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Moe Berg

Morris Berg

Positions: Catcher and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 2, 1902 in New York, NY
High School: Barringer (Newark, NJ)
School: Princeton University
Signed by the Brooklyn Robins as an amateur free agent in 1923. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1923
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Senators/RedSox/Robins/Indians 1923-1939

Final Game: September 1, 1939
Died: May 29, 1972 in Belleville, NJ
Cremated
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Standard Batting

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
1923 21 BRO NL 49 138 129 9 24 3 2 0 6 1 0 2 5 .186 .198 .240 .439 16 31 0 7 6/4
1926 24 CHW AL 41 124 113 4 25 6 0 0 7 0 2 6 9 .221 .261 .274 .535 41 31 0 5 6/45
1927 25 CHW AL 35 77 69 4 17 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 10 .246 .288 .304 .592 55 21 0 4 42/65
1928 26 CHW AL 76 255 224 25 55 16 0 0 29 3 1 14 25 .246 .302 .317 .619 64 71 4 13 2
1929 27 CHW AL 107 383 352 32 101 7 0 0 47 5 1 17 16 .287 .323 .307 .630 64 108 2 12 *2
1930 28 CHW AL 20 62 61 4 7 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 5 .115 .129 .164 .293 -25 10 0 0 2
1931 29 CLE AL 10 14 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .077 .143 .154 .297 -24 2 0 0 /2
1932 30 WSH AL 75 208 195 16 46 8 1 1 26 1 1 8 13 .236 .266 .303 .569 48 59 0 5 2
1933 31 WSH AL 40 72 65 8 12 3 0 2 9 0 0 4 5 .185 .232 .323 .555 46 21 0 3 2
1934 32 TOT AL 62 195 183 9 46 7 1 0 15 2 0 7 11 .251 .283 .301 .583 51 55 1 4 2
1934 32 WSH AL 33 95 86 5 21 4 0 0 6 2 0 6 4 .244 .301 .291 .592 56 25 1 2 2
1934 32 CLE AL 29 100 97 4 25 3 1 0 9 0 0 1 7 .258 .265 .309 .575 47 30 0 2 2
1935 33 BOS AL 38 105 98 13 28 5 0 2 12 0 0 5 3 .286 .320 .398 .718 80 39 0 2 2
1936 34 BOS AL 39 133 125 9 30 4 1 0 19 0 0 2 6 .240 .264 .288 .552 33 36 2 4 2
1937 35 BOS AL 47 148 141 13 36 3 1 0 20 0 0 5 4 .255 .281 .291 .572 42 41 0 2 2
1938 36 BOS AL 10 12 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 64 4 0 0 /23
1939 37 BOS AL 14 35 33 3 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 3 .273 .314 .394 .708 77 13 1 0 0 2
15 Seasons 663 1961 1813 150 441 71 6 6 206 12 5 78 117 .243 .278 .299 .577 49 542 1 9 61
162 Game Avg. 162 479 443 37 108 17 1 1 50 3 1 19 29 .243 .278 .299 .577 49 132 2 15
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
BOS (5 yrs) 148 433 409 38 107 13 2 3 56 0 0 14 17 .262 .289 .325 .615 51 133 1 2 8
CHW (5 yrs) 279 901 819 69 205 36 0 0 94 8 4 42 65 .250 .292 .294 .586 54 241 6 34
WSH (3 yrs) 148 375 346 29 79 15 1 3 41 3 1 18 22 .228 .268 .303 .572 49 105 1 10
CLE (2 yrs) 39 114 110 5 26 4 1 0 9 0 0 2 8 .236 .250 .291 .541 39 32 0 2
BRO (1 yr) 49 138 129 9 24 3 2 0 6 1 0 2 5 .186 .198 .240 .439 16 31 0 7
AL (14 yrs) 614 1823 1684 141 417 68 4 6 200 11 5 76 112 .248 .284 .303 .587 51 511 1 9 54
NL (1 yr) 49 138 129 9 24 3 2 0 6 1 0 2 5 .186 .198 .240 .439 16 31 0 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1923 21 BRO NL 138 -16 1 0 0 -3 3 4 -11 -1.1 -8 -0.8 -0.3 $ 6/4
1926 24 CHW AL 124 -11 -2 0 0 -1 2 4 -8 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ 6/45
1927 25 CHW AL 77 -5 0 0 0 -2 1 2 -4 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 42/65
1928 26 CHW AL 255 -12 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ 2
1929 27 CHW AL 383 -19 0 0 0 2 3 12 -2 -0.1 -4 -0.4 0.3 $ *2
1930 28 CHW AL 62 -12 0 0 0 0 1 2 -9 -0.8 -9 -0.8 0.0 $10,000 2
1931 29 CLE AL 14 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -4 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /2
1932 30 WSH AL 208 -16 -1 0 0 3 2 7 -5 -0.4 -8 -0.8 0.4 $ 2
1933 31 WSH AL 72 -6 0 0 0 0 1 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 2
1934 32 WSH AL 95 -6 0 0 0 0 1 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 2
1934 32 CLE AL 100 -8 -1 0 0 -1 1 3 -6 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 2
1935 33 BOS AL 105 -4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 2
1936 34 BOS AL 133 -14 0 0 0 0 1 4 -9 -0.7 -9 -0.8 0.1 $ 2
1937 35 BOS AL 148 -12 0 0 0 -1 2 5 -6 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 2
1938 36 BOS AL 12 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /23
1939 37 BOS AL 35 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 2
15 Seasons 1961 -146 -3 0 0 -2 21 60 -70 -6.0 -68 -6.6 0.6 $10,000
BOS (5 yrs) 433 -32 0 0 0 -1 4 13 -16 -1.2 -15 -1.4 0.2 $
CHW (5 yrs) 901 -59 -2 0 0 1 9 28 -23 -2.0 -24 -2.3 0.3 $10,000
WSH (3 yrs) 375 -28 -1 0 0 3 4 12 -10 -0.9 -13 -1.3 0.4 $
CLE (2 yrs) 114 -11 -1 0 0 -2 1 3 -10 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $
BRO (1 yr) 138 -16 1 0 0 -3 3 4 -11 -1.1 -8 -0.8 -0.3 $

