Bill Werle Notable

b. December 21, 1920 · Pittsburgh Pirates 1949–1952, St. Louis Cardinals 1952, Boston Red Sox 1953–1954

Bill Werle played for three clubs across six seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1949 and closing with the Boston Red Sox in 1954.

He went 29 and 39 with a 4.69 earned run average, pitching 665.3 innings in 185 games. He struck out 283 and threw 2 shutouts. Across 185 games he batted .176, with 35 hits and 13 runs. He finished with 6 doubles.

He was born in Oakland, CA, USA on December 21, 1920, and died on November 27, 2010. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1949	PIT	35	77	3	9	1	0	2	5	11	.117
1950	PIT	48	67	4	13	1	1	0	6	22	.194
1951	PIT	59	40	5	12	4	0	6	2	13	.300
1952	PIT/STL	24	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.111
1953	BOS	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1954	BOS	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Career	—	185	199	13	35	6	1	8	15	50	.176

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1949	PIT	12	13	35	29	0	221.0	243	104	51	106	4.24
1950	PIT	8	16	48	22	8	215.1	249	110	65	78	4.60
1951	PIT	8	6	59	9	6	149.2	181	94	51	57	5.65
1952	PIT/STL	1	2	24	0	1	43.0	49	25	16	24	5.23
1953	BOS	0	1	5	0	0	11.2	7	2	1	4	1.54
1954	BOS	0	1	14	0	0	24.2	41	12	10	14	4.38
Career	—	29	39	185	60	15	665.1	770	347	194	283	4.69

On this day & linked events

1920

Born December 21, 1920

Oakland, CA, USA

2010

Died November 27, 2010

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain