Lou Berberet
Louis Joseph Berberet
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 212 lb.

Born: November 20, 1929 in Long Beach, CA
High School: St. Anthony (Long Beach, CA)
School: Santa Clara University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1954
Final Game: September 25, 1960
Died: April 6, 2004 in Las Vegas, NV
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1954 24 NYY AL 5 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 153 2 0 0 0 0 /2
1955 25 NYY AL 2 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 146 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1956 26 WSH AL 95 256 207 25 54 6 3 4 27 0 0 46 33 .261 .402 .377 .779 111 78 7 3 0 0 9 2
1957 27 WSH AL 99 313 264 24 69 11 2 7 36 0 1 41 38 .261 .359 .398 .757 109 105 12 2 1 5 5 2
1958 28 TOT AL 62 210 173 11 36 5 3 2 18 0 2 35 33 .208 .344 .306 .651 77 53 5 1 1 0 1 2
1958 28 WSH AL 5 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .167 .500 .167 .667 95 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1958 28 BOS AL 57 200 167 11 35 5 3 2 18 0 2 31 32 .210 .337 .311 .648 76 52 5 1 1 0 1 2
1959 29 DET AL 100 380 338 38 73 8 2 13 44 0 0 35 59 .216 .284 .367 .651 74 124 9 0 0 7 1 2
1960 30 DET AL 85 278 232 18 45 4 0 5 23 2 0 41 31 .194 .313 .276 .589 59 64 6 1 0 4 4 2
7 Seasons 448 1449 1224 118 281 34 10 31 153 2 3 200 195 .230 .337 .350 .687 86 428 39 7 2 16 20
162 Game Avg. 162 524 443 43 102 12 4 11 55 1 1 72 71 .230 .337 .350 .687 86 155 14 3 1 6
WSH (3 yrs) 199 579 477 49 124 17 5 11 63 0 1 91 72 .260 .381 .386 .766 110 184 19 5 1 5 14
NYY (2 yrs) 7 12 10 2 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 150 4 0 0 0 0 0
DET (2 yrs) 185 658 570 56 118 12 2 18 67 2 0 76 90 .207 .296 .330 .626 68 188 15 1 0 11 5
BOS (1 yr) 57 200 167 11 35 5 3 2 18 0 2 31 32 .210 .337 .311 .648 76 52 5 1 1 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1954 24 NYY AL 6 3 1 8.9 96 .500 .400 .262 .500 .337 .400 .383 .900 .720 153 .795 0.5 0.0 1.000 .200 .000
1955 25 NYY AL 6 3 1 8.9 102 .400 .400 .265 .500 .344 .400 .395 .900 .739 146 .772 0.4 0.0 1.000 .200 .000
1956 26 WSH AL 256 160 33 5.5 103 .294 .261 .263 .402 .344 .377 .401 .779 .744 111 .563 5.8 0.6 .794 .338 .116 .0
1957 27 WSH AL 313 214 37 4.7 98 .277 .261 .261 .359 .332 .398 .393 .757 .726 109 .528 5.0 0.5 .707 .288 .136 .0
1958 28 TOT AL 210 145 19 3.5 103 .246 .208 .268 .344 .338 .306 .407 .651 .745 77 .408 -4.7 -0.5 .604 .289 .098 .0
1958 28 WSH AL 10 5 1 5.3 96 .200 .167 .259 .500 .328 .167 .394 .667 .722 95 .599 0.4 0.0 1.000 .667 .000
1958 28 BOS AL 200 140 18 3.4 103 .248 .210 .268 .337 .338 .311 .408 .648 .746 76 .399 -5.1 -0.5 .590 .275 .102 .0
1959 29 DET AL 380 281 36 3.4 103 .220 .216 .267 .284 .339 .367 .408 .651 .748 74 .390 -13.5 -1.4 .580 .254 .151 .0
1960 30 DET AL 278 197 22 3.0 104 .200 .194 .267 .313 .341 .276 .408 .589 .749 59 .325 -12.5 -1.3 .560 .267 .082 2.9
7 Seasons 1449 1003 149 4.0 102 .247 .230 .265 .337 .339 .350 .403 .687 .742 86 .448 -19.1 -2.1 .644 .283 .120 3.8
162 Game Avg. 524 363 54 4.0 102 .247 .230 .265 .337 .339 .350 .403 .687 .742 86 .448 -19.1 -2.1 .644 .283 .120 1
WSH (3 yrs) 579 379 71 5.0 100 .283 .260 .261 .381 .337 .386 .397 .766 .734 110 .544 11.2 1.1 .748 .314 .126 .0
NYY (2 yrs) 12 6 2 8.9 99 .444 .400 .263 .500 .341 .400 .389 .900 .729 150 .784 0.9 0.0 1.000 .200 .000
DET (2 yrs) 658 478 58 3.3 104 .211 .207 .267 .296 .340 .330 .408 .626 .748 68 .363 -26.0 -2.7 .572 .260 .123 3.6
BOS (1 yr) 200 140 18 3.4 103 .248 .210 .268 .337 .338 .311 .408 .648 .746 76 .400 -5.1 -0.5 .590 .275 .102 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1954 24 NYY AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 5.0 1.7 67%
1955 25 NYY AL 6 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 0.00 2.5 0.00 83%
1956 26 WSH AL 256 1.6% 12.9% 18.0% 5.1% 24% 0.72 6.3 51.8 7.7 1.12 66%
1957 27 WSH AL 313 2.2% 12.1% 13.1% 6.4% 29% 0.93 6.9 37.7 7.3 1.28 72%
1958 28 TOT AL 210 1.0% 15.7% 16.7% 4.8% 28% 0.94 5.2 86.5 9.6 1.00 66%
1958 28 WSH AL 10 0.0% 10.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0% 0.25 6.0 0.33 50%
1958 28 BOS AL 200 1.0% 16.0% 15.5% 5.0% 29% 1.03 5.2 83.5 9.3 1.04 67%
