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Billy Werber
William Murray Werber

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.
School Duke University

Debut June 25, 1930
Final Game September 5, 1942
Born June 20, 1908 in Berwyn, MD

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 22 NYY AL   4   14    5    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   3   1  .286  .412  .286   83    4   0           0    
 1933 25 TOT AL 111  427   64  110  30  6   3   39  15  5  33  39  .258  .311  .377   81  161  13           0    
         NYY AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         BOS AL 108  425   64  110  30  6   3   39  15  5  33  39  .259  .312  .379   82  161  13           0    
 1934 26 BOS AL 152  623  129  200  41 10  11   67  40 15  77  37  .321  .397  .472  119  294  15           1     MVP-12
 1935 27 BOS AL 124  462   84  118  30  3  14   61  29  7  69  41  .255  .357  .424   96  196  14           4    
 1936 28 BOS AL 145  535   89  147  29  6  10   67  23 13  89  37  .275  .382  .407   90  218  11           4    
 1937 29 PHA AL 128  493   85  144  31  4   7   70  35 13  74  39  .292  .386  .414  103  204   8           1    
 1938 30 PHA AL 134  499   92  129  22  7  11   69  19 15  93  37  .259  .377  .397   96  198   5           2    
 1939 31 CIN NL 147  599  115  173  35  5   5   57  15     91  46  .289  .388  .389  108  233  11           6  12 MVP-22
 1940 32 CIN NL 143  584  105  162  35  5  12   48  16     68  40  .277  .361  .416  113  243   3           8   7 MVP-10
 1941 33 CIN NL 109  418   56  100   9  2   4   46  14     53  24  .239  .328  .299   77  125   4           2   9 MVP-28
 1942 34 NYG NL  98  370   51   76   9  2   1   13   9     51  22  .205  .308  .249   63   92   4           4  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1295 5024  875 1363 271 50  78  539 215 68 701 363  .271  .364  .392   97 1968  88   0   0  32  39
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        628  109  171  34  6  10   67  27  9  88  45  .271  .364  .392   97  246  11   0   0   4   5
 Career High    152  623  129  200  41 10  14   70  40 15  93  46  .321  .397  .472  119  294  15   0   0   8  12
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 22 NYY AL   17   10    2   5.3   112| .286  .290| .412  .354| .286  .426| .698  .780|  83  .505  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1933 25 TOT AL  473  335   51   4.1   107| .258  .282| .311  .353| .377  .406| .688  .760|  81  .431 -12.8  -1.3  75%
         NYY AL    2    2    0   0.0   101| .000  .274| .000  .344| .000  .394| .000  .738|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         BOS AL  471  333   51   4.1   107| .259  .282| .312  .354| .379  .406| .691  .760|  82  .434 -12.2  -1.2  75%
 1934 26 BOS AL  716  453  118   6.9   116| .321  .294| .397  .369| .472  .424| .869  .793| 119  .644  18.3   1.7  72%
 1935 27 BOS AL  549  365   72   5.3   117| .255  .296| .357  .370| .424  .428| .781  .797|  96  .522  -2.8  -0.3  80%
 1936 28 BOS AL  639  412   82   5.3   127| .275  .306| .382  .383| .407  .450| .789  .833|  90  .479  -7.2  -0.6  63%
 1937 29 PHA AL  576  370   81   5.8   115| .292  .287| .386  .362| .414  .428| .800  .790| 103  .544   5.2   0.5  72%
 1938 30 PHA AL  599  390   73   4.9   116| .259  .286| .377  .365| .397  .427| .774  .791|  96  .469  -0.1   0.0  55%
 1939 31 CIN NL  707  449   89   5.3   104| .289  .281| .388  .347| .389  .402| .777  .750| 108  .567  11.9   1.2     
 1940 32 CIN NL  663  432   86   5.4    99| .277  .273| .361  .338| .416  .393| .777  .730| 113  .593  12.1   1.2     
 1941 33 CIN NL  477  331   41   3.3    95| .239  .267| .328  .338| .299  .376| .627  .714|  77  .399 -12.1  -1.3     
 1942 34 NYG NL  429  309   28   2.4    88| .205  .257| .308  .329| .249  .357| .557  .686|  63  .307 -15.7  -1.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5845 3856  723   5.0   109| .271  .284| .364  .356| .392  .411| .756  .768|  97  .518  -3.2  -0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1930 22 NYY AL SS 3 12 9 1 3 .955 .942 7.00 4.57 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1933 25 TOT AL 3B 39 39 63 7 7 .936 .954 2.62 2.73 NYY AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 BOS AL SS 71 128 194 32 36 .910 .942 4.54 5.03 3B 38 39 63 7 7 .936 .954 2.68 2.73 2B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 5.65 1934 26 BOS AL 3B 130 136 323 29 25 .941 .943 3.53 2.95 SS 22 43 69 14 14 .889 .951 5.09 5.07 1935 27 BOS AL 3B 123 174 264 27 20 .942 .947 3.56 2.94 1936 28 BOS AL 3B 101 112 161 19 16 .935 .946 2.70 3.02 OF 45 90 6 2 0 .980 .968 2.13 2.29 38 0 7 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1937 29 PHA AL 3B 125 132 260 17 25 .958 .946 3.14 3.07 OF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.27 1 2 0 1938 30 PHA AL 3B 134 168 266 30 21 .935 .941 3.24 3.07 1939 31 CIN NL 3B 147 165 308 34 32 .933 .942 3.22 2.79 1940 32 CIN NL 3B 143 139 287 17 24 .962 .948 2.98 2.82 1941 33 CIN NL 3B 107 120 256 16 30 .959 .949 3.51 3.16 1942 34 NYG NL 3B 93 79 227 24 14 .927 .940 3.29 3.03
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 25 BOS AL 2B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 5.65 1936 28 BOS AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1930 22 NYY AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1933 25 TOT AL 3B 39 39 63 7 7 .936 .954 2.62 2.73 NYY AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 BOS AL 3B 38 39 63 7 7 .936 .954 2.68 2.73 1934 26 BOS AL 3B 130 136 323 29 25 .941 .943 3.53 2.95 1935 27 BOS AL 3B 123 174 264 27 20 .942 .947 3.56 2.94 1936 28 BOS AL 3B 101 112 161 19 16 .935 .946 2.70 3.02 1937 29 PHA AL 3B 125 132 260 17 25 .958 .946 3.14 3.07 1938 30 PHA AL 3B 134 168 266 30 21 .935 .941 3.24 3.07 1939 31 CIN NL 3B 147 165 308 34 32 .933 .942 3.22 2.79 1940 32 CIN NL 3B 143 139 287 17 24 .962 .948 2.98 2.82 1941 33 CIN NL 3B 107 120 256 16 30 .959 .949 3.51 3.16 1942 34 NYG NL 3B 93 79 227 24 14 .927 .940 3.29 3.03 1936 28 BOS AL OF 45 90 6 2 0 .980 .968 2.13 2.29 38 0 7 1937 29 PHA AL OF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.27 1 2 0 1930 22 NYY AL SS 3 12 9 1 3 .955 .942 7.00 4.57 1933 25 BOS AL SS 71 128 194 32 36 .910 .942 4.54 5.03 1934 26 BOS AL SS 22 43 69 14 14 .889 .951 5.09 5.07
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 1143 1264 2415 220 214 .944 .945 3.22 2.96 SS 96 183 272 47 53 .906 .944 4.74 5.02 OF 48 99 6 2 0 .981 .968 2.19 2.29 39 2 7 2B 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 5.63 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1290 1548 2695 269 267 .940 .945 3.29 3.10
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1939   WS    CIN NYY     L   4  16   1   4  0  0  0   2   2   0  .250  .333  .250   0  1   0   0   0 
 1940   WS    CIN DET     W   7  27   5  10  4  0  0   2   4   2  .370  .452  .519   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  11  43   6  14  4  0  0   4   6   2  .326  .408  .419   0  2   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1934-AL-12-0.10
1939-NL-22-0.02
1940-NL-10-0.11
1941-NL-28-0.02
Car-647-0.25 shares

