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Billy
Werber		  
Nickname: Mendoza
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 20, 1908 in Usa, MD, BERWYN
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 CHA AL $ 300,000   45 45 45 19 19 19 61 63 62 67 69 68 82 83 83
1931 23 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1932 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
1933 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
1934 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 7 9 9 9 9 10 10
1935 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 10 10 8 8 8
1936 28 NYG NL $ 1,208,571   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1937 29 NYG NL $ 1,208,571   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1938 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1939 31 NYG NL $ 460,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1940 32 NYG NL $ 460,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1941 33 NYG NL $ 460,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1942 34 NYG NL $ 2,150,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
1943 35 NYG NL $ 2,150,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
1944 36 SEM AL $ 1,400,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
1945 37 SEM AL $ 1,400,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 9 9
1946 38 DET AL $ 352,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 8 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,150,000   45 45 45 19 19 19 61 63 62 67 69 68 82 83 83
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 22 CHA AL 65 255 33 57 14 1 4 30 5 1 24 13 .224 .302 .333 .635 24.4 1.2
    AAA   52 191 34 59 18 3 3 26 8 3 40 7 .309 .429 .482 .910 39.3  
    AA   40 156 24 46 14 2 3 27 3 2 22 12 .295 .382 .468 .850 26.8  
1931 23 AAA   129 500 69 153 29 3 7 50 24 9 71 22 .306 .392 .418 .810 83.3  
1932 24 NYG NL 42 66 10 17 2 1 0 4 0 0 7 3 .258 .329 .318 .647 6.7 0.8
    AAA   65 270 52 81 27 2 4 30 10 0 28 8 .300 .366 .459 .825 44.5  
1933 25 NYG NL 83 318 45 78 16 3 1 31 15 2 36 10 .245 .320 .324 .644 36.2 4.8
    AAA   65 257 50 58 16 2 4 35 10 1 41 8 .226 .332 .350 .682 33.7  
1934 26 NYG NL 148 583 100 146 37 6 7 60 19 7 81 27 .250 .343 .370 .713 78.4 10.1
1935 27 NYG NL 105 309 40 85 19 4 4 53 12 5 40 32 .275 .355 .401 .756 44.0 7.4
1936 28 NYG NL 98 187 38 43 13 2 2 31 3 0 23 13 .230 .313 .353 .666 20.9 1.4
1937 29 NYG NL 70 115 14 21 5 0 2 13 1 2 11 13 .183 .252 .278 .530 6.4 0.0
1938 30 NYG NL 53 58 20 21 1 0 5 12 3 0 12 5 .362 .471 .638 1.109 16.0 3.8
1939 31 NYG NL 153 475 67 104 29 6 8 56 3 3 75 43 .219 .325 .356 .681 56.1 9.9
1940 32 NYG NL 93 123 16 39 9 1 1 19 1 1 30 10 .317 .448 .431 .879 23.2 4.7
1941 33 NYG NL 137 290 47 72 16 2 5 42 8 1 54 21 .248 .364 .369 .733 42.1 6.7
1942 34 NYG NL 111 177 30 44 11 0 4 26 2 1 34 12 .249 .366 .379 .745 23.6 2.7
1943 35 NYG NL 65 73 13 13 1 0 2 7 2 0 14 9 .178 .310 .274 .584 7.4 0.4
1944 36 SEM AL 104 181 29 40 8 1 0 19 1 5 41 15 .221 .363 .276 .639 19.5 1.6
1945 37 SEM AL 47 81 11 17 1 1 1 9 0 1 7 7 .210 .267 .284 .551 6.8 0.0
    AAA   31 98 25 34 7 1 5 19 5 2 36 7 .347 .522 .592 1.114 30.1  
1946 38 SEM AL 31 54 8 14 2 1 0 5 0 0 8 5 .259 .355 .333 .688 6.7 0.8
    AAA   58 210 29 50 13 1 6 37 7 3 55 19 .238 .396 .395 .791 37.7  
16 Years Sim 1405 3345 521 811 184 29 46 417 75 29 497 238 .242 .340 .356 .696 418.6 56.1
6 Years AAA 400 1526 259 435 110 12 29 197 64 18 271 71 .285 .392 .430 .822 268.6  
1 Years AA 40 156 24 46 14 2 3 27 3 2 22 12 .295 .389 .468 .857 26.8  
7 Years Minors 440 1682 283 481 124 14 32 224 67 20 293 83 .286 .391 .433 .825 295.4  
162 Game Average 385 60 93 21 3 5 48 8 3 57 27 .242 .340 .356 .696 48.3  
