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Vic
Wertz		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 191
 
Born: February 9, 1925 in Usa, PA, YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1950    1951    1960   
All-Star Selections 1950    1952    1954    1957    1958   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 22 SEM AL     6 6 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1948 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1949 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1950 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 8 9 8 6 7 7 5 7 7 7 8 7
1951 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 8 9 9 6 7 7 5 7 7 7 8 7
1952 27 SEM AL $ 3,364,286   8 8 7 9 10 9 6 7 7 5 7 7 7 8 8
1953 28 SEM AL $ 4,400,000   9 9 8 9 10 10 6 7 6 5 7 6 7 8 8
1954 29 SEM AL $ 8,000,000   9 9 8 9 10 10 5 6 6 5 7 6 7 8 8
1955 30 MIN AL $ 8,000,000   9 9 8 9 10 10 5 6 6 5 7 6 7 8 8
1956 31 MIN AL $ 8,000,000   8 8 7 9 10 10 5 6 6 5 7 6 7 8 8
1957 32 MIN AL $ 8,000,000   8 8 7 9 10 9 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 8 7
1958 33 NYA AL $ 10,500,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1959 34 SEM AL     7 7 6 6 7 7 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 6 6
1960 35 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 4 2 4 4 4 5 5
1961 36 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,500,000   9 9 8 9 10 10 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 22 AAA   112 426 90 138 22 4 43 101 5 8 82 47 .324 .433 .697 1.130 115.0  
1948 23 SEM AL 131 460 57 98 20 3 10 64 0 0 86 72 .213 .336 .335 .671 56.6 4.4
    AAA   26 101 24 29 8 0 8 20 1 1 25 12 .287 .429 .604 1.033 25.2  
1949 24 SEM AL 155 568 89 147 29 3 21 90 0 0 93 84 .259 .361 .431 .792 87.6 13.1
1950 25 SEM AL 149 569 128 197 40 3 42 139 0 0 86 69 .346 .430 .649 1.079 138.7 31.3
1951 26 SEM AL 155 611 122 168 27 5 33 133 0 0 73 86 .275 .353 .498 .851 102.5 17.2
1952 27 SEM AL 155 601 129 174 26 4 45 124 0 0 68 67 .290 .360 .571 .930 115.6 21.3
1953 28 SEM AL 153 590 104 165 21 1 36 108 0 0 57 60 .280 .340 .502 .842 95.2 17.0
1954 29 SEM AL 155 574 126 179 31 1 50 127 0 0 81 89 .312 .393 .631 1.024 129.4 29.3
1955 30 SEM AL 77 309 64 96 12 0 33 71 0 0 37 34 .311 .385 .670 1.055 71.1 14.1
  MIN AL 53 188 46 65 12 0 17 46 0 0 28 14 .346 .431 .681 1.111 47.1 12.0
  TOT   130 497 110 161 24 0 50 117 0 0 65 48 .324 .402 .674 1.077 118.1 26.1
    AAA   25 93 22 34 5 0 11 23 1 0 12 11 .366 .438 .774 1.212 27.0  
1956 31 MIN AL 153 557 108 153 26 1 45 101 0 0 68 51 .275 .354 .567 .921 104.9 22.3
1957 32 MIN AL 155 562 102 157 20 4 54 127 0 0 71 52 .279 .360 .617 .977 116.7 29.7
1958 33 NYA AL 155 591 98 166 20 5 43 116 0 0 51 94 .281 .338 .550 .888 105.1 20.0
1959 34 NYA AL 103 367 56 92 13 3 20 47 0 0 32 59 .251 .311 .466 .777 51.4 8.8
  SEM AL 55 192 23 44 7 0 8 23 0 0 20 43 .229 .300 .391 .691 22.4 2.8
  TOT   158 559 79 136 20 3 28 70 0 0 52 102 .243 .307 .440 .747 73.9 11.6
1960 35 MIN AL 155 576 64 123 20 2 15 66 0 0 42 151 .214 .268 .333 .602 48.6 3.5
1961 36 MIN AL 22 81 6 18 2 0 2 7 0 0 1 20 .222 .232 .321 .553 4.4 0.0
    AAA   110 373 26 65 5 2 6 43 2 2 25 106 .174 .226 .247 .473 19.0  
14 Years Sim 1981 7396 1322 2042 326 35 474 1389 0 0 894 1045 .276 .353 .522 .875 1297.3 246.8
4 Years AAA 273 993 162 266 40 6 68 187 9 11 144 176 .268 .361 .526 .886 186.2  
162 Game Average 604 108 166 26 2 38 113 0 0 73 85 .276 .353 .522 .875 106.1  
Career Highs 158 611 129 197 40 5 54 139 0 0 93 151 .346 .430 .674 1.079 138.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4776 900 1421 217 22 321 979 0 0 647 564 .298 .380 .554 .934 969.8
vs LH   2620 422 621 109 13 153 410 0 0 247 481 .237 .302 .464 .766 377.4
Home 993 3639 669 992 169 20 230 672 0 0 459 522 .273 .353 .520 .873 662.1
Away 988 3757 653 1050 157 15 244 717 0 0 435 523 .279 .353 .524 .877 685.0
RISP   1895 0 512 78 10 125 854 0 0 310 261 .270 .366 .520 .886 368.7
Pinch Hitting   72 15 23 3 0 6 17 0 0 11 5 .319 .405 .611 1.016 16.8
Close/Late   849 133 222 31 4 58 155 0 0 111 131 .261 .346 .512 .859 152.0
Mar/Apr 327 1243 221 354 48 3 83 248 0 0 143 177 .285 .357 .529 .886 230.5
May 347 1303 220 356 65 5 63 221 0 0 166 179 .273 .355 .476 .831 219.7
June 329 1250 234 328 49 9 86 207 0 0 142 166 .262 .337 .522 .860 220.2
July 304 1144 210 331 48 9 76 217 0 0 139 149 .289 .365 .546 .911 221.6
August 346 1242 210 309 47 5 75 226 0 0 148 191 .249 .329 .476 .805 198.8
Sep/Oct 328 1214 227 364 69 4 91 270 0 0 156 183 .300 .377 .588 .965 256.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1948 23 SEM AL 1B 130 127 1113.3 1387 113 8 143 .995 12.13 0 0 .000 0 2.6
