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Bill Werle
William George Werle (Bugs)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 182 lb.
School University of California

Debut April 22, 1949
Final Game June 20, 1954
Born December 21, 1920 in Oakland, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1949 28 PIT NL  12  13  35  29  10   2   2  0  221.0  243  117  104  22   51  106   8   4   945       0  4.24  4.20   99 1.330
 1950 29 PIT NL   8  16  48  22   6   0  18  8  215.3  249  127  110  25   65   78   6   4   940       0  4.60  4.39   95 1.458
 1951 30 PIT NL   8   6  59   9   2   0  24  6  149.7  181  102   94  20   51   57   6   2   665       3  5.65  4.20   74 1.550
 1952 31 TOT NL   1   2  24   0   0   0   6  1   43.0   49   28   25   7   16   24   1   0   189       0  5.23  3.72   71 1.512
         PIT NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   0  0    4.0    9    5    4   1    1    1   0   0    22       0  9.00  3.99   44 2.500
         STL NL   1   2  19   0   0   0   6  1   39.0   40   23   21   6   15   23   1   0   167       0  4.85  3.69   76 1.410
 1953 32 BOS AL   0   1   5   0   0   0   2  0   11.7    7    3    2   1    1    4   0   0    42       0  1.54  4.20  272 0.686
 1954 33 BOS AL   0   1  14   0   0   0   8  0   24.7   41   13   12   5   10   14   2   0   125       0  4.38  4.10   94 2.068
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .426  29  39 185  60  18   2  60 15  665.3  770  390  347  80  194  283  23  10  2906       3  4.69  4.23   90 1.449
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  10  51  16   4   0  16  4  184.3  213  108   96  22   53   78   6   2   806   0   0  4.69  4.23   90 1.449
 Career High     12  16  59  29  10   2  24  8  221.0  249  127  110  25   65  106   8   4   945   0   3  4.24  4.39   99 1.330

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 28 PIT NL  35   77    3    9   1  0   0    2   0      5  11  .117  .171  .130  -19   10   2           0   1
 1950 29 PIT NL  48   67    4   13   1  1   0    0   0      6  22  .194  .260  .239   31   16   2           0   1
 1951 30 PIT NL  59   40    5   12   4  0   0    6   0  0   2  13  .300  .333  .400   94   16   1           0   1
 1952 31 TOT NL  24    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .111  .111  .111  -38    1   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  19    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .111  .111  .111  -38    1   0           0   0
 1953 32 BOS AL   5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .333  .000   -5    0   0           0   0
 1954 33 BOS AL  14    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .200  .000  -44    0   0   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      185  199   13   35   6  1   0    8   0  0  15  50  .176  .234  .216   20   43   5   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        174   11   31   5  1   0    7   0  0  13  44  .176  .234  .216   20   38   4   0   0   0   3
 Career High     59   77    5   13   4  1   0    6   0  0   6  22                          16   2   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 28 PIT NL   84   71    2   0.8   106| .117  .273| .171  .347| .130  .408| .301  .755| -19  .035 -13.4  -1.3     
 1950 29 PIT NL   75   57    4   1.9   110| .194  .273| .260  .350| .239  .423| .499  .774|  31  .155  -7.1  -0.7     
 1951 30 PIT NL   43   30    5   4.5   106| .300  .271| .333  .345| .400  .410| .733  .756|  94  .496  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1952 31 TOT NL    9    8    0   0.0    97| .111  .262| .111  .335| .111  .389| .222  .724| -38  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
         STL NL    9    8    0   0.0    97| .111  .262| .111  .335| .111  .389| .222  .724| -38  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1953 32 BOS AL    3    2    0   0.0   107| .000  .276| .333  .352| .000  .406| .333  .758|  -5  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1954 33 BOS AL    5    4    0   0.0   108| .000  .278| .200  .355| .000  .406| .200  .761| -44  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       219  172   11   1.7   107| .176  .272| .234  .348| .216  .413| .450  .760|  20  .141 -23.5  -2.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 28 PIT NL P 35 7 43 2 3 .962 .952 1.43 0.91 2.04 2.04 29 221.0 1950 29 PIT NL P 48 11 58 2 4 .972 .961 1.44 0.97 2.88 2.12 22 215.3 1951 30 PIT NL P 59 10 42 0 3 1.000 .961 0.88 0.96 3.13 2.14 9 149.7 1952 31 TOT NL P 24 4 14 2 3 .900 .952 0.75 0.98 3.77 2.18 0 43.0 PIT NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.98 4.50 2.25 0 4.0 STL NL P 19 4 12 2 3 .889 .952 0.84 0.98 3.69 2.17 0 39.0 1953 32 BOS AL P 5 0 6 0 1 1.000 .952 1.20 0.88 4.62 1.92 0 11.7 1954 33 BOS AL P 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.93 1.46 2.00 0 24.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 28 PIT NL P 35 7 43 2 3 .962 .952 1.43 0.91 2.04 2.04 29 221.0 1950 29 PIT NL P 48 11 58 2 4 .972 .961 1.44 0.97 2.88 2.12 22 215.3 1951 30 PIT NL P 59 10 42 0 3 1.000 .961 0.88 0.96 3.13 2.14 9 149.7 1952 31 TOT NL P 24 4 14 2 3 .900 .952 0.75 0.98 3.77 2.18 0 43.0 PIT NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.98 4.50 2.25 0 4.0 STL NL P 19 4 12 2 3 .889 .952 0.84 0.98 3.69 2.17 0 39.0 1953 32 BOS AL P 5 0 6 0 1 1.000 .952 1.20 0.88 4.62 1.92 0 11.7 1954 33 BOS AL P 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.93 1.46 2.00 0 24.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 185 32 167 6 14 .971 .958 1.08 0.95 2.69 2.09 60 665.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 185 32 167 6 14 .971 .958 1.08 0.95 2.69 2.10 60 665
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1949 NL-2.08-3
1950 NL-2.72-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1949 NL-4.32-6

Games
1950 NL-48-3
1951 NL-59-2

Saves
1950 NL-8-2
1951 NL-6-5

Strikeouts
1949 NL-106-7

Home Runs Allow.
1949 NL-22-5
1950 NL-25-8

Hits Allowed
1949 NL-243-6
1950 NL-249-9

SO to Walk
1949 NL-2.08-2

Losses
1950 NL-16-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1949 NL-104-6
1950 NL-110-6

Hit Batsmen
1949 NL-8-2
1950 NL-6-6
1951 NL-6-6

Games Finished
1950 NL-18-7
1951 NL-24-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 16 (1175) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1465) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

September 21, 1949: Traded by the San Francisco (PCL) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and cash. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Steve Nagy (September 27, 1949) to the San Francisco (PCL) to complete the trade.

May 3, 1952: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Red Munger.

October 2, 1952: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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