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Babe Birrer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: July 4, 1929 in Buffalo, NY us

Died: November 19, 2013 in Clarence, NY

Buried: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, NY

High School: Kensington HS (Buffalo, NY)

School: University at Buffalo, State University of New York (Buffalo, NY)

Debut: June 5, 1955 (Age 25-336d, 11,270th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 24, 1958 (Age 29-082d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Werner Joseph Birrer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

4.36

119.2

WHIP

1.387

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1947	17	DET-min	D	8	2	.800	1.69	11	11		8	2		85.0	62	25	16		26		62	6		3				1.035	6.6		2.8	6.6	2.38	JAM PONY
1948	18	DET-min	C,B	9	11	.450	5.22	31			11	0		181.0	221	151	105		95		82	1	2	9				1.746	11.0		4.7	4.1	0.86	DHM,HGR CARL,ISLG
1949	19	DET-min	A	8	12	.400	5.05	25	23		9	1		155.0	201	97	87		45		66	1	0	1				1.587	11.7		2.6	3.8	1.47	WPT EL
1950	20	DET-min	A	7	8	.467	3.80	16			8			109.0	102	56	46		43		33							1.330	8.4		3.6	2.7	0.77	WPT EL
1951	21	DET-min	A	8	6	.571	5.00	21	14		9			117.0	145	71	65		43		52							1.607	11.2		3.3	4.0	1.21	WPT EL
1952	22	DET-min	AAA	9	10	.474	3.91	33	18		8	0		152.0	171	81	66		45		58	5	2	2				1.421	10.1		2.7	3.4	1.29	BFL IL
1955	25	DET-min	AAA	2	4	.333	4.06	14	7		2	0		62.0	68	31	28	10	11		25	1	0	2				1.274	9.9	1.5	1.6	3.6	2.27	BFL IL
1955	25	DET	AL	4	3	.571	4.15	36	3	15	1	0	3	80.1	77	39	37	9	29	4	28	0	0	0	343	94	4.21	1.320	8.6	1.0	3.2	3.1	0.97
1956	26	BAL-min	AA	13	8	.619	3.75	33	24		15	1		209.0	202	102	87	25	63	4	116	1	0	4				1.268	8.7	1.1	2.7	5.0	1.84	SAN TL
1956	26	BAL	AL	0	0		6.75	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	9	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	62	2.56	1.875	15.2	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.00

1957	27	BRO-BAL-min	Opn					33																										LOS,VAN PCL
1958	28	LAD-min	AAA	12	5	.706	2.36	25	20		11	4		160.0	146	44	42	10	43	3	77	0	0	5				1.181	8.2	0.6	2.4	4.3	1.79	MTL IL
1958	28	LAD	NL	0	0		4.50	16	0	6	0	0	1	34.0	43	20	17	4	7	3	16	1	0	1	149	93	3.77	1.471	11.4	1.1	1.9	4.2	2.29
1959	29	LAD-min	AAA	9	16	.360	4.02	38	30		12	2		206.0	212	106	92	15	51	17	115	3	0	6				1.277	9.3	0.7	2.2	5.0	2.25	MTL IL
1960	30	PHI-LAD-min	AAA					36																										BFL,MTL IL
1961	31	PHI-min	AAA	11	9	.550	3.68	34	20		6	1		164.0	180	72	67	19	34	13	93	3	0	6				1.305	9.9	1.0	1.9	5.1	2.74	BFL IL
1962	32	PHI-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.72	35	22		5	3		166.0	192	98	87	20	33	4	89	1	0	0				1.355	10.4	1.1	1.8	4.8	2.70	BFL IL
1963	33	NYM-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.11	34	16		7	2		160.0	168	84	73	25	22	5	94	4	0	3				1.188	9.5	1.4	1.2	5.3	4.27	BFL IL
1964	34	NYM-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.02	47	4		0	0		125.0	121	50	42	13	25	2	82	3	0	2				1.168	8.7	0.9	1.8	5.9	3.28	BFL IL
1965	35	NYM-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0				2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	6.0		BFL IL
1966	36	CIN-min	AAA	6	8	.429	3.83	52	5		1	0		101.0	96	44	43	7	29	9	69	3	0	1				1.238	8.6	0.6	2.6	6.1	2.38	BFL IL
3 Yrs				4	3	.571	4.36	56	3	23	1	0	4	119.2	129	64	58	13	37	7	45	1	0	1	518	92	4.01	1.387	9.7	1.0	2.8	3.4	1.22
162 Game Avg.				5	3	.571	4.36	65	3	27	1	0	5	138	149	74	67	15	43	8	52	1	0	1	597	92	4.01	1.387	9.7	1.0	2.8	3.4	1.22

LAD (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	16	0	6	0	0	1	34.0	43	20	17	4	7	3	16	1	0	1	149	93	3.77	1.471	11.4	1.1	1.9	4.2	2.29
BAL (1 yr)				0	0		6.75	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	9	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	62	2.56	1.875	15.2	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.00
DET (1 yr)				4	3	.571	4.15	36	3	15	1	0	3	80.1	77	39	37	9	29	4	28	0	0	0	343	94	4.21	1.320	8.6	1.0	3.2	3.1	0.97

AL (2 yrs)				4	3	.571	4.31	40	3	17	1	0	3	85.2	86	44	41	9	30	4	29	0	0	0	369	91	4.11	1.354	9.0	0.9	3.2	3.0	0.97
NL (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	16	0	6	0	0	1	34.0	43	20	17	4	7	3	16	1	0	1	149	93	3.77	1.471	11.4	1.1	1.9	4.2	2.29