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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1954 NYY AL 24 C 3 1 11.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.82 4.00 .983 5.40 4.77 0 0 0 0
1955 NYY AL 25 C 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 10.00 10.00 .990 5.60 4.70 0 0 0 0
1956 WSH AL 26 C 59 54 461.2 295 266 28 1 6 .997 5.0 13.0 5 5.73 4.98 .988 5.91 5.02 4 12 15 20 57%
1957 WSH AL 27 C 77 71 626.1 397 349 48 0 8 1.000 1.0 1.9 1 5.70 5.16 .991 5.92 5.11 7 11 27 23 46%
1958 TOT AL 28 C 51 48 427.2 268 242 21 5 3 .981 -1.0 -2.8 -1 5.53 5.16 .990 6.01 5.34 4 13 11 11 50%
1958 WSH AL 28 C 2 2 16.0 12 8 3 1 1 .917 0.0 0.0 0 6.19 5.50 .992 6.02 5.35 0 1 2 1 33%
1958 BOS AL 28 C 49 46 411.2 256 234 18 4 2 .984 -1.0 -2.9 -1 5.51 5.14 .990 6.01 5.34 4 12 9 10 53%
1959 DET AL 29 C 95 91 812.0 556 511 39 6 4 .989 6.0 8.9 6 6.10 5.79 .989 6.08 5.31 6 14 19 24 56%
1960 DET AL 30 C 81 68 636.1 435 396 36 3 4 .993 5.0 9.4 5 6.11 5.33 .987 5.93 5.12 5 13 21 19 48%
7 Seasons C 367 334 2984.0 1973 1786 172 15 25 .992 16.0 6.4 16 5.91 5.34 .989 5.97 5.18 26 63 93 97 51%
7 Seasons TOT 367 334 2984.0 1973 1786 172 15 25 .992 16.0 6.4 16 5.91 5.34 .981 5.97 5.18 26 63 93 97 51%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 NYY AL 24 5 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 NYY AL 25 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 WSH AL 26 95 54 95 95 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
1957 WSH AL 27 99 71 99 99 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1958 BOS AL 28 57 46 57 57 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1958 WSH AL 28 5 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1959 DET AL 29 100 91 100 100 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1960 DET AL 30 85 68 85 85 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 Seasons 448 334 448 448 0 367 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 NYY AL 24 50 8.00 8.00 2 100% 0 0 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYY AL 25 37 1.00 2.00 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 WSH AL 26 2159 5.32 5.89 26 85% 0 0 265 18 2 10 235 32 4 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 2 4 50%
1957 WSH AL 27 2744 4.40 4.69 48 100% 0 0 344 33 3 5 303 46 15 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 3 5 100%
1958 BOS AL 28 1763 3.64 4.46 26 96% 0 0 222 19 2 6 195 15 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 67%
1958 WSH AL 28 81 5.06 5.63 2 100% 0 0 8 0 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1959 DET AL 29 3491 4.10 4.72 53 94% 0 0 512 44 0 8 460 40 6 0 0 7 6 1 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 100%
1960 DET AL 30 2705 3.48 3.93 40 98% 0 0 398 29 1 11 357 35 7 0 0 5 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 3 100%
7 Seasons 13030 4.17 4.70 197 95% 0 0 1767 145 8 41 1572 171 37 0 0 19 14 1 8 5 0 25 0 4 8 17 82%
MLB Averages 3.91 4.41 96% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 NYY AL 24 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYY AL 25 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 WSH AL 26 4 12 851 15 20 19 57% 15 17 0 2 0 1 2 0 43 24 0.97 0.99
1957 WSH AL 27 7 11 1031 27 23 23 46% 22 22 4 1 1 0 0 0 51 29 1.31 1.22
1958 BOS AL 28 4 12 681 9 10 9 53% 7 7 1 3 1 0 1 0 32 16 1.33 1.55
1958 WSH AL 28 0 1 39 2 1 1 33% 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 1.64 1.49
1959 DET AL 29 6 14 1259 19 24 22 56% 19 23 0 0 0 1 1 0 59 27 1.39 0.97
1960 DET AL 30 5 13 941 21 19 18 48% 19 17 2 1 0 1 3 0 53 22 1.10 1.27
7 Seasons 26 63 4851 93 97 92 51% 83 86 7 7 3 4 8 0 242 120 1.23 1.16
MLB Averages 43% 1.18 1.17

* 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.

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