Literary birthday greetings: Bill Werber

June 20, 2011 · 1 comment

Werber, who died in 2009 at the age of 100, was the last link to the 1927 NY Yankees, having spent a week on their bench while a freshman attending Duke. He played for five teams over 11 seasons, leading the Al in runs once and stolen bases three times.

The Society for American Baseball Research published his Memories of a Ballplayer: Bill Werber and Baseball in the 1930s in 2001.

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1 BaseballinDC June 20, 2011 at 5:35 pm

Werber’s memoirs are exceptionally good btw.  Well written anecdotes from a very neglected period in baseball history.

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