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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1930	NYY	AL	22	SS	3	3	3		22	12	9	1	3	.955		7.00	.940		5.13
1930	NYY	AL	22	3B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.00
1933	TOT	AL	25	3B	39	36	29		109	39	63	7	7	.936		2.62	.954		2.92
1933	NYY	AL	25	3B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.90
1933	NYY	AL	25	RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.10
1933	BOS	AL	25	SS	71	62	61		354	128	194	32	36	.910		4.54	.942		5.34
1933	BOS	AL	25	3B	38	36	29		109	39	63	7	7	.936		2.68	.954		2.92
1933	BOS	AL	25	2B	2	1	0		4	2	2	0	0	1.000		2.00	.970		6.00
1934	BOS	AL	26	3B	130	130	129		488	136	323	29	25	.941		3.53	.943		3.09	MVP-12
1934	BOS	AL	26	SS	22	22	22		126	43	69	14	14	.889		5.09	.951		5.24	MVP-12
1935	BOS	AL	27	3B	123	122	122		465	174	264	27	20	.942		3.56	.947		3.05
1936	BOS	AL	28	3B	101	99	98		292	112	161	19	16	.935		2.70	.946		3.13
1936	BOS	AL	28	OF	45	44	41		98	90	6	2	0	.980		2.13	.968		2.38
1936	BOS	AL	28	LF	38	37	36		87	80	5	2	0	.977		2.24	.963		2.12
1936	BOS	AL	28	RF	7	7	5		11	10	1	0	0	1.000		1.57	.967		2.19
1936	BOS	AL	28	2B	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.80
1937	PHA	AL	29	3B	125	125	121		409	132	260	17	25	.958		3.14	.946		3.15
1937	PHA	AL	29	OF	3	1	1		9	9	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.969		2.33
1937	PHA	AL	29	CF	2	0	0		4	4	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.975		2.85
1937	PHA	AL	29	LF	2	1	1		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		2.50	.966		2.15
1938	PHA	AL	30	3B	134	134	131		464	168	266	30	21	.935		3.24	.941		3.14
1939	CIN	NL	31	3B	147	147	145		507	165	308	34	32	.933		3.22	.942		3.00	MVP-22
1940	CIN	NL	32	3B	143	143	140		443	139	287	17	24	.962		2.98	.948		3.01	MVP-10
1941	CIN	NL	33	3B	107	106	106		392	120	256	16	30	.959		3.51	.949		3.33	MVP-28
1942	NYG	NL	34	3B	93	90	89		330	79	227	24	14	.927		3.29	.940		3.19
	11 Seasons			3B	1143	1132	1110		3899	1264	2415	220	214	.944		3.22	.945		3.10
	3 Seasons			SS	96	87	86		502	183	272	47	53	.906		4.74	.944		5.31
	2 Seasons			OF	48	45	42		107	99	6	2	0	.981		2.19	.968		2.38
	2 Seasons			LF	40	38	37		92	85	5	2	0	.978		2.25	.963		2.12
	2 Seasons			RF	8	7	5		11	10	1	0	0	1.000		1.38	.967		2.18
	2 Seasons			2B	3	2	0		4	2	2	0	0	1.000		1.33	.970		5.93
	1 Season			CF	2	0	0		4	4	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.975		2.85
	11 Seasons			TOT	1290	1266	1238		4512	1548	2695	269	267	.940		3.29	.945		3.25
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1930	NYY	AL	22	4	3	4	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1933	BOS	AL	25	108	99	108	102	2	38	71	0	0	0	0	4	4
1933	NYY	AL	25	4	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
1934	BOS	AL	26	152	152	152	152	0	130	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935	BOS	AL	27	124	122	124	123	0	123	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1936	BOS	AL	28	145	144	145	144	1	102	0	38	0	7	45	0	1
1937	PHA	AL	29	128	126	128	126	0	125	0	2	2	0	4	2	0
1938	PHA	AL	30	134	134	134	134	0	134	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939	CIN	NL	31	147	147	147	147	0	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1940	CIN	NL	32	143	143	143	143	0	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941	CIN	NL	33	109	106	109	107	0	107	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1942	NYG	NL	34	98	90	98	93	0	93	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
	11 Seasons			1296	1266	1296	1277	3	1144	96	40	2	8	50	13	8

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1934 AL 43 (1st) 1939 NL 34 (3rd)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1934 AL 130 (4th) 1937 AL 125 (5th) 1939 NL 147 (3rd) 1940 NL 143 (2nd) Career 1,143 (77th)
Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1934 AL 136 (4th) 1935 AL 174 (1st) 1937 AL 132 (5th) 1938 AL 168 (2nd) 1939 NL 165 (2nd) 1940 NL 139 (2nd) Career 1,264 (61st)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1934 AL 323 (1st) 1935 AL 264 (2nd) 1937 AL 260 (4th) 1939 NL 308 (1st) 1940 NL 287 (3rd) 1941 NL 256 (5th) 1942 NL 227 (4th) Career 2,415 (66th)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1934 AL 29 (3rd) 1935 AL 27 (2nd) 1937 AL 17 (5th) 1938 AL 30 (3rd) 1939 NL 34 (1st) 1941 NL 16 (5th) 1942 NL 24 (4th) Career 220 (71st)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1934 AL 3.53 (1st) 1935 AL 3.56 (1st) 1937 AL 3.14 (4th) 1938 AL 3.24 (2nd) 1939 NL 3.22 (1st) 1940 NL 2.98 (4th) 1941 NL 3.51 (2nd) 1942 NL 3.29 (2nd) Career 3.22 (45th)
Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1934 AL .941 (4th) 1937 AL .958 (4th) 1938 AL .935 (5th) 1940 NL .962 (1st) 1941 NL .959 (4th) 1942 NL .927 (5th)

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