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, 6,722nd in MLB 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

1.2

W

L

ERA

4.28

G

224

GS

SV

IP

786.0

SO

383

WHIP

1.571

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
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,A1	17	8	.680	3.38	38						234.0	210	140	88		146									1.521	8.1		5.6			ZAN,NOR MATL,SOUA
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	5.83	2.122	9.2	0.0	9.9	3.3	0.33

1937	24	CLE-min	AA	15	11	.577	4.79	35	29					250.0	275	163	133		146									1.684	9.9		5.3			MLW AA
1938	25	CLE-min	AA	3	4	.429	4.32	10	10					73.0	79	45	35		43									1.671	9.7		5.3			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	4.04	1.849	10.4	0.0	6.3	4.4	0.70
1939	26	CLE-min	AA	5	4	.556	4.44	13	10					75.0	79	42	37		40									1.587	9.5		4.8			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	4.68	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	5.21	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	4.24	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	3.86	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	3.66	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	3.59	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	3.28	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	4.63	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	7.50	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	4.35	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	4.45	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	3.96	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	3.96	1.571	8.8	0.4	5.4	4.4	0.82

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	4.78	1.847	10.4	0.5	6.2	4.3	0.69
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	3.56	1.451	8.4	0.3	4.7	4.3	0.90
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	4.03	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	4.39	1.556	8.1	0.7	5.9	4.4	0.74