Vic Wertz stats
Age 101
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- Age
- 101 yearsFeb 9, 1925
Vic Wertz played 17 MLB seasons, 1947 to 1963.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,862
- AB
- 6,099
- R
- 867
- H
- 1,692
- HR
- 266
- RBI
- 1,178
- SB
- 9
- AVG
- .277
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | DET | 102 | 333 | 60 | 96 | 6 | 44 | 2 | .288 |
| 1948 | DET | 119 | 391 | 49 | 97 | 7 | 67 | 0 | .248 |
| 1949 | DET | 155 | 608 | 96 | 185 | 20 | 133 | 2 | .304 |
| 1950 | DET | 149 | 559 | 99 | 172 | 27 | 123 | 0 | .308 |
| 1951 | DET | 138 | 501 | 86 | 143 | 27 | 94 | 0 | .285 |
| 1952 |  DET/BAL | 122 | 415 | 68 | 115 | 23 | 70 | 1 | .277 |
| 1953 | BAL | 128 | 440 | 61 | 118 | 19 | 70 | 1 | .268 |
| 1954 |  BAL/CLE | 123 | 389 | 38 | 100 | 15 | 61 | 0 | .257 |
| 1955 | CLE | 74 | 257 | 30 | 65 | 14 | 55 | 1 | .253 |
| 1956 | CLE | 136 | 481 | 65 | 127 | 32 | 106 | 0 | .264 |
| 1957 | CLE | 144 | 515 | 84 | 145 | 28 | 105 | 2 | .282 |
| 1958 | CLE | 25 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .279 |
| 1959 | BOS | 94 | 247 | 38 | 68 | 7 | 49 | 0 | .275 |
| 1960 | BOS | 131 | 443 | 45 | 125 | 19 | 103 | 0 | .282 |
| 1961 |  BOS/DET | 107 | 323 | 33 | 84 | 11 | 61 | 0 | .260 |
| 1962 | DET | 74 | 105 | 7 | 34 | 5 | 18 | 0 | .324 |
| 1963 |  DET/MIN | 41 | 49 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .122 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- AB
- 16
- R
- 2
- H
- 8
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 3
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .500
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 7,021
- TB
- 2,863
- XBH
- 597
- HBP
- 27
- IBB
- 33
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | DET | 382 | 144 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | DET | 448 | 155 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | DET | 695 | 283 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | DET | 657 | 298 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | DET | 581 | 256 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | DET/BAL | 486 | 210 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | BAL | 518 | 205 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | BAL/CLE | 441 | 164 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CLE | 295 | 122 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CLE | 568 | 245 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CLE | 606 | 250 | 49 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CLE | 48 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | BOS | 273 | 102 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | BOS | 487 | 204 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | BOS/DET | 369 | 137 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | DET | 112 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | DET/MIN | 55 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 24.8
- RC
- 1,091.7
- RC/27
- 6.60
- ISOP
- .192
- SECA
- .326
- BB/K
- 0.98
- AB/HR
- 22.9
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | DET | 1.3 | 57.7 | 6.5 | .144 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 55.5 | 0 |
| 1948 | DET | -0.2 | 55.9 | 5 | .148 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 55.9 | 0 |
| 1949 | DET | 3.1 | 112.5 | 7 | .161 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 30.4 | 0 |
| 1950 | DET | 4.1 | 123.5 | 8.5 | .225 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 20.7 | 0 |
| 1951 | DET | 4.2 | 99.8 | 7.4 | .226 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 18.6 | 0 |
| 1952 | DET/BAL | 3.2 | 83.3 | 7.5 | .229 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 18 | 0 |
| 1953 | BAL | 1.4 | 80.7 | 6.6 | .198 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 23.2 | 0 |
| 1954 | BAL/CLE | 1.1 | 57.4 | 5.2 | .165 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 25.9 | 0 |
| 1955 | CLE | -0.1 | 43.1 | 5.9 | .222 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 18.4 | 0 |
| 1956 | CLE | 2.1 | 94.2 | 7 | .245 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 15 | 0 |
| 1957 | CLE | 2.4 | 98 | 6.9 | .204 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 18.4 | 0 |
| 1958 | CLE | 0.2 | 7.9 | 6.9 | .233 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 14.3 | 0 |
| 1959 | BOS | 0.8 | 36.3 | 5.4 | .138 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 35.3 | 0 |
| 1960 | BOS | 0.5 | 70.3 | 5.8 | .178 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 23.3 | 0 |
| 1961 | BOS/DET | 0.4 | 49.8 | 5.5 | .164 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 29.4 | 0 |
| 1962 | DET | 0.5 | 18.3 | 6.9 | .162 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 21 | 0 |
| 1963 | DET/MIN | -0.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | .184 | 0.3 | 1 | 16.3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 101 yearsFeb 9, 1925
- Debut
- 1947
What were Vic Wertz's career stats?
Vic Wertz played 17 seasons for the Tigers, the Orioles, the Guardians and the Red Sox. He was a career .277 hitter with 1,692 hits, 266 home runs and 1,178 RBI. His best season was 1962: a .324 batting average, 5 home runs and 18 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 1 postseason, 1947 to 1963
All-time career rank
- 229th in home runs (266)
- 155th in rbi (1,178)
Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.