Advanced Batting

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
1923 21 BRO NL 138 112 6 1.4 105 .194 .186 .291 .198 .349 .240 .405 .439 .754 16 .101 -16.0 -1.6 .324 .078 .054 .0
1926 24 CHW AL 124 95 8 2.2 107 .240 .221 .286 .261 .357 .274 .401 .535 .758 41 .206 -9.8 -1.0 .389 .088 .053
1927 25 CHW AL 77 56 6 2.9 109 .288 .246 .290 .288 .358 .304 .408 .592 .766 55 .276 -4.6 -0.4 .481 .116 .058
1928 26 CHW AL 255 183 21 3.1 106 .276 .246 .286 .302 .351 .317 .406 .619 .758 64 .310 -11.2 -1.1 .535 .143 .071 .0
1929 27 CHW AL 383 264 35 3.5 111 .301 .287 .289 .323 .356 .307 .418 .630 .774 64 .351 -18.6 -1.8 .520 .080 .020 .0
1930 28 CHW AL 62 54 1 0.5 112 .125 .115 .290 .129 .354 .164 .426 .293 .780 -25 .013 -11.6 -1.1 .204 .066 .049
1931 29 CLE AL 14 12 0 0.0 112 .083 .077 .293 .143 .360 .154 .418 .297 .779 -24 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .250 .154 .077
1932 30 WSH AL 208 155 16 2.8 110 .249 .236 .284 .266 .355 .303 .417 .569 .772 48 .252 -15.7 -1.5 .447 .108 .067 1.0
1933 31 WSH AL 72 56 5 2.4 105 .172 .185 .280 .232 .351 .323 .403 .555 .754 46 .222 -5.4 -0.5 .472 .200 .138 .0
1934 32 TOT AL 195 141 16 3.0 111 .267 .251 .286 .283 .360 .301 .413 .583 .773 51 .284 -13.7 -1.3 .474 .098 .049 .0
1934 32 WSH AL 95 67 8 3.2 108 .256 .244 .283 .301 .356 .291 .408 .592 .764 56 .303 -5.5 -0.5 .523 .140 .047 .0
1934 32 CLE AL 100 74 8 2.9 113 .278 .258 .289 .265 .363 .309 .417 .575 .780 47 .266 -8.2 -0.8 .431 .062 .052
1935 33 BOS AL 105 72 12 4.5 117 .280 .286 .296 .320 .370 .398 .428 .718 .797 80 .446 -3.4 -0.3 .629 .163 .112 .0
1936 34 BOS AL 133 99 9 2.4 127 .252 .240 .306 .264 .383 .288 .450 .552 .832 33 .180 -14.3 -1.3 .421 .064 .048
1937 35 BOS AL 148 107 12 3.0 120 .263 .255 .295 .281 .371 .291 .439 .572 .810 42 .260 -13.4 -1.2 .438 .071 .035
1938 36 BOS AL 12 8 1 3.3 123 .364 .333 .296 .333 .376 .333 .442 .667 .818 64 .297 -0.7 -0.1 .500 .000 .000
1939 37 BOS AL 35 25 4 4.2 117 .276 .273 .291 .314 .367 .394 .431 .708 .798 77 .419 -1.3 -0.1 .600 .182 .121 .0
15 Seasons 1961 1439 152 2.8 112 .257 .243 .290 .278 .359 .299 .418 .577 .777 49 .261 -142.2 -13.6 .462 .103 .056 8.0
