Wally Berger
Walter Anton Berger
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: October 10, 1905 in Chicago, IL
High School: Mission (San Francisco, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1930
Final Game: July 4, 1940
Died: November 30, 1988 in Redondo Beach, CA
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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
1930 24 BSN NL 151 625 555 98 172 27 14 38 119 3 54 69 .310 .375 .614 .990 137 341 4 12 *O
1931 25 BSN NL 156 678 617 94 199 44 8 19 84 13 55 70 .323 .380 .512 .892 141 316 2 4 *O/3
1932 26 BSN NL 145 639 602 90 185 34 6 17 73 5 33 66 .307 .346 .468 .815 120 282 3 1 *O3 MVP-13
1933 27 BSN NL 137 574 528 84 165 37 8 27 106 2 41 77 .313 .365 .566 .932 172 299 6 3 2 *O AS,MVP-3
1934 28 BSN NL 150 668 615 92 183 35 8 34 121 2 49 65 .298 .352 .546 .899 144 336 14 3 1 *O AS,MVP-12
1935 29 BSN NL 150 644 589 91 174 39 4 34 130 3 50 80 .295 .355 .548 .903 147 323 14 4 1 *O AS,MVP-6
1936 30 BSN NL 138 595 534 88 154 23 3 25 91 1 53 84 .288 .361 .483 .844 131 258 13 8 0 *O AS,MVP-16
1937 31 TOT NL 89 347 312 54 89 20 3 17 65 3 29 63 .285 .354 .532 .886 140 166 6 4 2 O
1937 31 BSN NL 30 126 113 14 31 9 1 5 22 0 11 33 .274 .344 .504 .848 137 57 1 1 1 O
1937 31 NYG NL 59 221 199 40 58 11 2 12 43 3 18 30 .291 .359 .548 .907 142 109 5 3 1 O
1938 32 TOT NL 115 472 439 79 131 23 4 16 60 2 31 48 .298 .347 .478 .826 128 210 9 2 0 *O
1938 32 NYG NL 16 34 32 5 6 0 0 0 4 0 2 4 .188 .235 .188 .423 17 6 0 0 0 /O
1938 32 CIN NL 99 438 407 74 125 23 4 16 56 2 29 44 .307 .356 .501 .857 136 204 9 2 0 O
1939 33 CIN NL 97 374 329 36 85 15 1 14 44 1 36 63 .258 .341 .438 .778 107 144 6 5 4 O
1940 34 TOT NL 22 47 43 3 13 2 0 1 5 1 4 9 .302 .362 .419 .780 118 18 1 0 0 O/3
1940 34 CIN NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1940 34 PHI NL 20 45 41 3 13 2 0 1 5 1 4 8 .317 .378 .439 .817 128 18 1 0 0 O/3
11 Seasons 1350 5663 5163 809 1550 299 59 242 898 36 435 694 .300 .359 .522 .881 137 2693 69 38 27
162 Game Avg. 162 680 620 97 186 36 7 29 108 4 52 83 .300 .359 .522 .881 137 323 5 3
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
BSN (8 yrs) 1057 4549 4153 651 1263 248 52 199 746 29 346 544 .304 .362 .533 .894 141 2212 48 28 22
CIN (3 yrs) 198 814 738 110 210 38 5 30 100 3 65 108 .285 .348 .472 .820 122 348 15 7 4
NYG (2 yrs) 75 255 231 45 64 11 2 12 47 3 20 34 .277 .343 .498 .840 125 115 5 3 1
PHI (1 yr) 20 45 41 3 13 2 0 1 5 1 4 8 .317 .378 .439 .817 128 18 1 0 0

