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Billy Werber

William Murray Werber

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 20, 1908 in Berwyn, MD
High School: McKinley HS (Berwyn, MD)
School: Duke University (Durham, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1930
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Reds/Athletics/Giants/Yankees 1930-1942

Final Game: September 5, 1942
Died: January 22, 2009 in Charlotte, NC
Buried: Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC
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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
1930 22 NYY AL 4 17 14 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .286 .412 .286 .697 83 4 0 0 /65
1933 25 TOT AL 111 472 427 64 110 30 6 3 39 15 5 33 39 .258 .311 .377 .688 80 161 0 13 65/49
1933 25 NYY AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /59
1933 25 BOS AL 108 470 425 64 110 30 6 3 39 15 5 33 39 .259 .312 .379 .691 81 161 0 13 65/4
1934 26 BOS AL 152 714 623 129 200 41 10 11 67 40 15 77 37 .321 .397 .472 .868 120 294 1 15 *56 MVP-12
1935 27 BOS AL 124 549 462 84 118 30 3 14 61 29 7 69 41 .255 .357 .424 .781 97 196 4 14 *5
1936 28 BOS AL 145 639 535 89 147 29 6 10 67 23 13 89 37 .275 .382 .407 .790 90 218 4 11 5O7/94
1937 29 PHA AL 128 576 493 85 144 31 4 7 70 35 13 74 39 .292 .386 .414 .799 103 204 1 8 *5/O87
1938 30 PHA AL 134 599 499 92 129 22 7 11 69 19 15 93 37 .259 .377 .397 .774 97 198 2 5 *5
1939 31 CIN NL 147 707 599 115 173 35 5 5 57 15 91 46 .289 .388 .389 .777 108 233 12 6 11 *5 MVP-22
1940 32 CIN NL 143 663 584 105 162 35 5 12 48 16 68 40 .277 .361 .416 .777 113 243 7 8 3 *5 MVP-10
1941 33 CIN NL 109 477 418 56 100 9 2 4 46 14 53 24 .239 .328 .299 .627 77 125 9 2 4 *5 MVP-28
1942 34 NYG NL 98 429 370 51 76 9 2 1 13 9 51 22 .205 .308 .249 .557 63 92 11 4 4 5
11 Yrs 1295 5842 5024 875 1363 271 50 78 539 215 68 701 363 .271 .364 .392 .756 98 1968 39 32 88
162 Game Avg. 162 731 628 109 171 34 6 10 67 27 88 45 .271 .364 .392 .756 98 246 4 11
BOS (4 yrs) 529 2372 2045 366 575 130 25 38 234 107 40 268 154 .281 .367 .425 .792 99 869 9 53
CIN (3 yrs) 399 1847 1601 276 435 79 12 21 151 45 212 110 .272 .362 .375 .738 102 601 28 16 18
PHA (2 yrs) 262 1175 992 177 273 53 11 18 139 54 28 167 76 .275 .381 .405 .786 100 402 3 13
NYY (2 yrs) 7 19 16 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .250 .368 .250 .618 64 4 0 0
NYG (1 yr) 98 429 370 51 76 9 2 1 13 9 51 22 .205 .308 .249 .557 63 92 11 4 4
AL (7 yrs) 798 3566 3053 548 852 183 36 56 375 161 68 438 231 .279 .372 .418 .789 99 1275 12 66
NL (4 yrs) 497 2276 1971 327 511 88 14 22 164 54 263 132 .259 .352 .352 .704 95 693 39 20 22