162 Game Avg. 479 352 37 2.8 112 .257 .243 .290 .278 .359 .299 .418 .577 .777 49 .261 -142.2 -13.6 .462 .103 .056 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BOS (5 yrs) 433 311 38 3.2 121 .267 .262 .298 .289 .374 .325 .439 .615 .813 51 .292 -33.2 -3.1 .492 .098 .064 .0
CHW (5 yrs) 901 652 71 2.9 109 .272 .250 .288 .292 .355 .294 .412 .586 .767 54 .280 -55.8 -5.4 .474 .100 .044 .0
WSH (3 yrs) 375 278 29 2.8 109 .237 .228 .283 .268 .354 .303 .412 .572 .767 49 .259 -26.6 -2.6 .470 .133 .075 3.0
CLE (2 yrs) 114 86 8 2.5 113 .255 .236 .290 .250 .363 .291 .417 .541 .780 39 .217 -10.6 -1.0 .405 .073 .055
BRO (1 yr) 138 112 6 1.4 105 .194 .186 .291 .198 .349 .240 .405 .439 .754 16 .101 -16.0 -1.6 .324 .078 .054 .0
AL (14 yrs) 1823 1327 146 2.9 112 .262 .248 .290 .284 .360 .303 .419 .587 .779 51 .274 -126.2 -12.0 .473 .105 .056 7.8
NL (1 yr) 138 112 6 1.4 105 .194 .186 .291 .198 .349 .240 .405 .439 .754 16 .101 -16.0 -1.6 .324 .078 .054 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
1923 21 BRO NL 138 0.0% 3.6% 1.5% 3.6% 21% 2.50 25.8 21.5 90%
1926 24 CHW AL 124 0.0% 7.3% 4.8% 4.8% 24% 1.50 12.6 16.1 84%
1927 25 CHW AL 77 0.0% 13.0% 5.2% 5.2% 24% 2.50 6.9 17.3 77%
1928 26 CHW AL 255 0.0% 9.8% 5.5% 6.3% 29% 1.79 9.0 7.7 78%
1929 27 CHW AL 383 0.0% 4.2% 4.4% 1.8% 7% 0.94 22.0 7.5 88%
1930 28 CHW AL 62 0.0% 8.1% 1.6% 4.8% 43% 5.00 12.2 8.7 90%
1931 29 CLE AL 14 0.0% 7.1% 7.1% 7.1% 100% 1.00 13.0 86%
1932 30 WSH AL 208 0.5% 6.3% 3.9% 4.8% 22% 1.63 15.0 195.0 7.5 87%
1933 31 WSH AL 72 2.8% 6.9% 5.6% 6.9% 42% 1.25 13.0 32.5 7.2 81%
1934 32 TOT AL 195 0.0% 5.6% 3.6% 4.1% 17% 1.57 16.6 12.2 88%
1934 32 WSH AL 95 0.0% 4.2% 6.3% 4.2% 19% 0.67 21.5 14.3 86%
1934 32 CLE AL 100 0.0% 7.0% 1.0% 4.0% 16% 7.00 13.9 10.8 90%
1935 33 BOS AL 105 1.9% 2.9% 4.8% 6.7% 25% 0.60 32.7 49.0 8.2 89%
1936 34 BOS AL 133 0.0% 4.5% 1.5% 3.8% 17% 3.00 20.8 6.6 89%
1937 35 BOS AL 148 0.0% 2.7% 3.4% 2.7% 11% 0.80 35.3 7.1 93%
1938 36 BOS AL 12 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 12.0 92%
1939 37 BOS AL 35 2.9% 8.6% 5.7% 5.7% 22% 1.50 11.0 33.0 6.6 83%
15 Seasons 1961 0.3% 6.0% 4.0% 4.2% 19% 1.50 15.5 302.2 8.8 86%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.0% 8.2% 6.8% 27% 0.97 11.2 70.2 7.7 80%
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