1949 24 SEM AL LF 92 90 792.0 194 3 1 2 .995 2.24 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    1B 60 59 532.3 642 47 9 65 .987 11.65 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1950 25 SEM AL 1B 135 133 1184.3 1546 127 18 148 .989 12.71 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    RF 11 10 90.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1951 26 SEM AL 1B 152 150 1354.3 1811 167 15 177 .992 13.14 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    RF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 27 SEM AL 1B 102 100 887.0 1218 106 7 105 .995 13.43 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 40 38 347.0 68 3 4 1 .947 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 13 8 82.7 14 0 1 0 .933 1.52 0 0 .000 0  
1953 28 SEM AL LF 123 123 1095.0 199 11 2 1 .991 1.73 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    1B 25 25 221.3 330 32 1 29 .997 14.72 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
1954 29 SEM AL LF 150 149 1333.3 271 14 2 2 .993 1.92 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    RF 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
1955 30 SEM AL LF 38 38 358.3 87 4 0 1 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 30 30 270.9 351 20 1 32 .997 12.33 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 8 7 73.8 17 1 1 0 .947 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MIN AL LF 26 26 222.4 54 2 0 1 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    1B 20 20 168.1 218 12 1 20 .996 12.31 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 6 5 45.8 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 64 64 580.7 141 6 0 2 1.000 2.28   1.5
      1B 50 50 439.0 569 32 2 52 .997 12.32   0.8
      RF 14 12 119.6 28 1 1 0 .967 2.18   0.0
1956 31 MIN AL 1B 146 145 1286.3 1591 144 12 141 .993 12.14 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 5 0 8.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1957 32 MIN AL 1B 149 146 1297.0 1592 126 6 144 .997 11.92 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    LF 4 0 10.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1958 33 NYA AL RF 133 132 1175.7 236 9 6 1 .976 1.88 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    LF 19 14 144.0 20 1 0 1 1.000 1.31 0 0 .000 0  
1959 34 NYA AL RF 63 62 545.6 115 5 3 1 .976 1.98 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 29 28 253.2 290 27 3 25 .991 11.27 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 7 1 19.4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 5.2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.19 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SEM AL RF 34 33 289.1 61 3 1 0 .985 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 16 15 134.2 154 15 2 13 .988 11.33 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 0 10.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 2.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 97 95 834.7 176 8 4 1 .979 1.98   2.0
      1B 45 43 387.4 444 42 5 38 .990 11.29   1.0
      LF 10 1 29.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
      C 1 0 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 35 MIN AL 1B 153 151 1324.3 1560 118 12 129 .993 11.40 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 36 MIN AL 1B 20 19 171.0 199 19 1 18 .995 11.47 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1167 1148 10197.7 12889 1073 96 1189 .993 12.32 0 0 .000 0 22.6
  LF 484 449 4083.4 853 35 6 8 .993 1.96 0 0 .000 0 8.3
  RF 310 288 2608.0 537 22 15 3 .974 1.93 0 0 .000 0 6.2
  C 1 0 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1963 1885 16898.0 14284 1130 117 1200 .992 8.21 0 0 .000 0 37.1
Career Highs   155 151 1365.3 1813 167 18 177 .997 13.05 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1950 25 SEM AL 13 51 6 13 4 0 2 7 0 0 2 9 .255 .283 .451 .734
1951 26 SEM AL 5 18 3 3 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 4 .167 .250 .556 .806
1952 27 SEM AL 7 26 5 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 3 .346 .452 .538 .990
1953 28 SEM AL 4 15 2 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 .200 .188 .533 .721
1955 30 MIN AL 12 48 7 13 5 0 2 12 0 0 4 9 .271 .327 .500 .827
1956 31 MIN AL 7 26 4 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 .231 .286 .462 .747
Career Post-Season Batting 48 184 27 47 11 3 9 32 0 0 14 33 .255 .310 .495 .805
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1950-3-.346
1954-7-.312
1955-2-.324
 On-Base Pct
1950-4-.430
1954-8-.393
1955-4-.402
 Slugging Pct
1950-2-.649
1952-6-.571
1953-10-.502
1954-1-.631
1955-1-.674
1956-3-.567
1957-2-.617
1958-4-.550
CAR-24-.522
 OPS
1950-2-1.079
1952-10-.930
1954-2-1.024
1955-2-1.077
1956-4-.921
1957-2-.977
1958-7-.888
CAR-40-.875
 XR
1950-2-138.7
1952-5-115.6
1954-2-129.4
