#61 Vic Wertz, First Base, 34 yrs, Baltimore Orioles Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Vic Wertz
2/9/1925 34 USA,PA,YORK 6"0 186
First Base 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 13 Year(s), 29 Days (2265 total Days) 172 Day(s) 13 Year(s), 3 Days (2239 total Days) 13 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Talent | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
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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), .982 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 3 (Range), .985 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 4 (Range), .971 (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 | BOS | L 3-10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/15 | @KC | L 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/16 | @KC | L 1-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/17 | @KC | L 0-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/19 | @CLE | W 6-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | #3 | | |
9/20 | @CLE | L 7-8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | #4 | | |
9/21 | @CLE | W 3-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | #5 | | |
9/22 | DET | W 7-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/23 | DET | W 13-8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | #4 | PoG | |
9/24 | DET | W 11-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 146 | 517 | 142 | 25 | 1 | 33 | 107 | 85 | 80 | 112 | .275 | .369 | .518 | .888 | .895 | .244 |
Projected | 154 | 544 | 149 | 26 | 1 | 35 | 113 | 89 | 84 | 118 | .275 | .369 | .518 | .888 | .895 | .244 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 136 | 604 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 268 | 59 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 100.6 | 6.9 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 156 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .218 | .337 | .429 | .766 |
vs. RHP | 361 | 108 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 83 | 63 | 52 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .299 | .383 | .557 | .940 |
Close/Late | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .319 | .417 | .736 |
Scoring Position | 148 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 72 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .370 | .500 | .870 |
Pinch Hitting | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .833 | 1.262 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 74 | 259 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 48 | 39 | 34 | 57 | .266 | .353 | .490 | .843 |
Road | 72 | 258 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 59 | 46 | 46 | 55 | .283 | .385 | .547 | .932 |
March/April | 23 | 85 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 17 | .318 | .420 | .671 | 1.091 |
May | 26 | 92 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 21 | .261 | .355 | .533 | .887 |
June | 26 | 93 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 13 | .387 | .454 | .688 | 1.142 |
July | 24 | 85 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 21 | .235 | .363 | .329 | .692 |
August | 27 | 89 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 24 | .213 | .290 | .427 | .717 |
Sept/Oct | 20 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 16 | .219 | .321 | .438 | .760 |
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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 |
1959 | 146 | 517 | 142 | 25 | 1 | 33 | 107 | 85 | 80 | 1 | 6 | 112 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .369 | .518 | .888 | BAL,AL |
Total | 1920 | 6744 | 1985 | 348 | 40 | 361 | 1383 | 1204 | 1046 | 22 | 68 | 851 | 7 | 14 | .294 | .387 | .518 | .906 | |
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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 | 54 | 48 | 519 | 23 | 62 | 546 | 4 | .993 | 434.0 | 11.32 | | | | |
Leftfield | 74 | 73 | 134 | 4 | 0 | 140 | 2 | .986 | 630.0 | 2.00 | | | | |
Rightfield | 17 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1.000 | 134.0 | 1.54 | | | | |
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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... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1959, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Boston, driving in 5 runs on 4/26/1959... Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game...
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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 1958 - 106 - 6th
| Runs 1954 - 109 - 10th 1956 - 113 - 6th 1957 - 101 - 8th
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BB 1951 - 93 - 10th 1957 - 92 - 6th 1958 - 85 - 5th
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