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Bill Werle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 182lb (188cm, 82kg)

Born: December 21, 1920 in Oakland, CA us

Died: November 27, 2010 in San Mateo, CA

Buried: Skylawn Memorial Park, San Mateo, CA

Schools: Modesto Junior College (Modesto, CA), University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: April 22, 1949 (Age 28-122d, 10,592nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 7.2 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: June 20, 1954 (Age 33-181d)
vs. CLE 2.2 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: William George Werle

Nicknames: Bugs

Pronunciation: \WHIRL\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.9

ERA

4.69

185

665.1

283

WHIP

1.449

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 81 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 20 go ahead

3 Tms
PIT	69
STL	6
BOS	6

Platoon
vs RHB	70
vs LHB	11

Home/Road
Home	51
Away	30

Outs
2	29
1	28
0	24

11 Opps
NYG	16
BRO	15
BSN	12
CIN	9
CHC	8
PHI	7
STL	7
PHA	3
NYY	2
PIT	1
CLE	1

59 Batters
Hank Sauer	3
Danny Litwhiler	3
Hank Thompson	3
Gil Hodges	3
Granny Hamner	3
Sid Gordon	3
Bobby Thomson	3
Bruce Edwards	2
Del Ennis	2
Al Dark	2
Carl Furillo	2
Jackie Robinson	2
Jim Russell	2
Wes Westrum	2
Eddie Kazak	2
Herman Reich	1
Walker Cooper	1
Gus Zernial	1
Stan Musial	1
Roy Campanella	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	1
Joe Garagiola	1
Ray Mueller	1
Bob Ramazzotti	1
Whitey Lockman	1
Dave Philley	1
Enos Slaughter	1
Johnny Sain	1
Grady Hatton	1
Bob Usher	1
Willie Mays	1
Eddie Joost	1
Willie Jones	1
Johnny Mize	1
Rocky Bridges	1
Howie Fox	1
Yogi Berra	1
Billy Cox	1
Frankie Gustine	1
Andy Pafko	1
Mickey Owen	1
Buddy Kerr	1
Connie Ryan	1
Davey Williams	1
Del Crandall	1
Andy Seminick	1
Bob Elliott	1
Bobby Adams	1
Monte Irvin	1
Tommy Holmes	1
Billy Johnson	1
Roy Hartsfield	1
Virgil Stallcup	1
Bob Trice	1
Tommy Glaviano	1
Bob Borkowski	1
Mickey Mantle	1
Pee Wee Reese	1
Nippy Jones	1

9 Parks
Forbes Fld (PIT)	40
Polo Grounds (NYC)	12
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	9
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Crosley Fld (CIN)	3
Braves Fld (BOS)	1

Where Hit
7	51
9	12
78	5
89	3

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	49
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	41
1--	13
--3	7
12-	6
-2-	6
123	4
1-3	3
-23	1

140 Runs
RISP	27
0 on	40
1 on	27
2 on	10
3 on	4
Any on	41

Inning
1	8
2	5
3	4
4	7
5	12
6	14
7	7
8	13
9	8
Extra	3

1-3	17
4-6	33
7-end	31

RelScore
+4..	14
+3	7
+2	5
+1	13
Tied	16
-1	10
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	9

Ahead	39
Tied	16
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	14
C	11
3B	10
2B	9
RF	9
SS	9
1B	8
CF	6
P	3
PH	2

