Bill Werle

William George Werle (Bugs)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: December 21, 1920 in Oakland, CA
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1949
Teams (by GP): Pirates/RedSox/Cardinals 1949-1954

Final Game: June 20, 1954
Died: November 27, 2010 in San Mateo, CA
Buried: Skylawn Memorial Park, San Mateo, CA
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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	Pos	Awards
1943	22	SFR	AA	13	18	18		1	0	0	0	0	0				.056	.056	.056	.111		1						SFR · PCL
1944	23	SFR	AA	37	120	107	11	22	4	1	0	10	0		11	23	.206	.280	.262	.541		28		0	2			SFR · PCL
1946	25	SFG-min	AAA	35	70	59	6	10	3	0	0	4	0		8	18	.169	.269	.220	.489		13		0	3			SFR · PCL
1947	26	SFR	AAA	37	81	71	6	9	1	0	0	1	0		4	17	.127	.173	.141	.314		10		0	6			SFR · PCL
1948	27	SFR	AAA	34	107	86	14	20	1	1	0	3	1		17	25	.233	.359	.267	.627		23		0	4			SFR · PCL
1949	28	PIT	NL	35	84	77	3	9	1	0	0	2	0		5	11	.117	.171	.130	.301	-19	10	1	0	2		1
1950	29	PIT	NL	48	74	67	4	13	1	1	0	0	0		6	22	.194	.260	.239	.499	31	16	1	0	2		1
1951	30	PIT	NL	59	43	40	5	12	4	0	0	6	0	0	2	13	.300	.333	.400	.733	95	16	1	0	1		1
1952	31	TOT	NL	24	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-38	1	0	0	0		1
1952	31	PIT	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		/1
1952	31	STL	NL	19	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-38	1	0	0	0		1
1953	32	BOS-min	AAA	31	44	34	6	7	1	0	0	2	0		8	11	.206	.357	.235	.592		8	1	0	2			LOU · AA
1953	32	BOS	AL	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	0	0		/1
1954	33	BOS-min	AAA	14	39	34	5	12	1	2	0	7	0		3	10	.353	.421	.500	.921		17	1	1	1	0		LOU · AA
1954	33	BOS	AL	14	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-44	0	0	0	0	0	1
1955	34	POR	Opn	36	90	83	4	19	2	0	0	3	0		7	15	.229	.289	.253	.542		21	0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1956	35	LAD-min	Opn	44	115	104	7	28	6	1	1	14	0		8	23	.269	.327	.375	.702		39	1	1	2	0		POR · PCL
1957	36	CLE-CHC-min	Opn	40	82	74	5	13	1	0	0	3	0		4	14	.176	.228	.189	.417		14	0	1	3	0		SDG,POR · PCL
1958	37	CLE-min	AAA	29	69	61	1	11	0	0	0	3	0		3	18	.180	.219	.180	.399		11	1	0	5	0		SDG · PCL
1959	38	CLE-min	AAA	33	41	38	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	12	.105	.128	.211	.339		8		0	2	0		SDG · PCL
1960	39	SFG-CHW-min	AAA	27	44	36	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	12	.111	.273	.194	.467		7						TAC,SDG · PCL
1961	40	SFG-OAK-min	AAA	24	51	45	5	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	6	14	.178	.275	.244	.519		11						TAC,HAW · PCL
1963	42	SFG-min	A	1	0	0		0	0	0	0											0						FRE · CALL
6 Yrs				185	218	199	13	35	6	1	0	8	0	0	15	50	.176	.234	.216	.450	20	43	3	0	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	191	174	11	31	5	1	0	7	0		13	44	.176	.234	.216	.450	20	38	3	0	4

PIT (4 yrs)				147	201	184	12	34	6	1	0	8	0	0	13	46	.185	.239	.228	.467	24	42	3	0	5
BOS (2 yrs)				19	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-29	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				19	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-38	1	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				166	210	193	13	35	6	1	0	8	0	0	13	49	.181	.233	.223	.456	21	43	3	0	5
AL (2 yrs)				19	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-29	0	0	0	0	0

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
1949	28	PIT	NL	35	84	-13	0	0	0	9	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.4	.489	.498	-0.4	0.0	-1	$	1
1950	29	PIT	NL	48	74	-7	-0	0	0	9	1	0.1	2	4	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.0	4	$	1
1951	30	PIT	NL	59	43	-1	0	0	0	4	4	0.4	1	5	0.4	.507	.502	0.4	-0.0	5	$	1
1952	31	PIT	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1952	31	STL	NL	19	9	-2	-0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1953	32	BOS	AL	5	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1954	33	BOS	AL	14	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
6 Seasons				185	218	-24	-0	0	0	24	0	-0.0	7	8	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	8	$

PIT (4 yrs)				147	201	-21	0	0	0	22	1	0.1	7	8	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	8	$
BOS (2 yrs)				19	8	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
STL (1 yr)				19	9	-2	-0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$

