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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1943	22	SFR	AA	1	2	.333	4.85	9	3		3	0		26.0	25	20	14		13	9						1.462	8.7		4.5	3.1	0.69	SFR · PCL
1944	23	SFR	AA	14	19	.424	4.05	36	35		24	0		289.0	331	160	130		84	129	4	0	12			1.436	10.3		2.6	4.0	1.54	SFR · PCL
1946	25	SFG-min	AAA	12	8	.600	2.26	33	22		11	1		175.0	173	63	44		59	72	5	1	3			1.326	8.9		3.0	3.7	1.22	SFR · PCL
1947	26	SFR	AAA	12	12	.500	3.29	36	26		14	3		205.0	231	103	75		42	80	6	1	4			1.332	10.1		1.8	3.5	1.90	SFR · PCL
1948	27	SFR	AAA	17	7	.708	2.74	34			23	2		250.0	256	93	76		61	136	8	1	3			1.268	9.2		2.2	4.9	2.23	SFR · PCL
1949	28	PIT	NL	12	13	.480	4.24	35	29	2	10	2	0	221.0	243	117	104	23	51	106	8	0	4	945	99	1.330	9.9	0.9	2.1	4.3	2.08
1950	29	PIT	NL	8	16	.333	4.60	48	22	18	6	0	8	215.1	249	127	110	25	65	78	6	0	4	940	95	1.458	10.4	1.0	2.7	3.3	1.20
1951	30	PIT	NL	8	6	.571	5.65	59	9	24	2	0	6	149.2	181	102	94	20	51	57	6	3	2	665	74	1.550	10.9	1.2	3.1	3.4	1.12
1952	31	TOT	NL	1	2	.333	5.23	24	0	6	0	0	1	43.0	49	28	25	7	16	24	1	0	0	189	72	1.512	10.3	1.5	3.3	5.0	1.50
1952	31	PIT	NL	0	0		9.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	22	48	2.500	20.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	1.00
1952	31	STL	NL	1	2	.333	4.85	19	0	6	0	0	1	39.0	40	23	21	6	15	23	1	0	0	167	77	1.410	9.2	1.4	3.5	5.3	1.53
1953	32	BOS-min	AAA	13	8	.619	2.60	31	11		10	3		128.0	97	40	37	4	25	58	5	0	2			0.953	6.8	0.3	1.8	4.1	2.32	LOU · AA
1953	32	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	1.54	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	7	3	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	42	278	0.686	5.4	0.8	0.8	3.1	4.00
1954	33	BOS-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.99	14	14		6	0		97.0	103	48	43	9	8	58	2	0	0			1.144	9.6	0.8	0.7	5.4	7.25	LOU · AA
1954	33	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	4.38	14	0	8	0	0	0	24.2	41	13	12	5	10	14	2	0	0	125	96	2.068	15.0	1.8	3.6	5.1	1.40
1955	34	POR	Opn	17	8	.680	3.54	33	32		17	2		221.0	248	91	87	8	30	76	5	0	0			1.258	10.1	0.3	1.2	3.1	2.53	POR · PCL
1956	35	LAD-min	Opn	16	15	.516	4.41	35	34		17	1		246.2	330	131	121	27	40	82	3	1	10			1.500	12.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	2.05	POR · PCL
1957	36	CLE-CHC-min	Opn	9	8	.529	3.88	26	23		10	2		174.0	219	85	75	15	17	58	5	0	4			1.356	11.3	0.8	0.9	3.0	3.41	SDG,POR · PCL
1958	37	CLE-min	AAA	10	8	.556	3.11	28	24		9	1		171.0	191	73	59	14	34	65	4	0	5			1.316	10.1	0.7	1.8	3.4	1.91	SDG · PCL
1959	38	CLE-min	AAA	5	8	.385	4.36	32	14		4	0		128.0	153	75	62	12	29	47	7	0	3			1.422	10.8	0.8	2.0	3.3	1.62	SDG · PCL
1960	39	CHW-SFG-min	AAA	7	8	.467	4.10	26	21					134.0	149	67	61	14	17							1.239	10.0	0.9	1.1			SDG,TAC · PCL
1961	40	OAK-SFG-min	AAA	7	8	.467	3.52	23	19					143.0	159	69	56	14	27							1.301	10.0	0.9	1.7			HAW,TAC · PCL
1963	42	SFG-min	A	0	0		0.00	1	0					0.1	0	0	0	0	0							0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0			FRE · CALL
6 Yrs				29	39	.426	4.69	185	60	60	18	2	15	665.1	770	390	347	81	194	283	23	3	10	2906	90	1.449	10.4	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.46
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.426	4.69	51	17	17	5	1	4	185	214	108	96	22	54	79	6	1	3	807	90	1.449	10.4	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.46

