Johnny Berardino

John Berardino (Bernie)

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 1, 1917 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Belmont HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1939
Teams (by GP): Browns/Indians/Pirates 1939-1952

Final Game: September 19, 1952
Died: May 19, 1996 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1939	SLB	AL	22	2B	114	114	110		683	315	339	29	67	.958		5.74	.965		5.56
1939	SLB	AL	22	3B	8	7	7		23	7	16	0	2	1.000		2.88	.943		3.15
1939	SLB	AL	22	SS	2	2	2		15	3	8	4	2	.733		5.50	.950		5.15
1940	SLB	AL	23	SS	112	112	111		624	250	336	38	83	.939		5.23	.949		4.85
1940	SLB	AL	23	2B	13	11	10		71	35	35	1	11	.986		5.38	.969		5.39
1940	SLB	AL	23	3B	9	9	9		43	12	28	3	2	.930		4.44	.937		3.21
1941	SLB	AL	24	SS	123	120	115		593	261	305	27	81	.954		4.60	.948		4.96
1941	SLB	AL	24	3B	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.950		3.30
1942	SLB	AL	25	3B	6	4	4		18	8	8	2	5	.889		2.67	.939		3.17
1942	SLB	AL	25	SS	6	4	4		20	10	9	1	2	.950		3.17	.949		5.02
1942	SLB	AL	25	1B	5	4	2		43	40	2	1	3	.977		8.40	.989		10.08
1942	SLB	AL	25	2B	4	2	2		20	7	13	0	3	1.000		5.00	.969		5.62
1946	SLB	AL	29	2B	143	141	137		811	374	414	23	96	.972		5.51	.970		5.54	MVP-25
1947	SLB	AL	30	2B	86	85	77		474	242	221	11	61	.977		5.38	.978		5.46
1948	CLE	AL	31	2B	20	13	12		86	39	46	1	11	.988		4.25	.976		5.62
1948	CLE	AL	31	1B	18	15	11		158	144	14	0	19	1.000		8.78	.991		9.69
1948	CLE	AL	31	SS	12	6	5		39	15	22	2	3	.949		3.08	.964		5.17
1948	CLE	AL	31	3B	3	2	2		4	1	3	0	1	1.000		1.33	.958		3.03
1949	CLE	AL	32	3B	25	20	18		62	19	39	4	3	.935		2.32	.960		3.15
1949	CLE	AL	32	2B	8	8	8		49	19	28	2	4	.959		5.88	.974		5.49
1949	CLE	AL	32	SS	3	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1.000		0.33	.960		5.17
1950	TOT	MLB	33	2B	37	34	29	313.2	207	91	109	7	29	.966	5.74	5.41	.974	5.66	5.59
1950	TOT	MLB	33	3B	4	3	2	23.0	12	3	9	0	0	1.000	4.70	3.00	.948	3.29	3.25
1950	CLE	AL	33	2B	1	1	1	8.0	10	7	3	0	1	1.000	11.25	10.00	.976	5.85	5.80
1950	CLE	AL	33	3B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		3.15	3.20
1950	PIT	NL	33	2B	36	33	28	305.2	197	84	106	7	28	.964	5.59	5.28	.974	5.65	5.59
1950	PIT	NL	33	3B	3	3	2	21.0	12	3	9	0	0	1.000	5.14	4.00	.948	3.30	3.27
1951	SLB	AL	34	3B	31	29	26	246.2	96	44	44	8	6	.917	3.21	2.84	.950	3.17	3.15
1951	SLB	AL	34	2B	2	0	0	9.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	4.00	2.00	.978	5.70	5.70
1951	SLB	AL	34	1B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	18.00	2.00	.990	9.90	9.70
1951	SLB	AL	34	LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.40
1951	SLB	AL	34	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.40
1952	TOT	MLB	35	2B	26	22	18	197.0	124	43	76	5	15	.960	5.44	4.58	.976	5.51	5.47
1952	CLE	AL	35	2B	8	6	4	57.0	25	6	18	1	2	.960	3.79	3.00	.978	5.57	5.58
1952	CLE	AL	35	SS	8	0	0	16.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.20	0.50	.962	4.90	4.94
1952	CLE	AL	35	3B	4	0	0	13.0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	3.46	1.25	.952	3.32	3.30
1952	CLE	AL	35	1B	2	0	0	4.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	11.25	2.50	.988	9.67	9.60
1952	PIT	NL	35	2B	18	16	14	140.0	99	37	58	4	13	.960	6.11	5.28	.975	5.48	5.43
	10 Seasons			2B	453	430	403	519.2	2530	1166	1284	80	297	.968	5.59	5.41	.971	5.60	5.53
	7 Seasons			SS	266	244	237	16.1	1296	540	684	72	171	.944	2.20	4.60	.949	4.90	4.93
	9 Seasons			3B	91	74	68	282.2	264	96	151	17	19	.936	3.34	2.71	.949	3.19	3.17
	4 Seasons			1B	26	19	13	5.0	208	191	16	1	22	.995	12.60	7.96	.991	9.72	9.76
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.40
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.40
	11 Seasons			TOT	837	767	721	825.2	4298	1993	2135	170	509	.960	4.79	4.93	.964	4.78	5.21
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1939	SLB	AL	22	2B
1939	SLB	AL	22	3B
1939	SLB	AL	22	SS
1940	SLB	AL	23	SS
1940	SLB	AL	23	2B
1940	SLB	AL	23	3B
1941	SLB	AL	24	SS
1941	SLB	AL	24	3B
1942	SLB	AL	25	3B
1942	SLB	AL	25	SS
1942	SLB	AL	25	1B
1942	SLB	AL	25	2B
1946	SLB	AL	29	2B
1947	SLB	AL	30	2B
1948	CLE	AL	31	2B
1948	CLE	AL	31	1B
1948	CLE	AL	31	SS
1948	CLE	AL	31	3B
1949	CLE	AL	32	3B
1949	CLE	AL	32	2B
1949	CLE	AL	32	SS
1950	CLE	AL	33	2B
1950	CLE	AL	33	3B
1950	PIT	NL	33	2B
1950	PIT	NL	33	3B
1951	SLB	AL	34	3B
1951	SLB	AL	34	2B
1951	SLB	AL	34	1B
1951	SLB	AL	34	LF
1952	CLE	AL	35	2B
1952	CLE	AL	35	SS
1952	CLE	AL	35	3B
1952	CLE	AL	35	1B
1952	PIT	NL	35	2B
	10 Seasons			2B
	7 Seasons			SS
	9 Seasons			3B
	4 Seasons			1B
	1 Season			LF
	11 Seasons			TOT
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	OF	PH	PR
1939	SLB	AL	22	126	123	126	124	0	114	8	2	0	0	2	0
1940	SLB	AL	23	142	132	142	134	0	13	9	112	0	0	8	1
1941	SLB	AL	24	128	120	128	123	0	0	1	123	0	0	5	0
1942	SLB	AL	25	29	14	29	21	5	4	6	6	0	0	9	1
1946	SLB	AL	29	144	141	144	143	0	143	0	0	0	0	1	0
1947	SLB	AL	30	90	85	90	86	0	86	0	0	0	0	3	1
1948	CLE	AL	31	66	36	66	51	18	20	3	12	0	0	19	1
1949	CLE	AL	32	50	28	50	36	0	9	24	3	0	0	15	1
1950	PIT	NL	33	40	36	40	38	0	36	3	0	0	0	2	0
1950	CLE	AL	33	4	1	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
1951	SLB	AL	34	39	29	39	34	1	2	31	0	1	1	5	0
1952	CLE	AL	35	35	6	35	22	2	8	4	8	0	0	9	7
1952	PIT	NL	35	19	16	19	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	2	0
	11 Seasons			912	767	912	832	26	454	90	266	1	1	82	12

