Billy Werber
William Murray Werber
 
 
Born: June 20, 1908 in Berwyn, MD
Died: January 22, 2009 - 100 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'10" Wt: 170
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
Links:
Player Pages
  
Biographical
   Photos
Baseball-Reference Baseball-Almanac Wikipedia SABR Baseball Index Google Photos / +baseball Getty / Corbis
Retrosheet The Baseball Page BR Bullpen SABR BioProject Yahoo Photos / +baseball Alta Vista / Imagery
Notes:
- High School: McKinley (Berwyn, MD)
- College/Univ: Duke University (1928-1930)

Transactions

Date        
WAR
Transaction
5
12
1933
24.5
Purchased
NYA
BOS
-0.0
24.9
9.7
12
9
1936
27.5
Traded
BOS
PHA
9.6
15.3
5.0
3
16
1939
30.5
Purchased
PHA
CIN
14.6
10.3
9.5
12
10
1941
32.5
Purchased
CIN
NY1
24.1
0.9
0.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Trades

12 / 9 / 1936
Traded to Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox Receive
       
Wins Above Replacement
Player
Pos
From
3B
PHA
26.5
12.9
14.8
3.5
1.5
Totals      
12.9
14.8
3.5
1.5
Philadelphia Athletics Receive
       
Wins Above Replacement
Player
Pos
From
3B
BOS
27.5
9.6
15.3
5.0
3.2
Totals      
9.6
15.3
5.0
3.2
Team Analysis
WAR After Trade WAR First Year
Tm
  
14.8
15.3
0.4
 
1.5
3.2
1.7
15.3
14.8
-0.4
 
3.2
1.5
-1.7

Any questions, comments, suggestions?? Please contact the webmaster at BaseballGauge@gmail.com

The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James