Last remaining teammate of Babe Ruth, and 1940 World Series winner, Bill Werber has died

He had just turned 100 years years old, and was recently moved to an assisted living center.
Bill Werber had died of natural causes.
He was one of the great all round players of his, during a time when Babe Ruth was the only player to hit a massive amount of home runs, Werber held his own becoming an consistent hitter and steady glove at third base for the Red Sox, A's (then in Philadelphia) and Cincinnati Reds who he played in two World Series for in 1939 and 1940.

He really is the last player of one of the greatest generations in baseball history...
Her played alongside not only Babe Ruth, but also Lou Gehrig, Earl Combs, Tony Lazzeri, Lefty Gomez, Lloyd Waner, Red Ruffing, Lefty Grove, Harry Craft, Bucky Walters, and Jimmie Foxx.
He played for even more legendary managers like Casey Stengel, Joe McCarthy, Joe Cronin, and even the great immortal Connie Mack.
He led the American League in stolen bases three times in 1934, 1935, and 1937 and led the National League in runs in 1939!
It was actually because of a hard fought contract dispute with the fiery owner/manager Mack, that Werber found himself being sold to the Cincinnati Reds where he did get a chance to finally win a World Series championship in 1940.

Bill Werber was the leadoff hitter of the first televised baseball game in 1939 as a Cincinnati Red in a game at Ebbets Field where Red Barber called the play by play.

After baseball, Werber struck it rich selling life insurance for his father's company.

During his 11 year career in baseball, Werber made nothing more than $13,000 in any season yet in his first year selling life insurance made $100,000.
Times sure have were different back then when they were now... (I mean how can Carlos Silva get $10 million a season to go 4-15 with an ERA of 6.46???)

Not too long ago, the New York Times did a feature piece on the 100 year old legend with a million stories...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/sports/baseball/15oldest.html?_r=1&partner...

“Babe Ruth hit a home run and I wanted to show them how fast I could run,” Werber said of being driven in by Ruth after drawing a walk in his first major league plate appearance in 1930 with the Yankees. “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.’ ”

Werber occasionally writes to Commissioner Bud Selig. Werber has told Selig he does not think women should sing the national anthem, that games today take too long and that he is disgusted with the long hair on modern players.

Baseball truly lost a real gem and the last remaining link to one of the greatest generations of ballplayers in history...