1959 29 DET AL 380 3.4% 15.5% 9.2% 6.1% 32% 1.69 5.7 26.0 7.7 0.87 72%
1960 30 DET AL 278 1.8% 11.2% 14.8% 3.2% 20% 0.76 7.5 46.4 10.1 0.80 72%
7 Seasons 1449 2.1% 13.5% 13.8% 5.2% 27% 0.98 6.3 39.5 8.0 0.98 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 24 NYY AL 0 0 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 25 NYY AL 0 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1956 26 WSH AL 5 0 21% 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 7 10% 13 13 0 0 0 0 7 5 2
1957 27 WSH AL 1 0 16% 91 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 35% 12 9 3 5 2 2 3 1 2
1958 28 TOT AL 2 0 13% 50 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 22% 6 6 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
1958 28 WSH AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 28 BOS AL 2 0 14% 48 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 22% 6 6 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
1959 29 DET AL 3 0 26% 129 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 4 31% 15 12 3 3 1 1 8 4 4
1960 30 DET AL 2 0 16% 94 2 0 100% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 40% 10 8 2 1 0 1 4 1 3
7 Seasons 13 0 19% 439 2 3 40% 1 4 1 2 0 0 4 0 19 18 28% 56 48 8 11 4 5 24 12 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 24 NYY AL 6 100% 2 2 1 0 1 2.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 6 3 50% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1955 25 NYY AL 6 67% 2 1 1 0 1 0.71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 2 25% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1956 26 WSH AL 256 89% 54 33 6 0 3 1.41 4 0 8 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 51 7 14% 20 3 15% 193 24 12% 18 6 33% 14 4 29% 0
1957 27 WSH AL 308 94% 69 16 3 1 4 1.50 7 0 12 7 0 3 4 0 2 1 50% 66 12 18% 34 8 24% 231 28 12% 14 8 57% 16 6 38% 4
1958 28 TOT AL 200 95% 36 8 0 0 0 1.78 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 42 5 12% 15 5 33% 147 17 12% 8 3 38% 14 8 57% 10
1958 28 WSH AL 10 60% 1 2 0 0 0 2.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 28 BOS AL 190 97% 35 6 0 0 0 1.70 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 39 5 13% 15 5 33% 143 17 12% 8 3 38% 14 8 57% 10
1959 29 DET AL 379 87% 73 3 0 0 0 2.09 13 0 14 11 2 6 7 0 0 0 90 9 10% 54 20 37% 270 34 13% 32 14 44% 18 4 22% 0
1960 30 DET AL 278 91% 45 4 1 0 1 2.14 5 1 11 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 45 6 13% 19 8 42% 174 19 11% 16 8 50% 11 4 36% 0
7 Seasons 1433 91% 281 67 12 1 10 1.56 31 1 51 28 3 14 17 0 3 2 67% 299 39 13% 145 46 32% 1029 127 12% 91 41 45% 75 27 36% 14
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 24 5 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 153 2 0 0 0 0
1955 25 7 12 10 2 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 150 4 0 0 0 0 0
1956 26 102 268 217 27 58 6 3 4 32 0 0 48 34 .267 .407 .378 .785 113 82 7 3 0 0 9
1957 27 201 581 481 51 127 17 5 11 68 0 1 89 72 .264 .381 .389 .770 111 187 19 5 1 5 14
1958 28 263 791 654 62 163 22 8 13 86 0 3 124 105 .249 .371 .367 .738 102 240 24 6 2 5 15
1959 29 363 1171 992 100 236 30 10 26 130 0 3 159 164 .238 .343 .367 .710 93 364 33 6 2 12 16
1960 30 448 1449 1224 118 281 34 10 31 153 2 3 200 195 .230 .337 .350 .687 86 428 39 7 2 16 20

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 24 5 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 1 5
1955 25 2 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 1 2
1956 26 99 272 219 26 59 7 3 4 28 0 50 34 .269 .412 .384 .795 34 95
1957 27 104 332 280 27 75 12 2 8 41 0 45 40 .268 .367 .411 .778 42 99
1958 28 65 221 182 11 39 5 3 2 19 0 38 34 .214 .353 .308 .661 20 62
1959 29 105 393 351 38 74 8 2 13 44 0 35 62 .211 .277 .356 .633 36 100
1960 30 89 298 247 19 50 4 0 6 24 2 46 33 .202 .326 .291 .617 23 85
7 Seasons 469 1528 1289 123 301 36 10 33 161 2 216 204 .234 .343 .354 .697 157 448
162 Game Avg. 162 528 445 42 104 12 3 11 56 1 75 70 .234 .343 .354 .697 54 448

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1959 AL--7--5th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--9--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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