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
1930 24 BSN NL 625 395 127 8.5 124 .299 .310 .308 .375 .366 .614 .458 .990 .824 137 .665 29.8 2.6 1.050 .407 .305 5.6
1931 25 BSN NL 678 422 119 7.5 101 .341 .323 .282 .380 .340 .512 .397 .892 .737 141 .710 35.1 3.4 .923 .300 .190 15.4
1932 26 BSN NL 639 418 97 6.3 100 .324 .307 .279 .346 .332 .468 .404 .815 .736 120 .627 16.3 1.6 .775 .224 .161 7.7
1933 27 BSN NL 574 371 108 7.8 85 .325 .313 .264 .365 .316 .566 .362 .932 .678 172 .766 46.8 4.8 .935 .335 .254 3.7
1934 28 BSN NL 668 447 117 7.0 98 .289 .298 .278 .352 .333 .546 .396 .899 .728 144 .670 35.7 3.4 .874 .332 .249 3.8
1935 29 BSN NL 644 430 113 7.0 97 .295 .295 .275 .355 .330 .548 .393 .903 .722 147 .677 37.7 3.6 .886 .343 .253 5.5
1936 30 BSN NL 595 393 91 6.2 98 .304 .288 .278 .361 .337 .483 .390 .844 .726 131 .626 23.2 2.2 .814 .296 .195 1.9
1937 31 TOT NL 347 231 57 6.6 99 .310 .285 .277 .354 .338 .532 .392 .886 .730 140 .666 16.7 1.6 .882 .349 .247 5.1
1937 31 BSN NL 126 84 19 6.0 93 .347 .274 .269 .344 .329 .504 .381 .848 .710 137 .630 5.7 0.6 .831 .327 .230 .0
1937 31 NYG NL 221 147 38 6.9 102 .293 .291 .281 .359 .343 .548 .399 .907 .742 142 .685 11.0 1.1 .911 .362 .256 4.8
1938 32 TOT NL 472 317 73 6.2 97 .307 .298 .272 .347 .335 .478 .386 .826 .721 128 .651 15.1 1.5 .773 .255 .180 3.6
1938 32 NYG NL 34 26 1 1.0 100 .214 .188 .276 .235 .340 .188 .393 .423 .733 17 .066 -3.7 -0.4 .308 .063 .000
1938 32 CIN NL 438 291 72 6.6 96 .314 .307 .271 .356 .334 .501 .386 .857 .720 136 .680 18.8 1.9 .814 .270 .194 3.6
1939 33 CIN NL 374 254 48 5.0 104 .282 .258 .281 .341 .347 .438 .402 .778 .750 107 .546 2.8 0.3 .744 .292 .179 1.9
1940 34 TOT NL 47 31 7 6.1 95 .364 .302 .267 .362 .331 .419 .384 .780 .716 118 .647 1.1 0.1 .742 .233 .116 1.0
1940 34 CIN NL 2 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .273 .000 .338 .000 .392 .000 .730 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1940 34 PHI NL 45 29 7 6.5 95 .375 .317 .267 .378 .331 .439 .384 .817 .715 128 .675 1.7 0.2 .793 .244 .122 1.0
11 Seasons 5663 3709 957 6.9 100 .309 .300 .280 .359 .337 .522 .398 .881 .735 137 .668 260.3 25.2 .870 .313 .221 62.7
162 Game Avg. 680 445 115 6.9 100 .309 .300 .280 .359 .337 .522 .398 .881 .735 137 .668 31 3 .870 .313 .221 8
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BSN (8 yrs) 4549 2960 791 7.1 100 .312 .304 .280 .362 .336 .533 .400 .894 .736 141 .677 230.3 22.2 .890 .319 .229 50.6
CIN (3 yrs) 814 547 120 5.9 100 .300 .285 .276 .348 .340 .472 .393 .820 .733 122 .622 21.1 2.1 .779 .279 .187 5.5
NYG (2 yrs) 255 173 39 6.0 102 .281 .277 .280 .343 .343 .498 .398 .840 .740 125 .631 7.3 0.7 .820 .320 .221 4.8
PHI (1 yr) 45 29 7 6.5 95 .375 .317 .267 .378 .331 .439 .384 .817 .715 128 .675 1.7 0.2 .793 .244 .122 1.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1937 31 NYG NL WS NYY L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 33 CIN NL WS NYY L 4 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 7 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 7 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 BSN NL 27 as CF 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1934 BSN NL 28 as CF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 BSN NL 29 as CF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 BSN NL 30 DNP
4 Seasons (3 Appearances) 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0

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
1930 24 151 625 555 98 172 27 14 38 119 3 54 69 .310 .375 .614 .990 137 341 4 12
1931 25 307 1303 1172 192 371 71 22 57 203 16 109 139 .317 .378 .561 .938 139 657 6 16
1932 26 452 1942 1774 282 556 105 28 74 276 21 142 205 .313 .367 .529 .897 133 939 9 17
1933 27 589 2516 2302 366 721 142 36 101 382 23 183 282 .313 .367 .538 .905 141 1238 6 12 19
1934 28 739 3184 2917 458 904 177 44 135 503 25 232 347 .310 .364 .540 .903 142 1574 20 15 20
1935 29 889 3828 3506 549 1078 216 48 169 633 28 282 427 .307 .362 .541 .903 142 1897 34 19 21
1936 30 1027 4423 4040 637 1232 239 51 194 724 29 335 511 .305 .362 .533 .896 141 2155 47 27 21
1937 31 1116 4770 4352 691 1321 259 54 211 789 32 364 574 .304 .361 .533 .895 141 2321 53 31 23
1938 32 1231 5242 4791 770 1452 282 58 227 849 34 395 622 .303 .360 .528 .889 140 2531 62 33 23
1939 33 1328 5616 5120 806 1537 297 59 241 893 35 431 685 .300 .359 .522 .881 138 2675 68 38 27
1940 34 1350 5663 5163 809 1550 299 59 242 898 36 435 694 .300 .359 .522 .881 137 2693 69 38 27

