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Wally Berger

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Full name Walter Anton Berger
Born October 10, 1905, Chicago, Illinois
Died November 30, 1988, Redondo Beach, California
Buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California (Parkview Plot- Lot 9- Grave J)
First Game: April 15, 1930; Final Game: July 4, 1940
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 198
Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1933)
SABR Biography

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Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1930 BOS N Daily Splits 151 555 98 172 27 14 38 119 54 7 69 4 0 12 0 8 8 3 4 .310 .368 .614 2.0 1930 BOS N 1931 BOS N Daily Splits 156 617 94 199 44 8 19 84 55 6 70 2 4 0 11 12 13 8 .323 .380 .512 3.6 1931 BOS N 1932 BOS N Daily Splits 145 602 90 185 34 6 17 73 33 3 66 3 1 0 23 12 5 9 .307 .346 .468 0.9 1932 BOS N 1933 BOS N Daily Splits 137 528 84 165 37 8 27 106 41 7 77 3 2 0 12 6 2 3 .313 .365 .566 4.5 1933 BOS N 1934 BOS N Daily Splits 150 615 92 183 35 8 34 121 49 7 65 3 1 0 19 14 2 2 .298 .352 .546 2.7 1934 BOS N 1935 BOS N Daily Splits 150 589 91 174 39 4 34 130 50 6 80 4 1 0 16 14 3 2 .295 .355 .548 4.1 1935 BOS N 1936 BOS N Daily Splits 138 534 88 154 23 3 25 91 53 7 84 8 0 0 14 13 1 7 .288 .361 .483 1.9 1936 BOS N 1937 BOS N Daily Splits 30 113 14 31 9 1 5 22 11 0 33 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 .274 .344 .504 0.2 1937 BOS N 1937 NY N Daily Splits 59 199 40 58 11 2 12 43 18 0 30 3 1 0 8 5 3 3 .291 .359 .548 0.8 1937 NY N 1937 TOT N 89 312 54 89 20 3 17 65 29 0 63 4 2 0 10 6 3 4 .285 .354 .532 1.0 1937 TOT N 1938 NY N Daily Splits 16 32 5 6 0 0 0 4 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .235 .188 -0.2 1938 NY N 1938 CIN N Daily Splits 99 407 74 125 23 4 16 56 29 0 44 2 0 0 12 9 2 0 .307 .356 .501 0.9 1938 CIN N 1938 TOT N 115 439 79 131 23 4 16 60 31 1 48 2 0 0 12 9 2 0 .298 .347 .478 0.7 1938 TOT N 1939 CIN N Daily Splits 97 329 36 85 15 1 14 44 36 2 63 5 2 2 0 6 6 1 2 .258 .339 .438 -0.9 1939 CIN N 1940 CIN N Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 1940 CIN N 1940 PHI N Daily Splits 20 41 3 13 2 0 1 5 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .317 .378 .439 0.0 1940 PHI N 1940 TOT N 22 43 3 13 2 0 1 5 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .302 .362 .419 -0.1 1940 TOT N Total (11 Years) Splits 1350 5163 809 1550 299 59 242 898 435 46 693 38 13 14 0 131 101 36 41 .300 .358 .522 20.4 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1937 NY N Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1937 NY N 1939 CIN N Daily Splits 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1939 CIN N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1933 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1933 NL 1934 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1934 NL 1935 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1935 NL Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1930 BOS N Daily Splits OF 145 145 143 1272.1 307 10 11 3 0 .966 145 0 0 1930 BOS N LF 145 145 143 1272.1 306 10 11 4 0 .966 1931 BOS N Daily Splits OF 156 156 155 1378.2 457 16 11 5 0 .977 0 156 0 1931 BOS N CF 156 156 155 1378.2 456 15 11 5 0 .977 1931 BOS N 1B 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1932 BOS N Daily Splits OF 134 133 130 1211 396 10 3 3 0 .993 0 134 0 1932 BOS N CF 134 133 130 1211 397 10 3 3 0 .993 1932 BOS N 1B 11 10 10 89.2 102 4 0 7 0 1.000 1933 BOS N Daily Splits OF 136 136 135 1218.1 382 6 9 4 0 .977 0 136 0 1933 BOS N CF 136 136 135 1218.1 385 6 9 4 0 .978 1934 BOS N Daily Splits OF 150 150 150 1342 385 9 9 2 0 .978 0 150 0 1934 BOS N CF 150 150 150 1342 387 8 9 2 0 .978 1935 BOS N Daily Splits OF 149 149 140 1279 458 8 17 1 0 .965 0 149 0 1935 BOS N CF 149 149 140 1279 456 8 17 1 0 .965 1936 BOS N Daily Splits OF 133 133 131 1192.2 384 10 14 1 0 .966 0 133 0 1936 BOS N CF 133 133 131 1192.2 380 10 15 2 0 .963 1937 BOS N Daily Splits OF 28 28 27 244 51 1 0 0 0 1.000 28 0 0 1937 BOS N LF 28 28 27 244 48 1 0 1 0 1.000 1937 NY N Daily Splits OF 52 50 31 415.1 107 4 4 0 0 .965 2 45 5 1937 NY N CF 45 44 28 371.1 96 1 4 0 0 .960 1937 NY N RF 5 5 2 32 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1937 NY N LF 2 1 1 12 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1937 TOT N LF 30 29 28 256 50 1 0 1 0 1.000 1937 TOT N OF 80 78 58 659.1 158 5 4 0 0 .976 30 45 5 1938 NY N Daily Splits OF 9 7 7 65.2 29 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 1 1938 NY N CF 8 7 7 64.2 28 0 0 0 0 1.000 1938 NY N RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1938 CIN N Daily Splits OF 98 95 94 866.2 192 7 7 2 0 .966 98 0 0 1938 CIN N LF 98 95 94 866.2 192 8 7 3 0 .966 1938 TOT N OF 107 102 101 932.1 221 7 7 2 0 .970 98 8 1 1939 CIN N Daily Splits OF 95 89 77 790.2 158 6 5 0 0 .970 69 26 0 1939 CIN N LF 69 67 58 586.1 110 6 2 0 0 .983 1939 CIN N CF 26 22 19 204.1 53 0 3 0 0 .946 1940 PHI N Daily Splits OF 11 8 7 82 18 0 1 0 0 .947 5 1 5 1940 PHI N RF 5 4 3 40 9 0 1 0 0 .900 1940 PHI N LF 5 4 4 36 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 1940 PHI N CF 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 - 1940 PHI N 1B 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total (11 Years) Splits OF 1296 1279 1227 11358.1 3324 87 91 21 0 .974 347 938 11 Total (10 Years) CF 938 930 895 8268 2638 58 71 17 0 .974 Total ( 5 Years) LF 347 340 327 3017.1 664 25 20 8 0 .972 Total ( 3 Years) 1B 13 10 10 91.2 106 4 0 7 0 1.000 Total ( 3 Years) RF 11 9 5 73 18 2 1 0 0 .952 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1939 CIN N Daily Splits OF 4 4 3 35.1 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 4 1 0 1939 CIN N LF 4 4 3 29.1 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1939 CIN N CF 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) Splits OF 4 4 3 35.1 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 4 1 0 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 4 4 3 29.1 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) CF 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1933 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 1933 NL CF 1 1 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1934 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 1 0 1934 NL CF 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .000 1935 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 1935 NL CF 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 3 Years) Splits OF 3 3 1 19 4 0 1 0 0 .800 0 3 0 Total ( 3 Years) CF 3 3 1 19 4 0 1 0 0 .800 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

Transaction Information

Traded by Los Angeles (PCL) to Boston Braves in exchange for George Harper, Art Delaney and cash (November 14, 1929).

Traded by Boston Bees to New York Giants in exchange for Frank Gabler and $35000 (June 15, 1937).

Traded by New York Giants to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Alex Kampouris (June 6, 1938).

Released by Cincinnati Reds (May 10, 1940).

Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (May 15, 1940).

Released by Philadelphia Phillies (July 5, 1940).

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