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
1949	28	PIT	NL	84	71	2	0.8	106	.136	.117	.273	.171	.347	.130	.408	.301	.755	-19	.035	-13.4	-1.4	.217	.078	.013
1950	29	PIT	NL	74	57	4	1.9	111	.289	.194	.273	.260	.351	.239	.423	.499	.774	31	.156	-7.1	-0.7	.400	.134	.045
1951	30	PIT	NL	43	30	5	4.5	105	.444	.300	.270	.333	.344	.400	.409	.733	.753	95	.496	-0.2	-0.0	.621	.150	.100
1952	31	TOT	NL	9	8	0	0.0	97	.167	.111	.262	.111	.335	.111	.389	.222	.724	-38	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1952	31	STL	NL	9	8	0	0.0	97	.167	.111	.262	.111	.335	.111	.389	.222	.724	-38	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1953	32	BOS	AL	3	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.274	.333	.351	.000	.404	.333	.755	-5	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
1954	33	BOS	AL	5	4	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.278	.200	.355	.000	.406	.200	.761	-44	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
6 Yrs				218	172	11	1.7	107	.235	.176	.272	.234	.347	.216	.412	.450	.760	20	.141	-23.5	-2.4	.347	.116	.040
162 Game Avg.				191	151	10	1.7	107	.235	.176	.272	.234	.347	.216	.412	.450	.760	20	.141	-23.5	-2.4	.347	.116	.040

PIT (4 yrs)				201	158	11	1.9	107	.246	.185	.272	.239	.348	.228	.414	.467	.761	24	.160	-20.7	-2.1	.359	.114	.043
BOS (2 yrs)				8	6	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.277	.250	.354	.000	.406	.250	.759	-29	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
STL (1 yr)				9	8	0	0.0	97	.167	.111	.262	.111	.335	.111	.389	.222	.724	-38	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.000	.000

NL (4 yrs)				210	166	11	1.8	107	.243	.181	.272	.233	.347	.223	.413	.456	.760	21	.149	-22.4	-2.2	.348	.109	.041
AL (2 yrs)				8	6	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.277	.250	.354	.000	.406	.250	.759	-29	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.333	.333	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1949	28	PIT	NL	84	0.0%	13.1%	6.0%	1.2%	11%	2.20	7.0		38.5	1.50	79%
1950	29	PIT	NL	74	0.0%	29.7%	8.1%	2.7%	15%	3.67	3.0			0.92	61%
1951	30	PIT	NL	43	0.0%	30.2%	4.7%	9.3%	33%	6.50	3.1		6.7	3.50	63%
1952	31	TOT	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			1.00	67%
1952	31	STL	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			1.00	67%
1953	32	BOS	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00					67%
1954	33	BOS	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%		1.00	4.0			2.00	60%
6 Yrs				218	0.0%	22.9%	6.9%	3.2%	20%	3.33	4.0		24.9	1.45	68%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.2%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.05	8.7	44.7	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1949	28	PIT	NL	-13.4	-1.4	57	-0.8	0.4	-1.2	.97	-0.7	-0.1	-7.7	-0.8	0.92	-7.6	0
1950	29	PIT	NL	-7.1	-0.7	52	-1.0	0.4	-1.4	1.18	-0.6	-0.2	-8.0	-0.8	0.97	-6.9	0
1951	30	PIT	NL	-0.2	-0.0	29	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.85	-0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.88	-0.8	0
1952	31	TOT	NL	-1.7	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.45	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.81	-1.1	0
1952	31	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1952	31	STL	NL	-1.7	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.45	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.81	-1.1	0
1953	32	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.35	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.2	0
1954	33	BOS	AL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.37	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.70	-0.7	0
6 Yrs				-23.5	-2.4	152	-2.0	1.1	-3.1	.97	-1.5	-0.5	-17.9	-1.8	0.91	-17.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	28	PIT	NL	0	21%	15		0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0
1950	29	PIT	NL	0	21%	18		0	1	20%	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
1951	30	PIT	NL	1	36%	11	0	1	0	50%	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
1952	31	TOT	NL	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1952	31	STL	NL	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1953	32	BOS	AL	0	0%	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	33	BOS	AL	0	0%	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1	26%	50	0	1	1	18%	5	4	1	2	2	4	3	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1949	28	PIT	NL	84	91%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	1	17%	6	2	33%	32	2	6%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1950	29	PIT	NL	74	85%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		11	1	9%	9	0	0%	37	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1951	30	PIT	NL	43	79%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		6	1	17%	5	1	20%	20	3	15%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
1952	31	TOT	NL	9	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1952	31	STL	NL	9	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1953	32	BOS	AL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1954	33	BOS	AL	5	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				218	85%	35			0	0	0	0		0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	250%	23	3	13%	22	3	14%	92	5	5%	7	1	14%	4	4	100%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			91%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1949	28	35	84	77	3	9	1	0	2		5	11	.117	.171	.130	.301	-19	10	1	2
1950	29	83	158	144	7	22	2	1	2		11	33	.153	.213	.181	.393	5	26	2	4
1951	30	142	201	184	12	34	6	1	8	0	13	46	.185	.239	.228	.467	24	42	3	5
1952	31	166	210	193	13	35	6	1	8	0	13	49	.181	.233	.223	.456	21	43	3	5
1953	32	171	213	195	13	35	6	1	8	0	14	49	.179	.234	.221	.455	21	43	3	5
1954	33	185	218	199	13	35	6	1	8	0	15	50	.176	.234	.216	.450	20	43	3	5	0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1949	28	36	89	81	4	10	1	0	2	6	11	.123	.184	.136	.320	2	35
1950	29	50	77	69	4	13	1	1	0	6	23	.188	.253	.232	.485	4	48
1951	30	61	44	41	5	12	4	0	6	2	14	.293	.326	.390	.716	5	59
1952	31	25	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
1953	32	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	5
1954	33	15	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	14
6 Yrs		192	227	206	13	35	6	1	8	16	52	.170	.230	.209	.438	11	185
162 Game Avg.		162	192	174	11	30	5	1	7	14	44	.170	.230	.209	.438	9	185

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