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 Awards
1930 22 NYY AL 4 17 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .482 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /65
1933 25 NYY AL 3 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .484 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /59
1933 25 BOS AL 108 470 -13 2 0 -8 6 -14 -1.4 15 1 0.1 .488 .492 0.9 -0.2 9 $ 65/4
1934 26 BOS AL 152 714 20 2 0 7 4 33 3.0 22 55 5.2 .520 .519 4.7 1.0 48 $ *56 MVP-12
1935 27 BOS AL 124 549 -2 3 0 4 2 7 0.6 17 24 2.3 .506 .504 2.0 0.6 21 $ *5
1936 28 BOS AL 145 639 -6 -1 0 -1 0 -8 -0.7 20 11 1.2 .495 .496 1.4 -0.1 12 $ 5O7/94
1937 29 PHA AL 128 576 6 2 0 5 2 14 1.3 18 32 3.1 .510 .508 2.6 0.6 27 $9,000 *5/O87
1938 30 PHA AL 134 599 2 -3 0 -4 2 -3 -0.2 19 16 1.6 .498 .498 2.0 -0.1 20 $10,000 *5
1939 31 CIN NL 147 707 10 -1 0 5 2 16 1.5 20 36 3.5 .511 .510 3.1 0.6 31 $ *5 MVP-22
1940 32 CIN NL 143 663 12 -0 0 10 1 23 2.3 23 46 4.6 .517 .515 3.6 1.2 36 $ *5 MVP-10
1941 33 CIN NL 109 477 -10 -0 0 7 1 -3 -0.4 17 14 1.3 .497 .498 0.5 0.8 7 $ *5 MVP-28
1942 34 NYG NL 98 429 -14 -0 0 10 0 -4 -0.6 13 9 0.7 .495 .497 -0.4 1.2 -1 $ 5
11 Seasons 1295 5842 3 3 0 34 20 60 5.3 184 244 23.5 .505 .503 20.4 5.5 210 $19,000
BOS (4 yrs) 529 2372 -1 6 0 2 12 18 1.6 74 92 8.8 .503 .503 9.0 1.3 90 $
CIN (3 yrs) 399 1847 12 -2 0 22 4 36 3.4 60 96 9.4 .509 .508 7.2 2.6 74 $
PHA (2 yrs) 262 1175 8 -1 0 1 4 11 1.1 37 48 4.7 .504 .503 4.6 0.5 47 $19,000
NYY (2 yrs) 7 19 -0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .483 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 $
NYG (1 yr) 98 429 -14 -0 0 10 0 -4 -0.6 13 9 0.7 .495 .497 -0.4 1.2 -1 $