Career Highs 153 583 100 146 37 6 8 60 19 7 81 43 .362 .471 .638 1.109 78.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2032 316 520 126 18 25 273 48 18 295 135 .256 .350 .373 .722 279.0
vs LH   1313 205 291 58 11 21 144 27 11 202 103 .222 .325 .331 .656 155.8
Home 696 1635 241 397 96 16 24 222 32 10 235 140 .243 .339 .365 .704 214.4
Away 709 1710 280 414 88 13 22 195 43 19 262 98 .242 .341 .347 .689 220.4
RISP   869 0 216 42 11 16 348 0 0 153 55 .249 .353 .377 .731 127.6
Pinch Hitting   383 69 101 23 2 9 71 4 0 73 30 .264 .377 .405 .781 63.6
Close/Late   479 71 104 22 1 4 52 0 0 81 34 .217 .327 .292 .619 52.7
Mar/Apr 215 446 77 119 29 5 4 62 12 6 80 42 .267 .375 .381 .756 68.4
May 234 546 80 116 25 4 4 60 11 7 67 40 .212 .297 .295 .592 50.7
June 221 525 76 120 32 5 9 70 12 3 84 44 .229 .337 .360 .697 69.1
July 246 549 83 138 28 6 13 71 10 3 82 44 .251 .347 .395 .743 79.9
August 250 626 104 165 35 6 9 84 17 8 91 33 .264 .357 .382 .739 89.1
Sep/Oct 239 653 101 153 35 3 7 70 13 2 93 35 .234 .332 .329 .661 77.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 22 CHA AL 3B 38 37 334.3 18 78 8 7 .923 2.58   1.3
    2B 26 26 232.3 53 105 9 17 .946 6.12   1.0
1932 24 NYG NL 3B 30 9 110.3 4 34 1 3 .974 3.10   0.4
    1B 7 4 36.0 52 0 0 4 1.000 13.00   0.0
    LF 2 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    2B 3 0 3.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1933 25 NYG NL RF 38 38 323.0 81 0 2 0 .976 2.26   1.0
    3B 26 20 181.0 15 62 1 10 .987 3.83   1.0
    2B 24 21 178.3 48 88 2 17 .986 6.86   0.5
    1B 3 0 4.0 5 0 0 2 1.000 11.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1934 26 NYG NL 3B 129 127 1138.0 86 276 23 27 .940 2.86   4.9
    1B 14 13 102.0 128 14 0 9 1.000 12.53   0.3
    LF 4 2 21.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1935 27 NYG NL 3B 67 55 493.3 41 132 9 11 .951 3.16   2.2
    1B 14 14 114.0 151 9 0 7 1.000 12.63   0.2
    LF 10 10 83.7 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.2
    2B 7 0 14.3 7 6 1 3 .929 8.16   0.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1936 28 NYG NL RF 20 17 153.0 43 1 1 0 .978 2.59   0.6
    1B 24 15 146.0 197 12 1 23 .995 12.88   0.2
    3B 34 10 125.3 3 34 5 5 .881 2.66   0.6
    2B 4 0 7.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 7.71   0.1
1937 29 NYG NL 3B 34 14 145.3 16 37 0 6 1.000 3.28   1.1
    RF 15 13 103.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   0.2
    1B 3 0 6.0 9 0 0 4 1.000 13.50   0.0
    2B 4 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1938 30 NYG NL 3B 12 5 52.0 0 13 0 2 1.000 2.25   0.2
    RF 3 3 26.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.69   0.0
    2B 5 0 15.0 3 5 0 2 1.000 4.80   0.1
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1939 31 NYG NL 3B 126 120 1030.3 58 250 25 13 .925 2.69   2.8
    RF 6 6 47.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.30   0.2
    2B 13 2 46.0 11 25 0 8 1.000 7.04   0.3
    LF 6 4 44.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1940 32 NYG NL RF 11 9 77.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.3
    LF 15 2 42.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.76    
    2B 16 0 42.0 5 24 0 3 1.000 6.21   0.2
    3B 13 1 33.3 2 2 2 0 .667 1.08   0.0
    1B 4 2 22.0 31 3 2 3 .944 13.91   0.0
1941 33 NYG NL RF 44 37 355.7 76 3 0 1 1.000 2.00   1.1
    LF 27 16 155.7 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
    1B 5 4 41.0 60 4 0 4 1.000 14.05   0.1
    3B 15 0 35.0 1 8 1 1 .900 2.31   0.1
    2B 14 0 32.3 9 15 0 4 1.000 6.68   0.2
1942 34 NYG NL LF 24 13 142.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.9
    RF 26 13 139.0 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    2B 22 1 54.7 20 34 1 10 .982 8.89   0.5
    3B 5 0 10.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.0
    1B 7 0 8.0 10 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1943 35 NYG NL 2B 29 0 60.7 21 29 0 9 1.000 7.42   0.4
