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Bruce Berenyi

Bruce Michael Berenyi

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 21, 1954 in Bryan, OH
Schools: Glen Oaks Community College (Centreville, MI), Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO), Truman State University (Kirksville, MO)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1980 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Reds/Mets 1980-1986
Agents: Justin Hirsch [*]
Final Game: July 9, 1986 (Age 31)
Relatives: Nephew of Ned Garver
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Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1976	21	CIN-min	A-	3	1	.750	4.78	12	11		0	0	0	49.0	50	37	26	1	55	0	39	0	0	12			2.143	9.2	0.2	10.1	7.2	0.71	EUG · NORW
1977	22	CIN-min	A	10	8	.556	2.30	25	21		7	2	0	145.0	102	55	37	3	75	0	120	0	1	10			1.221	6.3	0.2	4.7	7.4	1.60	SHL · WCRS
1978	23	CIN-min	AA	10	5	.667	2.47	23	23		3	0	0	135.0	107	44	37	2	63	3	103	2	0	14			1.259	7.1	0.1	4.2	6.9	1.63	NVL · SOUL
1979	24	CIN-min	AAA	9	9	.500	2.82	25	25		6	3	0	166.0	134	64	52	0	98	7	136	4	0	13			1.398	7.3	0.0	5.3	7.4	1.39	INA · AA
1980	25	CIN-min	AAA	5	8	.385	4.32	20	20		2	0	0	123.0	111	66	59	5	100	3	121	1	0	14			1.715	8.1	0.4	7.3	8.9	1.21	INA · AA
1980	25	CIN	NL	2	2	.500	7.81	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.2	34	26	24	1	23	0	19	0	0	3	132	47	2.060	11.1	0.3	7.5	6.2	0.83
1981	26	CIN	NL	9	6	.600	3.50	21	20	0	5	3	0	126.0	97	55	49	3	77	0	106	0	2	7	544	102	1.381	6.9	0.2	5.5	7.6	1.38	RoY-4
1982	27	CIN	NL	9	18	.333	3.36	34	34	0	4	1	0	222.1	208	90	83	8	96	5	157	2	3	16	938	110	1.367	8.4	*0.3*	3.9	6.4	1.64
1983	28	CIN	NL	9	14	.391	3.86	32	31	1	4	1	0	186.1	173	92	80	9	102	3	151	2	0	8	816	98	1.476	8.4	0.4	4.9	7.3	1.48
1984	29	TOT	NL	12	13	.480	4.45	32	30	1	0	0	0	166.0	163	93	82	6	95	4	134	1	0	11	737	82	1.554	8.8	0.3	5.2	7.3	1.41
1984	29	CIN	NL	3	7	.300	6.00	13	11	1	0	0	0	51.0	63	35	34	0	42	2	53	0	0	4	251	63	2.059	11.1	0.0	7.4	9.4	1.26
1984	29	NYM	NL	9	6	.600	3.76	19	19	0	0	0	0	115.0	100	58	48	6	53	2	81	1	0	7	486	95	1.330	7.8	0.5	4.1	6.3	1.53
1985	30	NYM-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		TID · IL
1985	30	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	2.63	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	8	6	4	0	10	0	10	1	0	3	58	137	1.317	5.3	0.0	6.6	6.6	1.00
1986	31	NYM-min	AAA	2	6	.250	6.61	10	9	1	1	0	0	49.0	55	46	36	8	27	0	48	0	0	3			1.673	10.1	1.5	5.0	8.8	1.78	TID · IL
1986	31	NYM	NL	2	2	.500	6.35	14	7	2	0	0	0	39.2	47	30	28	5	22	0	30	1	0	4	184	57	1.739	10.7	1.1	5.0	6.8	1.36
7 Yrs				44	55	.444	4.03	142	131	4	13	5	0	781.2	730	392	350	32	425	12	607	7	5	52	3409	91	1.478	8.4	0.4	4.9	7.0	1.43
162 Game Avg.				11	14	.444	4.03	35	33	1	3	1	0	195	182	98	87	8	106	3	151	2	1	13	849	91	1.478	8.4	0.4	4.9	7.0	1.43

CIN (5 yrs)				32	47	.405	3.96	106	102	2	13	5	0	613.1	575	298	270	21	340	10	486	4	5	38	2681	93	1.492	8.4	0.3	5.0	7.1	1.43
NYM (3 yrs)				12	8	.600	4.28	36	29	2	0	0	0	168.1	155	94	80	11	85	2	121	3	0	14	728	84	1.426	8.3	0.6	4.5	6.5	1.42

