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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.0

6099

1692

266

.277

867

RBI

1178

OBP

.364

SLG

.469

OPS

.833

OPS+

122

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	44-30 / in Starts: 42-26
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	13 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	1 in 13 bases loaded PA and 11 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	8

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 295 PAs	55
Actual Runners on Base	222 (126-67-29)
Avg. MLBer w/ 295 PAs	32
Avg. Runners on Base	188 (99-59-28)

Most Driven In
Self	14
B Ãvila	8
A Smith	7
R Kiner	5
G Woodling	4
L Doby	4
A Rosen	3
M Garcia	1

Most Driven In By
Self	14
G Strickland	4
L Doby	3
R Kiner	2
D Mitchell	2
H Majeski	1
D Philley	1
D Pope	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1037	1	Apr 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.78	0.148	2.02	0.23%	1.22	1B
2	1038	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	6	1.27	0.001	3.44	0.00%	0.13	1B
3	1039	3	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	6	1.01	-0.111	3.06	-0.20%	-1.09	1B
4	1040	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.353	.400	.753	6	.84	-0.116	2.79	-0.23%	-1.01	1B
5	1041	5	Apr 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.211	.286	.316	.602	6	1.34	-0.182	4.31	-0.35%	-1.64	1B
6	1042	6	Apr 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-6	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.333	.476	.810	6	1.50	0.247	4.43	0.44%	1.67	1B
7	1043	7	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-9	GS-9	5	3	1	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.448	.625	1.073	6	1.04	0.284	3.08	0.50%	3.28	1B
8	1044	8	Apr 19	CLE	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS-9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.441	.571	1.013	6	.99	-0.071	3.06	-0.13%	-0.16	1B
9	1045	14 (5)	Apr 29	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	GS-9	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.474	.600	1.074	6	.76	0.113	2.30	0.21%	1.40	1B
10	1046	15	Apr 30	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.429	.529	.958	3	.62	-0.063	1.68	-0.10%	-1.23	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	1047	16	May 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	GS-8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.457	.528	.984	3	.60	0.020	2.00	0.04%	0.13	1B
12	1048	17	May 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.440	.487	.927	3	.79	-0.031	2.79	-0.07%	-0.40	1B
13	1049	18	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.426	.465	.891	3	.60	0.019	2.18	0.04%	0.42	1B
14	1050	19	May 3	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	GS-7	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.431	.468	.899	3	.92	0.031	3.72	0.07%	0.85	1B
15	1051	20	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.403	.431	.835	3	1.34	-0.118	5.55	-0.30%	-1.06	1B
16	1052	21	May 6	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.379	.400	.779	3	.38	-0.038	1.38	-0.08%	-0.71	1B
17	1053	22	May 7	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	GS-7	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.371	.407	.778	3	.33	0.012	1.27	0.03%	0.63	1B
18	1054	29 (6)	May 15 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.258	.373	.419	.793	3	.70	0.154	2.98	0.40%	0.88	1B
19	1055	30	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.354	.394	.748	3	.84	-0.086	3.65	-0.22%	-1.13	1B
20	1056	31	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,19-0	GS-7	5	4	3	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.369	.443	.812	3	.46	0.015	2.03	0.04%	4.34	1B
21	1057	32	May 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.360	.427	.786	3	1.12	-0.172	5.64	-0.52%	-1.59	1B
22	1058	33	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.366	.423	.789	3	1.31	-0.064	6.34	-0.19%	-0.32	1B
23	1059	34	May 22	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.357	.410	.767	5	.59	0.020	2.71	0.06%	-0.75	1B
24	1060	35	May 24	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.343	.391	.734	3	.98	-0.101	4.83	-0.30%	-0.76	1B
25	1061	36	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.340	.385	.724	6	1.05	-0.015	4.96	-0.04%	0.48	1B
26	1062	37	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	6-GF	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.352	.402	.754	8	2.79	0.149	12.23	0.39%	2.61	PH 1B
27	1063	38	May 28	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-2	GS-7	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.366	.436	.802	6	.84	0.123	2.96	0.26%	1.91	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	1064	47 (8)	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.368	.495	.862	3	.86	0.082	2.89	0.17%	1.35	1B
29	1065	48	Jun 5 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.372	.490	.862	3	.98	0.042	3.20	0.08%	-0.07	1B
30	1066	49	Jun 7	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.257	.360	.476	.836	5	1.17	-0.068	3.69	-0.13%	-0.87	1B
31	1067	50	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG(12)	6	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.351	.486	.838	5	2.11	0.203	6.40	0.37%	-0.32	1B
32	1068	51	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.341	.470	.810	3	.86	-0.088	2.63	-0.16%	-0.87	1B
33	1069	52	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.237	.331	.458	.789	5	1.57	-0.088	6.66	-0.22%	-0.69	1B