    3B 9 0 18.0 0 8 1 1 .889 4.00   0.0
    1B 2 1 12.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 7.50   0.0
    LF 4 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    SS 3 0 7.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.68   0.0
    RF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1944 36 SEM AL LF 40 32 280.0 67 1 1 0 .986 2.19   0.7
    RF 5 5 40.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    2B 9 1 30.0 6 12 0 3 1.000 5.40   0.1
    3B 3 1 13.0 0 4 1 0 .800 2.77   0.0
    1B 2 1 13.0 13 1 0 2 1.000 9.69   0.0
1945 37 SEM AL 2B 12 5 60.7 21 21 1 6 .977 6.23   0.2
    RF 5 5 43.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
    1B 4 2 23.7 29 2 0 3 1.000 11.79   0.0
    3B 3 0 7.0 2 2 1 0 .800 5.14   0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1946 38 SEM AL 1B 8 8 70.0 100 4 0 9 1.000 13.37   0.1
    2B 4 0 5.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 545 399 3727.6 246 942 78 86 .938 2.87   14.8
  RF 178 146 1319.0 309 5 4 1 .987 2.14   3.5
  LF 138 82 806.7 182 1 1 0 .995 2.04   1.9
  2B 192 56 786.3 207 374 14 85 .976 6.65   3.6
  1B 101 64 604.7 804 51 3 73 .997 12.73   1.2
  SS 3 0 7.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.68   0.0
Career Totals   1157 747 7251.6 1749 1375 100 245 .969 3.88   25.0
Career Highs   153 142 1264.0 244 290 25 36 1.000 12.67    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 22 CHA AL 10 33 4 5 2 1 0 5 1 0 5 1 .152 .282 .273 .555
1934 26 NYG NL 13 50 8 16 3 0 1 4 2 0 7 2 .320 .404 .440 .844
1936 28 NYG NL 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
1937 29 NYG NL 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1938 30 NYG NL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1939 31 NYG NL 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .000 .375 .000 .375
1940 32 NYG NL 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571
1944 36 SEM AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 52 105 14 26 6 1 1 14 3 0 15 4 .248 .344 .352 .697
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1939-9-153
 At-Bats
1934-8-583
 Runs
1934-6-100
 Doubles
1934-6-37
 Triples
1939-10-6
 Stolen Bases
1933-3-15
1934-3-19
1935-1-12
1941-7-8
Caught Stealing
1934-4-7
1935-7-5
 Walks
1934-3-81
1939-7-75
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Ed Bouchee (953)
  2. Mike Jorgensen (927)
  3. Connie Ryan (919)
  4. Sixto Lezcano (911)
  5. Bill Brubaker (909)
  6. Phil Bradley (907)
  7. Luis Aparicio (907)
  8. Mike Ivie (905)
  9. Harry Simpson (903)
  10. Willie Aikens (901)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1930
Injured on 5/25/1930 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/16/1930, off Tommy Bridges (CIN)
Traded from Chicago (A) to New York (G) on 1/31/1931 (Going to NYG: 3B Billy Werber. Going to CHA: 2B Buck Redfern)
Injured on 5/20/1931 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 7/16/1931 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/20/1935
Injured on 8/9/1935 with a Broken Ankle, out for 9-10 weeks
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,208,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,208,571 through salary arbitration
4/2/1937: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (G)
7/1/1938: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $460,000 per year, for 3 years
10/16/1941: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $2,150,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/12/1944 to a 2-year deal worth $1,400,000 per year
3/3/1945: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 7/1/1946
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 7/31/1946 to a 1-year deal worth $352,000 per year
 
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