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Bill
Werle		  
Nickname: Bugs
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 192
 
Born: December 21, 1920 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1949   
All-Star Selections 1949    1951   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 28 DET AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 9 8 9 4 3 3
1950 29 DET AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1951 30 DET AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 3 3 3
1952 31 DET AL $ 2,600,000 5 6 5 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1953 32 DET AL $ 2,600,000 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3
1954 33 DET AL $ 300,000 4 5 4 4 8 7 8 3 3 3
1955 34 BRK NL $ 520,000 4 3 2 3 7 7 7 3 3 3
1956 35 BRK NL $ 520,000 3 3 2 2 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 3 2 2 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000 6 7 6 7 9 8 9 4 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 28 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1950 29 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1951 30 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1952 31 DET AL $ 2,600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1953 32 DET AL $ 2,600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1954 33 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1955 34 BRK NL $ 520,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1956 35 BRK NL $ 520,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1949 28 DET AL 21 11 .656 42 42 2 0 0 299.7 312 135 33 65 121 4.05 .267 .308 .433 .741 21.7
1950 29 DET AL 18 5 .783 29 29 2 1 0 208.0 206 100 25 61 87 4.33 .256 .309 .421 .730 13.5
1951 30 DET AL 18 9 .667 40 40 3 1 0 273.0 265 120 42 82 150 3.96 .252 .309 .422 .730 18.9
1952 31 DET AL 11 2 .846 71 9 0 0 11 127.0 133 69 14 45 62 4.89 .265 .324 .416 .741 8.5
1953 32 DET AL 2 2 .500 54 1 0 0 17 63.0 36 14 4 14 27 2.00 .165 .217 .261 .478 14.2
1954 33 DET AL 4 3 .571 28 0 0 0 4 29.7 39 20 4 15 9 6.07 .322 .399 .512 .911 0.8
1955 34 BRK NL 1 2 .333 14 0 0 0 0 22.3 33 19 3 11 9 7.66 .340 .407 .505 .913 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 0 3.00 .273 .273 .273 .545  
1956 35 AAA   1 3 .250 23 0 0 0 1 20.3 26 12 3 7 12 5.31 .310 .363 .488 .851  
    AA   2 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 6 43.0 45 13 2 15 24 2.72 .280 .341 .366 .707  
7 Years Sim 75 34 .688 278 121 7 2 32 1022.7 1024 477 125 293 465 4.20 .258 .311 .420 .731 77.7
2 Years AAA 1 3 .250 25 0 0 0 1 23.3 29 13 3 7 12 5.02 .305 .353 .463 .816  
1 Years AA 2 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 6 43.0 45 13 2 15 24 2.72 .280 .341 .366 .707  
3 Years Minors 3 3 .500 56 0 0 0 7 66.3 74 26 5 22 36 3.53 .289 .345 .402 .748  
Season Average 10 4 .714 39 17 1 0 4 146.1 146 68 17 41 66 4.20 .258 .311 .420 .731  
Career Highs 21 11 .846 71 42 3 1 17 299.7 312 135 42 82 150 7.66 .340 .407 .512 .913  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   666 304 72 204 304   .256 .310 .404 .714
vs LH   358 173 53 89 161   .263 .308 .452 .760
Home 40 17 .702 134 60 7 2 12 521.6 501 218 59 140 209 3.76 .252 .302 .411 .712
Away 35 17 .673 144 61 0 0 21 501.0 523 259 66 153 256 4.65 .265 .318 .430 .747
Mar/Apr 13 5 .722 43 26 1 0 4 194.7 198 92 19 53 88 4.25 .262 .310 .413 .723
May 10 7 .588 52 19 1 1 5 172.7 173 65 18 41 94 3.39 .255 .298 .378 .675
June 10 4 .714 35 14 3 1 3 122.0 120 61 17 41 59 4.50 .256 .316 .429 .744
July 9 6 .600 44 18 0 0 4 158.3 164 88 19 45 67 5.00 .266 .316 .421 .737
August 16 4 .800 51 21 1 0 6 189.7 172 76 24 52 82 3.61 .243 .295 .412 .707
Sep/Oct 17 8 .680 53 23 1 0 11 185.3 197 95 28 61 75 4.61 .268 .325 .469 .793
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
1949 28 DET AL 42 110 15 18 1 1 0 9 0 0 4 37 .164 .191 .191 .382 2.9 0.0
1950 29 DET AL 29 80 6 17 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 22 .213 .207 .275 .482 4.9 0.0
1951 30 DET AL 40 101 4 13 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 26 .129 .129 .158 .287 -2.4 0.0
1952 31 DET AL 71 23 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .174 .208 .261 .469 1.2 0.0
1953 32 DET AL 54 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1955 34 BRK NL 14 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.8 0.2
6 Years Sim 250 323 27 54 7 3 0 29 0 0 5 89 .167 .178 .207 .386 7.0 0.2
162 Game Average 209 17 34 4 1 0 18 0 0 3 57 .167 .178 .207 .386 4.6  
Career Highs 71 110 15 18 3 1 0 11 0 0 4 37 .400 .400 .400 .800 4.9  
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   215 15 34 3 1 0 17 0 0 3 59 .158 .168 .181 .350 1.8
