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Vic Wertz
Victor Woodrow Wertz

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 186 lb.

MLB Debut April 15, 1947
Final Game September 19, 1963
Born February 9, 1925 in York, PA
Died July 7, 1983 (age 58)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 22 DEA AL  125  361   54  106  26   4  12   54   6   4   48   75  .294  .372  .488  .859   115   176   0   7   6   1   9  
 1948 23 DEA AL   50   92   14   22   8   1   2   13   0   0   18   16  .239  .364  .413  .777   105    38   0   0   0   0   1  
 1949 24 DEA AL  154  612   91  194  25   5  23  122   1   2   76   66  .317  .393  .487  .879   119   298   0   6  10   4  19  MVP-6
 1950 25 DEA AL  150  569   87  173  35   1  26  111   0   0   79   72  .304  .392  .506  .898   120   288   0   6   8   7  18  
 1951 26 DEA AL  152  557   86  162  21   4  35  101   0   1   81  102  .291  .377  .531  .909   123   296   2   8   6   1  16  MVP-5
 1952 27 DEA AL  128  450   75  132  20   2  32   96   1   1   83   86  .293  .400  .560  .960   134   252   0   4   5   0  16  MVP-7
 1953 28 SLA AL  138  488   71  129  17  12  21   96   1   1   73   74  .264  .356  .477  .833   113   233   0   9   6   1  12  
 1954 29 PHA AL  123  409   40  107  21   2  12   60   0   0   48   47  .262  .336  .411  .747   105   168   0   4   3   0   8  
 1955 30 WAA AL  104  280   35   76  12   2  12   51   0   1   41   21  .271  .366  .457  .823   114   128   0   4   2   3   8  
 1956 31 WAA AL  148  527   77  128  31   0  36   98   0   1   80   96  .243  .343  .507  .850   115   267   0   7   2   4  16  
 1957 32 WAA AL  150  570   76  159  24   0  34  104   1   4   78  128  .279  .365  .500  .865   123   285   0   4   5   2  12  MVP-10
 1958 33 WAA AL   49   47    5   16   3   0   2   14   0   0    4    4  .340  .392  .532  .924   132    25   0   0   1   0   0  
 1959 34 BOA AL   91  248   24   70   8   0  10   26   0   0   34   31  .282  .378  .435  .813   108   108   0   0  15   4   6  
 1960 35 BOA AL  112  327   35   87  16   0  11   40   0   0   31   49  .266  .327  .416  .743    95   136   0   3   5   0   4  
 1961 36 BOA AL   89  308   46   88  16   1  12   42   0   0   37   36  .286  .359  .461  .820   110   142   0   3   1   0  15  
 1962 37 PIN NL   56  113   14   38   3   0   9   21   0   0    7   14  .336  .375  .602  .977   134    68   0   0   3   0   2  
 1963 38 MNA AL   26   44    5    5   2   0   1    4   0   0    4    3  .114  .188  .227  .415    58    10   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     1845 6002  835 1692 288  34 290 1053  10  15  822  920  .282  .367  .486  .854        2918   2  65  78  27 163
 Per 600 PA           521   72  147  25   3  25   91   1   1   71   80                                 253   0   6   7   2  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With DEA      759 2641  407  789 135  17 130  497   8   8  385  417  .299  .387  .510  .897        1348   2  31  35  13  79
   With MNA      477 1468  198  384  72   2  85  271   1   6  207  252  .262  .353  .487  .840         715   0  15  10   9  37
   With BOA      292  883  105  245  40   1  33  108   0   0  102  116  .277  .353  .437  .790         386   0   6  21   4  25
   With SLA      138  488   71  129  17  12  21   96   1   1   73   74  .264  .356  .477  .833         233   0   9   6   1  12
   With PHA      123  409   40  107  21   2  12   60   0   0   48   47  .262  .336  .411  .747         168   0   4   3   0   8
   With PIN       56  113   14   38   3   0   9   21   0   0    7   14  .336  .375  .602  .977          68   0   0   3   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1862 6099  867 1692 289  42 266 1178   9  19  828  842  .277  .364  .469  .833        2863  24  43  33  27 143
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1947 22 DEA AL  23   66   6.5  30   9   2  .300   6   28   11  .393    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e11   50   
 1948 23 DEA AL   9   15   5.8  24   2   1  .083   3    7    2  .286    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e16   45   
 1949 24 DEA AL  35  115   7.0   1   0   0  .000   5   52   28  .538    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e6    29   
 1950 25 DEA AL  43  113   7.3   7   3   1  .429  10   50   34  .680    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e12  -43   
 1951 26 DEA AL  31  112   7.2   8   2   0  .250   3   49   17  .347    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e3    15   
 1952 27 DEA AL  27  101   8.1   5   3   1  .600   7   37   14  .378    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e7    73   
 1953 28 SLA AL  30   85   6.0   4   1   0  .250   7   41   15  .366    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e9    -9   