1955-3-118.1
1956-5-104.9
1957-4-116.7
1958-5-105.1
 Games
1949-10-155
1951-8-155
1952-8-155
1958-8-155
1959-1-158
At-Bats
1951-7-611
1952-7-601
1953-7-590
1958-9-591
 Runs
1950-2-128
1951-4-122
1952-2-129
1953-8-104
1954-3-126
1955-3-110
1956-3-108
1957-6-102
1958-8-98
CAR-50-1322
 Hits
1950-3-197
1954-10-179
1957-10-157
 Total Bases
1950-2-369
1951-8-304
1952-4-343
1953-7-296
1954-1-362
1955-3-335
1956-3-316
1957-3-347
1958-4-325
CAR-49-3860
 Doubles
1950-5-40
 Homeruns
1950-4-42
1951-7-33
1952-1-45
1953-3-36
1954-1-50
1955-2-50
1956-1-45
1957-1-54
1958-2-43
CAR-14-474
RBIs
1950-4-139
1951-3-133
1952-4-124
1953-7-108
1954-2-127
1955-5-117
1956-8-101
1957-2-127
1958-4-116
CAR-43-1389
 Strikeouts
1949-5-84
1951-7-86
1954-9-89
1960-3-151
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 155    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Seattle in 1947
Injured on 5/13/1947 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/2/1948, off Mel Queen (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/14/1948, off Larry Jansen (BOS)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Minnesota on 9/10/1949
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 4/10/1950
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1950, hitting .350 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Pittsburgh on 5/24/1950
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1950, hitting .340 with 7 HR, 29 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1950, hitting .567 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 7/15/1950
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1950, hitting .393 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1950, hitting .408 with 9 HR, 33 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1950, hitting .385 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 8/28/1950 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1950, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1950
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1951, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 6/1/1951
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 9/20/1951
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,364,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1952, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1952, hitting .455 with 5 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,400,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/20/1954
Won Silver Slugger in 1954, hitting .312 with 50 HR, 127 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Montreal on 4/6/1955
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1955, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1955, hitting .524 with 6 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1955, hitting .424 with 15 HR, 29 RBI
Traded from Seattle to Minnesota on 7/1/1955 (Going to MIN: RF Vic Wertz. Going to SEM: RF Steve Bilko)
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 8/1/1955
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1955, hitting .370 with 10 HR, 32 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 10/16/1955
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 6/11/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1956, hitting .400 with 7 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1956, hitting .323 with 10 HR, 22 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/31/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1956, hitting .625 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1957, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1957, hitting .529 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
6/1/1957: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $10,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1957, hitting .375 with 6 HR, 13 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1957, hitting .435 with 6 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1957, hitting .348 with 10 HR, 28 RBI
Traded from Minnesota to New York (A) on 2/21/1958 (Going to MIN: P Bud Daley, RF Jim King, 2B Bobby Brown. Going to NYA: RF Vic Wertz)
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 4/8/1958
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1958, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Traded from New York (A) to Seattle on 7/31/1959 (Going to NYA: P Hersh Freeman. Going to SEM: RF Vic Wertz)
Released by Seattle on 10/3/1959
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/2/1960 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 8/13/1960, off Ted Abernathy (DET)
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1960
 
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