vs LH   108 12 20 4 2 0 12 0 0 2 30 .185 .198 .259 .457 4.2
Home 117 150 15 23 2 1 0 12 0 0 3 46 .153 .169 .180 .349 1.3
Away 133 173 12 31 5 2 0 17 0 0 2 43 .179 .186 .231 .418 4.7
RISP   89 0 15 1 1 0 26 0 0 0 24 .169 .163 .202 .365 1.2
Close/Late   8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2
Mar/Apr 26 66 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 21 .136 .147 .152 .299 -0.4
May 48 53 3 7 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 11 .132 .130 .208 .337 0.1
June 20 40 7 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 .150 .150 .200 .350 0.2
July 19 48 2 10 0 1 0 6 0 0 2 13 .208 .240 .250 .490 2.6
August 32 59 7 14 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 16 .237 .262 .288 .550 4.1
Sep/Oct 47 57 3 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 .140 .138 .158 .296 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1949 28 DET AL P 42 42 299.7 16 57 2 2 .973 2.19    
1950 29 DET AL P 29 29 208.0 15 45 1 3 .984 2.60    
1951 30 DET AL P 40 40 273.0 18 67 0 6 1.000 2.80    
1952 31 DET AL P 71 9 127.0 10 17 1 3 .964 1.91    
1953 32 DET AL P 54 1 63.0 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.71    
1954 33 DET AL P 28 0 29.7 0 7 0 2 1.000 2.12    
1955 34 BRK NL P 14 0 22.3 2 2 1 0 .800 1.61    
Career Totals   278 121 1022.7 66 202 5 16 .982 2.36    
Career Highs   71 42 299.7 18 67 2 6 1.000 2.80    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1949 28 DET AL 1 2 .333 3 3 0 0 0 21.0 23 14 6 7 12 6.00 .271 .326 .576 .903
1950 29 DET AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 16.3 12 8 3 5 8 4.41 .197 .258 .426 .684
1951 30 DET AL 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 27.0 22 12 3 8 11 4.00 .218 .275 .337 .612
1952 31 DET AL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 1 5.0 4 4 2 3 3 7.20 .222 .333 .556 .889
1954 33 DET AL 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 5.7 7 3 0 0 4 4.77 .304 .304 .478 .783
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 4 .600 17 9 0 0 1 75.0 68 41 14 23 38 4.92 .236 .293 .451 .744
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
1949 28 DET AL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1950 29 DET AL 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
1951 30 DET AL 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200
Career Post-Season Batting 9 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .136 .136 .136 .273
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1949-9-4.05
1951-8-3.96
 Wins
1949-3-21
1950-9-18
1951-5-18
 Winning Pct
1949-5-.656
1950-2-.783
1951-5-.667
CAR-2-.688
 Saves
1952-4-11
1953-2-17
 Games Pitched
1952-8-71
 Games Started
1949-10-42
1951-8-40
Shutouts
1950-7-1
1951-8-1
 Hits Allowed
1949-10-312
 Homeruns Allowed
1949-7-33
1951-3-42
 Strikeouts
1949-10-121
1951-7-150
 Walks per 9IP
1949-2-2.0
1950-7-2.6
1951-6-2.7
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1951-10-4.9
WHiP
1949-1-1.26
1950-5-1.28
1951-4-1.27
 OAVG
1951-9-.252
 OOBP
1949-2-.308
1950-5-.309
1951-5-.309
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 56    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Dave Ford (944)
  2. Connie Johnson (936)
  3. Lew Krausse (935)
  4. Larry Jansen (933)
  5. Oil Can Boyd (933)
  6. Chris Short (929)
  7. Ossie Orwoll (928)
  8. Guy Hoffman (928)
  9. Spud Chandler (926)
  10. Eddie Smith (924)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Pete Richert (995)
  2. Larry Jansen (994)
  3. Jim Perry (990)
  4. Tim McNamara (989)
  5. Harry Gumbert (989)
  6. Clint Brown (989)
  7. Bob Lemon (988)
  8. Randy Gumpert (986)
  9. Jim Maloney (984)
  10. George Winn (981)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by Detroit in 1949
Earned first career win on 4/3/1949
Had first career hit on 4/7/1949, off Cliff Melton (STL)
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1949, going 21-11, 4.05 ERA
Injured on 5/13/1950 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 8 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1951, winning 2 games with a 2.81 ERA
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won World Series with Detroit in 1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,600,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,600,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Injured on 5/17/1953 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 5/9/1954 with a Spasms Back, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/2/1955 to a 2-year deal worth $520,000 per year
 
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