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1980	25	CIN	NL	27.2	6	6	26	8.46	4.05	0.01	0.14	101.4	4.24	-13	-1.2		-0.0	-0.9	-11	.302	.493
1981	26	CIN	NL	126.0	21	20	55	3.93	3.83	-0.02	0.13	100.6	4.01	-1	-0.1	.6	-0.1	1.0	11	.496	.500		RoY-4
1982	27	CIN	NL	222.1	34	34	90	3.64	4.16	-0.33	0.15	102.4	4.75	25	2.9		-0.1	4.9	46	.587	.518	$75,000
1983	28	CIN	NL	186.1	32	31	92	4.44	4.14	0.13	0.14	103.8	4.30	-4	-0.4	.2	-0.1	1.3	13	.488	.498	$150,000
1984	29	CIN	NL	51.0	13	11	35	6.18	4.14	-0.31	0.11	103.7	4.74	-9	-0.9	2.3	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.429	.494
1984	29	NYM	NL	115.0	19	19	58	4.54	4.02	-0.13	0.14	100.8	4.33	-4	-0.4		-0.1	0.6	7	.477	.497	$250,000
1985	30	NYM	NL	13.2	3	3	6	3.95	3.96	0.01	0.13	97.3	3.97	-0	-0.0		-0.0	0.1	1	.497	.500	$325,000
1986	31	NYM	NL	39.2	14	7	30	6.81	4.02	0.05	0.03	94.9	3.80	-13	-1.4	1.3	-0.1	-1.1	-10	.403	.492
7 Seasons				781.2	142	131	392	4.51	4.07	-0.10	0.13	101.8	4.38	-19	-1.4	1.3	-0.5	5.3	54	.490	.499	$800,000

CIN (5 yrs)				613.1	106	102	298	4.37	4.08	-0.11	0.14	102.5	4.44	-1	0.4	1.4	-0.3	5.7	56	.503	.500	$225,000
NYM (3 yrs)				168.1	36	29	94	5.03	4.02	-0.08	0.11	99.1	4.18	-17	-1.8	1.3	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.450	.496	$575,000

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
1976	21	CIN-min	A-	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			EUG · NORW
1977	22	CIN-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SHL · WCRS
1978	23	CIN-min	AA	23	20	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.188	.375		3		0	4	0			NVL · SOUL
1979	24	CIN-min	AAA	26	60	48	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	.125	.192	.125	.317		6		1	8	0			INA · AA
1980	25	CIN-min	AAA	20	44	38	3	10	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	5	.263	.293	.342	.635		13		0	3	1			INA · AA
1980	25	CIN	NL	6	11	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	4	0	0	/1
1981	26	CIN	NL	21	48	42	4	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	18	.190	.222	.262	.484	36	11	1	0	3	1	0	1	RoY-4
1982	27	CIN	NL	34	75	62	0	15	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	16	.242	.238	.306	.545	51	19	0	0	12	1	0	1
1983	28	CIN	NL	32	65	55	5	12	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	19	.218	.218	.273	.491	34	15	1	0	10	0	0	1
1984	29	TOT	NL	32	61	53	3	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	.189	.185	.208	.393	10	11	1	0	7	1	0	1
1984	29	CIN	NL	13	18	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.063	.063	.063	.125	-65	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1984	29	NYM	NL	19	43	37	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.243	.237	.270	.507	43	10	1	0	5	1	0	1
1985	30	NYM-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TID · IL
1985	30	NYM	NL	3	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	106	2	0	0	2	0	0	/1
1986	31	NYM-min	AAA	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0	0		TID · IL
1986	31	NYM	NL	14	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
7 Yrs				142	278	234	14	46	10	1	0	13	0	0	2	70	.197	.201	.248	.449	25	58	3	0	39	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	317	267	16	52	11	1	0	15	0	0	2	80	.197	.201	.248	.449	25	66	3	0	44	3	0