On-base %
1939 NL-.388-10

Games
1934 AL-152-10

At Bats
1934 AL-623-3
1939 NL-599-7
1940 NL-584-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1934 AL-716-1
1939 NL-707-3
1940 NL-663-5

Runs
1934 AL-129-2
1939 NL-115-1
1940 NL-105-3

Hits
1934 AL-200-6
1940 NL-162-9

Total Bases
1934 AL-294-9

Doubles
1934 AL-41-8
1939 NL-35-8
1940 NL-35-6

Triples
1934 AL-10-3

Bases on Balls
1936 AL-89-10
1938 AL-93-7
1939 NL-91-4
1940 NL-68-10

Stolen Bases
1933 AL-15-5
1934 AL-40-1
1935 AL-29-1
1936 AL-23-3
1937 AL-35-1
1938 AL-19-3
1939 NL-15-3
1940 NL-16-4
1941 NL-14-6

Singles
1934 AL-138-5
1939 NL-128-10

Runs Created
1934 AL-118-7

Times on Base
1934 AL-278-5
1939 NL-270-3
1940 NL-238-8

Hit By Pitch
1935 AL-4-7
1936 AL-4-10
1939 NL-6-3
1940 NL-8-2

Sac. Hits
1933 AL-13-8
1934 AL-15-2
1935 AL-14-8
1936 AL-11-8

Caught Stealing
1934 AL-15-2
1935 AL-7-9
1936 AL-13-2
1937 AL-13-1
1938 AL-15-1

Power/Speed Number
1934 AL-17.3-3
1935 AL-18.9-1
1936 AL-13.9-8
1937 AL-11.7-10
1938 AL-13.9-5
1939 NL-7.5-8
1940 NL-13.7-3

Outs
1934 AL-453-3
1939 NL-449-5
1940 NL-432-4

       

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (243) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 52 (477) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.4 (525) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 32.5 (556) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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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