#61 Vic Wertz, Rightfield, 33 yrs, Baltimore Orioles Friday, 10/6/1958 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Vic Wertz
2/9/1925 33 USA,PA,YORK 6"0 186
Rightfield L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) Good Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 9,500,000 1962 12 Year(s), 29 Days (2093 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 3 Days (2067 total Days) 12 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Talent | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 2 2 3 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 2 (Range), .985 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 3 (Range), .986 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 5 (Range), .974 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 3 Outfield Arm : 5
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/14 | @CHA | W 11-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/15 | @BOS | L 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/16 | @BOS | L 3-10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/17 | @BOS | L 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/19 | @WS1 | L 4-5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/20 | @WS1 | W 10-1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | #4 | PoG | |
9/21 | @WS1 | W 4-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | #6 | | |
9/22 | CLE | W 7-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/23 | CLE | L 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #3 | | |
9/24 | CLE | W 6-5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 148 | 532 | 157 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 106 | 94 | 85 | 80 | .295 | .392 | .494 | .887 | .897 | .199 |
Projected | 156 | 560 | 165 | 21 | 4 | 27 | 112 | 99 | 89 | 84 | .295 | .392 | .494 | .887 | .897 | .199 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 138 | 623 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 263 | 50 | 0 | 1 | .0 | 106.5 | 7.3 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 154 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .360 | .409 | .769 |
vs. RHP | 378 | 116 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .307 | .404 | .529 | .934 |
Close/Late | 57 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .351 | .441 | .579 | 1.020 |
Scoring Position | 124 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 72 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .339 | .441 | .613 | 1.054 |
Pinch Hitting | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 74 | 265 | 78 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 50 | 46 | 35 | 34 | .294 | .376 | .498 | .874 |
Road | 74 | 267 | 79 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 56 | 48 | 50 | 46 | .296 | .406 | .491 | .897 |
March/April | 24 | 90 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | .244 | .346 | .333 | .679 |
May | 27 | 92 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 14 | .261 | .398 | .424 | .822 |
June | 25 | 86 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | .349 | .446 | .547 | .992 |
July | 25 | 96 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 12 | .292 | .398 | .563 | .961 |
August | 27 | 89 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 13 | .337 | .402 | .596 | .997 |
Sept/Oct | 20 | 79 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 14 | .291 | .356 | .506 | .862 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1947 | 151 | 500 | 121 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 86 | 65 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 1 | 2 | .242 | .322 | .410 | .732 | DET |
1948 | 151 | 500 | 143 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 101 | 76 | 70 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .373 | .484 | .857 | DET |
1949 | 151 | 500 | 143 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 101 | 76 | 70 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .373 | .484 | .857 | DET |
1950 | 147 | 529 | 155 | 29 | 5 | 27 | 117 | 98 | 88 | 2 | 10 | 65 | 0 | 1 | .293 | .390 | .520 | .909 | DET,AL |
1951 | 146 | 514 | 121 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 94 | 93 | 93 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .351 | .407 | .758 | DET |
1952 | 146 | 515 | 148 | 31 | 3 | 30 | 118 | 88 | 82 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 2 | 3 | .287 | .385 | .534 | .919 | PHI,NL |
1953 | 149 | 516 | 156 | 17 | 2 | 38 | 114 | 95 | 79 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 1 | .302 | .392 | .564 | .956 | PHI |
1954 | 146 | 524 | 177 | 29 | 8 | 34 | 109 | 109 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 1 | .338 | .431 | .618 | 1.050 | PHI,NL |
1955 | 149 | 542 | 182 | 43 | 2 | 31 | 122 | 111 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .336 | .421 | .594 | 1.015 | PHI,NL |
1956 | 146 | 536 | 180 | 37 | 3 | 25 | 95 | 113 | 80 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 0 | .336 | .418 | .556 | .974 | PHI |
1957 | 144 | 519 | 160 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 113 | 101 | 92 | 3 | 6 | 67 | 1 | 1 | .308 | .411 | .543 | .955 | BAL,AL |
1958 | 148 | 532 | 157 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 106 | 94 | 85 | 2 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 1 | .295 | .392 | .494 | .887 | BAL |
Total | 1774 | 6227 | 1843 | 323 | 39 | 328 | 1276 | 1119 | 966 | 21 | 62 | 739 | 7 | 14 | .296 | .389 | .518 | .907 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1952 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .417 | .563 | .833 | 1.396 |
1953 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .308 | .478 | .786 |
1954 | 6 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .516 | .774 |
1955 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .261 | .056 | .316 |
Total | 21 | 84 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .226 | .323 | .452 | .775 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 15 | 13 | 137 | 14 | 12 | 152 | 1 | .993 | 120.0 | 11.40 | | | | |
Leftfield | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 10.0 | 1.80 | | | | |
Rightfield | 127 | 125 | 267 | 2 | 1 | 277 | 8 | .971 | 1084.1 | 2.30 | | | | |
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Transactions Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (N) on 2/15/1952 to a 5-year deal worth $9,367,200 per year... All Star Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game... Awards Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1952, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won World Championship with Philadelphia (N) in 1952... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1954, hitting .402 with 7 HR, 20 RBI... Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/15/1954... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1954, hitting .391 with 8 HR, 23 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1954... Drove in 7 runs against Milwaukee on 4/19/1955... Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1955, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 4 RBI... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1955, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 12 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 9/8/1956... Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/8/1957 to a 6-year deal worth $9,500,000 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1957, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1957, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 9 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/28/1958, hitting .542 with 4 HR, 14 RBI...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1954 - .338 - 3rd 1955 - .336 - 6th 1956 - .336 - 8th
| OBP 1954 - .431 - 4th 1955 - .421 - 5th 1956 - .418 - 7th
| SLG 1950 - .520 - 10th 1952 - .534 - 8th 1953 - .564 - 4th 1954 - .618 - 3rd 1955 - .594 - 9th 1956 - .556 - 9th 1957 - .543 - 6th
| OPS 1950 - .909 - 10th 1952 - .919 - 9th 1953 - .956 - 4th 1954 - 1.050 - 2nd 1955 - 1.015 - 9th 1956 - .974 - 7th 1957 - .955 - 7th
| Hits 1954 - 177 - 6th 1955 - 182 - 5th 1956 - 180 - 9th
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Doubles 1950 - 29 - 10th 1952 - 31 - 9th 1955 - 43 - 1st 1956 - 37 - 8th
| Triples 1950 - 5 - 10th 1954 - 8 - 3rd
| Homeruns 1952 - 30 - 9th 1953 - 38 - 4th 1954 - 34 - 8th 1957 - 31 - 5th
| RBI 1950 - 117 - 7th 1952 - 118 - 3rd 1953 - 114 - 6th 1955 - 122 - 5th 1957 - 113 - 5th
| Runs 1954 - 109 - 10th 1956 - 113 - 6th 1957 - 101 - 8th
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BB 1951 - 93 - 10th 1957 - 92 - 6th
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