Julian Valentine "Julie" Wera (born Werra; February 9, 1902 – December 12, 1975) was an American professional baseball third baseman who played for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball during the 1927 and 1929 seasons.
Julian Valentine Werra was born on February 9, 1902, to John and Anna Werra, who immigrated to the United States from Prussia in the Kashubian diaspora in 1893 and settled in Winona, Minnesota. He was the sixth of their nine surviving children, and dropped out of school to work in a meatpacking plant. Wera changed the spelling of his name when he began his professional career.
Wera began playing sandlot baseball, and joined Winona's top amateur team in 1921, when he was 19 years old. He moved to Wausau, Wisconsin, in May 1924, to play semi-professional baseball. Wera made his professional baseball debut for the St. Paul Saints of the American Association in September. St. Paul optioned Wera to the Peoria Tractors of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in 1925, and he played for the Saints in 1926.

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