Cumulative Batting

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
1923 21 49 138 129 9 24 3 2 0 6 1 0 2 5 .186 .198 .240 .439 16 31 0 7
1924 22 49 138 129 9 24 3 2 0 6 1 0 2 5 .186 .198 .240 .439 16 31 0 7
1925 23 49 138 129 9 24 3 2 0 6 1 0 2 5 .186 .198 .240 .439 16 31 0 7
1926 24 90 262 242 13 49 9 2 0 13 1 2 8 14 .202 .228 .256 .484 28 62 0 12
1927 25 125 339 311 17 66 13 2 0 17 1 2 12 24 .212 .241 .267 .508 34 83 0 16
1928 26 201 594 535 42 121 29 2 0 46 4 3 26 49 .226 .267 .288 .555 47 154 4 29
1929 27 308 977 887 74 222 36 2 0 93 9 4 43 65 .250 .290 .295 .585 54 262 6 41
1930 28 328 1039 948 78 229 39 2 0 100 9 4 44 70 .242 .280 .287 .566 49 272 6 41
1931 29 338 1053 961 79 230 40 2 0 100 9 4 45 71 .239 .278 .285 .563 48 274 6 41
1932 30 413 1261 1156 95 276 48 3 1 126 10 5 53 84 .239 .276 .288 .564 48 333 6 46
1933 31 453 1333 1221 103 288 51 3 3 135 10 5 57 89 .236 .273 .290 .563 48 354 6 49
1934 32 515 1528 1404 112 334 58 4 3 150 12 5 64 100 .238 .275 .291 .566 48 409 7 53
1935 33 553 1633 1502 125 362 63 4 5 162 12 5 69 103 .241 .278 .298 .576 50 448 7 55
1936 34 592 1766 1627 134 392 67 5 5 181 12 5 71 109 .241 .277 .297 .574 49 484 9 59
1937 35 639 1914 1768 147 428 70 6 5 201 12 5 76 113 .242 .277 .297 .574 48 525 9 61
1938 36 649 1926 1780 147 432 70 6 5 201 12 5 76 114 .243 .277 .297 .574 48 529 9 61
1939 37 663 1961 1813 150 441 71 6 6 206 12 5 78 117 .243 .278 .299 .577 49 542 1 9 61

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1923 21 52 137 135 9 25 3 2 0 6 1 2 5 .185 .197 .237 .434 6 49
1926 24 43 125 119 4 26 6 0 0 7 0 6 9 .218 .256 .269 .525 8 41
1927 25 37 76 72 4 18 4 0 0 4 0 4 10 .250 .289 .306 .595 6 35
1928 26 80 251 233 24 55 16 0 0 28 3 14 26 .236 .291 .305 .596 20 76
1929 27 113 385 366 30 100 7 0 0 45 5 17 17 .273 .309 .292 .601 33 107
1930 28 21 64 63 3 6 3 0 0 6 0 1 5 .095 .109 .143 .252 1 20
1931 29 10 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 10
1932 30 79 207 200 14 43 7 1 1 23 1 7 14 .215 .242 .275 .517 14 75
1933 31 43 71 67 7 11 3 0 2 8 0 4 5 .164 .211 .299 .510 4 40
1934 32 65 196 188 8 44 7 1 0 13 2 7 12 .234 .265 .282 .547 14 62
1935 33 40 105 100 11 26 5 0 2 10 0 5 3 .260 .295 .370 .665 11 38
1936 34 41 130 126 7 27 4 1 0 15 0 2 6 .214 .238 .262 .500 7 39
1937 35 49 145 141 11 32 3 1 0 16 0 4 4 .227 .248 .262 .511 9 47
1938 36 11 12 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 10
1939 37 15 35 33 2 8 1 0 1 4 0 2 3 .242 .286 .364 .649 3 14
15 Seasons 699 1954 1869 134 425 69 6 6 185 12 76 121 .227 .261 .280 .541 137 663
162 Game Avg. 162 453 433 31 98 16 1 1 43 3 18 28 .227 .261 .280 .541 32 663

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1960 BBWAA ( 1.9%)

Youngest s c a p y
1923 NL  born 1902-03-02 (10th)

                           

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