Bill Zuber

Q: When was Bill Zuber born?

Bill Zuber was born on March 26, 1913.

Q: Where was Bill Zuber born?

Bill Zuber was born in Middle Amana, IA .

Q: How tall was Bill Zuber?

Bill Zuber was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Bill Zuber weigh when playing?

Bill Zuber weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Bill Zuber in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Zuber has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Bill Zuber have?

Bill Zuber had 383 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Bill Zuber played for?

Bill Zuber played for 4 teams; the Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

Q: When did Bill Zuber retire?

Bill Zuber last played in 1947.

Q: What are Bill Zuber's nicknames?

Goober is a nickname for Bill Zuber.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: March 26, 1913 in Middle Amana, IA us

Died: November 2, 1982 in Cedar Rapids, IA

Buried: Middle Amana Cemetery, Middle Amana, IA

Debut: September 16, 1936 (Age 23-174d, 8,059th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 10 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: September 23, 1947 (Age 34-181d)
vs. PHA 3.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: William Henry Zuber

Nicknames: Goober

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

ERA

4.28

224

786.0

383

WHIP

1.571

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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
1932	19	CIN-min	D	0	1	.000		2						13.0	13				5									1.385	9.0		3.5			CDR MSVL
1934	21	CLE-min	D	16	8	.667		28						212.0	190	101			79									1.269	8.1		3.4			FMH NORL
1935	22	CLE-min	C,A	11	14	.440	3.99	37						194.0	159	110	86		129									1.485	7.4		6.0			ZAN,NOR MATL,SOUA
1936	23	CLE-min	C	17	8	.680	3.83	29						207.0	174	116	88		132		208	5	0	8				1.478	7.6		5.7	9.0	1.58	ZAN MATL
1936	23	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	6.59	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.2	14	11	10	0	15	0	5	0	0	0	67	80	5.88	2.122	9.2	0.0	9.9	3.3	0.33

1937	24	CLE-min	AA	15	11	.577	4.79	35	29		19			250.0	275	163	133		146		101	4	1	10				1.684	9.9		5.3	3.6	0.69	MLW AA
1938	25	CLE-min	AA	3	4	.429	4.32	10	10	0	5	0		73.0	79	45	35		43		45	1	0	6				1.671	9.7		5.3	5.5	1.05	MLW AA
1938	25	CLE	AL	0	3	.000	5.02	15	0	6	0	0	1	28.2	33	18	16	0	20	0	14	0	0	1	134	93	4.17	1.849	10.4	0.0	6.3	4.4	0.70
1939	26	CLE-min	AA	5	4	.556	4.44	13	10		5	0		75.0	79	42	37		40		34	1	0	2	345			1.587	9.5		4.8	4.1	0.85	BFL IL
1939	26	CLE	AL	2	0	1.000	5.97	16	1	10	0	0	0	31.2	41	24	21	2	19	0	16	1	0	0	152	74	4.30	1.895	11.7	0.6	5.4	4.5	0.84
1940	27	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	5.63	17	0	9	0	0	0	24.0	25	17	15	3	14	0	12	0	0	0	112	77	5.37	1.625	9.4	1.1	5.3	4.5	0.86
1941	28	WSH	AL	6	4	.600	5.42	36	7	19	1	0	2	96.1	110	63	58	5	61	0	51	2	0	5	446	75	4.36	1.775	10.3	0.5	5.7	4.8	0.84
1942	29	WSH	AL	9	9	.500	3.84	37	7	19	3	1	1	126.2	115	66	54	5	82	5	64	0	1	5	568	96	3.52	1.555	8.2	0.4	5.8	4.5	0.78
1943	30	NYY	AL	8	4	.667	3.89	20	13	2	7	0	1	118.0	100	54	51	3	74	0	57	0	0	2	512	83	3.90	1.475	7.6	0.2	5.6	4.3	0.77
1944	31	NYY	AL	5	7	.417	4.21	22	13	5	2	1	0	107.0	101	54	50	5	54	1	59	1	0	3	458	84	3.73	1.449	8.5	0.4	4.5	5.0	1.09
1945	32	NYY	AL	5	11	.313	3.19	21	14	5	7	0	1	127.0	121	50	45	2	56	6	50	0	0	5	529	109	3.44	1.394	8.6	0.1	4.0	3.5	0.89
1946	33	TOT	AL	5	2	.714	3.47	18	7	7	2	1	0	62.1	47	29	24	6	42	1	32	0	0	3	268	106	4.83	1.428	6.8	0.9	6.1	4.6	0.76
1946	33	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	12.71	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	10	9	8	2	3	0	3	0	0	1	29	29	7.70	2.294	15.9	3.2	4.8	4.8	1.00
1946	33	BOS	AL	5	1	.833	2.54	15	7	6	2	1	0	56.2	37	20	16	4	39	1	29	0	0	2	239	144	4.54	1.341	5.9	0.6	6.2	4.6	0.74
1947	34	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	5.33	20	1	8	0	0	0	50.2	60	32	30	4	31	3	23	0	0	4	230	73	4.63	1.796	10.7	0.7	5.5	4.1	0.74
1948	35	BOS-min	AAA	4	8	.333	6.09	29			3	1		105.0	119	77	71		74		55	0	0	2				1.838	10.2		6.3	4.7	0.74	LOU AA
11 Yrs				43	42	.506	4.28	224	65	90	23	3	6	786.0	767	418	374	35	468	16	383	4	1	28	3476	87	4.02	1.571	8.8	0.4	5.4	4.4	0.82
162 Game Avg.				10	10	.506	4.28	53	15	21	5	1	1	185	180	98	88	8	110	4	90	1	0	7	818	87	4.02	1.571	8.8	0.4	5.4	4.4	0.82

