Bill Werle
1949–1954 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
185G
.176AVG
.234OBP
.216SLG
More career statistics
35H
0HR
8RBI
0SB
29–39W–L
665.1IP
283K
4.69ERA
60GS
15SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 199 | 198 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 50 | 51 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 219 | 218 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,906 | 2,905 |
| Pitching · p er | 347 | 352 |
| Pitching · p h | 770 | 767 |
| Pitching · p hr | 80 | 81 |
| Pitching · p k | 283 | 286 |
| Pitching · p r | 390 | 389 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185 | 219 | 199 | 13 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | .176 | .234 | .216 | .450 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 665.3 | 185 | 60 | 18 | 29 | 39 | 15 | 770 | 390 | 347 | 80 | 194 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 4.69 | 1.449 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1950-07-06 to 1950-07-19
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1950-08-27 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1950-06-23 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1950-07-19 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 99 | 121 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 29 | .202 | .256 | .275 |
| Away | 86 | 97 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 22 | .146 | .196 | .146 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .214 | .250 | .214 |
| May | 47 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | .167 | .342 | .233 |
| June | 43 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .200 | .222 | .200 |
| July | 29 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .146 | .186 | .195 |
| August | 24 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | .213 | .213 | .298 |
| September | 21 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .138 | .194 | .138 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 30 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .280 | .333 | .320 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 29 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .108 | .214 | .135 |
| cincinnati-reds | 25 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .184 | .190 | .211 |
| boston-braves | 22 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .179 | .226 | .250 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 20 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .130 | .192 | .130 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 19 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .143 | .182 | .143 |
| chicago-cubs | 19 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .316 | .316 | .474 |
| new-york-yankees | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 77 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .117 | 221 | 106 |
| 1950 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 48 | 66 | 13 | – | – | – | .197 | 215 | 79 |
| 1951 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 59 | 40 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .300 | 149 | 57 |
| 1952 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | 43 | 25 |
| 1953 |  Boston Red Sox | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 4 |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 14 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 24 | 15 |