CIN (5 yrs)				106	217	182	10	36	8	1	0	9	0	0	2	60	.198	.204	.253	.457	26	46	2	0	31	2	0
NYM (3 yrs)				36	61	52	4	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	.192	.189	.231	.419	18	12	1	0	8	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1980	25	CIN	NL	6	11	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.476	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1		/1
1981	26	CIN	NL	21	48	-3	0	-0	0	5	3	0.3	2	4	0.3	.515	.502	0.3	0.0	4		1	RoY-4
1982	27	CIN	NL	34	75	-5	-0	0	0	9	3	0.4	3	6	0.4	.510	.502	0.3	0.0	6	$75,000	1
1983	28	CIN	NL	32	65	-5	0	-0	0	8	3	0.3	2	5	0.3	.511	.502	0.3	0.0	5	$150,000	1
1984	29	CIN	NL	13	18	-4	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1		1
1984	29	NYM	NL	19	43	-2	0	-0	0	5	3	0.4	1	5	0.4	.519	.502	0.3	0.0	5	$250,000	1
1985	30	NYM	NL	3	6	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.524	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$325,000	/1
1986	31	NYM	NL	14	12	-3	-0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1		1
7 Seasons				142	278	-25	0	0	0	33	9	1.0	9	18	1.0	.507	.501	0.9	0.1	18	$800,000

CIN (5 yrs)				106	217	-20	0	0	0	26	6	0.7	7	14	0.7	.507	.501	0.7	0.1	14	$225,000
NYM (3 yrs)				36	61	-5	0	-0	0	7	2	0.3	2	5	0.3	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	5	$575,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1980	CIN	NL	25	P	6	6	0	27.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.98	0.50	.953	1.92	1.92	12	3	20%	31%	0
1981	CIN	NL	26	P	21	20	5	126.0	19	7	12	0	2	1.000	1.36	0.90	.959	1.97	1.98	20	4	17%	33%	0	RoY-4
1982	CIN	NL	27	P	34	34	4	222.1	60	18	40	2	1	.967	2.35	1.71	.952	1.96	1.97	34	8	19%	32%	0
1983	CIN	NL	28	P	32	31	4	186.1	48	5	41	2	2	.958	2.22	1.44	.952	1.92	1.91	22	5	19%	33%	2
1984	TOT	NL	29	P	32	30	0	166.0	29	12	17	0	1	1.000	1.57	0.91	.954	1.88	1.87	27	10	27%	31%	0
1984	CIN	NL	29	P	13	11	0	51.0	9	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.59	0.69	.954	1.89	1.87	11	4	27%	31%	0
1984	NYM	NL	29	P	19	19	0	115.0	20	11	9	0	1	1.000	1.57	1.05	.954	1.88	1.87	16	6	27%	31%	0
1985	NYM	NL	30	P	3	3	0	13.2	5	1	4	0	1	1.000	3.29	1.67	.952	1.91	1.93	3	1	25%	30%	0
1986	NYM	NL	31	P	14	7	0	39.2	8	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.82	0.57	.955	1.95	1.94	7	2	22%	32%	0
	7 Seasons			P	142	131	13	781.2	172	46	122	4	7	.977	1.93	1.18	.953	1.93	1.93	125	33	21%	32%	2
	7 Seasons			TOT	142	131	13	781.2	172	46	122	4	7	.977	1.93	1.18	.953	1.93	1.93	125	33	21%	32%	2

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1982 NL 4.9 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1981 NL 6.929 (4th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1981 NL 7.571 (5th) 1982 NL 6.355 (8th) 1983 NL 7.293 (5th) 1984 NL 7.265 (4th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1981 NL 106 (6th) 1982 NL 157 (9th) 1983 NL 151 (10th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1981 NL 5 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1981 NL 3 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1981 NL 77 (1st) 1982 NL 96 (3rd) 1983 NL 102 (3rd) 1984 NL 95 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1981 NL 0.214 (5th) 1982 NL 0.324 (1st) 1983 NL 0.435 (4th) 1984 NL 0.325 (4th)
Losses s c a p y 1982 NL 18 (1st) 1983 NL 14 (4th) 1984 NL 13 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1981 NL 7 (4th) 1982 NL 16 (4th) 1983 NL 8 (9th) 1984 NL 11 (4th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1982 NL 12 (7th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1981 NL 1.000 (1st) 1984 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 17 (1192), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1412), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1063rd), 6.3 career WAR/7.5 7yr-peak WAR/6.9 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary).
June 15, 1984: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Mets for Matt Bullinger (minors), Jay Tibbs and Eddie Williams.
Before 1987 Season: Released by the New York Mets.
January 23, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
March 11, 1987: Released by the Montreal Expos.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
1982	27	Cincinnati Reds	$75,000	1984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database
1983	28	Cincinnati Reds	$150,000	1984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database	Player loss; $229,000 request
1984	29	New York Mets	$250,000	1/4/85 TSN
1985	30	New York Mets	$325,000	3/3/86 TSN; USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$800,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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