Werle pitched for Modesto Junior College in the spring of 1941. In an 8–7 loss to Compton Junior College he ceded 14 hits, but it was an unearned run which caused his defeat. He pitched a\n', 'complete game. In March 1942 Werle held the University of Southern California baseball team to eight hits in a key California Intercollegiate Baseball Association contest. The University of California won 10–5. One of the hits he gave up was a solo homer to\n', 'Cal Barnes in the ninth inning. Playing for the Stockton, California, All-Stars, Werle shut out the McClellan Field Commandos, 7–0, in May 1943.\n', '

In a benefit game for Hammond General Hospital in Modesto, California, Werle was one of three San Francisco Seals pitchers to face Sergeant Joe DiMaggio. Stationed at the Santa Ana, California, Army Air Base, Dimaggio did not reach safely in four at bats.\n', '

In February 1945 Werle was inducted into the U.S. Army. He had been employed in a Stockton war plant. He was married and had one child. Following World War II Werle again pitched for San Francisco. In a game versus the Sacramento Solons, in June 1946, he gave up 13 hits, including two home runs.\n', '

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