PIT (4 yrs)				28	35	.444	4.76	147	60	44	18	2	14	590.0	682	351	312	69	168	242	20	3	10	2572	90	1.441	10.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.44
BOS (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	3.47	19	0	10	0	0	0	36.1	48	16	14	6	11	18	2	0	0	167	122	1.624	11.9	1.5	2.7	4.5	1.64
STL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.85	19	0	6	0	0	1	39.0	40	23	21	6	15	23	1	0	0	167	77	1.410	9.2	1.4	3.5	5.3	1.53

NL (4 yrs)				29	37	.439	4.76	166	60	50	18	2	15	629.0	722	374	333	75	183	265	21	3	10	2739	89	1.439	10.3	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.45
AL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	3.47	19	0	10	0	0	0	36.1	48	16	14	6	11	18	2	0	0	167	122	1.624	11.9	1.5	2.7	4.5	1.64

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1949	28	PIT	NL	221.0	35	29	117	4.76	4.69	-0.05	0.00	104.3	4.94	4	0.4	1.2	-0.1	2.4	30	.511	.502	$
1950	29	PIT	NL	215.1	48	22	127	5.31	4.80	-0.10	0.00	105.4	5.16	-2	-0.2	2.1	-0.2	1.6	21	.495	.499	$
1951	30	PIT	NL	149.2	59	9	102	6.13	4.41	-0.15	0.00	107.7	4.91	-20	-2.1	1.1	-0.2	-0.9	-4	.465	.487	$
1952	31	PIT	NL	4.0	5	0	5	11.25	4.78	-0.23	0.00	109.8	5.50	-3	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-2	.447	.498	$
1952	31	STL	NL	39.0	19	0	23	5.31	4.32	0.19	0.00	97.4	4.03	-5	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.469	.496	$
1953	32	BOS	AL	11.2	5	0	3	2.31	5.26	0.25	0.00	100.2	5.02	3	0.4	.5	-0.1	0.4	5	.577	.502	$
1954	33	BOS	AL	24.2	14	0	13	4.74	4.27	0.05	0.00	115.5	4.87	0	0.0	.9	-0.1	0.2	2	.503	.500	$
6 Seasons				665.1	185	60	390	5.28	4.64	-0.06	0.00	105.4	4.95	-23	-2.3	1.2	-0.7	3.3	51	.488	.498	$

PIT (4 yrs)				590.0	147	60	351	5.35	4.66	-0.09	0.00	105.6	5.02	-21	-2.1	1.4	-0.5	2.9	45	.485	.497	$
BOS (2 yrs)				36.1	19	0	16	3.96	4.59	0.12	0.00	110.6	4.92	4	0.4	.8	-0.2	0.6	7	.522	.501	$
STL (1 yr)				39.0	19	0	23	5.31	4.32	0.19	0.00	97.4	4.03	-5	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.469	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1949	28	PIT	NL	35	615	873	117	243	19	4	23	3	3	51	106	.278	.324	.388	.712	.296	339	14	8	12	0	6
1950	29	PIT	NL	48	637	859	127	249	24	6	25	7	1	65	78	.290	.344	.419	.763	.296	360	18	6	10	0	7
1951	30	PIT	NL	59	474	597	102	181	30	2	20	3	0	51	57	.303	.364	.461	.825	.310	275	10	6	12	0	10
1952	31	PIT	NL	5	18	21	5	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	.429	.455	.619	1.074	.421	13	0	0	0	0	1
1952	31	STL	NL	19	116	150	23	40	4	0	6	4	1	15	23	.267	.337	.413	.751	.281	62	2	1	1	0	1
1952	31	TOT	NL	24	134	171	28	49	5	0	7	4	1	16	24	.287	.351	.439	.790	.300	75	2	1	1	0	2
1953	32	BOS	AL	5	42	39	3	7	1	1	1	0	1	1	4	.179	.200	.333	.533	.176	13	2	0	2	0	1
1954	33	BOS	AL	14	123	109	13	41	5	0	5	2	1	10	14	.376	.434	.560	.994	.396	61	2	2	2	1	0
6 Yrs				185	2025	2648	390	770	84	13	81	19	7	194	283	.291	.344	.424	.768	.302	1123	48	23	39	1	26
162 Game Avg.				51	562	735	108	214	23	4	22	5	2	54	79	.291	.344	.424	.768	.302	312	13	6	11	0	7
MLB Averages																.261	.337	.379	.716	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1949	28	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	626	1.5	12.6	-11.0	1.10	1.1	0.3	7.1	0.7	1.10	11.4	1	0	2
1950	29	PIT	NL	-5.3	-0.5	650	-1.7	13.8	-15.5	1.28	-0.9	-0.4	-14.7	-1.4	1.28	-12.3	14	2	4
1951	30	PIT	NL	-20.9	-2.0	501	-0.8	7.0	-7.8	.82	-1.9	1.0	-28.5	-2.7	0.84	-22.8	12	8	18
1952	31	TOT	NL	-6.7	-0.7	142	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.44	-0.4	-1.0	-3.8	-0.4	0.45	-0.6	2	3	12
1952	31	PIT	NL	-2.1	-0.2	18	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.18	-0.2	-0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.18	-0.6	0	1	3
1952	31	STL	NL	-4.6	-0.5	124	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	.48	-0.2	-0.9	-2.5	-0.3	0.49	0.1	2	2	9
1953	32	BOS	AL	3.1	0.3	43	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.51	0.2	0.0	4.4	0.5	0.51	2.7	0	1	4
1954	33	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	127	-1.1	0.6	-1.6	.43	-0.5	-1.9	-5.2	-0.5	0.43	-7.1	3	1	9
6 Yrs				-30.4	-3.0	2089	-2.5	35.2	-37.7	.99	-2.4	-0.1	-40.8	-3.8	1.00	-28.8	32	15	49