NYY (4 yrs)				18	23	.439	3.88	66	40	13	16	1	2	357.2	332	167	154	12	187	7	169	1	0	11	1528	88	3.75	1.451	8.4	0.3	4.7	4.3	0.90
CLE (4 yrs)				4	5	.444	5.69	50	3	25	1	0	1	98.0	113	70	62	5	68	0	47	1	0	1	465	80	4.74	1.847	10.4	0.5	6.2	4.3	0.69
WSH (2 yrs)				15	13	.536	4.52	73	14	38	4	1	3	223.0	225	129	112	10	143	5	115	2	1	10	1014	85	3.88	1.650	9.1	0.4	5.8	4.6	0.80
BOS (2 yrs)				6	1	.857	3.86	35	8	14	2	1	0	107.1	97	52	46	8	70	4	52	0	0	6	469	98	4.58	1.556	8.1	0.7	5.9	4.4	0.74

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos
1936	23	CLE	AL	-0.1	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	-2	.183	-21	1		0	0	0	/1

1938	25	CLE	AL	-0.1	15	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-165	0		0	1	0	1
1939	26	CLE	AL	0.0	16	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.600	.800	100	.307	69	3	0	0	0	0	1
1940	27	CLE	AL	0.0	17	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	75	.313	79	1	0	0	0	0	1
1941	28	WSH	AL	-0.4	36	29	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.037	.000	.037	-89	.019	-129	0	0	0	2	0	1
1942	29	WSH	AL	0.0	37	43	39	5	6	3	1	0	3	0	0	1	7	.154	.175	.282	.457	28	.208	8	11	2	0	3	0	1
1943	30	NYY	AL	0.3	20	47	38	1	7	1	2	0	2	0	0	4	14	.184	.262	.316	.578	68	.268	53	12	2	0	5	0	1
1944	31	NYY	AL	-0.3	22	35	31	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.129	.129	.129	.258	-27	.113	-73	4	1	0	4	0	1
1945	32	NYY	AL	-0.1	21	45	42	1	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	13	.167	.186	.214	.400	14	.183	-10	9	1	0	2	0	1
1946	33	2TM	AL	-0.1	18	22	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.100	.143	.100	.243	-33	.115	-65	2	0	0	1	0	1
1946	33	NYY	AL	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.014	-143	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1946	33	BOS	AL	-0.1	15	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.111	.158	.111	.269	-26	.129	-57	2	0	0	1	0	1
1947	34	BOS	AL	0.0	20	17	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	15	.220	-1	2	2	0	2	0	1
11 Yrs				-0.9	224	259	229	10	31	4	5	0	11	0	0	10	66	.135	.172	.197	.368	2	.170	-26	45	8	0	20	0	1
162 Game Avg				-0.7	162	187	166	7	22	3	4	0	8	0	0	7	48	.135	.172	.197	.368	2	.170	-26	33		0	14	0

