Bill Zuber

Full Name: William Henry Zuber	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: September 16, 1936
Birthdate: March 26, 1913	Final Game: September 23, 1947
Birthplace: Middle Amana, Iowa	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: November 2, 1982
Deathplace: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 26, 1913 in Middle Amana, Iowa, Bill Zuber (William Henry Zuber) played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 11 year career. Zuber broke into the bigs on September 16, 1936 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 5.42 ERA in 96.1 innings pitched in 1941, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Zuber's best season was 1942, when he posted a 3.84 ERA and struck out 64 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1936	CLE	A	2	2	1	1	6.59	5	11	10	1	0	0	13.2	14	0	15	0	0
1938	CLE	A	15	0	0	3	5.02	14	18	16	0	0	1	28.2	33	0	20	1	0
1939	CLE	A	16	1	2	0	5.97	16	24	21	0	0	0	31.2	41	2	19	0	1
1940	CLE	A	17	0	1	1	5.62	12	17	15	0	0	0	24	25	3	14	0	0
1941	WAS	A	36	7	6	4	5.42	51	63	58	1	0	2	96.1	110	5	61	5	2
1942	WAS	A	37	7	9	9	3.84	64	66	54	3	1	1	126.2	115	5	82	5	0
1943	NY	A	20	13	8	4	3.89	57	54	51	7	0	1	118	100	3	74	2	0
1944	NY	A	22	13	5	7	4.21	59	54	50	2	1	0	107	101	5	54	3	1
1945	NY	A	21	14	5	11	3.19	50	50	45	7	0	1	127	121	2	56	5	0
1946	NY	A	3	0	0	1	12.71	3	9	8	0	0	0	5.2	10	2	3	1	0
1946	BOS	A	15	7	5	1	2.54	29	20	16	2	1	0	56.2	37	4	39	2	0
1946	TOT	A	18	7	5	2	3.47	32	29	24	2	1	0	62.1	47	6	42	3	0
1947	BOS	A	20	1	1	0	5.33	23	32	30	0	0	0	50.2	60	4	31	4	0
Total			224	65	43	42	4.28	383	418	374	23	3	6	786	767	35	468	28	4

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1936	CLE	A	P	2	0	2	0	1	1.000
1938	CLE	A	P	15	2	3	1	1	.833
1939	CLE	A	P	16	0	9	0	1	1.000
1940	CLE	A	P	17	1	2	0	0	1.000
1941	WAS	A	P	36	5	10	1	0	.938
1942	WAS	A	P	37	6	11	1	3	.944
1943	NY	A	P	20	1	18	0	1	1.000
1944	NY	A	P	22	6	16	1	0	.957
1945	NY	A	P	21	3	19	1	2	.957
1946	NY	A	P	3	0	0	0	0	.000
1946	BOS	A	P	15	3	10	0	0	1.000
1946	TOT	A	P	18	3	10	0	0	1.000
1947	BOS	A	P	20	2	7	0	0	1.000
Total			P	224	29	107	5	9	.965

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1936	CLE	A	2	5	1	1	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0
1938	CLE	A	15	7	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0
1939	CLE	A	16	5	0	1	0	.200	.200	.600	0	1	0	2	0	0
1940	CLE	A	17	3	0	1	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941	WAS	A	36	26	0	0	0	.000	.037	.000	0	0	1	8	2	0
1942	WAS	A	37	39	5	6	3	.154	.175	.282	3	1	1	7	3	2
1943	NY	A	20	38	1	7	2	.184	.262	.316	1	2	4	14	5	2
1944	NY	A	22	31	1	4	1	.129	.129	.129	0	0	0	10	4	1
1945	NY	A	21	42	1	7	3	.167	.186	.214	0	1	1	13	2	1
1946	NY	A	3	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1946	BOS	A	15	18	1	2	2	.111	.158	.111	0	0	1	6	1	0
1946	TOT	A	18	20	1	2	2	.100	.143	.100	0	0	1	7	1	0
1947	BOS	A	20	13	0	2	0	.154	.267	.154	0	0	2	3	2	2
Total			224	229	10	31	11	.135	.172	.197	4	5	10	66	20	8

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Cleveland Indians to Washington Senators (April 21, 1941).
Traded by Washington Senators with cash to New York Yankees in exchange for Jerry Priddy and Milo Candini (January 29, 1943).
Sold by New York Yankees to Boston Red Sox (June 18, 1946).

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