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1949	28	PIT	NL	35	29	10	12	7	1	3	14	15	.483	2	3	10	2	15	52%	47.4	80	8	15	7	7	10	4.5	4.5	6.9
1950	29	PIT	NL	48	22	5	11	6	2	7	7	15	.318	1	3	6	0	10	45%	46.9	84	11	18	10	12	5	4.0	3.4	7.1
1951	30	PIT	NL	59	9	4	4	1	4	0	4	5	.444	0	0	2	0	0	0%	33.7	51	17	14	4	3	3	5.9	4.1	5.7
3 Yrs				142	60	19	27	14	7	10	25	35	.417	3	6	18	2	25	42%	45	84	8	47	21	22	18	4.5	4.0	6.8
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	109	-9					4.6	4.5	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1949	28	PIT	NL	35	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	0%	1	3	0	0%		1.104	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	1	5	1	2	0	10.0
1950	29	PIT	NL	48	26	18	3	5	10	8	5	80%	10	18	9	50%		1.284	14	2	4	10	5	5	10	10	15	3	13	9	6.7
1951	30	PIT	NL	59	50	24	4	2	6	6	1	100%	7	28	11	39%	7	.817	12	8	18	7	6	25	16	22	32	6	25	15	5.9
1952	31	TOT	NL	24	24	6	1	2	0	1	0		2	11	6	55%		.443	2	3	12	2	1	15	6	12	13	7	9	5	5.4
1952	31	PIT	NL	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	2	67%		.176	0	1	3	0	0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.4
1952	31	STL	NL	19	19	6	1	2	0	1	0		2	8	4	50%		.484	2	2	9	2	1	11	4	10	12	4	8	5	6.2
1953	32	BOS	AL	5	5	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	3	0	0%	8	.507	0	1	4	0	0	5	2	3	2	0	3	0	7.0
1954	33	BOS	AL	14	14	8	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	16	9	56%	7	.434	3	1	9	1	2	11	9	5	6	5	7	2	5.3
6 Yrs				185	125	60	10	12	18	15	8	83%	21	79	35	44%		.997	32	15	49	21	14	63	45	53	73	22	59	31	6.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1949	28	PIT	NL	945	19%	3.7%	17.2%	8.3%	7.5%	19%	1.03	121%	122	14	11%
1950	29	PIT	NL	941	24%	3.9%	12.2%	10.2%	8.6%	22%	1.43	119%	150	18	12%
1951	30	PIT	NL	665	24%	4.2%	12.0%	10.8%	11.0%	29%	1.27	110%	85	10	12%
1952	31	TOT	NL	189	31%	5.2%	17.9%	11.9%	9.0%	25%	1.28	104%	17	2	12%
1952	31	PIT	NL	22	28%	5.6%	5.6%	5.6%	11.1%	22%	2.33	106%	5	0	0%
1952	31	STL	NL	167	31%	5.2%	19.8%	12.9%	8.6%	25%	1.17	104%	12	2	17%
1953	32	BOS	AL	42	26%	2.4%	9.5%	2.4%	7.1%	43%	1.50	81%	7	2	29%
1954	33	BOS	AL	123	21%	4.1%	11.4%	8.1%	8.1%	24%	1.11	74%	27	2	7%
6 Yrs				2905	23%	4.0%	14.0%	9.6%	8.8%	23%	1.24	113%	408	48	12%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	12.0%	11.4%	6.8%	25%	0.95	89%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1949	28	PIT	NL	615	243			23	0	9	11	1	6	6	23	12	4	52%	6	4	0	233	3	3	50%	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	330
1950	29	PIT	NL	637	249			25	1	14	14	2	7	9	37	18	3	49%	7	4	0	263	7	1	88%	5	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	5	304
1951	30	PIT	NL	474	181			20	1	8	15	1	9	7	25	18	3	72%	10	2	3	191	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	12	191
1952	31	TOT	NL	134	49			7	0	3	4	1	4	1	7	4	2	57%	2	0	1	41	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	55
1952	31	PIT	NL	18	9			1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
1952	31	STL	NL	116	40			6	0	2	4	0	3	1	6	3	2	50%	1	0	1	31	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	51
1953	32	BOS	AL	42	7			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0%	1	0	0	13	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	33	BOS	AL	123	41			5	1	4	4	1	5	0	10	6	1	60%	0	0	0	67	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6 Yrs				2025	770			81	3	38	49	6	32	23	103	58	13	56%	26	10	4	808	19	7	73%	17	3	1	2	1	2	5	0	25	880
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1949	28	12	13	.480	4.24	35	29	2	10	2	0	221.0	243	117	104	23	51	106	8	0	4	945	99	1.330	9.9	0.9	2.1	4.3	2.08	99
1950	29	20	29	.408	4.41	83	51	20	16	2	8	436.1	492	244	214	48	116	184	14	0	8	1885	97	1.393	10.1	1.0	2.4	3.8	1.59	97
1951	30	28	35	.444	4.73	142	60	44	18	2	14	586.0	673	346	308	68	167	241	20	3	10	2550	90	1.433	10.3	1.0	2.6	3.7	1.44	90
1952	31	29	37	.439	4.76	166	60	50	18	2	15	629.0	722	374	333	75	183	265	21	3	10	2739	89	1.439	10.3	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.45	89
1953	32	29	38	.433	4.71	171	60	52	18	2	15	640.2	729	377	335	76	184	269	21	3	10	2781	90	1.425	10.2	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.46	90
1954	33	29	39	.426	4.69	185	60	60	18	2	15	665.1	770	390	347	81	194	283	23	3	10	2906	90	1.449	10.4	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.46	90

