Babe Birrer

Werner Joseph Birrer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 4, 1928 in Buffalo, NY
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1955
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Dodgers/Orioles 1955-1958

Final Game: September 24, 1958
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1947	18	DET-min	D	11	35	35		8	2	0	1						.229	.229	.371	.600		13							JAM · PONY
1948	19	DET-min	C,B	54	129	129		28	9	3	3						.217	.217	.403	.620		52							DHM,HGR · CARL,ISLG
1949	20	DET-min	A	27	53	53		9	3	0	1						.170	.170	.283	.453		15							WPT · EL
1950	21	DET-min	A	17	40	40		8	0	0	1						.200	.200	.275	.475		11							WPT · EL
1951	22	DET-min	A	22	43	43		15	3	0	2						.349	.349	.558	.907		24							WPT · EL
1952	23	DET-min	AAA	34	56	52	5	9	1	0	2	9	0		3	20	.173	.218	.308	.526		16		0	1				BFL · IL
1955	26	DET-min	AAA	14	19	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	.118	.211	.118	.328		2		0	0	0			BFL · IL
1955	26	DET	AL	36	21	19	3	3	1	0	2	6	0	0	2	4	.158	.238	.526	.764	103	10	1	0	0	0	0	1
1956	27	BAL-min	AA	45	102	98	8	26	5	1	4	22	0	0	3	16	.265	.294	.459	.753		45		1	0	0			SAN · TL
1956	27	BAL	AL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1957	28	BAL-LAD-min	Opn	35	49	46	2	6	1	0	0	3	0		2	7	.130	.167	.152	.319		7	0	0	1	0			VAN,LOS · PCL
1958	29	LAD-min	AAA	26	64	55	5	13	4	0	1	6	1		2	16	.236	.263	.364	.627		20		0	7	0	0		MTL · IL
1958	29	LAD	NL	16	8	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.571	.625	.714	1.339	249	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	30	LAD-min	AAA	45	82	79	4	19	5	0	1	9	0		0	18	.241	.238	.342	.579		27		0	2	1	0		MTL · IL
1960	31	LAD-PHI-min	AAA	37	66	62	1	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	22	.210	.234	.242	.476		15		0	2	0			MTL,BFL · IL
1961	32	PHI-min	AAA	37	65	65	8	22	3	0	0	5	0		0	19	.338	.338	.385	.723		25							BFL · IL
1962	33	PHI-min	AAA	35	58	51	2	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	14	.118	.196	.216	.412		11		0	2	0			BFL · IL
1963	34	NYM-min	AAA	36	61	55	6	15	2	0	1	4	0	0	6	17	.273	.344	.364	.708		20							BFL · IL
1964	35	NYM-min	AAA	47	40	36	2	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	12	.167	.189	.250	.439		9		0	3	0			BFL · IL
1965	36	NYM-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			BFL · IL
1966	37	CIN-min	AAA	52	25	21	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	6	.143	.250	.333	.583		7		0	1	0			BFL · IL
3 Yrs				56	30	27	3	7	2	0	2	6	0	0	3	6	.259	.333	.556	.889	135	15	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	87	78	9	20	6	0	6	17	0	0	9	17	.259	.333	.556	.889	135	43	3	0	0	0	0

LAD (1 yr)				16	8	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.571	.625	.714	1.339	249	5	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				36	21	19	3	3	1	0	2	6	0	0	2	4	.158	.238	.526	.764	103	10	1	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				40	22	20	3	3	1	0	2	6	0	0	2	4	.150	.227	.500	.727	93	10	1	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				16	8	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.571	.625	.714	1.339	249	5	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1955	26	DET	AL	36	21	-0	-1	-0	0	2	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1956	27	BAL	AL	4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1958	29	LAD	NL	16	8	2	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	3	0.2	.516	.502	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
3 Seasons				56	30	1	-1	-0	0	3	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.506	.501	0.3	0.0	4	$

