View Full Version : Vic Wertz
bambambaseball
06-09-2009, 05:51 PM
Vic Wertz played for 17 seasons, was a 3 time all star, factored into MVP voting five times, and has 102 Gray Ink. He is statistically like Bobby Thomson, Bobby Murcer and Rudy York who all show up in HOF conversations. He is most famous for hitting te ball that Willie Mays turned into the most memorable catch in baseball history, but he was a good player in his own. Is he a HOFer?
Cowtipper
06-09-2009, 06:01 PM
I've never seen Bobby Thomson in any sort of Hall of Fame discussion:confused:
Cowtipper
06-09-2009, 07:01 PM
Aside, he's not a Hall of Famer, but he is one guy who is unfairly remembered for one event and not for his career as a whole. The guy was a solid player for a long time, but is unfortunately more remembered for hitting the ball that Mays caught.
bambambaseball
06-09-2009, 08:28 PM
Aside, he's not a Hall of Famer, but he is one guy who is unfairly remembered for one event and not for his career as a whole. The guy was a solid player for a long time, but is unfortunately more remembered for hitting the ball that Mays caught.
He was a great player who had a great career. I also don't think he's a HOFer, but he definitely is someone who was a great player in his day. Much better than hitting 1 ball that a good glovesman caught over the shoulder.
Cowtipper
06-09-2009, 08:43 PM
I definitely agree. Wertz was certainly a lot better than what he is remembered for.
KCGHOST
06-10-2009, 07:30 AM
The guy had a fine career but he will need a ticket to get into the HoF.
If he DIDN'T hit that ball, if it were someone ELSE, then he would not be anywhere near as well known as he is. His name is little more than the answer to a trivia question.
Good career, but he would have been forgotten without making that out.
Fred Merkle too.
The Commissioner
06-13-2009, 08:58 AM
I voted "no", but I would rank him as being a lot closer than most would. He was top notch player for a while there. It's a shame that 266 homeruns (at a time when that actually meant something) has all but been forgotten. When he retired he was 31st all-time in homers, 43rd all time in runs batted in, and 66th all-time in walks. Hall of Fame numbers? No, but certainly worth taking note of.
Paul Wendt
06-13-2009, 08:58 AM
He was a great player who had a great career. I also don't think he's a HOFer, but he definitely is someone who was a great player in his day. Much better than hitting 1 ball that a good glovesman caught over the shoulder.
No one mentioned him in the company of Joe Adcock, Roy Sievers, and Ted Kluszewski last week. Did we underrate him by omission?