34	1070	53	Jun 11	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.336	.479	.815	6	1.07	0.128	4.12	0.30%	1.27	1B
35	1071	54	Jun 12 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.340	.500	.840	5	.92	0.157	3.81	0.39%	1.44	1B
36	1072	55	Jun 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.338	.516	.853	5	1.25	-0.064	5.66	-0.17%	0.08	1B
37	1073	56	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.333	.519	.852	5	1.92	0.091	6.28	0.18%	0.70	1B
38	1074	57	Jun 14 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.335	.522	.857	6	.99	0.045	3.43	0.09%	0.00	1B
39	1075	58	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.333	.511	.844	6	.42	0.001	1.44	0.00%	-0.07	1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	1076	84 (25)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	7-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.335	.510	.846	6	1.25	0.007	5.88	0.02%	0.05	PH 1B
41	1077	85	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.335	.507	.842	6	1.44	0.048	8.62	0.17%	0.20	1B
42	1078	88 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.245	.333	.503	.837	8	.64	-0.025	2.97	-0.07%	-0.93	PH RF
43	1079	89	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.333	.500	.833	6	.72	-0.021	3.06	-0.05%	-0.16	1B
44	1080	91 (1)	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.247	.331	.500	.831	8	3.24	-0.030	11.62	-0.07%	-0.15	PH
45	1081	92	Jul 21	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.335	.510	.845	9	3.82	0.511	12.50	1.00%	2.55	PH
46	1082	96 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.339	.510	.849	6	.57	0.011	2.79	0.03%	0.25	1B
47	1083	97	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.337	.506	.843	6	2.25	-0.060	13.41	-0.21%	-0.46	PH
48	1084	98	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.335	.519	.854	3	.96	0.028	5.36	0.10%	-0.05	RF
49	1085	99	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS-4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.335	.515	.850	3	.90	-0.028	4.83	-0.09%	0.24	LF
50	1086	100	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-1	GS-7	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.263	.339	.533	.871	3	.93	-0.072	4.58	-0.21%	0.02	1B
51	1087	101	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.335	.541	.876	3	.65	-0.046	3.30	-0.14%	0.83	1B
52	1088	102	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.338	.534	.873	3	.52	-0.011	3.18	-0.04%	-0.30	1B
53	1089	103	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-0	GS-7	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.337	.525	.862	3	.47	0.024	2.53	0.08%	-0.03	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	1090	104	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-10	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.333	.514	.847	3	1.56	-0.170	11.91	-0.78%	-0.81	1B
55	1091	105	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS-9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.340	.514	.853	3	.98	0.014	6.81	0.06%	-0.31	1B
56	1092	106	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS-7	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.338	.524	.862	5	1.39	0.268	10.93	1.27%	1.61	1B
57	1093	107	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.335	.513	.848	5	.30	-0.006	1.96	-0.03%	-0.83	1B
58	1094	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.336	.510	.846	3	1.98	-0.079	12.87	-0.31%	0.05	1B
59	1095	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.330	.500	.830	6	.88	-0.092	5.70	-0.36%	-0.99	1B
60	1096	110	Aug 9	CLE		DET	W,4-2	GS-7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.333	.498	.831	3	.65	0.006	4.12	0.02%	1.08	1B
61	1097	111	Aug 10	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.244	.328	.488	.816	3	2.22	-0.285	14.65	-1.13%	-1.93	1B
62	1098	112	Aug 11	CLE		DET	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.249	.331	.493	.824	5	1.34	0.091	9.53	0.39%	0.23	1B
63	1099	113	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-1	GS-5	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.337	.507	.844	3	.20	0.042	1.51	0.19%	1.27	1B
64	1100	114	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.336	.502	.838	3	1.37	-0.119	10.33	-0.54%	-1.11	1B
65	1101	115	Aug 13	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.335	.495	.830	5	.96	-0.045	7.35	-0.21%	-0.78	1B
66	1102	116	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.330	.487	.816	5	.52	-0.052	3.95	-0.24%	-0.86	1B
67	1103	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.326	.480	.806	5	.56	-0.042	4.12	-0.19%	-0.62	1B
68	1104	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.325	.476	.801	4	.78	-0.028	5.24	-0.11%	-0.36	RF
69	1105	119	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.237	.320	.470	.790	4	1.83	-0.022	11.77	-0.08%	-0.40	RF
70	1106	120	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.325	.477	.802	4	1.95	0.057	14.04	0.24%	0.75	RF
71	1107	121	Aug 20	CLE		KCA	W,7-5	GS-7	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.331	.486	.817	5	1.68	0.395	11.81	1.66%	2.78	1B
72	1108	122	Aug 21	CLE		KCA	W,9-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.249	.329	.478	.807	4	.89	0.017	6.54	0.08%	-0.68	RF
73	1109	123	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.333	.478	.812	4	.91	0.094	7.26	0.45%	1.17	1B RF
74	1110	124	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.332	.475	.807	4	.57	-0.005	4.59	-0.03%	-0.12	RF
							44-30		295	257	30	65	11	2	14	55	32	3	33	1	0	5	1	6	1	1	.253	.332	.475	.807		1.04	0.984	5.18	1.75%	11.28

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