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

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-30 / in Starts: 7-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 11

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	36	4	Apr 21	PIT		CIN	W,7-5	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	8	5	5	1	3	2	0	6.14	5.72	30	10	8	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.057	1.99	0.09%	-1.40	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a2
2	37	8	Apr 28	PIT		STL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	6	7.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	1	5.02	4.54	32	10	10	0	2	7	51			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.019	2.99	0.04%	0.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	38	13	May 3	PIT		BSN	L,4-15	GS-5		4	4.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	5.40	4.66	19	7	2	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.209	2.46	-0.37%	-1.85	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a1
4	39	15	May 5	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.12	4.70	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.39	0.611	15.37	1.05%	2.04	9t -23 0 out a1	9t end a 1
5	40	16	May 6	PIT		NYG	L,8-9			0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.87	4.50	3												3			0		0
6	41	19	May 9	PIT		BRO	W,10-5	3-GF	W(3-0)	2	6.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.67	4.07	24	14	8	4	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.273	1.69	0.42%	3.21	3t --3 1 out d4	9t end a 5
7	42	23	May 14(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.54	4.05	5	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	0.206	7.71	0.25%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
8	43	24	May 14(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,16-9		S(3)	-1	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	3.90	4.52	11												9			0		0
9	44	28	May 20(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	9-GF(11)	BL(3-1)	5	2.0	2	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.94	4.65	12	5	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.78	-0.502	8.84	-0.70%	-0.86	9b 1-3 2 out a1	11b end d 1
10	45	30	May 21(2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-6	7-GF	S(4)	0	3.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.60	4.56	12	3	5	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.276	3.33	0.34%	1.59	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
11	46	32	May 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	8-GF(8)	L(3-2)	2	1.0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.50	4.58	8	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.60	-0.358	4.92	-0.66%	-2.49	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 3
12	47	36	May 28(1)	PIT		CHC	L,0-6			3	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.65	4.53	6												5			0		0
13	48	37	May 28(2)	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	3-GF		-1	6.2	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.50	4.42	23	8	6	2	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.39	0.080	.54	0.07%	1.79	3t 1-- 1 out d3	9t end d 4
14	49	38	May 30(1)	PIT		STL	L,13-17	5-7	BL(3-3)	1	1.1	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.40	4.36	10	3	1	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.487	1.90	-0.34%	-3.52	5t -2- 2 out a1	7t 1-- 0 out d2
15	50	39	May 30(2)	PIT		STL	L,5-8			-1	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.70	4.61	6												6			0		0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	51	42	Jun 3	PIT		BSN	L,6-10	2-8		3	6.1	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.47	4.67	26	9	10	3	0	6		3	3	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.170	.43	-0.07%	-0.97	2t 123 2 out tie	8t 3 out d2
17	52	47	Jun 8	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	9-GF	S(5)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.42	4.60	3	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.60	0.284	2.03	0.05%	0.62	9t 123 1 out a2	9t end a 1
18	53	48	Jun 9	PIT		BRO	L,7-9	6-8	BL(3-4)	0	3.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	1	4.82	4.74	13	8	3	3	0	0		2	1	2	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.15	-0.477	.61	-0.08%	-2.03	6t 1-3 0 out a1	8t 3 out d2
19	54	50	Jun 11(2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF(12)	BW(4-4)	1	4.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.50	4.60	15	6	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.08	0.528	.57	0.06%	2.17	9t 12- 0 out a1	12t end tie
20	55	52	Jun 16	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-6	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.43	4.57	4	2	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.023	.07	0.00%	0.49	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
21	56	53	Jun 17	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-15	8-8		0	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.87	4.83	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.358	.12	-0.03%	-2.88	8b 1-- 1 out tie	8b -23 1 out d2
22	57	54	Jun 18(1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.79	4.79	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.014	.03	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
23	58	58	Jun 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	7-GF	S(6)	2	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.62	4.65	9	4	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.331	.10	0.01%	1.47	7b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 2
24	59	60	Jun 23	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-15	7-7		1	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.18	4.70	4	0	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.096	.03	0.00%	-3.01	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 12- 0 out d4
25	60	61	Jun 24 susp	PIT	@	BRO	L,12-21	5-6	BL(4-5)	0	1.1	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	5.62	4.66	11	7	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.73	-0.606	.09	-0.02%	-4.63	5b --- 0 out a1	6b -2- 1 out d2