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1949	28	12	13	.480	4.02	226.0	244	112	101	23	51	108	8	1.305	9.7	2.0	4.3	2.12	0.9	35
1950	29	11	13	.458	4.22	222.0	247	116	104	25	64	80	6	1.401	10.0	2.6	3.2	1.25	1.0	48
1951	30	6	10	.375	5.42	151.0	182	101	91	20	51	57	6	1.543	10.8	3.0	3.4	1.12	1.2	59
1952	31	1	3	.250	6.00	42.0	53	31	28	8	17	24	1	1.667	11.4	3.6	5.1	1.41	1.7	24
1953	32	1	0	1.000	1.50	12.0	7	2	2	1	1	4	0	0.667	5.3	0.8	3.0	4.00	0.8	5
1954	33	1	1	.500	4.15	26.0	42	13	12	5	10	15	2	2.000	14.5	3.5	5.2	1.50	1.7	14
6 Yrs		32	40	.444	4.48	679.0	775	375	338	82	194	288	23	1.427	10.3		3.8	1.48	1.1	185

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1949 NL 2.077 (3rd) 1950 NL 2.717 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1949 NL 4.317 (6th)	Games Played s c a p y 1950 NL 48 (3rd) 1951 NL 59 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1950 NL 8 (2nd) 1951 NL 6 (5th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1949 NL 106 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1949 NL 23 (4th) 1950 NL 25 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1949 NL 243 (6th) 1950 NL 249 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1949 NL 2.078 (2nd)
Losses s c a p y 1950 NL 16 (5th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1949 NL 104 (6th) 1950 NL 110 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1949 NL 8 (2nd) 1950 NL 6 (6th) 1951 NL 6 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1950 NL 18 (7th) 1951 NL 24 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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