Babe Birrer
Werner Joseph Birrer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 4, 1929 in Buffalo, NY
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1955
Final Game: September 24, 1958
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1955 25 DET AL 4 3 .571 4.15 36 3 15 1 0 3 80.1 77 39 37 9 29 4 28 0 0 0 343 94 1.320 8.6 1.0 3.2 3.1 0.97
1956 26 BAL AL 0 0 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 9 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 58 1.875 15.2 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.00
1958 28 LAD NL 0 0 4.50 16 0 6 0 0 1 34.0 43 20 17 4 7 3 16 1 0 1 149 91 1.471 11.4 1.1 1.9 4.2 2.29
3 Seasons 4 3 .571 4.36 56 3 23 1 0 4 119.2 129 64 58 13 37 7 45 1 0 1 518 91 1.387 9.7 1.0 2.8 3.4 1.22
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .571 4.36 65 3 27 1 0 5 138 149 74 67 15 43 8 52 1 0 1 597 91 1.387 9.7 1.0 2.8 3.4 1.22
LAD (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 16 0 6 0 0 1 34.0 43 20 17 4 7 3 16 1 0 1 149 91 1.471 11.4 1.1 1.9 4.2 2.29
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 9 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 58 1.875 15.2 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.00
DET (1 yr) 4 3 .571 4.15 36 3 15 1 0 3 80.1 77 39 37 9 29 4 28 0 0 0 343 94 1.320 8.6 1.0 3.2 3.1 0.97
AL (2 yrs) 4 3 .571 4.31 40 3 17 1 0 3 85.2 86 44 41 9 30 4 29 0 0 0 369 90 1.354 9.0 0.9 3.2 3.0 0.97
NL (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 16 0 6 0 0 1 34.0 43 20 17 4 7 3 16 1 0 1 149 91 1.471 11.4 1.1 1.9 4.2 2.29

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 25 DET AL 36 343 310 39 77 13 3 9 0 0 29 28 .248 .311 .397 .708 .247 123 7 0 2 2 4
1956 26 BAL AL 4 26 25 5 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .360 .385 .520 .905 .375 13 0 0 0 0 0
1958 28 LAD NL 16 149 139 20 43 5 0 4 0 0 7 16 .309 .342 .432 .774 .322 60 4 1 0 2 3
3 Seasons 56 518 474 64 129 22 3 13 0 0 37 45 .272 .324 .414 .737 .276 196 11 1 2 4 7
162 Game Avg. 65 597 546 74 149 25 3 15 0 0 43 52 .272 .324 .414 .737 .276 226 13 1 2 5 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 25 DET AL 36 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 42 58 32 9 4 1 0 3.7 4.2 4.7
1 Season 36 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 42 58 32 9 4 1 0 3.7 4.2 4.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 25 DET AL 36 33 15 3 1 7 3 4 43% 8 1 27 8 30% 8 1.145 12 8 13 10 4 19 13 20 16 7 16 10 6.0
1956 26 BAL AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 0.172 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 4.0
1958 28 LAD NL 16 16 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 24 9 38% 2 0.565 3 4 8 2 0 14 13 3 9 3 9 3 6.4
3 Seasons 56 53 23 3 1 8 4 4 50% 9 1 56 19 34% 0.929 15 12 25 12 4 37 28 25 27 11 27 13 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 25 DET AL 343 45% 2.6% 8.2% 8.5% 7.3% 33% 0.90 80% 65 7 11%
1956 26 BAL AL 26 27% 0.0% 3.9% 3.9% 15.4% 44% 0.50 92% 5 0 0%
1958 28 LAD NL 149 21% 2.7% 10.7% 4.7% 6.0% 21% 0.65 81% 37 4 11%
3 Seasons 518 37% 2.5% 8.7% 7.1% 7.3% 30% 0.80 81% 107 11 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 25 DET AL 343 77 9 1 14 7 2 3 6 14 6 1 43% 5 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 26 BAL AL 26 9 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 50% 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 28 LAD NL 149 43 4 0 7 4 0 1 3 16 11 1 69% 1 1 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
3 Seasons 518 129 13 1 26 11 2 4 9 36 20 2 56% 7 1 0 199 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1955 25 4 3 .571 4.15 36 3 15 1 0 3 80.1 77 39 37 9 29 4 28 0 0 0 343 94 1.320 8.6 1.0 3.2 3.1 0.97 94
1956 26 4 3 .571 4.31 40 3 17 1 0 3 85.2 86 44 41 9 30 4 29 0 0 0 369 90 1.354 9.0 0.9 3.2 3.0 0.97 90
1957 27 4 3 .571 4.31 40 3 17 1 0 3 85.2 86 44 41 9 30 4 29 0 0 0 369 90 1.354 9.0 0.9 3.2 3.0 0.97 90
1958 28 4 3 .571 4.36 56 3 23 1 0 4 119.2 129 64 58 13 37 7 45 1 0 1 518 91 1.387 9.7 1.0 2.8 3.4 1.22 91

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 25 4 5 .444 4.39 82.0 82 44 40 10 31 29 0 1.378 9.0 3.4 3.2 0.94 1.1 36
1956 26 0 0 7.20 5.0 10 4 4 0 1 1 0 2.200 18.0 1.8 1.8 1.00 0.0 4
1958 28 1 2 .333 4.37 35.0 44 19 17 4 7 16 1 1.457 11.3 1.8 4.1 2.29 1.0 16
3 Seasons 5 7 .417 4.50 122.0 136 67 61 14 39 46 1 1.434 10.0 3.4 1.18 1.0 56

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Similarity Scores

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