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1948	CLE	AL	31	515	56%	80%	30%	56	98%	0	37	13	14	10	47	39	8	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	11	2	1	6	0	10	6	4	1	0	1
1949	CLE	AL	32	315	56%	86%	27%	36	89%	0	18	6	7	5	30	27	3	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	6	3	0	2	0	5	2	3	1	0	1
1950	PIT	NL	33	905	65%	84%	30%	85	93%	1	58	14	33	11	75	52	20	0	2	5	1	4	0	4	22	5	3	10	1	21	11	8	1	0	1
1950	CLE	AL	33	39	64%	90%	21%	6	100%	0	7	4	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1951	SLB	AL	34	36	61%	89%	39%	5	80%	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	PIT	NL	35	351	61%	87%	32%	33	94%	0	23	4	13	6	36	28	7	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	10	4	1	2	0	9	2	7	1	0	0
1952	CLE	AL	35	222	51%	83%	32%	21	90%	0	6	2	2	2	19	16	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			2383	60%	84%	30%	242	93%	1	150	44	71	35	213	167	41	0	6	12	2	9	1	9	52	14	6	21	1	48	22	23	4	0	3
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1948	CLE	AL	31	74	51%	80%	31%	4	100%	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	100%
1949	CLE	AL	32	783	48%	83%	27%	63	86%	0	18	16	1	1	38	31	6	0	1	4	0	4	0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	7	100%
1950	PIT	NL	33	66	77%	74%	33%	7	100%	0	2	2	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	CLE	AL	33	7	57%	86%	43%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	SLB	AL	34	989	58%	79%	20%	72	88%	1	34	28	4	2	38	25	6	1	3	6	0	5	1	5	4	3	0	3	1	1	0	6	83%
1952	CLE	AL	35	55	58%	82%	29%	5	100%	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			1974	55%	80%	24%	151	88%	1	56	48	5	3	89	63	16	1	4	10	0	9	1	9	7	5	0	6	1	1	0	14	93%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		89%																								69%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1948	CLE	AL	31	279	61%	86%	24%	33	91%	0	15	10	4	1	21	15	6	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0
1949	CLE	AL	32	32	44%	91%	9%	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	CLE	AL	35	80	69%	75%	23%	3	100%	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			391	61%	84%	23%	36	92%	0	16	10	5	1	25	17	7	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1948	CLE	AL	31	557	56%	82%	29%	36	100%	0	146	10	136	0	12	15	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	1	17	2	1	0	1	2	100%
1951	SLB	AL	34	3	33%	67%	33%	1	100%	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	CLE	AL	35	14	50%	93%	36%	0		0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			574	56%	82%	30%	37	100%	0	153	10	143	0	13	15	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	1	17	2	1	0	1	2	100%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%																											86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1951	SLB	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	12	33%	92%	33%	1	0%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	12	33%	92%	33%	1	0%
	MLB Averages																														57.3%			2.7%			62%	82%	31%		52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1946 AL (25, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Assists† s c a p y 1946 AL 414 (5th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1939 AL 33 (4th) 1940 AL 42 (1st)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1939 AL 114 (3rd) 1946 AL 143 (2nd)
Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1939 AL 315 (3rd) 1946 AL 374 (3rd)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1939 AL 339 (3rd) 1946 AL 414 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1939 AL 29 (1st) 1946 AL 23 (2nd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1940 AL 250 (5th)
Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1940 AL 38 (1st) 1941 AL 27 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1939 AL 5.74 (2nd) 1946 AL 5.51 (5th) 1947 AL 5.38 (4th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1939 AL .958 (5th) 1946 AL .972 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1940 AL 5.23 (1st)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1941 AL .954 (5th)

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