Billy Werber stats
Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 1942
Bio
- Debut
- 1930
Bio
- Debut
- 1930
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,295
- AB
- 5,024
- R
- 875
- H
- 1,363
- HR
- 78
- RBI
- 539
- SB
- 215
- AVG
- .271
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | NYY | 4 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 |
| 1933 |  NYY/BOS | 111 | 427 | 64 | 110 | 3 | 39 | 15 | .258 |
| 1934 | BOS | 152 | 623 | 129 | 200 | 11 | 67 | 40 | .321 |
| 1935 | BOS | 124 | 462 | 84 | 118 | 14 | 61 | 29 | .255 |
| 1936 | BOS | 145 | 535 | 89 | 147 | 10 | 67 | 23 | .275 |
| 1937 | ATH | 128 | 493 | 85 | 144 | 7 | 70 | 35 | .292 |
| 1938 | ATH | 134 | 499 | 92 | 129 | 11 | 69 | 19 | .259 |
| 1939 | CIN | 147 | 599 | 115 | 173 | 5 | 57 | 15 | .289 |
| 1940 | CIN | 143 | 584 | 105 | 162 | 12 | 48 | 16 | .277 |
| 1941 | CIN | 109 | 418 | 56 | 100 | 4 | 46 | 14 | .239 |
| 1942 | SF | 98 | 370 | 51 | 76 | 1 | 13 | 9 | .205 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 11
- AB
- 43
- R
- 6
- H
- 14
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 4
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .326
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 5,845
- TB
- 1,968
- XBH
- 399
- HBP
- 32
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | NYY | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NYY/BOS | 473 | 161 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | BOS | 716 | 294 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | BOS | 549 | 196 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | BOS | 639 | 218 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | ATH | 576 | 204 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | ATH | 599 | 198 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CIN | 707 | 233 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CIN | 663 | 243 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CIN | 477 | 125 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | SF | 429 | 92 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 10.1
- RC
- 803.2
- RC/27
- 5.70
- ISOP
- .120
- SECA
- .289
- BB/K
- 1.93
- AB/HR
- 64.4
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | NYY | 0.0 | 2.1 | 5.7 | .000 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NYY/BOS | 0.0 | 54 | 4.4 | .119 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 142.3 | 0 |
| 1934 | BOS | 0.0 | 122.7 | 7.3 | .151 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 56.6 | 0 |
| 1935 | BOS | 0.0 | 79.3 | 5.9 | .169 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 33 | 0 |
| 1936 | BOS | 0.0 | 91.9 | 6 | .133 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 53.5 | 0 |
| 1937 | ATH | 0.0 | 87.4 | 6.4 | .122 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 70.4 | 0 |
| 1938 | ATH | 0.0 | 82 | 5.7 | .138 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 45.4 | 0 |
| 1939 | CIN | 3.5 | 103.5 | 6.4 | .100 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 119.8 | 0 |
| 1940 | CIN | 4.6 | 96.8 | 6.2 | .139 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 48.7 | 0 |
| 1941 | CIN | 1.3 | 49.3 | 4.1 | .060 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 104.5 | 0 |
| 1942 | SF | 0.7 | 34.9 | 3.2 | .043 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 370 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Billy Werber's career stats?
Billy Werber played 11 seasons for the Yankees, the Red Sox, the Athletics, the Reds and the Giants. He was a career .271 hitter with 1,363 hits, 78 home runs and 539 RBI. His best season was 1934: a .321 batting average, 11 home runs and 67 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1930 to 1942
Championships
- 1940 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds