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Bill Zuber
William Henry Zuber (Goober)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 16, 1936
Final Game September 23, 1947
Born March 26, 1913 in Middle Amana, IA
Died November 2, 1982 in Cedar Rapids, IA

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1936 23 CLE AL   1   1   2   2   1   0   0  0   13.7   14   11   10   0   15    5   0   0    67       0  6.59  5.14   78 2.122
 1938 25 CLE AL   0   3  15   0   0   0   6  1   28.7   33   18   16   0   20   14   0   1   134       0  5.02  4.65   92 1.849
 1939 26 CLE AL   2   0  16   1   0   0  10  0   31.7   41   24   21   2   19   16   1   0   152       0  5.97  4.39   74 1.895
 1940 27 CLE AL   1   1  17   0   0   0   9  0   24.0   25   17   15   3   14   12   0   0   112       0  5.63  4.20   75 1.625
 1941 28 WSH AL   6   4  36   7   1   0  19  2   96.3  110   63   58   5   61   51   2   5   446       0  5.42  4.06   75 1.775
 1942 29 WSH AL   9   9  37   7   3   1  19  1  126.7  115   66   54   5   82   64   0   5   568       1  3.84  3.66   95 1.555
 1943 30 NYY AL   8   4  20  13   7   0   2  1  118.0  100   54   51   3   74   57   0   2   512       0  3.89  3.23   83 1.475
 1944 31 NYY AL   5   7  22  13   2   1   5  0  107.0  101   54   50   5   54   59   1   3   458       0  4.21  3.50   83 1.449
 1945 32 NYY AL   5  11  21  14   7   0   5  1  127.0  121   50   45   2   56   50   0   5   529       0  3.19  3.47  109 1.394
 1946 33 TOT AL   5   2  18   7   2   1   7  0   62.3   47   29   24   6   42   32   0   3   268       0  3.47  3.66  106 1.428
         NYY AL   0   1   3   0   0   0   1  0    5.7   10    9    8   2    3    3   0   1    29       0 12.71  3.47   27 2.294
         BOS AL   5   1  15   7   2   1   6  0   56.7   37   20   16   4   39   29   0   2   239       0  2.54  3.68  145 1.341
 1947 34 BOS AL   1   0  20   1   0   0   8  0   50.7   60   32   30   4   31   23   0   4   230       0  5.33  3.89   73 1.796
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .506  43  42 224  65  23   3  90  6  786.0  767  418  374  35  468  383   4  28  3476       1  4.28  3.71   87 1.571
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   9  52  15   5   0  21  1  184.7  180   98   88   8  110   90   0   6   817   0   0  4.28  3.71   87 1.571
 Career High      9  11  37  14   7   1  19  2  127.0  121   66   58   6   82   64   2   5   568   0   1  3.19  4.06  109 1.394

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 23 CLE AL   2    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200   -2    1   0           0    
 1938 25 CLE AL  15    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0    
 1939 26 CLE AL  16    5    0    1   0  1   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .600  100    3   0           0   0
 1940 27 CLE AL  17    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   76    1   0           0   0
 1941 28 WSH AL  36   26    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .000  .037  .000  -89    0   2           0   0
 1942 29 WSH AL  37   39    5    6   3  1   0    3   0  0   1   7  .154  .175  .282   28   11   3           0   2
 1943 30 NYY AL  20   38    1    7   1  2   0    2   0  0   4  14  .184  .262  .316   68   12   5           0   2
 1944 31 NYY AL  22   31    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  10  .129  .129  .129  -27    4   4           0   1
 1945 32 NYY AL  21   42    1    7   0  1   0    3   0  0   1  13  .167  .186  .214   14    9   2           0   1
 1946 33 TOT AL  18   20    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   7  .100  .143  .100  -33    2   1           0   0
         NYY AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         BOS AL  15   18    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   6  .111  .158  .111  -26    2   1           0   0
 1947 34 BOS AL  20   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .154  .267  .154   15    2   2           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     224  229   10   31   4  5   0   11   0  0  10  66  .135  .172  .197    2   45  20   0   0   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        166    7   22   3  4   0    8   0  0   7  48  .135  .172  .197    2   33  14   0   0   0   6
 Career High     37   42    5    7   3  2   0    3   0  0   4  14                          12   5   0   0   0   2

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 23 CLE AL    5    4    0   0.0   124| .200  .302| .200  .379| .200  .444| .400  .823|  -2  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1938 25 CLE AL    8    8    0   0.0   116| .000  .288| .000  .366| .000  .429| .000  .795|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1939 26 CLE AL    5    4    1   6.6   111| .200  .283| .200  .357| .600  .418| .800  .775| 100  .620  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1940 27 CLE AL    3    2    0   0.0   108| .333  .275| .333  .348| .333  .418| .666  .766|  76  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1941 28 WSH AL   29   28    0   0.0   102| .000  .269| .037  .345| .000  .397| .037  .742| -89  .000  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 1942 29 WSH AL   43   38    2   1.4    94| .154  .265| .175  .339| .282  .370| .457  .709|  28  .123  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1943 30 NYY AL   47   38    3   2.2    88| .184  .257| .262  .332| .316  .355| .578  .687|  68  .261  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1944 31 NYY AL   35   32    1   0.8    94| .129  .271| .129  .339| .129  .371| .258  .710| -27  .055  -5.3  -0.6   0%
 1945 32 NYY AL   45   38    2   1.4    92| .167  .267| .186  .340| .214  .363| .400  .704|  14  .136  -5.1  -0.6   0%
 1946 33 TOT AL   22   19    0   0.0   100| .100  .270| .143  .345| .100  .388| .243  .733| -33  .000  -3.7  -0.4   0%
         NYY AL    2    2    0   0.0    97| .000  .265| .000  .340| .000  .381| .000  .720|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         BOS AL   20   17    0   0.0   101| .111  .270| .158  .346| .111  .389| .269  .735| -26  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1947 34 BOS AL   17   15    1   1.8   102| .154  .270| .267  .352| .154  .389| .421  .741|  15  .174  -1.5  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      259  226   10   1.2    96| .135  .268| .172  .342| .197  .377| .369  .719|   2  .092 -31.9  -3.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1936 23 CLE AL   P    2      0    2    0    1 1.000  .952  1.00  1.05  1.31  1.97    2   13.7
 1938 25 CLE AL   P   15      2    3    1    1  .833  .943  0.33  1.12  1.57  2.10    0   28.7
 1939 26 CLE AL   P   16      0    9    0    1 1.000  .947  0.56  0.98  2.56  1.93    1   31.7
 1940 27 CLE AL   P   17      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.18  1.05  1.12  2.02    0   24.0
 1941 28 WSH AL   P   36      5   10    1    0  .938  .962  0.42  1.16  1.40  2.14    7   96.3
 1942 29 WSH AL   P   37      6   11    1    3  .944  .955  0.46  1.30  1.21  2.31    7  126.7
 1943 30 NYY AL   P   20      1   18    0    1 1.000  .964  0.95  1.27  1.45  2.27   13  118.0
 1944 31 NYY AL   P   22      6   16    1    0  .957  .961  1.00  1.14  1.85  2.09   13  107.0
 1945 32 NYY AL   P   21      3   19    1    2  .957  .957  1.05  1.28  1.56  2.24   14  127.0
 1946 33 TOT AL   P   18      3   10    0    0 1.000  .949  0.72  1.01  1.88  2.02    7   62.4
         NYY AL   P    3      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00  0.00  2.05    0    5.7
         BOS AL   P   15      3   10    0    0 1.000  .949  0.87  1.01  2.06  2.02    7   56.7
 1947 34 BOS AL   P   20      2    7    0    0 1.000  .957  0.45  0.95  1.60  1.92    1   50.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1936 23 CLE AL   P    2      0    2    0    1 1.000  .952  1.00  1.05  1.31  1.97    2   13.7
 1938 25 CLE AL   P   15      2    3    1    1  .833  .943  0.33  1.12  1.57  2.10    0   28.7
 1939 26 CLE AL   P   16      0    9    0    1 1.000  .947  0.56  0.98  2.56  1.93    1   31.7
 1940 27 CLE AL   P   17      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.18  1.05  1.12  2.02    0   24.0
 1941 28 WSH AL   P   36      5   10    1    0  .938  .962  0.42  1.16  1.40  2.14    7   96.3
 1942 29 WSH AL   P   37      6   11    1    3  .944  .955  0.46  1.30  1.21  2.31    7  126.7
 1943 30 NYY AL   P   20      1   18    0    1 1.000  .964  0.95  1.27  1.45  2.27   13  118.0
 1944 31 NYY AL   P   22      6   16    1    0  .957  .961  1.00  1.14  1.85  2.09   13  107.0
 1945 32 NYY AL   P   21      3   19    1    2  .957  .957  1.05  1.28  1.56  2.24   14  127.0
 1946 33 TOT AL   P   18      3   10    0    0 1.000  .949  0.72  1.01  1.88  2.02    7   62.4
         NYY AL   P    3      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00  0.00  2.05    0    5.7
         BOS AL   P   15      3   10    0    0 1.000  .949  0.87  1.01  2.06  2.02    7   56.7
 1947 34 BOS AL   P   20      2    7    0    0 1.000  .957  0.45  0.95  1.60  1.92    1   50.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 224     29  107    5    9  .965  .957  0.61  1.15  1.56  2.16   65  786.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       224     29  107    5    9  .965  .957  0.61  1.15  1.56  2.16   65    786

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   1   0   4.50  0  0  0  0   2     3   1   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1941 AL-36-7
1942 AL-37-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1943 AL-74-8

Wild Pitches
1942 AL-5-6
1945 AL-5-6

Games Finished
1941 AL-19-7
1942 AL-19-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2419) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1469) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1835) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
April 21, 1941: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Cleveland Indians.
January 29, 1943: Traded by the Washington Senators with cash to the New York Yankees for Jerry Priddy and Milo Candini.
June 18, 1946: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the New York Yankees.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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