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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

4x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB		DET	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
3	3	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
4	4	Apr 18 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	53	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	5	Apr 18 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	6	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	7	Apr 21	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
8	8	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
9	9	Apr 25	SLB		CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	10	Apr 26 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	11	Apr 26 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
12	12	Apr 28	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 30	SLB		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	15	May 2	SLB		WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	16	May 3 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-14	CG	53	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
17	18 (1)	May 5	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
18	19	May 6	SLB		PHA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	20	May 8	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	21	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	22	May 10	SLB		CLE	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	23	May 12	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
23	24	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	25	May 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	26	May 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	27	May 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
27	28	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
28	29	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	30	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	54	13.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
30	31	May 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
31	36 (4)	May 27	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
32	37	May 28	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
33	38	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	48	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
34	39	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
35	40	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,13-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
36	41	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	42	May 31 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	43	Jun 2	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
39	44	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
40	45	Jun 4	SLB		WSH	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
41	46	Jun 5	SLB		NYY	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	47	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	49 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	50	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
45	51	Jun 10 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	54 (2)	Jun 12	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	55	Jun 13	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
48	57 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	58	Jun 16	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	59	Jun 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	60	Jun 18 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
52	61	Jun 18 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	62	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	63	Jun 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	64	Jun 21 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	65	Jun 21 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	GS	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	72 (6)	Jun 28 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	76 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	77	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
60	78	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
61	79	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,7-8	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	80	Jul 7	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
63	82 (1)	Jul 9	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
64	83	Jul 10	SLB	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	84	Jul 11	SLB	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
66	85	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	86	Jul 12 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	87	Jul 16 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	88	Jul 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	89	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	90	Jul 18	SLB		NYY	L,2-13	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	94 (3)	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	CG	61	14.0	7	2	0	9	1	RF
73	95	Jul 24 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	96	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
75	97	Jul 25	SLB		BOS	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
76	98	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	99	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,8-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
78	100	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	102 (1)	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	103	Jul 31	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	104	Aug 1	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	105	Aug 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
83	107 (1)	Aug 5	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	108	Aug 6	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
85	109	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-12	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
86	110	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
87	111	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	112	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
89	113	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
90	114	Aug 12	SLB		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	115	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
92	116	Aug 14	SLB		CLE	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
93	117	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
94	118	Aug 16 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	119	Aug 18 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
96	120	Aug 18 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
97	121	Aug 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
98	122	Aug 21 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	123	Aug 21 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	47	11.2	4	0	0	4	0	RF
100	124	Aug 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
101	127 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
102	128	Aug 27 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	GS	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
103	129	Aug 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	130	Aug 30 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
105	131	Aug 30 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
106	132	Aug 31	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	133	Sep 2	SLB		NYY	L,1-9	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
108	134	Sep 3	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	135	Sep 4	SLB		DET	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	136	Sep 5	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
111	137	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
112	138	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
113	139	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
114	140	Sep 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
115	141	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	48	11.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
116	142	Sep 11	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
117	143	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	55	11.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
118	144	Sep 13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
119	145	Sep 13 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							119gm		1050.0	242	15	7	264	4