OrderPos
7th	16
4th	16
6th	10
3rd	9
5th	9
2nd	7
8th	6
1st	4
9th	4

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1949-05-11	Bob Ramazzotti	BRO		PIT	behind 1-5	b 9	2	--3	2	6	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores
2	2	2	1	1949-05-15	Eddie Kazak	STL	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	5	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1949-05-25	Jackie Robinson	BRO	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	4	18%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Brown Scores
4	4	4	1	1949-05-28	Enos Slaughter	STL		PIT	behind 1-2	b 8	1	-2-	2	5	7	48%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Musial Scores
5	5	5	1	1949-06-04	Gil Hodges	BRO		PIT	behind 1-3	b 4	2	--3	2	5	3	22%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores/unER; G. Hodges Scores/unER
6	6	6	1	1949-06-20	Willie Jones	PHI	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	---	1	7	5	9%	85%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1949-06-26	Carl Furillo	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	1	3	9	9%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	1949-07-10 (2)	Frankie Gustine	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	1--	2	6	4
9	9	9	2	1949-07-10 (2)	Hank Sauer	CHC	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	7
10	10	10	1	1949-07-14	Johnny Mize	NYG		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1--	2	4	3	15%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Thomson Scores
11	11	11	1	1949-07-31 (2)	Bob Elliott	BSN	@	PIT	behind 2-3	t 6	0	---	1	4	5	16%	50%		Home Run
12	12	12	1	1949-08-15	Danny Litwhiler	CIN		PIT	behind 2-3	b 5	1	12-	3	3	9	32%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hatton Scores; P. Lowrey Scores
13	13	13	1	1949-08-31	Bobby Thomson	NYG		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	8	21%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Rigney Scores; H. Thompson Scores
14	14	14	2	1949-08-31	Hank Thompson	NYG		PIT	ahead 4-3	b 5	1	1--	2	3	4	17%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Rigney Scores
15	15	15	3	1949-08-31	Ray Mueller	NYG		PIT	ahead 6-3	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	4%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	16	1	1949-09-05 (2)	Eddie Kazak	STL		PIT	behind 1-4	b 7	2	---	1	9	PH	7%	16%		Home Run
17	17	17	1	1949-09-10	Herman Reich	CHC	@	PIT	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	2	2	3
18	18	18	2	1949-09-10	Mickey Owen	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 2-1	t 6	2	1--	2	7	2
19	19	19	1	1949-09-16	Bruce Edwards	BRO	@	PIT	behind 0-7	t 8	0	---	1	6	2	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	20	1	1949-09-21	Jim Russell	BSN	@	PIT	behind 1-2	t 3	1	--3	2	5	7	15%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); B. Elliott Scores
21	21	21	2	1949-09-21	Del Crandall	BSN	@	PIT	behind 6-7	t 7	2	---	1	7	2	20%	43%		Home Run
22	22	22	1	1949-10-02 (2)	Danny Litwhiler	CIN	@	PIT	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	12%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	23	2	1949-10-02 (2)	Jimmy Bloodworth	CIN	@	PIT	tied 4-4	t 6	0	-2-	2	6	4	19%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); V. Stallcup Scores
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1950-04-21	Danny Litwhiler	CIN	@	PIT	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	1	5	7	6%	17%		Home Run (LF-CF)
25	25	2	2	1950-04-21	Bob Usher	CIN	@	PIT	behind 1-7	t 6	1	---	1	2	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	3	1	1950-05-03	Connie Ryan	BSN	@	PIT	behind 0-3	t 2	2	---	1	7	4	7%	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	4	1	1950-05-14 (2)	Andy Pafko	CHC		PIT	behind 7-16	b 9	0	---	1	5	8
28	28	5	1	1950-05-28 (2)	Bob Borkowski	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 4-1	t 9	2	---	1	8	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	6	1	1950-05-30 (2)	Stan Musial	STL	@	PIT	ahead 6-5	t 9	1	1--	2	3	3			IPHR
30	30	7	1	1950-06-03	Sid Gordon	BSN	@	PIT	tied 3-3	t 2	2	123	4	6	7	29%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); S. Jethroe Scores; B. Elliott Scores; W. Cooper Scores
31	31	8	1	1950-06-09	Roy Campanella	BRO	@	PIT	tied 6-6	t 8	2	--3	2	8	2	35%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); C. Furillo Scores
32	32	9	1	1950-06-17	Tommy Holmes	BSN		PIT	tied 6-6	b 8	1	1--	2	5	9	33%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Cooper Scores
33	33	10	1	1950-06-28	Howie Fox	CIN	@	PIT	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	12-	3	9	1	20%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Howell Scores; V. Stallcup Scores
34	34	11	1	1950-07-06	Hank Sauer	CHC		PIT	behind 0-2	b 6	2	---	1	4	7	13%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	12	1	1950-07-19 (1)	Granny Hamner	PHI	@	PIT	tied 1-1	t 11	1	--3	2	6	6	24%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Caballero Scores
36	36	13	1	1950-07-29	Del Ennis	PHI		PIT	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1--	2	4	9	21%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ashburn Scores
37	37	14	1	1950-08-02	Jackie Robinson	BRO		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	4	18%	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Russell Scores
38	38	15	2	1950-08-02	Jim Russell	BRO		PIT	behind 2-4	b 9	0	1--	2	2	7	45%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Reese Scores
39	39	16	1	1950-08-06 (1)	Monte Irvin	NYG		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	10%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	17	2	1950-08-06 (1)	Whitey Lockman	NYG		PIT	ahead 4-0	b 7	2	---	1	2	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	18	1	1950-08-15	Bobby Adams	CIN	@	PIT	behind 2-4	t 8	0	---	1	1	5	12%	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	19	1	1950-08-27 (1)	Sid Gordon	BSN	@	PIT	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	7