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
1930 22 NYY AL 17 10 2 5.3 112 .308 .286 .290 .412 .354 .286 .426 .697 .780 83 .505 -0.1 -0.0 .700 .214 .000
1933 25 TOT AL 472 335 51 4.1 108 .278 .258 .283 .311 .355 .377 .408 .688 .763 80 .431 -13.3 -1.3 .634 .220 .119 5.0
1933 25 NYY AL 2 2 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .274 .000 .344 .000 .394 .000 .738 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1933 25 BOS AL 470 333 51 4.1 108 .279 .259 .283 .312 .355 .379 .408 .691 .763 81 .434 -12.8 -1.2 .638 .221 .120 5.0
1934 26 BOS AL 714 453 118 6.9 115 .329 .321 .293 .397 .368 .472 .422 .868 .790 120 .644 19.2 1.8 .906 .315 .151 17.3
1935 27 BOS AL 549 365 72 5.3 116 .256 .255 .295 .357 .368 .424 .426 .781 .794 97 .522 -2.2 -0.2 .829 .366 .169 18.9
1936 28 BOS AL 639 412 82 5.3 127 .281 .275 .306 .382 .383 .407 .450 .790 .833 90 .479 -7.1 -0.6 .800 .318 .133 13.9
1937 29 PHA AL 576 370 81 5.8 115 .306 .292 .287 .386 .362 .414 .428 .799 .790 103 .544 5.2 0.5 .831 .316 .122 11.7
1938 30 PHA AL 599 390 73 4.9 115 .262 .259 .285 .377 .363 .397 .425 .774 .788 97 .469 0.8 0.1 .771 .333 .138 13.9
1939 31 CIN NL 707 449 89 5.3 105 .307 .289 .283 .388 .349 .389 .404 .777 .753 108 .567 11.0 1.1 .788 .277 .100 7.5
1940 32 CIN NL 663 432 86 5.4 99 .282 .277 .273 .361 .338 .416 .393 .777 .731 113 .593 12.1 1.2 .781 .283 .139 13.7
1941 33 CIN NL 477 331 41 3.3 94 .246 .239 .266 .328 .336 .299 .375 .627 .711 77 .399 -11.6 -1.2 .593 .220 .060 6.2
1942 34 NYG NL 429 309 28 2.4 88 .216 .205 .257 .308 .329 .249 .357 .557 .686 63 .307 -15.8 -1.7 .511 .205 .043 1.8
11 Yrs 5842 3856 723 5.0 109 .280 .271 .284 .364 .356 .392 .411 .756 .767 98 .518 -1.8 -0.4 .756 .289 .120 114.5
162 Game Avg. 731 482 90 5.0 109 .280 .271 .284 .364 .356 .392 .411 .756 .767 98 .518 -1.8 -0.4 .756 .289 .120 14
BOS (4 yrs) 2372 1563 323 5.5 117 .290 .281 .295 .367 .369 .425 .427 .792 .797 99 .535 -2.9 -0.3 .803 .308 .144 56.1
CIN (3 yrs) 1847 1212 216 4.8 100 .282 .272 .275 .362 .342 .375 .392 .738 .734 102 .539 11.5 1.1 .732 .264 .104 28.6
PHA (2 yrs) 1175 760 154 5.3 115 .284 .275 .286 .381 .363 .405 .426 .786 .789 100 .507 6.0 0.6 .801 .325 .130 27.0
NYY (2 yrs) 19 12 2 4.4 111 .267 .250 .288 .368 .353 .250 .422 .618 .775 64 .428 -0.7 -0.1 .583 .188 .000
NYG (1 yr) 429 309 28 2.4 88 .216 .205 .257 .308 .329 .249 .357 .557 .686 63 .307 -15.8 -1.7 .511 .205 .043 1.8
AL (7 yrs) 3566 2335 479 5.5 116 .288 .279 .292 .372 .367 .418 .427 .789 .794 99 .525 2.5 0.2 .801 .312 .139 83.1
NL (4 yrs) 2276 1521 244 4.3 98 .269 .259 .272 .352 .339 .352 .386 .704 .725 95 .503 -4.3 -0.6 .687 .253 .092 31.3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 31 CIN NL WS NYY L 4 18 16 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 .250 .333 .250 .583 4 0 0 0 0 0
1940 32 CIN NL WS DET W 7 31 27 5 10 4 0 0 2 0 1 4 2 .370 .452 .519 .970 14 1 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 11 49 43 6 14 4 0 0 4 0 2 6 2 .326 .408 .419 .827 18 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 11 49 43 6 14 4 0 0 4 0 2 6 2 .326 .408 .419 .827 18 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1930 22 NYY AL 17 0.0% 5.9% 17.7% 0.0% 0% 0.33 14.0 7.0 76%
1933 25 TOT AL 472 0.6% 8.3% 7.0% 8.3% 36% 1.18 10.9 142.3 10.9 82%
1933 25 NYY AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1933 25 BOS AL 470 0.6% 8.3% 7.0% 8.3% 36% 1.18 10.9 141.7 10.9 81%
1934 26 BOS AL 714 1.5% 5.2% 10.8% 8.7% 31% 0.48 16.8 56.6 9.3 81%
1935 27 BOS AL 549 2.6% 7.5% 12.6% 8.6% 40% 0.59 11.3 33.0 7.6 74%
1936 28 BOS AL 639 1.6% 5.8% 13.9% 7.0% 31% 0.42 14.5 53.5 8.0 76%
1937 29 PHA AL 576 1.2% 6.8% 12.9% 7.3% 29% 0.53 12.6 70.4 7.0 78%
1938 30 PHA AL 599 1.8% 6.2% 15.5% 6.7% 31% 0.40 13.5 45.4 7.2 75%
1939 31 CIN NL 707 0.7% 6.5% 12.9% 6.4% 26% 0.51 13.0 119.8 10.5 78%
1940 32 CIN NL 663 1.8% 6.0% 10.3% 7.8% 32% 0.59 14.6 48.7 12.2 80%
1941 33 CIN NL 477 0.8% 5.0% 11.1% 3.1% 15% 0.45 17.4 104.5 9.1 82%
1942 34 NYG NL 429 0.2% 5.1% 11.9% 2.8% 16% 0.43 16.8 370.0 28.5 81%
11 Yrs 5842 1.3% 6.2% 12.0% 6.8% 29% 0.52 13.8 64.4 9.3 78%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.6% 8.5% 6.8% 28% 1.02 10.4 64.1 7.8 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1930 22 4 17 14 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .286 .412 .286 .697 83 4 0 0
1931 23 4 17 14 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .286 .412 .286 .697 83 4 0 0
1932 24 4 17 14 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .286 .412 .286 .697 83 4 0 0
1933 25 115 489 441 69 114 30 6 3 41 15 5 36 40 .259 .314 .374 .689 80 165 0 13
1934 26 267 1203 1064 198 314 71 16 14 108 55 20 113 77 .295 .363 .431 .795 104 459 1 28
1935 27 391 1752 1526 282 432 101 19 28 169 84 27 182 118 .283 .361 .429 .791 102 655 5 42
1936 28 536 2391 2061 371 579 130 25 38 236 107 40 271 155 .281 .367 .424 .791 99 873 9 53
1937 29 664 2967 2554 456 723 161 29 45 306 142 53 345 194 .283 .371 .422 .792 99 1077 10 61
1938 30 798 3566 3053 548 852 183 36 56 375 161 68 438 231 .279 .372 .418 .789 99 1275 12 66
1939 31 945 4273 3652 663 1025 218 41 61 432 176 68 529 277 .281 .374 .413 .787 100 1508 12 18 77
1940 32 1088 4936 4236 768 1187 253 46 73 480 192 68 597 317 .280 .373 .413 .786 102 1751 19 26 80
1941 33 1197 5413 4654 824 1287 262 48 77 526 206 68 650 341 .277 .369 .403 .772 100 1876 28 28 84
1942 34 1295 5842 5024 875 1363 271 50 78 539 215 68 701 363 .271 .364 .392 .756 98 1968 39 32 88

