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: 17-41 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 21

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	84	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	7-GF	S(1)	99	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.05	9	1	4	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.417	7.57	0.65%	1.33	7b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
2	85	2	Apr 17	PIT		STL	W,5-4	7-GF	S(2)	0	3.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2.85	13	4	4	1	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	0.537	8.95	0.88%	2.37	7t 123 0 out a2	9t end a 1
3	86	4	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	7-GF	BW(1-0)	4	2.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.85	11	6	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.48	0.139	6.79	0.23%	0.92	7b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 2
4	87	6	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-4	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.78	6	3	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.290	4.17	0.49%	1.64	8b -2- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
5	88	8	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	7-8		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.98	7	1	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.109	2.43	0.18%	1.02	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
6	89	10	Apr 29(1)	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	7-8	BS(2)	1	2.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	1.93	2.91	12	5	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.441	3.85	-0.61%	-1.98	7t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out d2
7	90	11	Apr 29(2)	PIT		CIN	T,1-1	10-GF(10)		-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	2.88	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	0.139	4.58	0.21%	0.51	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
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
8	91	14	May 3	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-4	10-GF(10)	S(4)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.72	2.73	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.043	3.19	0.07%	-0.09	10b 12- 1 out a4	10b end a 3
9	92	16	May 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-8	5-6		1	1.2	4	4	4	0	2	2	0	3.63	3.98	9	2	1	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.451	2.65	-0.79%	-4.58	5b 12- 1 out a1	6b 3 out d5
10	93	19	May 8	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-3	8-GF	S(5)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.26	3.62	7	2	3	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.07	0.010	.22	0.02%	0.46	8b -23 0 out a8	9b end a 6
11	94	20	May 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	9-9		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.15	3.73	3	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.78	0.196	12.63	0.39%	0.67	9b -2- 1 out tie	9b 3 out tie
12	95	25	May 13(2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-6	9-GF		3	1.0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	3.86	3.72	7	0	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.20	-0.031	.60	-0.06%	-2.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
13	96	26	May 15	PIT		NYG	W,7-3	GS-	W(2-0)	1	5.1	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.10	3.96	24						43						22			0		0
14	97	29	May 18	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	2-4		2	2.2	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.66	4.31	10	4	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.002	.34	0.00%	-0.79	2t 1-3 1 out d7	4t 3 out d10
15	98	30	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	8-GF		0	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	4.94	4.38	11	6	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.027	1.11	-0.05%	-0.98	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
16	99	32	May 20(2)	PIT		PHI	L,4-12	7-GF		0	3.0	6	4	4	0	2	1	0	5.56	4.48	16	7	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.05	-0.021	.11	-0.03%	-2.48	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 8
17	100	33	May 22	PIT		BRO	L,8-17	7-7		1	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.77	4.84	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.027	.24	-0.03%	-2.56	7t 12- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d8
18	101	34	May 23	PIT		BRO	L,4-11	5-8		0	3.2	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.45	4.90	14	10	2	2	0	1		3	3	0	0	1	14	1	0	0	2	0	1	.23	-0.082	.43	-0.09%	-0.89	5t 123 1 out d3	8t 3 out d7
19	102	36	May 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	7-8		2	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.40	4.80	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.126	2.23	-0.13%	0.02	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out d1
20	103	37	May 28	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6			1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.27	4.82	5												2			0		0
21	104	39	May 30(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	5.86	4.97	11	2	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.160	.40	-0.12%	-3.00	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 5
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
22	105	41	Jun 2	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-14			2	0.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.77	4.98	4												2			0		0
23	106	43	Jun 3(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.84	5.21	4	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
24	107	46	Jun 6	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.72	5.06	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.05	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
25	108	49	Jun 10(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.59	5.01	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.031	.28	0.01%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
26	109	50	Jun 10(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-4	8-GF(11)	W(3-0)	-1	3.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.36	4.80	13	6	4	4	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	0.478	1.16	0.15%	1.05	8b 1-- 1 out tie	11b end a 1
27	110	51	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	L,3-13	5-6		1	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.50	5.02	8	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.018	.07	-0.01%	-0.98	5t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d7
28	111	54	Jun 16	PIT		NYG	L,1-6	7-8		3	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.47	4.98	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.015	.11	0.00%	0.02	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
29	112	55	Jun 17(1)	PIT		NYG	W,11-5		S(6)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.30	4.91	5												5			0		0
30	113	56	Jun 17 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7			-1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.88	3												3			0		0