43	43	20	2	1950-08-27 (1)	Roy Hartsfield	BSN	@	PIT	behind 2-3	t 9	2	---	1	1	4
44	44	21	3	1950-08-27 (1)	Sid Gordon	BSN	@	PIT	tied 3-3	t 13	0	---	1	5	7
45	45	22	4	1950-08-27 (1)	Buddy Kerr	BSN	@	PIT	ahead 4-3	t 13	0	1-3	3	8	6
46	46	23	1	1950-09-01	Tommy Glaviano	STL	@	PIT	behind 1-6	t 6	0	---	1	1	4	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	24	1	1950-09-07	Virgil Stallcup	CIN		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	6	9%	73%		Home Run
48	48	25	1	1950-09-17	Granny Hamner	PHI		PIT	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	12-	3	6	6	15%	95%		Home Run; D. Ennis Scores; S. Hollmig Scores
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1951-05-05	Al Dark	NYG		PIT	behind 2-3	b 5	1	123	4	7	6	32%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Thompson Scores; R. Noble Scores; W. Lockman Scores
50	50	2	2	1951-05-05	Hank Thompson	NYG		PIT	ahead 6-3	b 6	2	1--	2	4	5	7%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Thomson Scores
51	51	3	1	1951-05-15	Bobby Thomson	NYG	@	PIT	behind 0-7	t 6	1	1--	2	3	8
52	52	4	1	1951-05-18	Walker Cooper	BSN	@	PIT	ahead 7-0	t 4	2	-23	3	5	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hartsfield Scores; B. Elliott Scores
53	53	5	1	1951-05-20 (2)	Del Ennis	PHI	@	PIT	ahead 8-4	t 8	1	-2-	2	4	9	2%	99%		Home Run; R. Ashburn Scores
54	54	6	1	1951-05-22	Bruce Edwards	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 9-4	t 7	2	12-	3	3	PH	3%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Abrams Scores; P. Reese Scores
55	55	7	1	1951-05-23	Billy Cox	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 5-2	t 5	2	123	4	8	5	13%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores; G. Hodges Scores; R. Campanella Scores
56	56	8	1	1951-05-30 (2)	Nippy Jones	STL		PIT	ahead 5-2	b 8	1	--3	2	7	3	1%	99%		Home Run; J. Garagiola Scores
57	57	9	1	1951-06-03 (2)	Andy Seminick	PHI		PIT	ahead 7-3	b 8	0	---	1	7	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	10	1	1951-06-12	Johnny Sain	BSN	@	PIT	ahead 7-2	t 6	0	---	1	9	1	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	11	1	1951-06-23	Carl Furillo	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	6	9	21%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Reese Scores; A. Pafko Scores
60	60	12	2	1951-06-23	Rocky Bridges	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	-2-	2	8	5	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Campanella Scores
61	61	13	1	1951-06-28	Grady Hatton	CIN		PIT	behind 1-7	b 7	2	---	1	7	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	14	1	1951-07-15 (2)	Willie Mays	NYG		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	6	8	11%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	15	2	1951-07-15 (2)	Bobby Thomson	NYG		PIT	ahead 3-2	b 5	0	-2-	2	3	7	12%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Dark Scores
64	64	16	1	1951-07-16	Wes Westrum	NYG		PIT	tied 6-6	b 8	2	---	1	8	2	32%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	17	1	1951-07-31	Pee Wee Reese	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 5-1	t 5	0	1-3	3	2	6	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Newcombe Scores; C. Furillo Scores
66	66	18	1	1951-09-01	Billy Johnson	STL		PIT	ahead 4-2	b 8	1	1--	2	7	5	5%	99%		Home Run (CF-RF); P. Lowrey Scores
67	67	19	1	1951-09-03 (1)	Hank Sauer	CHC		PIT	ahead 7-6	b 7	2	---	1	4	7	11%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	20	1	1951-09-16 (2)	Al Dark	NYG	@	PIT	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	---	1	2	6	12%	74%		Inside-the-park Home Run (CF-RF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1952-05-01	Hank Thompson	NYG	@	PIT	ahead 9-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	2	1	1952-05-22	Davey Williams	NYG		STL	ahead 3-0	b 7	1	---	1	1	4	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	3	1	1952-06-01 (1)	Wes Westrum	NYG	@	STL	behind 5-6	t 6	0	---	1	7	2
72	72	4	1	1952-06-07	Granny Hamner	PHI	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 8	0	---	1	2	6	26%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	5	1	1952-06-12	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	STL	behind 7-10	t 5	0	---	1	7	3	9%	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	6	2	1952-06-12	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	STL	behind 8-15	t 9	1	--3	2	7	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Snider Scores
75	75	7	1	1952-07-06 (2)	Joe Garagiola	PIT	@	STL	ahead 3-2	t 4	0	---	1	7	2	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1953-05-09	Mickey Mantle	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	---	1	4	8	9%	77%		Home Run
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1954-04-29	Dave Philley	CLE	@	BOS	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	9	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
78	78	2	1	1954-05-29	Yogi Berra	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 6-2	t 8	1	123	4	4	2	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sain Scores; H. Bauer Scores; M. Mantle Scores
79	79	3	1	1954-06-01	Eddie Joost	PHA	@	BOS	ahead 12-0	t 6	1	---	1	7	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
80	80	4	2	1954-06-01	Bob Trice	PHA	@	BOS	ahead 13-3	t 8	2	-2-	2	9	1	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. DeMaestri Scores
81	81	5	3	1954-06-01	Gus Zernial	PHA	@	BOS	ahead 15-6	t 9	1	---	1	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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