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1930 22 4 16 14 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .214 .313 .214 .527 1 4
1933 25 118 494 447 60 109 30 6 3 36 15 33 42 .244 .296 .358 .654 47 111
1934 26 160 721 632 112 187 38 9 10 58 37 72 39 .296 .369 .432 .801 101 152
1935 27 131 559 475 73 111 28 3 13 53 27 65 43 .234 .331 .387 .718 60 124
1936 28 152 625 534 69 128 25 5 9 52 20 77 39 .240 .339 .356 .695 64 145
1937 29 133 578 499 77 137 29 4 7 63 33 70 40 .275 .365 .391 .756 71 128
1938 30 142 614 517 84 125 21 7 11 63 18 90 39 .242 .356 .373 .730 68 134
1939 31 155 739 627 118 179 36 5 5 59 16 94 48 .285 .384 .383 .767 92 147
1940 32 150 696 614 110 170 37 5 13 50 17 71 42 .277 .359 .417 .776 89 143
1941 33 113 498 436 60 106 10 2 4 49 15 56 25 .243 .332 .303 .635 44 109
1942 34 104 464 397 60 86 10 2 1 15 10 58 23 .217 .324 .259 .583 33 98
11 Yrs 1362 6004 5192 826 1341 264 48 76 499 208 688 381 .258 .349 .372 .720 670 1295
162 Game Avg. 162 714 618 98 160 31 6 9 59 25 82 45 .258 .349 .372 .720 80 1295

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1934 AL (12, 10%)
1939 NL (22, 2%)
1940 NL (10, 11%)
1941 NL (28, 2%)
0.25 Career Shares (673rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1934 AL  5.2 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1934 AL  5.2 (6th)
1940 NL  4.6 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1934 AL  4.7 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1934 AL  1.0 (8th)
1940 NL  1.2 (7th)
1942 NL  1.2 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1939 NL  .388 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1934 AL  152 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1934 AL  623 (3rd)
1939 NL  599 (7th)
1940 NL  584 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1934 AL  714 (1st)
1939 NL  707 (3rd)
1940 NL  663 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1934 AL  129 (2nd)
1939 NL  115 (1st)
1940 NL  105 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1934 AL  200 (6th)
1940 NL  162 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1934 AL  294 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1934 AL  41 (8th)
1939 NL  35 (8th)
1940 NL  35 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1934 AL  10 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1936 AL  89 (10th)
1938 AL  93 (7th)
1939 NL  91 (4th)
1940 NL  68 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1933 AL  15 (5th)
1934 AL  40 (1st)
1935 AL  29 (1st)
1936 AL  23 (3rd)
1937 AL  35 (1st)
1938 AL  19 (3rd)
1939 NL  15 (3rd)
1940 NL  16 (4th)
1941 NL  14 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1934 AL  138 (5th)
1939 NL  128 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1934 AL  118 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1934 AL  278 (5th)
1939 NL  270 (3rd)
1940 NL  238 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 AL  4 (7th)
1936 AL  4 (10th)
1939 NL  6 (3rd)
1940 NL  8 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1933 AL  13 (8th)
1934 AL  15 (2nd)
1935 AL  14 (8th)
1936 AL  11 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1934 AL  15 (2nd)
1935 AL  7 (9th)
1936 AL  13 (2nd)
1937 AL  13 (1st)
1938 AL  15 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1934 AL  17.3 (3rd)
1935 AL  18.9 (1st)
1936 AL  13.9 (8th)
1937 AL  11.7 (10th)
1938 AL  13.9 (5th)
1939 NL  7.5 (8th)
1940 NL  13.7 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1934 AL  453 (3rd)
1939 NL  449 (5th)
1940 NL  432 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 52 (488), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (578), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (633), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Terry Moore (901)
  6. Bill Doran (898)
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  8. Lenny Dykstra (895)
  9. Adam Kennedy (894)
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  4. Red Rolfe (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Coco Crisp (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Red Rolfe (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Red Rolfe (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Red Rolfe (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tony Phillips (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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