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Name	Team	Age
Herschel Wertz	Retired (1979, Age 34)	44
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 10 (1965)	SP	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Old Jeter Wood League	0	0 years (68 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C+	F
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	D	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D-	D+	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	A-	C+
Leadership	Mentor Value
C+	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A	0	2/9/1945
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1970	Minors	14.00	0 / 1	2 / 5	2 / 8	4 / 14
1970	Majors	2.91	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 2
1971	Majors	18.00	0 / 0	0 / 10	1 / 8	1 / 18
1972	Majors	19.00	0 / 0	0 / 10	1 / 9	1 / 19
1973	Majors	31.00	0 / 1	1 / 16	1 / 14	2 / 31
1974	Majors	17.00	0 / 0	1 / 7	0 / 10	1 / 17
1975	Majors	18.00	0 / 0	1 / 13	0 / 5	1 / 18
1976	Majors	19.00	0 / 0	1 / 12	0 / 7	1 / 19
1977	Majors	21.00	0 / 0	1 / 13	0 / 8	1 / 21
1978	Majors	29.00	0 / 1	1 / 10	2 / 18	3 / 29
1979	Majors	0.00	-1 / 0	-6 / 0	-5 / 0	-12 / 0
Total			-1 / 3	2 / 98	2 / 87	3 / 188

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1979-11-01	Herschel Wertz has retired from the New York Metropolitans
1979-08-05	The New York Metropolitans have promoted Herschel Wertz to the major league team.
1979-08-05	The New York Metropolitans have acquired Herschel Wertz from the waiver wire.
1971-04-01	The Tampa Bay Torcedores have waived Herschel Wertz.
1970-06-22	The Baltimore Blue Crabs have sent Herschel Wertz to the minors.
1970-06-04	The Baltimore Blue Crabs have promoted Jeff Fallenstein to the major league team. The Baltimore Blue Crabs have promoted Herschel Wertz to the major league team.