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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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1930 BSN NL 24 OF 145 328 307 10 11 3 .966 2.19 .968 2.28 145-0-0
1931 BSN NL 25 OF 156 484 457 16 11 5 .977 3.03 .973 2.38 0-156-0
1931 BSN NL 25 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 9.60
1932 BSN NL 26 OF 134 409 396 10 3 3 .993 3.03 .976 2.41 0-134-0 MVP-13
1932 BSN NL 26 1B 11 106 102 4 0 7 1.000 9.64 .990 9.91 MVP-13
1933 BSN NL 27 OF 136 397 382 6 9 4 .977 2.85 .977 2.35 0-136-0 AS,MVP-3
1934 BSN NL 28 OF 150 403 385 9 9 2 .978 2.63 .973 2.26 0-150-0 AS,MVP-12
1935 BSN NL 29 OF 149 483 458 8 17 1 .965 3.13 .971 2.31 0-149-0 AS,MVP-6
1936 BSN NL 30 OF 133 408 384 10 14 1 .966 2.96 .973 2.25 0-133-0 AS,MVP-16
1937 TOT NL 31 OF 80 167 158 5 4 0 .976 2.04 .974 2.13 31-46-3
1937 BSN NL 31 OF 28 52 51 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 .973 2.13 28-0-0
1937 NYG NL 31 OF 52 115 107 4 4 0 .965 2.13 .974 2.13 3-46-3
1938 TOT NL 32 OF 107 235 221 7 7 2 .970 2.13 .976 2.22 98-8-1
1938 NYG NL 32 OF 9 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 3.22 .976 2.22 0-8-1
1938 CIN NL 32 OF 98 206 192 7 7 2 .966 2.03 .976 2.22 98-0-0
1939 CIN NL 33 OF 95 169 158 6 5 0 .970 1.73 .975 2.17 66-29-0
1940 PHI NL 34 OF 11 19 18 0 1 0 .947 1.64 .979 2.17 4-2-5
1940 PHI NL 34 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 10.10
11 Seasons OF 1296 3502 3324 87 91 21 .974 2.63 .973 2.29 344-943-9
3 Seasons 1B 13 110 106 4 0 7 1.000 8.46 .990 9.90
11 Seasons TOT 1309 3612 3430 91 91 28 .975 2.69 .949 2.36 344-943-9
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1958 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

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 (216th)

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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  1. Hal Trosky (926)
  2. Hack Wilson (926) *
  3. Jeff Heath (924)
  4. Ken Williams (919)
  5. Mike Sweeney (918)
  6. Pedro Guerrero (912)
  7. Raul Ibanez (911)
  8. Chick Hafey (900) *
  9. Torii Hunter (900)
  10. Aramis Ramirez (892)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Ryan Klesko (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lance Berkman (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bobby Abreu (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Matt Holliday (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Magglio Ordonez (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Magglio Ordonez (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
  10. Magglio Ordonez (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Brian Giles (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November 14, 1929: Traded by Los Angeles (PCL) to the Boston Braves for Art Delaney, George Harper and cash.

June 15, 1937: Traded by the Boston Bees to the New York Giants for Frank Gabler and $35,000.

June 6, 1938: Traded by the New York Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Alex Kampouris.

May 10, 1940: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

May 15, 1940: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 5, 1940: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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