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Bill Werle

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Full Name: William George Werle Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2.5"/182 First Game: April 22, 1949
Birthdate: December 21, 1920 Final Game: June 20, 1954
Birthplace: Oakland, California MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on December 21, 1920 in Oakland, California, Bill Werle (William George Werle) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 6 year career. Werle broke into the bigs on April 22, 1949 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 4.24 ERA in 221 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Werle's best season was 1949, when he posted a 4.24 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 106 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1949 PIT N 35 29 12 13 4.24 106 117 104 10 2 0 221 243 22 51 0 4 8
1950 PIT N 48 22 8 16 4.60 78 127 110 6 0 8 215.1 249 25 65 0 4 6
1951 PIT N 59 9 8 6 5.65 57 102 94 2 0 6 149.2 181 20 51 0 2 6
1952 STL N 19 0 1 2 4.85 23 23 21 0 0 1 39 40 6 15 0 0 1
1952 PIT N 5 0 0 0 9.00 1 5 4 0 0 0 4 9 1 1 0 0 0
1952 TOT N 24 0 1 2 5.23 24 28 25 0 0 1 43 49 7 16 0 0 1
1953 BOS A 5 0 0 1 1.54 4 3 2 0 0 0 11.2 7 1 1 0 0 0
1954 BOS A 14 0 0 1 4.38 14 13 12 0 0 0 24.2 41 5 10 0 0 2
Total NL 166 60 29 37 4.76 265 374 333 18 2 15 629 722 74 183 0 10 21
Total AL 19 0 0 2 3.47 18 16 14 0 0 0 36.1 48 6 11 0 0 2
Total 185 60 29 39 4.69 283 390 347 18 2 15 665.1 770 80 194 0 10 23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1949 PIT N P 35 0 0 7 43 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1950 PIT N P 48 0 0 11 58 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1951 PIT N P 59 0 0 10 42 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 STL N P 19 0 0 4 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1952 PIT N P 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 TOT N P 24 0 0 4 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1953 BOS A P 5 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 BOS A P 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 185 0 0 32 167 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 .971

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1949 PIT N 35 77 3 9 0 2 .117 .171 .130 1 0 5 11 0 2 0 0 1
1950 PIT N 48 67 4 13 0 0 .194 .260 .239 1 1 6 22 0 2 0 0 1
1951 PIT N 59 40 5 12 0 6 .300 .333 .400 4 0 2 13 0 1 0 0 1
1952 STL N 19 9 1 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PIT N 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 TOT N 24 9 1 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS A 5 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS A 14 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 166 193 13 35 0 8 .181 .233 .223 6 1 13 49 0 5 0 0 3
Total AL 19 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 185 199 13 35 0 8 .176 .234 .216 6 1 15 50 0 5 0 0 3

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by San Francisco (PCL) to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (September 21, 1949); San Francisco (PCL) received Steve Nagy (September 27, 1949).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Red Munger (May 3, 1952).
  • Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from St. Louis Cardinals (October 2, 1952).

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