NYY (4 Yrs)				-0.2	66	129	113	3	18	1	3	0	6	0	0	5	38	.159	.195	.221	.416	19	.192	-8	25	4	0	11	0	1
CLE (4 Yrs)				-0.1	50	21	20	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.150	.150	.250	.400	0	.169	-36	5	0	0	1	0	1
WSH (2 Yrs)				-0.4	73	72	65	5	6	3	1	0	3	0	0	2	15	.092	.119	.169	.289	-21	.132	-50	11	2	0	5	0	1
BOS (2 Yrs)				-0.1	35	37	31	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.129	.206	.129	.335	-8	.169	-32	4	2	0	3	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	Pos
1946	33	BOS	WS	1	/1
1 Yr				1	/1
162 Game Avg				162

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1936	23	CLE	AL	P	2	2	1	14.0	2	0	2	0	1	1.000	.955	1.29	1.99	1.00	1.95	0	2	0	0.0	37.0	0

1938	25	CLE	AL	P	15	0	0	29.0	6	2	3	1	1	.833	.952	1.55	2.11	0.33	2.06	1	0	3	100.0	36.7	0
1939	26	CLE	AL	P	16	1	0	32.0	9	0	9	0	1	1.000	.951	2.53	1.91	0.56	1.89	0	4	0	0.0		0
1940	27	CLE	AL	P	17	0	0	24.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	.957	1.13	2.03	0.18	2.01	0	0	0			0
1941	28	WSH	AL	P	36	7	1	96.0	16	5	10	1	0	.938	.960	1.41	2.14	0.42	2.11	5	3	4	57.1	41.6	0
1942	29	WSH	AL	P	37	7	3	127.0	18	6	11	1	3	.944	.957	1.20	2.31	0.46	2.30	5	4	7	63.6		0
1943	30	NYY	AL	P	20	13	7	118.0	19	1	18	0	1	1.000	.963	1.45	2.27	0.95	2.30	2	6	7	53.8		0
1944	31	NYY	AL	P	22	13	2	107.0	23	6	16	1	0	.957	.960	1.85	2.09	1.00	2.10	3	5	9	64.3		0
1945	32	NYY	AL	P	21	14	7	127.0	23	3	19	1	2	.957	.955	1.56	2.24	1.05	2.23	5	6	8	57.1	44.9	0
1946	33	2TM	AL	P	18	7	2	63.0	13	3	10	0	0	1.000	.951	1.86	2.00	0.72	1.99	3	3	3	50.0		0
1946	33	NYY	AL	P	3	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	1.95	0.00	2.00	1	1	0	0.0		0
1946	33	BOS	AL	P	15	7	2	57.0	13	3	10	0	0	1.000	.951	2.05	2.01	0.87	1.99	2	2	3	60.0		0
1947	34	BOS	AL	P	20	1	0	51.0	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	.954	1.59	1.92	0.45	1.90	4	6	4	40.0	48.6	0
11 Yrs					224	65	23	788.0	141	29	107	5	9	.965	.957	1.55	2.15	0.61	2.11	28	39	45	53.6	18.9	0

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					Standard								Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	Awards
1946	33	BOS	WS	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0
1 Yr					1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bill Zuber born?

Bill Zuber was born on March 26, 1913.

Where was Bill Zuber born?

Bill Zuber was born in Middle Amana, IA.

How tall was Bill Zuber?

Bill Zuber was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Bill Zuber weigh when playing?

Bill Zuber weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bill Zuber play?

Bill Zuber played 11 seasons.

Is Bill Zuber in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Zuber has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Bill Zuber play?

Bill Zuber was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Bill Zuber have?

Bill Zuber had 383 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Bill Zuber played for?

Bill Zuber played for 4 teams; the Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

How many World Series has Bill Zuber won?

Bill Zuber won 1 World Series.

When did Bill Zuber retire?

Bill Zuber last played in 1947.

What are Bill Zuber's nicknames?

Goober is a nickname for Bill Zuber.

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What position did Bill Zuber play?

How many strikeouts did Bill Zuber have?

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