LAD (1 yr)				16	8	2	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	3	0.2	.516	.502	0.2	0.0	3	$
BAL (1 yr)				4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
DET (1 yr)				36	21	-0	-1	-0	0	2	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1955	26	DET	AL	21	17	2	3.2	101	.077	.158	.264	.238	.343	.526	.393	.764	.737	103	.335	-0.2	-0.0	.706	.474	.368	.0
1956	27	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.256	.000	.336	.000	.391	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1958	29	LAD	NL	8	3	3	26.8	110	.800	.571	.275	.625	.343	.714	.429	1.339	.772	249	.961	1.7	0.2	2.000	.286	.143
3 Yrs				30	21	5	6.4	103	.263	.259	.266	.333	.343	.556	.402	.889	.745	135	.644	1.2	0.1	.857	.407	.296	.0
162 Game Avg.				87	61	14	6.4	103	.263	.259	.266	.333	.343	.556	.402	.889	.745	135	.644	3	0	.857	.407	.296

LAD (1 yr)				8	3	3	26.9	110	.800	.571	.275	.625	.343	.714	.429	1.339	.772	249	.961	1.7	0.2	2.000	.286	.143
BAL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.256	.000	.336	.000	.391	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				21	17	2	3.1	101	.077	.158	.264	.238	.343	.526	.393	.764	.737	103	.335	-0.2	-0.0	.706	.474	.368	.0

AL (2 yrs)				22	18	2	3.0	101	.071	.150	.264	.227	.343	.500	.393	.727	.736	93	.311	-0.5	-0.1	.667	.450	.350	.0
NL (1 yr)				8	3	3	26.9	110	.800	.571	.275	.625	.343	.714	.429	1.339	.772	249	.961	1.7	0.2	2.000	.286	.143

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	26	DET	AL	21	9.5%	19.1%	9.5%	14.3%	100%	2.00	4.8	9.5	3.2	0.86	62%
1956	27	BAL	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%

1958	29	LAD	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	12.5%	25%	2.00	3.5			0.00	63%
3 Yrs				30	6.7%	20.0%	10.0%	13.3%	57%	2.00	4.5	13.5	4.5	0.67	63%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.2%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.35	7.2	37.5	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1955	26	DET	AL	-0.2	-0.0	22	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.15	-0.0	-0.2	1.1	0.1	0.91	-0.6	0
1956	27	BAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.21	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.74	-0.4	0

1958	29	LAD	NL	1.7	0.2	8	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.68	0.2	-0.0	1.2	0.1	0.73	1.7	0
3 Yrs				1.2	0.1	31	-0.1	0.5	-0.7	1.00	0.1	-0.2	2.0	0.2	0.86	0.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	26	DET	AL	0	0	33%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1956	27	BAL	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	29	LAD	NL	0	0	0%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				0	0	13%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1955	26	DET	AL	21	33%	3			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	10	4	40%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1956	27	BAL	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1958	29	LAD	NL	8	0%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				30	23%	7			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	4	0	0%	14	4	29%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			78%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1955	26	36	21	19	3	3	1	2	6	2	4	.158	.238	.526	.764	103	10	1
1956	27	40	22	20	3	3	1	2	6	2	4	.150	.227	.500	.727	93	10	1
1957	28	40	22	20	3	3	1	2	6	2	4	.150	.227	.500	.727	93	10	1
1958	29	56	30	27	3	7	2	2	6	3	6	.259	.333	.556	.889	135	15	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	26	38	22	20	3	3	1	0	2	5	0	2	4	.150	.227	.500	.727	2	36
1956	27	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1958	29	17	8	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.571	.625	.714	1.339	3	16
3 Yrs		59	31	28	3	7	2	0	2	5	0	3	6	.250	.323	.536	.858	5	56
162 Game Avg.		162	85	77	8	19	5	0	5	14	0	8	16	.250	.323	.536	.858	14	56

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