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, 11,256th 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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	48 (47)	Jun 5 (2)	DET		BAL	L,5-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	49	Jun 6	DET		NYY	L,5-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	54 (4)	Jun 11	DET		BOS	W,7-5	GF	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
4	56 (1)	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	61 (4)	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
6	62	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-7		10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
7	65 (2)	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4		2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	66	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12		9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	70 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	GS	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	71	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	72	Jul 2	DET	@	KCA	L,10-11		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	73	Jul 3	DET	@	KCA	L,8-9		20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	75 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	77 (1)	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,1-12		20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	78	Jul 8	DET		KCA	W,11-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	80 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	DET		KCA	L,5-9		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	83 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	86 (2)	Jul 17	DET		NYY	W,6-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	87	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,12-4	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	92 (4)	Jul 24 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	94 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-6	GF	23	6.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	100 (5)	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	103 (2)	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	W,13-10		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	105 (1)	Aug 4	DET	@	WSH	L,6-9	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	106	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	109 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	9	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
27	113 (3)	Aug 12	DET		CHW	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	114	Aug 13	DET		CHW	W,9-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	117 (2)	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,9-5	GF	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	120 (2)	Aug 20	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	126 (5)	Aug 25 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-6	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	130 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-4		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	133 (2)	Sep 2	DET	@	KCA	L,6-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	139 (5)	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	145 (5)	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	153 (7)	Sep 24 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							36gm		80.1	8	8	0	16	1