Vic Wertz
1947–1963 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Browns
1,862G
.277AVG
.364OBP
.469SLG
More career statistics
1,692H
266HR
1,178RBI
9SB
8Rare feats
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 · At bats | 6,099 | 6,101 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 19 | 22 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 842 | 843 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,021 | 7,027 |
| Batting · Runs | 867 | 868 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,178 | 1,182 |
| Batting · Walks | 828 | 832 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,862 | 7,021 | 6,099 | 867 | 1,692 | 289 | 42 | 266 | 1,178 | 828 | 842 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 43 | 2,863 | .277 | .364 | .469 | .833 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1949-09-18 to 1950-04-21
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Four-Double Game | 1956-09-26 | 1 in 3,923 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1947-09-14 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1947-09-14 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 915 | 3416 | 832 | 134 | 608 | 441 | 403 | .284 | .373 | .481 |
| Away | 947 | 3611 | 860 | 132 | 574 | 391 | 440 | .271 | .346 | .459 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 149 | 569 | 133 | 22 | 93 | 74 | 68 | .273 | .364 | .468 |
| May | 307 | 1221 | 306 | 40 | 215 | 137 | 129 | .286 | .363 | .460 |
| June | 356 | 1358 | 325 | 55 | 250 | 173 | 141 | .279 | .367 | .482 |
| July | 357 | 1272 | 319 | 53 | 235 | 140 | 150 | .287 | .361 | .487 |
| August | 389 | 1488 | 335 | 53 | 209 | 182 | 207 | .260 | .347 | .435 |
| September | 297 | 1096 | 264 | 43 | 173 | 125 | 145 | .277 | .355 | .484 |
| October | 7 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .455 | .478 | .727 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 254 | 986 | 231 | 41 | 182 | 116 | 140 | .271 | .352 | .471 |
| chicago-white-sox | 244 | 879 | 214 | 29 | 135 | 86 | 120 | .274 | .341 | .449 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 233 | 945 | 224 | 34 | 150 | 107 | 89 | .271 | .350 | .465 |
| boston-red-sox | 226 | 866 | 211 | 33 | 148 | 106 | 94 | .282 | .366 | .468 |
| cleveland-guardians | 193 | 701 | 167 | 30 | 117 | 92 | 84 | .276 | .369 | .483 |
| detroit-tigers | 149 | 578 | 131 | 30 | 89 | 81 | 80 | .268 | .367 | .493 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 138 | 578 | 155 | 15 | 110 | 73 | 58 | .310 | .394 | .492 |
| baltimore-orioles | 124 | 440 | 103 | 16 | 63 | 50 | 54 | .272 | .348 | .449 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Detroit Tigers | 102 | 333 | 96 | 6 | 44 | 2 | .288 | – | – |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 119 | 391 | 97 | 7 | 69 | – | .248 | – | – |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 608 | 185 | 20 | 134 | 2 | .304 | – | – |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers | 149 | 559 | 172 | 27 | 123 | – | .308 | – | – |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers | 138 | 501 | 143 | 27 | 94 | – | .285 | – | – |
| 1952 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 122 | 415 | 115 | 23 | 70 | 1 | .277 | – | – |
| 1953 |  St. Louis Browns | 128 | 440 | 118 | 19 | 70 | 1 | .268 | – | – |
| 1954 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 123 | 390 | 100 | 15 | 62 | – | .256 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Cleveland Guardians | 74 | 257 | 65 | 14 | 55 | 1 | .253 | – | – |
| 1956 | Cleveland Guardians | 136 | 481 | 127 | 32 | 106 | – | .264 | – | – |
| 1957 | Cleveland Guardians | 144 | 515 | 145 | 28 | 105 | 2 | .282 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians | 25 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 12 | – | .279 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Boston Red Sox | 94 | 247 | 68 | 7 | 49 | – | .275 | – | – |
| 1960 | Boston Red Sox | 131 | 444 | 125 | 19 | 103 | – | .282 | – | – |
| 1961 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 107 | 323 | 84 | 11 | 61 | – | .260 | – | – |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers | 74 | 105 | 34 | 5 | 18 | – | .324 | – | – |
| 1963 | Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins | 41 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 7 | – | .122 | – | – |