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
1930 24 158 610 557 82 157 25 13 35 99 3 49 72 .282 .344 .562 .906 106 151
1931 25 163 707 647 100 210 46 8 20 89 14 58 73 .325 .382 .513 .895 126 156
1932 26 152 668 630 94 194 36 6 18 76 5 35 69 .308 .347 .470 .817 101 145
1933 27 143 625 573 106 194 44 9 32 134 2 48 80 .339 .394 .614 1.008 137 137
1934 28 160 713 657 99 197 38 9 37 131 2 53 69 .300 .355 .554 .909 127 150
1935 29 158 680 623 98 186 42 4 36 140 3 53 84 .299 .357 .552 .910 122 150
1936 30 144 621 558 92 161 24 3 26 95 1 55 88 .289 .361 .482 .843 95 138
1937 31 94 364 329 57 94 21 3 18 69 3 31 66 .286 .354 .532 .886 61 89
1938 32 122 505 469 87 143 25 4 17 66 2 34 51 .305 .354 .484 .838 80 115
1939 33 102 389 346 37 89 16 1 15 46 1 38 66 .257 .339 .439 .779 49 97
1940 34 23 50 46 3 14 2 0 1 5 1 4 9 .304 .360 .413 .773 7 22
11 Seasons 1419 5932 5435 855 1639 319 60 255 950 37 458 727 .302 .360 .523 .883 1011 1350
162 Game Avg. 162 677 620 98 187 36 7 29 108 4 52 83 .302 .360 .523 .883 115 1350

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1933 (CF)
1934 (CF)
1935 (CF)
1936

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1932-NL-13-8%
1933-NL-3-55%
1934-NL-12-16%
1935-NL-6-25%
1936-NL-16-5%
1.09 Career Shares (213th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1933 NL--.313--8th
Career--.300--200th

Slugging % s c a p y
1930 NL--.614--8th
1931 NL--.512--9th
1933 NL--.566--2nd
1934 NL--.546--3rd
1935 NL--.548--4th
1938 NL--.478--8th
Career--.522--58th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1931 NL--.892--8th
1933 NL--.932--2nd
1934 NL--.899--6th
1935 NL--.903--7th
Career--.881--93rd

Games Played s c a p y
1931 NL--156--1st
1934 NL--150--7th

At Bats s c a p y
1931 NL--617--3rd
1932 NL--602--8th
1934 NL--615--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1931 NL--678--4th
1934 NL--668--7th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1931 NL--94--8th
1933 NL--84--9th

Hits s c a p y
1931 NL--199--6th

Total Bases s c a p y
1930 NL--341--7th
1931 NL--316--4th
1932 NL--282--9th
1933 NL--299--2nd
1934 NL--336--3rd
1935 NL--323--3rd

Doubles s c a p y
1931 NL--44--2nd
1933 NL--37--5th
1934 NL--35--8th
1935 NL--39--6th

Triples s c a p y
1930 NL--14--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1930 NL--38--3rd
1931 NL--19--3rd
1932 NL--17--9th
1933 NL--27--2nd
1934 NL--34--3rd
1935 NL--34--1st
1936 NL--25--3rd
1937 NL--17--6th
1938 NL--16--8th
1939 NL--14--10th
Career--242--207th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1930 NL--119--8th
1933 NL--106--2nd
1934 NL--121--3rd
1935 NL--130--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1930 NL--69--4th
1931 NL--70--3rd
1932 NL--66--4th
1933 NL--77--1st
1934 NL--65--6th
1935 NL--80--4th
1936 NL--84--2nd
1939 NL--63--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1931 NL--13--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1931 NL--141--7th
1933 NL--172--2nd
1934 NL--144--6th
1935 NL--147--5th
Career--137--88th

Runs Created s c a p y
1931 NL--119--3rd
1932 NL--97--10th
1933 NL--108--2nd
1934 NL--117--5th
1935 NL--113--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1931 NL--35--4th
1933 NL--47--2nd
1934 NL--36--5th
1935 NL--38--4th
Career--260--160th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1931 NL--3.4--4th
1933 NL--4.8--2nd
1934 NL--3.4--5th
1935 NL--3.6--4th
Career--25.2--169th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1930 NL--79--6th
1931 NL--71--4th
1932 NL--57--10th
1933 NL--72--2nd
1934 NL--77--2nd
1935 NL--77--2nd

Times On Base s c a p y
1931 NL--256--6th
1934 NL--235--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1931 NL--.710--9th
1933 NL--.766--2nd
1935 NL--.677--8th
Career--.668--143rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1936 NL--8--2nd
1937 NL--4--8th
1939 NL--5--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1935 NL--14--10th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1931 NL--15.4--2nd

AB per HR s c a p y
1930 NL--14.6--3rd
1931 NL--32.5--7th
1933 NL--19.6--1st
1934 NL--18.1--3rd
1935 NL--17.3--1st
1936 NL--21.4--4th
1938 NL--27.4--7th
Career--21.3--158th

Outs Made s c a p y
1931 NL--422--9th
1934 NL--447--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (246), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 103 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 61 (310), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (330), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Raul Ibanez (911)
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  7. Magglio Ordonez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Magglio Ordonez (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Magglio Ordonez (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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