Billy Werber
William Murray Werber
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 20, 1908 in Berwyn, MD
High School: McKinley (Berwyn, MD)
School: Duke University (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1930
Final Game: September 5, 1942
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Standard Batting

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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 111 473 427 64 110 30 6 3 39 15 5 33 39 .258 .311 .377 .688 81 161 0 13 65/4
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 /5
1933 25 BOS AL 108 471 425 64 110 30 6 3 39 15 5 33 39 .259 .312 .379 .691 82 161 0 13 65/4
1934 26 BOS AL 152 716 623 129 200 41 10 11 67 40 15 77 37 .321 .397 .472 .868 119 294 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 96 196 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 5O/4
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/O
1938 30 PHA AL 134 599 499 92 129 22 7 11 69 19 15 93 37 .259 .377 .397 .774 96 198 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 Seasons 1295 5845 5024 875 1363 271 50 78 539 215 68 701 363 .271 .364 .392 .756 97 1968 39 32 88
162 Game Avg. 162 731 628 109 171 34 6 10 67 27 88 45 .271 .364 .392 .756 97 246 4 11
BOS (4 yrs) 529 2375 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 3569 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

Advanced Batting

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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 473 335 51 4.1 107 .278 .258 .282 .311 .353 .377 .406 .688 .760 81 .431 -12.8 -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 471 333 51 4.1 107 .279 .259 .282 .312 .354 .379 .406 .691 .760 82 .434 -12.2 -1.2 .638 .221 .120 5.0
1934 26 BOS AL 716 453 118 6.9 116 .329 .321 .294 .397 .369 .472 .424 .868 .793 119 .644 18.3 1.7 .906 .315 .151 17.3
1935 27 BOS AL 549 365 72 5.3 117 .256 .255 .296 .357 .370 .424 .428 .781 .797 96 .522 -2.8 -0.3 .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 -7.2 -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 4.9 116 .262 .259 .286 .377 .365 .397 .427 .774 .791 96 .469 -0.1 0.0 .771 .333 .138 13.9
1939 31 CIN NL 707 449 89 5.3 104 .307 .289 .281 .388 .347 .389 .402 .777 .750 108 .567 11.9 1.2 .788 .277 .100 7.5
1940 32 CIN NL 663 432 86 5.4 99 .282 .277 .273 .361 .338 .416 .393 .777 .730 113 .593 12.1 1.2 .781 .283 .139 13.7
1941 33 CIN NL 477 331 41 3.3 95 .246 .239 .267 .328 .338 .299 .376 .627 .714 77 .399 -12.1 -1.3 .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 -15.7 -1.7 .511 .205 .043 1.8
11 Seasons 5845 3856 723 5.0 109 .280 .271 .284 .364 .356 .392 .411 .756 .768 97 .518 -3.2 -0.6 .756 .289 .120 114.5
162 Game Avg. 731 482 90 5.0 109 .280 .271 .284 .364 .356 .392 .411 .756 .768 97 .518 -3.2 -0.6 .756 .289 .120 14
BOS (4 yrs) 2375 1563 323 5.5 117 .290 .281 .295 .367 .370 .425 .428 .792 .798 99 .535 -3.9 -0.4 .803 .308 .144 56.1
CIN (3 yrs) 1847 1212 216 4.8 100 .282 .272 .275 .362 .341 .375 .392 .738 .733 102 .539 11.9 1.1 .732 .264 .104 28.6
PHA (2 yrs) 1175 760 154 5.3 115 .284 .275 .287 .381 .364 .405 .427 .786 .791 100 .507 5.2 0.5 .801 .325 .130 27.0
NYY (2 yrs) 19 12 2 4.4 111 .267 .250 .288 .368 .352 .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 -15.7 -1.7 .511 .205 .043 1.8
AL (7 yrs) 3569 2335 479 5.5 117 .288 .279 .292 .372 .368 .418 .428 .789 .795 99 .525 0.6 0.0 .801 .312 .139 83.1
NL (4 yrs) 2276 1521 244 4.3 98 .269 .259 .271 .352 .339 .352 .385 .704 .724 95 .503 -3.8 -0.6 .687 .253 .092 31.3

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

Cumulative Batting

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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 25 115 490 441 69 114 30 6 3 41 15 5 36 40 .259 .314 .374 .689 81 165 0 13
1934 26 267 1206 1064 198 314 71 16 14 108 55 20 113 77 .295 .363 .431 .795 104 459 1 28
1935 27 391 1755 1526 282 432 101 19 28 169 84 27 182 118 .283 .361 .429 .791 101 655 5 42
1936 28 536 2394 2061 371 579 130 25 38 236 107 40 271 155 .281 .367 .424 .791 98 873 9 53
1937 29 664 2970 2554 456 723 161 29 45 306 142 53 345 194 .283 .371 .422 .792 99 1077 10 61
1938 30 798 3569 3053 548 852 183 36 56 375 161 68 438 231 .279 .372 .418 .789 99 1275 12 66
1939 31 945 4276 3652 663 1025 218 41 61 432 176 68 529 277 .281 .374 .413 .787 100 1508 12 18 77
1940 32 1088 4939 4236 768 1187 253 46 73 480 192 68 597 317 .280 .373 .413 .786 102 1751 19 26 80
1941 33 1197 5416 4654 824 1287 262 48 77 526 206 68 650 341 .277 .369 .403 .772 100 1876 28 28 84
1942 34 1295 5845 5024 875 1363 271 50 78 539 215 68 701 363 .271 .364 .392 .756 97 1968 39 32 88

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
1930 22 4 16 14 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .214 .313 .214 .527 1 4
1933 25 118 481 448 60 110 30 6 3 37 15 33 42 .246 .297 .359 .657 48 111
1934 26 160 706 633 111 188 39 9 10 58 38 72 39 .297 .370 .434 .804 102 152
1935 27 131 547 477 72 113 29 3 13 52 28 66 43 .237 .335 .392 .727 61 124
1936 28 152 614 534 69 128 25 5 9 52 20 77 39 .240 .339 .356 .695 64 145
1937 29 133 573 501 77 139 30 4 7 63 34 71 40 .277 .368 .395 .763 73 128
1938 30 142 604 514 83 122 21 7 10 62 18 88 39 .237 .351 .364 .715 66 134
1939 31 155 730 629 119 181 37 5 5 59 16 95 48 .288 .386 .386 .773 93 147
1940 32 150 693 614 110 170 37 5 13 50 17 71 42 .277 .359 .417 .776 89 143
1941 33 113 494 436 60 106 10 2 4 49 15 56 25 .243 .332 .303 .635 44 109
1942 34 104 460 397 60 86 10 2 1 15 10 58 23 .217 .324 .259 .583 33 98
11 Seasons 1362 5918 5197 824 1346 268 48 75 498 211 689 381 .259 .349 .372 .722 674 1295
162 Game Avg. 162 704 618 98 160 32 6 9 59 25 82 45 .259 .349 .372 .722 80 1295

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (656th)

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--716--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 (208), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 52 (381), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (536), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Red Rolfe (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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