Victor Woodrow Wertz was an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder.
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12 Facts About Vic Wertz
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Vic Wertz had a 17-year Major League Baseball career from 1947 to 1963.
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Vic Wertz hit for the cycle on September 14,1947, while in his rookie season with Detroit.
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Vic Wertz finished in the Top 15 in MVP voting five times: 1949,1950,1956,1957, and 1960.
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Vic Wertz was among the Top 10 in the American League in home runs in 1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1956, and 1957.
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Vic Wertz was elected to the American League All-Star team four times.
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Vic Wertz missed part of the 1955 season when stricken with a nonparalytic form of polio but returned in 1956.
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Vic Wertz started 1954 as a member of the newly formed Baltimore Orioles, who had moved from St Louis where they played had played as the Browns.
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Vic Wertz immediately became the starting first baseman for the Indians replacing Bill Glynn who held down the position the previous year.
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Vic Wertz was the founder of an 800-mile snowmobile endurance ride, run annually in Michigan starting in 1982 to benefit the Special Olympics.
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Vic Wertz died during heart surgery at Detroit's Harper Hospital on the morning of July 7,1983.
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Vic Wertz is buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield, Michigan.
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