Indians	WS	1B	4	4	35.0	33	6	1	2	.975	1.029	9.750
Totals					4	4	35.0	33	6	1	2	.975	1.029	9.750

Awards

1949 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1950 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF

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