Billy Werber

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: June 20, 1908 in Berwyn, MD us

Died: January 22, 2009 in Charlotte, NC

Buried: Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC

High School: McKinley HS (Berwyn, MD)

School: Duke University (Durham, NC)

Debut: June 25, 1930 (Age 22-005d, 7,099th in major league history)
vs. SLB 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 5, 1942 (Age 34-077d)
vs. BRO 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: William Murray Werber

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.0

5024

1363

.271

875

RBI

539

215

OBP

.364

SLG

.392

OPS

.756

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 78 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 28 go ahead

4 Tms
BOS	38
CIN	21
PHA	18
NYG	1

Platoon
vs RHP	72
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Away	44
Home	34

Outs
1	31
2	24
0	23

14 Opps
SLB	12
CHW	12
DET	9
PHA	7
BRO	7
NYG	6
NYY	5
PIT	4
BOS	4
CLE	4
WSH	3
BSN	2
STL	2
CHC	1

55 Pitchers
Ivy Andrews	3
Max Butcher	3
Bob Bowman	2
Les Tietje	2
Red Ruffing	2
Jack Wilson	2
Tommy Bridges	2
Schoolboy Rowe	2
Willis Hudlin	2
John Whitehead	2
Nick Strincevich	2
Bobo Newsom	2
Red Phillips	2
Jim Walkup	2
George Caster	2
Ray Phelps	2
Whit Wyatt	2
Ed Linke	2
Phil Gallivan	2
Johnny Broaca	2
Bill Lohrman	2
Sam Gray	1
Fritz Ostermueller	1
Hal Schumacher	1
Monte Pearson	1
Jim Bagby	1
Alex McColl	1
Vern Olsen	1
Sad Sam Jones	1
Johnny Marcum	1
Bump Hadley	1
George Earnshaw	1
Bill Dietrich	1
Clyde Hatter	1
Howie Krist	1
Hugh Casey	1
Carl Hubbell	1
Dick Coffman	1
Johnny Rigney	1
Roy Vaughn	1
Vic Sorrell	1
Glenn Liebhardt	1
Earl Caldwell	1
Frank Gabler	1
George Coffman	1
Bob Carpenter	1
Johnny Allen	1
Denny Galehouse	1
Pep Rambert	1
Luke Hamlin	1
Jack Knott	1
Pete Naktenis	1
Vito Tamulis	1
Buck Ross	1
Curt Davis	1

13 Parks
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	18
Fenway Pk (BOS)	13
Crosley Fld (CIN)	10
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	9
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	7
Polo Grounds (NYC)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	3
League Pk II (CLE)	1
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
Braves Fld (BOS)	1
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1

Where Hit
7	57
9	1
78	1

4 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	72
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	12
-2-	9
12-	6
-23	3
--3	2
1-3	2

123 RBI
RISP	22
0 on	44
1 on	23
2 on	11
Any on	34

Inning
1	5
2	9
3	7
4	8
5	7
6	9
7	10
8	13
9	10

1-3	21
4-6	24
7-end	33

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	7
+2	4
+1	8
Tied	22
-1	11
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	8

Ahead	29
Tied	22
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	74
LF	2
RF	1
SS	1

