Don Wert
1963–1971 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1961-71)
1,110G
.242AVG
.314OBP
.343SLG
More career statistics
929H
77HR
366RBI
22SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 24 | 23 |
| Batting · RBI | 366 | 365 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,110 | 4,346 | 3,840 | 417 | 929 | 129 | 15 | 77 | 366 | 389 | 529 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 30 | 1,319 | .242 | .314 | .343 | .657 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1964-08-23 to 1964-09-05
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1968-08-23 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1969-07-12 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1967-05-30 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 544 | 2089 | 470 | 47 | 202 | 201 | 260 | .257 | .321 | .368 |
| Away | 566 | 2257 | 459 | 30 | 163 | 188 | 269 | .228 | .287 | .321 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 107 | 436 | 81 | 5 | 28 | 46 | 46 | .215 | .291 | .287 |
| May | 198 | 733 | 153 | 14 | 50 | 61 | 99 | .235 | .292 | .331 |
| June | 165 | 595 | 117 | 4 | 38 | 49 | 76 | .223 | .279 | .291 |
| July | 210 | 835 | 193 | 21 | 72 | 84 | 110 | .263 | .332 | .402 |
| August | 219 | 921 | 201 | 18 | 87 | 78 | 118 | .244 | .303 | .355 |
| September | 198 | 771 | 171 | 15 | 85 | 60 | 79 | .248 | .300 | .345 |
| October | 13 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .310 | .436 | .405 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 132 | 521 | 112 | 9 | 44 | 43 | 64 | .242 | .298 | .330 |
| cleveland-guardians | 126 | 493 | 103 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 67 | .230 | .284 | .315 |
| chicago-white-sox | 124 | 490 | 98 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 54 | .225 | .278 | .326 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 124 | 465 | 102 | 12 | 44 | 43 | 49 | .251 | .312 | .382 |
| boston-red-sox | 124 | 496 | 102 | 6 | 41 | 54 | 66 | .236 | .315 | .346 |
| new-york-yankees | 114 | 463 | 104 | 6 | 40 | 43 | 57 | .254 | .317 | .337 |
| minnesota-twins | 110 | 420 | 100 | 9 | 35 | 34 | 48 | .266 | .319 | .391 |
| california-angels | 85 | 335 | 66 | 2 | 27 | 32 | 38 | .222 | .293 | .293 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  Detroit Tigers | 78 | 251 | 65 | 7 | 25 | 3 | .259 | – | – |
| 1964 | Detroit Tigers | 148 | 525 | 135 | 9 | 55 | 3 | .257 | – | – |
| 1965 | Detroit Tigers | 162 | 609 | 159 | 12 | 53 | 5 | .261 | – | – |
| 1966 | Detroit Tigers | 150 | 559 | 150 | 11 | 70 | 6 | .268 | – | – |
| 1967 | Detroit Tigers | 142 | 534 | 137 | 6 | 40 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1968 | Detroit Tigers | 150 | 536 | 107 | 12 | 37 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1969 | Detroit Tigers | 132 | 423 | 95 | 14 | 50 | 3 | .225 | – | – |
| 1970 | Detroit Tigers | 128 | 363 | 79 | 6 | 33 | 1 | .218 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 20 | 40 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .050 | – | – |