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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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