 1954 29 PHA AL   6   57   5.0   7   1   1  .143   6   26   10  .385    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e11    -4   
 1955 30 WAA AL   7   47   5.9  28   6   0  .214  13   26    9  .346    0    0  .000  1B   5e26       16   
 1956 31 WAA AL  26   92   5.9   7   0   0  .000  11   51   18  .353    0    0  .000  1B   4e11      -24   
 1957 32 WAA AL  23  104   6.6   0   0   0  .000  16   54   24  .444    0    0  .000  1B   4e15        9   
 1958 33 WAA AL   8   10   8.8  44  15   2  .341   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH              58   
 1959 34 BOA AL   8   40   6.0  24   5   0  .208   2   18    6  .333    0    0  .000  1B   4e13       63   
 1960 35 BOA AL  11   45   5.0  37   9   1  .243   5   22   13  .591    0    0  .000  1B   4e20      -53   
 1961 36 BOA AL   5   48   5.5   9   1   0  .111  13   33   13  .394    0    0  .000  1B   4e15       60   
 1962 37 PIN NL   7   24   8.7  29   9   2  .310   4   13    5  .385    0    0  .000  1B   4e20      134   
 1963 38 MNA AL  10    1   1.2  13   1   0  .077   3    3    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e13     -110   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons         1083   6.4 277  67  11  .242 114  510  219  .429    0    0  .000                  13   7
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 31.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 46.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1947 22 DEA AL  RF    49    60     3    5    1   .926    47   387.0   1.47
                 LF    48    87     5    1    0   .989    42   356.1   2.32
 1948 23 DEA AL  LF    16    13     0    2    0   .867     9    88.1   1.32
                 RF    14    12     0    1    0   .923     6    62.0   1.74
 1949 24 DEA AL  RF   153   312    10    5    0   .985   150  1339.0   2.16
                 LF     5     6     0    0    0  1.000     3    27.0   2.00
 1950 25 DEA AL  RF   143   278    15   10    4   .967   142  1282.2   2.06
 1951 26 DEA AL  RF   142   260    11    3    0   .989   141  1262.0   1.93
                 LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     1    11.1   2.38
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1952 27 DEA AL  RF   118   191     8    4    1   .980   118   994.2   1.80
                 LF     6     9     0    2    0   .818     4    41.1   1.96
                 1B     1     3     0    1    0   .750     0     2.0  13.50
 1953 28 SLA AL  RF   131   236     6    7    2   .972   127  1116.1   1.95
                 LF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1954 29 PHA AL  LF   114   167     4    6    1   .966   112   848.1   1.81
                 1B     4     5     2    0    1  1.000     0     5.1  11.81
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1955 30 WAA AL  1B    71   592    67   13   53   .981    69   566.1  10.47
                 RF     7     4     0    0    0  1.000     0    20.0   1.80
 1956 31 WAA AL  1B   143  1208   100   11  149   .992   137  1213.2   9.70
 1957 32 WAA AL  1B   150  1220    78   16  108   .988   150  1270.2   9.19
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1958 33 WAA AL  1B     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.2   6.75
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1959 34 BOA AL  1B    62   480    45    2   45   .996    61   536.1   8.81
 1960 35 BOA AL  1B    74   633    69    5   81   .993    68   587.2  10.75
                 3B     1     0     3    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   3.38
 1961 36 BOA AL  1B    79   674    53   13   62   .982    79   694.1   9.42
 1962 37 PIN NL  1B    29   177    21    4   19   .980    25   195.0   9.14
 1963 38 MNA AL  1B    10    69     6    3    1   .962     8    68.1   9.88
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF   760  1353    53   35    8   .976   731  6466.2   1.96
                 1B   625  5063   441   68  519   .988   597  5142.1   9.63
                 LF   193   287     9   11    1   .964   171  1374.2   1.94
                 3B     2     0     3    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   3.00
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1947  DEA   77-77   Thomas Treece
 1948  DEA   78-76   Thomas Treece
 1949  DEA   83-71   Thomas Treece
 1950  DEA   69-85   Thomas Treece
 1951  DEA   58-96   Tim Carr, Jim Pardee
 1952  DEA   63-91   Tom Austad, Rick Field
 1953  SLA   56-98   Pat Carr
 1954  PHA   59-95   Drew Kennedy
 1955  WAA   66-88   Larry Cupp
 1956  WAA   48-106  Larry Cupp
 1957  WAA   55-99   Larry Cupp
 1958  WAA   42-112  Larry Cupp
 1959  BOA   83-71   Mike Petersen
 1960  BOA   59-95   Mike Tomeo, Mike Petersen
 1961  BOA   70-84   Mike Tomeo
 1962  PIN   83-79   Dennis Van Langen
 1963  MNA   81-81   Dan Gural

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