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Babe Birrer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: July 4, 1929 in Buffalo, NY us

Died: November 19, 2013 in Clarence, NY

Buried: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, NY

High School: Kensington HS (Buffalo, NY)

School: University at Buffalo, State University of New York (Buffalo, NY)

Debut: June 5, 1955 (Age 25-336d, 11,256th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 24, 1958 (Age 29-082d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Werner Joseph Birrer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

4.36

119.2

WHIP

1.387

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-23 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 13

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	48	Jun 5(2)	DET		BAL	L,5-6	4-4		99	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	9.00	8.37	6	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.057	1.65	-0.07%	-0.51	4t --- 0 out d2	4t 3 out d3
2	2	49	Jun 6	DET		NYY	L,5-7	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	5.37	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.014	.50	0.02%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
3	3	54	Jun 11	DET		BOS	W,7-5	2-GF	W(1-0)	4	8.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.80	2.27	30	8	10	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.464	1.52	0.45%	2.90	2t --- 0 out d4	9t end a 2
4	4	56	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	2.28	4	0	3	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.085	2.80	0.11%	-0.52	9b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 2
5	5	61	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.75	3.87	7	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.026	.13	-0.02%	-2.46	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 6
6	6	62	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-7	5-7		0	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	3.63	10	4	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.006	.04	0.00%	1.63	5b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d7
7	7	65	Jun 26(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	9-9		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.61	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.192	1.72	-0.10%	-0.45	9b --- 0 out tie	9b --3 1 out tie
8	8	66	Jun 26(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	6-7		-1	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.60	3.81	9	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.02	0.00%	0.96	6b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	70	Jul 1(1)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	GS-2	L(1-1)	4	2.0	3	3	3	1	0	2	0	3.72	5.16	10	2	4	0	0	3	37			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.203	.94	-0.17%	-2.00	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
10	10	71	Jul 1(2)	DET	@	KCA	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	5.02	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.22	0.01%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
11	11	72	Jul 2	DET	@	KCA	L,10-11	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.90	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.106	1.59	0.06%	0.50	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
12	12	73	Jul 3	DET	@	KCA	L,8-9	9-13		0	5.0	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.73	4.30	20	5	8	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.47	0.246	1.74	0.10%	1.49	9b --- 0 out tie	13b 3 out tie
13	13	75	Jul 4(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	7-7		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	4.30	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.052	.45	-0.02%	-0.87	7b --3 2 out d2	7b 1-- 2 out d3
14	14	77	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,1-12	2-6		2	4.0	6	6	6	2	0	1	0	4.15	4.67	20	2	10	3	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	.62	-0.054	.44	-0.02%	-3.11	2t 12- 2 out d2	6t 1-3 2 out d7
15	15	78	Jul 8	DET		KCA	W,11-8	9-9	H(1)	0	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.65	4.63	4	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.000	.90	0.00%	0.06	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 12- 2 out a2
16	16	80	Jul 10(1)	DET		KCA	L,5-9	5-5		1	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.06	4.55	6	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.057	.08	-0.01%	-1.51	5t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d6
17	17	83	Jul 14(2)	DET		BOS	L,3-7	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.76	4.48	8	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.011	.06	0.00%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
18	18	86	Jul 17	DET		NYY	W,6-5	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.63	4.42	4	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.056	.48	0.02%	0.87	7t 1-- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
19	19	87	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,12-4	6-GF	S(2)	1	4.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.15	4.26	18	7	4	2	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.59	0.229	.30	0.07%	2.57	6t -2- 0 out a1	9t end a 8
20	20	92	Jul 24(1)	DET		WSH	W,7-3	9-GF	S(3)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.12	4.20	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.036	1.18	0.02%	0.76	9t 123 2 out a4	9t end a 4
21	21	94	Jul 26(1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-6	6-GF(12)	BW(2-1)	1	6.1	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.94	3.86	23	10	7	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.206	1.26	0.09%	1.48	6b 123 2 out a1	12b end a 2
22	22	100	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	10	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.62	3.92	37	12	13	3	0	9	58			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.39	0.317	1.38	0.19%	2.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	23	103	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	W,13-10	6-8	BS(2)	2	1.2	2	3	2	3	0	0	0	3.83	4.04	11	5	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.44	-0.504	1.51	-0.19%	-3.45	6b 1-3 2 out a3	8b 12- 1 out a1
24	24	105	Aug 4	DET	@	WSH	L,6-9	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.81	4.03	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.006	.22	0.00%	0.48	8b 1-3 2 out d3	8b end d 3
25	25	106	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.68	3.94	9	4	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.018	.17	0.01%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
26	26	109	Aug 7(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	L(3-2)	1	2.2	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.67	3.98	9	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.122	3.24	-0.14%	0.38	8b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
27	27	113	Aug 12	DET		CHW	L,1-2	8-GF		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.55	3.98	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.01	0.087	.44	0.02%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
28	28	114	Aug 13	DET		CHW	W,9-8	8-8	BS(3)	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.78	4.12	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.453	.42	-0.06%	-1.51	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out d1
29	29	117	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,9-5	5-GF	W(4-2)	3	5.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.50	3.95	18	2	9	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.229	.13	0.02%	2.44	5t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 4
30	30	120	Aug 20	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8	5-7		2	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.61	3.93	14	5	5	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.19	0.033	.07	0.00%	-0.48	5b 12- 0 out a3	7b 3 out a1
31	31	126	Aug 25(2)	DET		BOS	L,4-6	GS-3	L(4-3)	4	3.0	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.94	4.09	16	4	4	2	0	5	32			0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.11	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-2.54	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
32	32	130	Aug 29(2)	DET		BAL	L,3-4	7-7	BS(4)	3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.94	4.09	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.67	-0.351	.00	0.00%	-1.73	7t 123 2 out a1	7t 1-3 2 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	33	133	Sep 2	DET	@	KCA	L,6-7	5-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.93	4.06	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.77	5b 123 2 out d5	5b 3 out d5
34	34	139	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	3-4		5	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.96	4.06	7	2	2	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.50	3b 12- 1 out d3	4b 3 out d3
35	35	145	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.02	4.22	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
36	36	153	Sep 24(2)	DET		CLE	L,0-7	8-GF		9	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.15	4.21	8	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.03	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 7
							13-23		W-L:4-3,Sv:3,BSv:4,Hld:1	2.2	80.1	78	39	37	29	28	9	0	4.15	4.21	343	0.94		7%	0%	73	42	27	30%	0	0	0	310	13	3	4	7	2	5	1.11	-0.179	.83	0.40%	1.93

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