Vic Wertz

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Vic Wertz was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder best remembered as the batter who hit the long fly ball caught in Willie Mays’s famous 1954 World Series play known as “The Catch.”

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Vic Wertz canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
allStarSelection 4 ⓘ
bats left ⓘ
battedCleanupFor Cleveland Indians ⓘ
battingAverage .277 ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-02-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1983-07-07 ⓘ
era 20th-century baseball ⓘ
event 1954 World Series ⓘ
familyName Wertz ⓘ
finalMLBGameDate 1963-09-22 ⓘ
finalMLBTeam St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
fullName Victor Woodrow Wertz ⓘ
givenName Victor ⓘ
handedness left-handed batter ⓘ
left-handed thrower ⓘ
height 6 ft 0 in ⓘ
homeRuns 266 ⓘ
jerseyNumber 23 ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
MLBDebutDate 1947-04-15 ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam Detroit Tigers ⓘ
notableFor hitting long fly ball caught by Willie Mays in 1954 World Series play known as "The Catch" ⓘ
notableOpponent Dusty Rhodes ⓘ
Willie Mays ⓘ
notableTeammate Larry Doby ⓘ
occupation professional baseball player ⓘ
placeOfBirth York, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
playedIn American League ⓘ
position outfielder ⓘ
primaryPosition first baseman ⓘ
runsBattedIn 1178 ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
team Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
Boston Red Sox ⓘ
Cleveland Indians ⓘ
Detroit Tigers ⓘ
St. Louis Browns ⓘ
St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
throws left ⓘ
weight 195 lb ⓘ

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The Catch → batter → Vic Wertz ⓘ
subject linked to: 1954 World Series games
The Catch → batter → Vic Wertz ⓘ