26	61	64	Jun 28	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	GS-4		3	3.1	7	5	4	1	3	1	0	5.87	4.70	19	5	3	1	0	7	30			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.331	.03	-0.01%	-3.82	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	62	67	Jul 2	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(4-6)	3	6.0	9	2	2	4	3	0	0	5.64	4.61	29	10	4	0	0	8	45			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.060	.04	0.00%	1.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
28	63	72	Jul 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-8	L(4-7)	3	7.1	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	5.47	4.58	31	11	8	0	1	9	49			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.53	0.116	.01	0.00%	1.55	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a1
29	64	75	Jul 9	PIT		STL	W,3-2	8-GF	S(7)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.34	4.56	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	0.296	.00	0.00%	1.08	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
30	65	77	Jul 15	PIT		NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(5-7)	5	9.0	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	4.82	4.32	30						84						29			0		0
31	66	82	Jul 19(1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(5-8)	3	11.0	10	3	2	1	4	1	0	4.49	4.21	44	13	18	0	1	8	70			0	0	0	43	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.66	0.339	.00	0.00%	2.93	1t start tie	11t 3 out d2
32	67	87	Jul 23	PIT		BRO	L,6-11	GS-3		3	2.1	8	6	4	1	0	0	0	4.73	4.21	16	7	8	8	0	0	20			0	0	0	15	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.03	-0.324	.00	0.00%	-5.00	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d5
33	68	93	Jul 29	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	W(6-8)	5	9.0	10	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.67	4.17	37	15	8	3	0	10	53			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	1	.79	0.102	.00	0.00%	0.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	69	97	Aug 2	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-9		3	8.1	5	4	4	2	2	2	0	4.65	4.29	31	13	13	5	0	1	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.226	.00	0.00%	0.30	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out tie
35	70	100	Aug 6(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-5	GS-7	L(6-9)	3	7.0	10	5	3	1	2	2	0	4.60	4.39	30	8	9	2	2	10	42			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.45	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-1.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
36	71	104	Aug 11	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	GS-	L(6-10)	4	8.0	9	3	2	1	1	0	1	4.47	4.31	33						54						30			0		0
37	72	109	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	W,10-9	GS-9		3	8.1	11	4	4	3	1	1	0	4.46	4.35	36	12	11	4	3	9	43			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.72	0.181	.00	0.00%	1.14	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a1
38	73	112	Aug 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-8	8-GF	S(8)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	4.33	6	3	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.152	.00	0.00%	1.04	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 5
39	74	115	Aug 21	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	L(6-11)	1	9.0	8	3	3	4	2	0	1	4.32	4.30	39	18	11	3	0	3	57			2	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.07	0.119	.00	0.00%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
40	75	117	Aug 23	PIT		BRO	L,5-7	10-14		1	5.0	3	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.24	4.29	22	8	8	3	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	0.293	.00	0.00%	1.70	10t --- 0 out tie	14t 3 out d1
41	76	121	Aug 27(1)	PIT		BSN	L,3-7	GS-	L(6-12)	3	12.0	12	7	6	4	13	4	0	4.26	4.39	54						61						49			0		0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
42	77	126	Sep 1	PIT		STL	W,10-4	CG	W(7-12)	4	9.0	9	4	3	2	8	1	0	4.20	4.32	36	10	7	1	3	9	61			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.63	0.174	.00	0.00%	0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
43	78	128	Sep 3	PIT		STL	W,12-11	9-GF(10)	W(8-12)	1	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.25	4.29	9	1	4	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.68	-0.256	.00	0.00%	-0.92	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
44	79	132	Sep 7	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-6		3	6.0	5	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.31	4.34	25	8	10	0	2	5	44			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	.75	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-0.86	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
45	80	136	Sep 12	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(8-13)	4	8.0	7	3	2	5	0	0	0	4.22	4.34	34	13	9	0	1	7	53			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.086	.00	0.00%	1.23	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
46	81	142	Sep 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-5	L(8-14)	4	5.0	8	5	5	3	0	1	0	4.34	4.41	25	12	3	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	-0.170	.00	0.00%	-2.43	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
47	82	146	Sep 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,8-10	GS-5	L(8-15)	3	4.0	10	8	7	2	1	0	1	4.56	4.40	23	8	2	0	0	9	11			0	0	0	20	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.497	.00	0.00%	-4.85	1b start a 3	5b 12- 0 out d2
48	83	152	Sep 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-6	L(8-16)	8	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.64	4.36	28	10	5	0	0	9	34			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	1	0	1	.95	-0.207	.00	0.00%	-1.86	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
							18-30		W-L:8-16,Sv:8,BSv:5	2.4	215.1	246	127	111	66	79	25	6	4.64	4.36	941	1.36		10%	4%	168	47	20	45%	8	3	0	859	29	7	11	26	0	10	1.28	-0.917	.74	0.09%	-13.96

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