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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
2	2	Apr 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
3	3	Apr 20	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
4	4	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,6-7	GS	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	4	1B
7	7	Apr 25	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
8	8	Apr 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,14-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
9	9	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	37	9.2	3	1	0	4	0	1B
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
13	13	May 3	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
14	14	May 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
15	15	May 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
16	16	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
17	17	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
18	18	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
19	19	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
20	20	May 11	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	CG	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
21	21	May 12	CLE		KCA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
22	22	May 13 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
23	23	May 13 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
24	24	May 14	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	3	1	10	1	1B
25	25	May 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	46	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
26	26	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
27	27	May 19	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
28	28	May 20 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
29	29	May 20 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
30	30	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
31	31	May 23	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
32	32	May 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
33	33	May 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
34	34	May 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
35	35	May 28	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
36	36	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
37	37	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
39	39	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,15-0	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
40	40	Jun 3 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS	47	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
41	41	Jun 3 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	1B
42	42	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-0	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
43	43	Jun 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
44	44	Jun 6	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
45	45	Jun 7	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
46	46	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-0	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
47	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,15-8	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
48	48	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
49	49	Jun 11 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
50	50	Jun 11 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
51	51	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
52	52	Jun 13	CLE	@	BOS	T,8-8	CG	56	11.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
53	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
54	54	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
55	55	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
56	56	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	8	2	1	11	0	1B
57	57	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	GS	22	6.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
58	58	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
59	59	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
60	60	Jun 22	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	GS	28	7.0	11	3	0	14	3	1B
61	61	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
62	62	Jun 24	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	CG	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
63	63	Jun 26	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
64	64	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	W,12-11	GS	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
65	65	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
66	66	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-13	GS	35	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
67	67	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
69	69	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
70	70	Jul 3	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	GS	31	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	20	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
73	73	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,7-13	CG	42	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
74	74	Jul 6	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
75	75	Jul 7	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
76	76	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-3	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
77	77	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS	23	4.2	4	1	0	5	0	1B
78	79 (1)	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
79	80	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
80	81	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
81	82	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	26	7.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
82	83	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
83	84	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-1	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
84	85	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
85	86	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
86	87	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
87	88	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-0	GS	21	6.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
88	89	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
89	90	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,11-3	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
90	91	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
91	92	Jul 27	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
92	93	Jul 28	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
93	94	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,3-0	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
94	95	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-0	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
95	96	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	GS	26	4.0	3	3	0	6	2	1B
96	97	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	98	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	GS	26	7.0	5	1	0	6	4	1B
98	99	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	W,4-0	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
99	100	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	GS	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
100	101	Aug 4	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	48	10.0	13	2	0	15	3	1B
101	102	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	27	7.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
102	103	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
103	107 (3)	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-0	GS	29	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
104	108	Aug 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-5	GS	26	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
105	109	Aug 12	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
106	110	Aug 14	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	60	15.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
107	120 (9)	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	32	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
108	121	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
109	123 (1)	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
110	124	Aug 28	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
111	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
112	127 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	36	9.1	9	0	0	9	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	128	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
114	130 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
115	131	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
116	132	Sep 4	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
117	135 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
118	136	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
119	137	Sep 11	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
120	138	Sep 12	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
121	139	Sep 13	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
122	140	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
123	141	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
124	144 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	1B
125	145	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
126	146	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
127	147	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
128	148	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
129	149	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
130	150	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
131	151	Sep 25	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	CG	37	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
132	152	Sep 26	CLE		KCA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
133	153	Sep 28	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
							133gm		1086.2	971	77	9	1057	99