Batting average .278 Role Baseball player Name Julie Wera | RBIs 10 Home Runs 1 | |
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Died December 12, 1975, Rochester, Minnesota, United States | ||
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Julian Valentine Wera (February 9, 1902 in Winona, Minnesota – December 12, 1975 in Rochester, Minnesota) was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the New York Yankees. He joined the Yankees in 1927 where he was a reserve on the famed Murderer's Row team that won the World Series. He also played briefly on the 1929 Yankee team. He played a total of 43 games for the Yankees in his two-year career, finishing his career with a batting average of .278 and one home run.
After his career finished, Wera became a butcher for a Piggly Wiggly in Rochester, Minnesota.
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