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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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1930 NYY AL 22 SS 3 22 12 9 1 3 .955 7.00 .941 4.57
1930 NYY AL 22 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1933 TOT AL 25 3B 39 109 39 63 7 7 .936 2.62 .955 2.73
1933 NYY AL 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
1933 BOS AL 25 SS 71 354 128 194 32 36 .910 4.54 .944 5.03
1933 BOS AL 25 3B 38 109 39 63 7 7 .936 2.68 .955 2.73
1933 BOS AL 25 2B 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 5.65
1934 BOS AL 26 3B 130 488 136 323 29 25 .941 3.53 .943 2.95 MVP-12
1934 BOS AL 26 SS 22 126 43 69 14 14 .889 5.09 .954 5.07 MVP-12
1935 BOS AL 27 3B 123 465 174 264 27 20 .942 3.56 .947 2.94
1936 BOS AL 28 3B 101 292 112 161 19 16 .935 2.70 .947 3.02
1936 BOS AL 28 OF 45 98 90 6 2 0 .980 2.13 .967 2.29 38-0-7
1936 BOS AL 28 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
1937 PHA AL 29 3B 125 409 132 260 17 25 .958 3.14 .945 3.07
1937 PHA AL 29 OF 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.27 1-2-0
1938 PHA AL 30 3B 134 464 168 266 30 21 .935 3.24 .941 3.07
1939 CIN NL 31 3B 147 507 165 308 34 32 .933 3.22 .943 2.79 MVP-22
1940 CIN NL 32 3B 143 443 139 287 17 24 .962 2.98 .947 2.82 MVP-10
1941 CIN NL 33 3B 107 392 120 256 16 30 .959 3.51 .948 3.16 MVP-28
1942 NYG NL 34 3B 93 330 79 227 24 14 .927 3.29 .941 3.03
11 Seasons 3B 1143 3899 1264 2415 220 214 .944 3.22 .945 2.96
3 Seasons SS 96 502 183 272 47 53 .906 4.74 .946 5.02
2 Seasons OF 48 107 99 6 2 0 .981 2.19 .967 2.29 39-2-7
2 Seasons 2B 3 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.33 .975 5.63
11 Seasons TOT 1290 4512 1548 2695 269 267 .940 3.29 .886 3.10 39-2-7
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 (660th)

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 (246), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 52 (481), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (564), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (627), 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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Transactions

May 12, 1933: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the New York Yankees.

December 9, 1936: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Pinky Higgins.

March 16, 1939: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Philadelphia Athletics.

December 10, 1941: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Cincinnati Reds.

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