OrderPos
1st	24
2nd	21
3rd	12
6th	12
7th	8
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	29
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1933-07-01	BOS	@	CHW	Sad Sam Jones	ahead 5-1	t 9	1	-2-	2	2	5	0.011	100%		Home Run; G. Pipgras Scores
2	2	2	1	1933-08-29 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	Sam Gray	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.089	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1933-09-01	BOS	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	tied 0-0	t 8	0	---	1	1	5	0.242	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1934-05-14	BOS		CHW	George Earnshaw	behind 0-7	b 6	0	---	1	2	6	0.018	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	1934-06-23	BOS		CHW	Les Tietje	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	2	5	0.073	82%		Home Run
6	6	3	1	1934-07-01	BOS	@	PHA	Roy Vaughn	ahead 8-2	t 9	1	---	1	2	5	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	4	1	1934-07-03	BOS	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	tied 1-1	t 3	1	1--	2	2	5	0.185	69%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; B. Cissell Scores
8	8	5	1	1934-07-14	BOS	@	SLB	Bump Hadley	behind 0-6	t 6	0	1--	2	2	5
9	9	6	1	1934-07-15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	Dick Coffman	ahead 11-7	t 9	2	---	1	2	5
10	10	7	1	1934-07-19	BOS	@	CLE	Willis Hudlin	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.147	50%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
11	11	8	1	1934-08-01	BOS	@	NYY	Johnny Broaca	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	---	1	2	5	0.111	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	9	1	1934-09-03 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	Alex McColl	ahead 5-2	t 9	1	---	1	2	5	0.023	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run
13	13	10	1	1934-09-16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	Phil Gallivan	behind 8-10	t 6	0	---	1	2	5
14	14	11	2	1934-09-16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	Phil Gallivan	behind 9-10	t 8	2	---	1	2	5
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1935-04-25	BOS		NYY	Johnny Broaca	behind 0-1	b 3	2	--3	2	2	5	0.189	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Farrell Scores
16	16	2	1	1935-05-28	BOS		SLB	Jim Walkup	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.091	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	3	1	1935-06-14	BOS	@	DET	Clyde Hatter	ahead 4-1	t 4	1	-23	3	1	5	0.085	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Dahlgren Scores/unER; G. Hockette Scores
18	18	4	2	1935-06-14	BOS	@	DET	Vic Sorrell	behind 7-8	t 8	1	--3	2	1	5	0.340	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Cooke Scores/unER
19	19	5	1	1935-06-29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	George Caster	ahead 9-2	t 7	2	---	1	7	5	0.006	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	6	2	1935-06-29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	George Caster	ahead 12-2	t 9	1	---	1	7	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	7	1	1935-06-30	BOS	@	PHA	Johnny Marcum	behind 7-8	t 9	1	-2-	2	7	5	0.570	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Cooke Scores
22	22	8	1	1935-07-02	BOS		WSH	Ed Linke	behind 2-5	b 7	0	1--	2	7	5	0.189	39%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ferrell Scores
23	23	9	1	1935-07-06	BOS		PHA	Bill Dietrich	tied 0-0	b 2	1	12-	3	7	5	0.200	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Miller Scores; R. Ferrell Scores
24	24	10	1	1935-07-10	BOS		CHW	Ray Phelps	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	7	5	0.094	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	11	1	1935-08-11 (2)	BOS		WSH	Ed Linke	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	1	6	5	0.118	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	12	1	1935-08-13	BOS	@	CHW	John Whitehead	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	5	0.098	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	13	1	1935-08-15	BOS	@	CHW	Les Tietje	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	5	0.092	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	14	1	1935-08-18 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	Ivy Andrews	tied 1-1	t 7	1	---	1	6	5	0.189	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1936-05-13	BOS	@	DET	Schoolboy Rowe	tied 0-0	t 4	1	12-	3	7	5	0.227	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Foxx Scores; E. McNair Scores
30	30	2	1	1936-05-17	BOS	@	CHW	Ray Phelps	behind 6-7	t 8	2	---	1	2	5	0.223	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	3	1	1936-06-10	BOS		DET	Red Phillips	behind 0-1	b 2	1	-23	3	7	5	0.157	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores; E. McNair Scores
32	32	4	1	1936-06-22	BOS	@	DET	Red Phillips	ahead 5-4	t 6	1	1--	2	6	5	0.182	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cronin Scores
33	33	5	1	1936-07-02	BOS	@	NYY	Monte Pearson	tied 6-6	t 8	2	---	1	1	9	0.259	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	6	1	1936-07-05 (1)	BOS		PHA	Pete Naktenis	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	-23	3	1	7	0.079	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ferrell Scores; W. Ferrell Scores
35	35	7	1	1936-07-27	BOS	@	SLB	Ivy Andrews	tied 2-2	t 4	1	-2-	2	6	5	0.162	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
36	36	8	1	1936-07-28	BOS	@	SLB	Earl Caldwell	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	1--	2	6	5	0.117	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Kroner Scores
37	37	9	1	1936-08-19 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	Buck Ross	tied 1-1	t 7	1	1-3	3	1	7	0.255	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ferrell Scores; O. Melillo Scores
38	38	10	1	1936-09-11	BOS	@	SLB	Glenn Liebhardt	ahead 3-2	t 7	1	12-	3	2	5	0.209	91%		Home Run; W. Ferrell Scores; F. Gaffke Scores
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1937-05-26	PHA		CLE	Ivy Andrews	tied 4-4	b 7	2	1--	2	2	5	0.311	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Cissell Scores/unER; B. Werber Scores/unER
