Bill Werle

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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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.

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

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

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

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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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