Billy Werber
1930–1942 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
1,296G
.271AVG
.364OBP
.392SLG
More career statistics
1,363H
78HR
539RBI
215SB
8Rare feats
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 · Caught stealing | 68 | 97 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 363 | 364 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,845 | 5,842 |
| Batting · Runs | 875 | 876 |
| Batting · RBI | 539 | 542 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 215 | 213 |
| Batting · Walks | 701 | 698 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,296 | 5,845 | 5,024 | 875 | 1,363 | 271 | 50 | 78 | 539 | 701 | 363 | 215 | 68 | 32 | 0 | 1,968 | .271 | .364 | .392 | .756 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1934-07-01 to 1934-07-15
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Four-Double Game | 1935-07-17 | 1 in 3,923 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1934-07-06 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1935-07-17 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 653 | 2906 | 706 | 34 | 272 | 365 | 174 | .285 | .369 | .406 |
| Away | 643 | 2936 | 657 | 44 | 270 | 333 | 190 | .258 | .337 | .377 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 106 | 474 | 123 | 2 | 38 | 54 | 30 | .295 | .373 | .386 |
| May | 220 | 1012 | 211 | 13 | 101 | 114 | 62 | .246 | .321 | .358 |
| June | 235 | 1043 | 232 | 14 | 92 | 130 | 72 | .258 | .347 | .374 |
| July | 249 | 1135 | 284 | 19 | 106 | 143 | 67 | .294 | .376 | .435 |
| August | 264 | 1174 | 287 | 17 | 115 | 132 | 73 | .281 | .357 | .406 |
| September | 216 | 978 | 217 | 13 | 88 | 122 | 59 | .258 | .347 | .376 |
| October | 6 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .391 | .462 | .522 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 121 | 536 | 145 | 3 | 44 | 60 | 29 | .311 | .382 | .414 |
| cleveland-guardians | 119 | 527 | 118 | 4 | 56 | 61 | 37 | .260 | .340 | .382 |
| st-louis-browns | 115 | 512 | 122 | 12 | 50 | 62 | 39 | .278 | .359 | .421 |
| chicago-white-sox | 115 | 521 | 113 | 12 | 63 | 58 | 36 | .251 | .328 | .424 |
| detroit-tigers | 114 | 500 | 125 | 9 | 63 | 62 | 32 | .296 | .374 | .430 |
| new-york-yankees | 110 | 477 | 108 | 5 | 43 | 72 | 34 | .269 | .377 | .408 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 77 | 352 | 81 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 26 | .260 | .327 | .333 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 76 | 361 | 87 | 7 | 40 | 42 | 10 | .283 | .357 | .423 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  New York Yankees | 4 | 14 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1933 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees | 112 | 427 | 110 | 3 | 40 | 15 | .258 | – | – |
| 1934 |  Boston Red Sox | 152 | 623 | 200 | 11 | 66 | 40 | .321 | – | – |
| 1935 | Boston Red Sox | 124 | 462 | 118 | 14 | 61 | 28 | .255 | – | – |
| 1936 | Boston Red Sox | 145 | 535 | 147 | 10 | 69 | 23 | .275 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 128 | 493 | 144 | 7 | 70 | 34 | .292 | – | – |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 134 | 499 | 129 | 11 | 69 | 19 | .259 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Cincinnati Reds | 147 | 599 | 173 | 5 | 57 | 15 | .289 | – | – |
| 1940 | Cincinnati Reds | 143 | 584 | 162 | 12 | 49 | 16 | .277 | – | – |
| 1941 | Cincinnati Reds | 109 | 418 | 100 | 4 | 46 | 14 | .239 | – | – |
| 1942 |  New York Giants | 98 | 370 | 76 | 1 | 13 | 9 | .205 | – | – |