40	40	2	1	1937-06-16	PHA		SLB	Jack Knott	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	3	5	0.091	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	3	1	1937-07-29	PHA		CLE	Denny Galehouse	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	3	5	0.111	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	4	1	1937-08-04	PHA		DET	George Coffman	behind 2-8	b 6	0	---	1	3	5	0.029	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	5	1	1937-09-04 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	Jack Wilson	tied 0-0	t 3	2	12-	3	3	5
44	44	6	1	1937-09-12	PHA		BOS	Jack Wilson	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	---	1	3	5	0.036	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	7	1	1937-09-15 (1)	PHA		SLB	Jim Walkup	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	5	0.095	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1938-05-03	PHA		CHW	Johnny Rigney	ahead 6-2	b 7	2	---	1	2	5	0.021	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	2	1	1938-05-08	PHA		DET	Schoolboy Rowe	behind 2-3	b 4	1	-2-	2	2	5	0.192	66%		Home Run; L. Nelson Scores
48	48	3	1	1938-05-11	PHA		SLB	Bobo Newsom	behind 3-9	b 9	0	1--	2	2	5	0.015	2%		Home Run; W. Ambler Scores/unER
49	49	4	1	1938-06-04	PHA		CHW	Frank Gabler	ahead 5-2	b 6	2	1--	2	3	5	0.074	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Siebert Scores
50	50	5	1	1938-07-04 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	Fritz Ostermueller	behind 3-8	t 9	2	-2-	2	3	5
51	51	6	1	1938-07-24 (2)	PHA		DET	Tommy Bridges	behind 2-4	b 7	2	---	1	3	5	0.127	30%		Home Run
52	52	7	1	1938-07-30 (1)	PHA	@	DET	Tommy Bridges	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	---	1	3	5
53	53	8	1	1938-08-25 (1)	PHA		SLB	Bobo Newsom	behind 0-1	b 2	1	-2-	2	6	5	0.158	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Johnson Scores
54	54	9	1	1938-08-31	PHA		CLE	Willis Hudlin	behind 0-4	b 2	1	---	1	6	5	0.068	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	10	1	1938-09-09	PHA	@	BOS	Jim Bagby	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	1--	2	6	5	0.213	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Johnson Scores
56	56	11	1	1938-09-15 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	John Whitehead	behind 1-5	t 8	1	12-	3	6	5
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1939-06-04	CIN	@	NYG	Bill Lohrman	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	1	5	0.140	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Myers Scores
58	58	2	1	1939-06-10	CIN	@	BRO	Luke Hamlin	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---	1	1	5	0.067	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	3	1	1939-08-05	CIN		BRO	Vito Tamulis	behind 3-8	b 5	0	---	1	1	5	0.047	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	4	1	1939-09-23 (1)	CIN		PIT	Max Butcher	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.096	45%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	5	1	1939-09-23 (2)	CIN		PIT	Pep Rambert	ahead 4-1	b 8	2	1--	2	1	5	0.025	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Grissom Scores
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1940-04-29	CIN		PIT	Max Butcher	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---	1	1	5	0.264	87%		Home Run
63	63	2	1	1940-05-01	CIN		BRO	Hugh Casey	ahead 6-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	1	5	0.020	99%		Home Run; B. Walters Scores
64	64	3	1	1940-05-11	CIN	@	STL	Bob Bowman	ahead 4-1	t 3	2	1-3	3	1	5	0.136	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Joost Scores/unER; G. Thompson Scores/unER; B. Werber Scores/unER
65	65	4	1	1940-05-15	CIN	@	BRO	Whit Wyatt	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
66	66	5	1	1940-05-22	CIN	@	NYG	Carl Hubbell	tied 3-3	t 8	1	---	1	1	5	0.274	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	6	1	1940-05-28	CIN	@	PIT	Max Butcher	behind 1-4	t 8	1	---	1	3	5	0.049	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	7	1	1940-06-09 (2)	CIN		BRO	Whit Wyatt	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---	1	1	5	0.146	71%		Home Run
69	69	8	1	1940-07-23 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	Curt Davis	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	5	0.114	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
70	70	9	1	1940-07-31	CIN	@	NYG	Bill Lohrman	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	1	1	5	0.095	82%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
71	71	10	1	1940-08-04 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	Nick Strincevich	ahead 11-8	t 9	2	---	1	1	5	0.019	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	11	1	1940-08-21	CIN		NYG	Hal Schumacher	tied 2-2	b 7	2	-2-	2	1	5	0.310	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. McCormick Scores/unER; B. Werber Scores/unER
73	73	12	1	1940-08-22	CIN		BSN	Nick Strincevich	tied 2-2	b 9	0	---	1	1	5	0.364	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
74	74	1	1	1941-06-15 (2)	CIN		NYG	Bob Bowman	behind 2-3	b 8	1	---	1	2	5	0.328	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
75	75	2	1	1941-08-16	CIN		CHC	Vern Olsen	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	12-	3	6	5	0.208	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. McCormick Scores; L. Frey Scores
76	76	3	1	1941-08-24 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	Bob Carpenter	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	5	0.111	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	4	1	1941-09-07 (1)	CIN	@	STL	Howie Krist	behind 4-6	t 7	2	1--	2	3	5	0.287	43%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. McCormick Scores
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
78	78	1	1	1942-08-06	NYG		BRO	Johnny Allen	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	1--	2	1	5	0.038	98%		Home Run; H. Schumacher Scores

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