Bill Werber Trades and Transactions

The Bill Werber trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Bill Werber has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Babe Ruth hit a home run and I wanted to show them how fast I could run (the bases). So I get into the dugout, and - finally - Babe got into the dugout. He patted me on the head and said, 'Son, you don't have to run like that when the Babe hits one.'" - Bill Werber (AP Wire, 01/22/2009)

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Bill Werber

Bill Werber Autograph on a 1985 Goudey Reprint (#283)

Bill Werber Autograph on a 1985 Goudey Reprint (#283)
 

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Birth Name:   William Murray Werber
Nickname:   Bill or Billy
Born On:   06-20-1908  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Berwyn, Maryland
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-22-2009
Place of Death Data Died In:   Charlotte, North Carolina
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   McKinley High School (Berwyn, MD)
College:   Duke University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   06-25-1930 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-05-1942
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bill Werber

Trades & Transactions

05-12-1933: Sold by New York Yankees (with George Pipgras) to Boston Red Sox for $100000.
12-09-1936: Traded by Boston Red Sox to Philadelphia Athletics for Pinky Higgins.
03-16-1939: Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Cincinnati Reds.
12-10-1941: Sold by Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Bill Werber trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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