31	114	61	Jun 23	PIT		BRO	L,1-13	GS-7	L(3-1)	5	6.0	11	8	8	1	0	2	0	6.03	5.11	29	13	12	7	0	3	17			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.304	.04	-0.02%	-5.34	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d8
32	115	66	Jun 28	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	7.0	8	5	5	2	4	1	0	6.07	5.01	30	8	8	0	3	8	43			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	-0.057	.03	0.00%	-1.83	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a3
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
33	116	72	Jul 4(2)	PIT		CIN	W,16-4	CG(6)	W(5-1)	5	5.2	10	4	4	2	1	0	1	6.09	4.91	29	7	8	1	0	10	32			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.080	.04	0.00%	-1.39	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a12
34	117	77	Jul 8(2)	PIT		STL	L,8-9	GS-		3	4.2	7	4	2	4	2	0	1	5.96	4.90	25						36						20			0		0
35	118	82	Jul 15(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-8	GS-5	L(5-2)	6	4.0	10	5	5	0	1	2	0	6.21	5.07	21	5	5	0	0	10	23			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.357	.02	0.00%	-2.99	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d3
36	119	83	Jul 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	7-GF(8)	L(5-3)	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	6.17	5.20	9	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	.83	-0.207	.01	0.00%	0.00	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
37	120	86	Jul 20	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-11	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.21	5.18	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.54	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
38	121	90	Jul 23	PIT		BSN	L,14-15	2-5		2	4.0	7	4	4	3	2	0	0	6.33	5.12	19	5	2	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	1	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.224	.00	0.00%	-1.97	2t --- 0 out d1	5t 3 out d4
39	122	92	Jul 25	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.26	5.09	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.51	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
40	123	97	Jul 31	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	4-5		5	1.2	3	3	3	2	0	1	1	6.44	5.28	11	2	5	1	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.39	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-1.96	4t 1-- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d7
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
41	124	98	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	W,12-9	7-9	W(6-3)	0	2.0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	6.40	5.20	9	5	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.98	7t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 0 out a4
42	125	100	Aug 3	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	4-GF		1	5.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.04	5.07	20	11	8	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	.89	0.345	.00	0.00%	3.46	4t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
43	126	102	Aug 5(1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.92	4.99	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.028	.00	0.00%	1.02	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d3
44	127	103	Aug 5(2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-12			-1	1.0	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.21	5.02	7												5			0		0
45	128	104	Aug 7	PIT	@	STL	L,7-16	1-3		1	1.1	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	6.56	4.99	10	3	1	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.21	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-4.06	1b 12- 2 out d5	3b 12- 0 out d9
46	129	111	Aug 12(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG(8)	L(6-4)	4	8.0	14	6	6	1	3	0	0	6.57	4.78	38	9	11	2	1	14	32			2	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-1.94	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
47	130	113	Aug 13(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.40	4.71	10	7	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.005	.00	0.00%	1.51	6b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
48	131	117	Aug 18	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	4-7		4	4.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	6.27	4.65	17	6	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.10	-0.009	.00	0.00%	1.03	4t --- 0 out d9	7t 3 out d6
49	132	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	L(6-5)	3	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.25	4.60	6	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.240	.00	0.00%	-0.17	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
50	133	127	Aug 27(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	GS-6	W(7-5)	4	5.1	3	2	2	4	1	0	1	6.13	4.62	25	10	9	2	0	0	51			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.54	1b start a 3	6b 123 1 out a3
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
51	134	131	Sep 1	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	6.23	4.71	7	1	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-1.58	8b --3 0 out d1	8b end d 4
52	135	133	Sep 3(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,10-11	7-7		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.25	4.78	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.49	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
53	136	135	Sep 5	PIT		CIN	L,3-6	GS-6	L(7-6)	1	5.1	10	6	6	2	4	0	0	6.40	4.67	27	7	4	0	0	10	26			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.460	.00	0.00%	-3.90	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d3
54	137	140	Sep 9(2)	PIT		STL	L,4-7	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.35	4.64	4	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.11	8t 1-- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
55	138	145	Sep 16(1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-7	7-8		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.28	4.61	5	1	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.010	.00	0.00%	1.43	7t 12- 1 out d6	8t 3 out d5
56	139	146	Sep 16(2)	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	5-7		-1	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	6.32	4.66	10	4	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.61	5t --- 0 out d1	7t -2- 0 out d2
57	140	147	Sep 18	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	8-8		1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.32	4.71	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	-0.317	.00	0.00%	-1.84	8t 12- 0 out a2	8t 123 0 out a1
58	141	153	Sep 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	2-8		9	6.1	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	6.04	4.66	21	10	5	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	.81	0.275	.00	0.00%	3.41	2t --3 2 out d3	8t 3 out d1
59	142	155	Sep 30	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	8-GF(11)	W(8-6)	1	3.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.89	4.58	12	6	3	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.704	.00	0.00%	3.11	8t 123 1 out tie	11t end tie
							17-41		W-L:8-6,Sv:6,BSv:2	1.9	149.2	181	102	98	50	57	20	6	5.89	4.58	665	1.34		8%	2%	138	34	37	41%	3	1	2	597	32	2	5	13	0	10	.86	-0.280	.83	1.34%	-27.16

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