Johnny Bero

John George Bero

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 22, 1922 in Gary, WV
School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1948
Teams (by GP): Browns/Tigers 1948-1951

Final Game: July 22, 1951
Died: May 11, 1985 in Gardena, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA
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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	Pos	Awards
1943	20	DET-min	AA	55	217	199	23	48	11	3	3	27	5	2	16	22	.241	.298	.372	.670		74		0	2		BFL · IL
1946	23	DET-min	AAA	134	591	504	93	140	30	3	9	70	5	2	75	60	.278	.372	.403	.775		203	9	1	11		BFL · IL
1947	24	DET-min	AAA	148	584	474	68	107	20	3	10	49	7		99	72	.226	.363	.344	.707		163		3	8		BFL · IL
1948	25	DET-min	AAA	134	545	437	89	104	18	5	10	35	12		104	71	.238	.386	.371	.756		162		1	3		BFL · IL
1948	25	DET	AL	4	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	-72	0	0	0	0	/4

1949	26	DET-min	AAA	149	585	488	77	120	22	6	17	81	5		91	62	.246	.369	.420	.789		205	7	4	2		TOL · AA
1950	27	DET-min	AAA	127	522	440	76	111	14	4	18	57	3		78	66	.252	.366	.425	.791		187	6	1	3		TOL · AA
1951	28	LAD-min	AA	36	122	122		24	3	0	0						.197	.197	.221	.418		27					FTW · TL
1951	28	SLB	AL	61	191	160	24	34	5	0	5	17	1	1	26	30	.213	.323	.338	.660	76	54	3	0	3	6/4
1952	29	OLD	Opn	130	383	313	34	54	9	0	7	27	1		60	75	.173	.309	.268	.578		84		2	8		OLD · PCL
1953	30	OLD	Opn	111	346	297	38	62	6	1	9	32	0		45	43	.209	.315	.327	.641		97	4	1	3		OLD · PCL
2 Yrs				65	201	169	26	34	5	0	5	17	1	1	27	31	.201	.311	.320	.631	68	54	3	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	501	421	65	85	12	0	12	42	2	2	67	77	.201	.311	.320	.631	68	135	7	0	7

SLB (1 yr)				61	191	160	24	34	5	0	5	17	1	1	26	30	.213	.323	.338	.660	76	54	3	0	3
DET (1 yr)				4	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	-72	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1948	25	DET	AL	4	10	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.446	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/4

1951	28	SLB	AL	61	191	-6	0	-1	-4	3	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.488	.496	0.2	-0.1	2	$	6/4
2 Seasons				65	201	-8	0	-1	-4	3	-9	-0.9	5	-4	-0.4	.486	.497	0.0	-0.1	0	$

SLB (1 yr)				61	191	-6	0	-1	-4	3	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.488	.496	0.2	-0.1	2	$
DET (1 yr)				4	10	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.446	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

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
1948	25	DET	AL	10	9	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.277	.100	.362	.000	.400	.100	.762	-72	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.111	.111	.000

1951	28	SLB	AL	191	133	17	3.4	105	.232	.213	.271	.323	.353	.338	.398	.660	.750	76	.379	-5.3	-0.5	.615	.288	.125	1.7
2 Yrs				201	142	17	3.2	105	.218	.201	.271	.311	.353	.320	.398	.631	.751	68	.351	-7.7	-0.8	.583	.278	.118	1.7
162 Game Avg.				501	354	42	3.2	105	.218	.201	.271	.311	.353	.320	.398	.631	.751	68	.351	-7.7	-0.8	.583	.278	.118	4

SLB (1 yr)				191	133	17	3.4	105	.232	.213	.271	.323	.353	.338	.398	.660	.750	76	.378	-5.3	-0.5	.615	.288	.125	1.7
DET (1 yr)				10	9	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.277	.100	.362	.000	.400	.100	.762	-72	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.111	.111	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	25	DET	AL	10	0.0%	10.0%	10.0%	0.0%		1.00	9.0				80%

1951	28	SLB	AL	191	2.6%	15.7%	13.6%	5.2%	29%	1.15	5.3	32.0	9.4	0.74	65%
2 Yrs				201	2.5%	15.4%	13.4%	5.0%	29%	1.15	5.5	33.8	9.9	0.74	66%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.6%	10.1%	6.5%	28%	0.95	9.2	47.1	7.9	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	25	DET	AL	-2.3	-0.2	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	3.79	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.13	-0.4	3.79	1

1951	28	SLB	AL	-5.3	-0.5	152	-0.7	2.2	-2.9	1.04	-0.6	-0.0	-8.9	-0.9	0.97	-7.2	1.33	8
2 Yrs				-7.7	-0.8	153	-0.8	2.2	-3.0	1.06	-0.7	-0.1	-9.3	-0.9	0.97	-7.6	1.61	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	25	DET	AL	0	0	200%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1951	28	SLB	AL	3	0	35%	52	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	53%	9	6	3	1	1	0	5	0	5
2 Yrs				3	0	38%	54	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	53%	9	6	3	1	1	0	5	0	5

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	25	DET	AL	10	100%	0			1	0	0	0	3.79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1951	28	SLB	AL	191	80%	34			8	2	0	1	1.33	5	0	5	2	0	2	3	0	3	3	100%	28	3	11%	17	7	41%	97	10	10%	7	4	57%	6	4	67%	0
2 Yrs				201	80%	34			9	2	0	1	1.61	5	0	5	2	0	2	3	0	3	3	100%	28	3	11%	18	7	39%	98	10	10%	7	4	57%	7	4	57%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			107%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1948	25	4	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	-72	0	0	0
1949	26	4	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	-72	0	0	0
1950	27	4	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	-72	0	0	0
1951	28	65	201	169	26	34	5	5	17	1	1	27	31	.201	.311	.320	.631	68	54	3	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1948	25	4	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	4

1951	28	64	196	167	23	34	5	0	5	16	1	26	32	.204	.311	.323	.634	17	61
2 Yrs		68	206	176	25	34	5	0	5	16	1	27	33	.193	.300	.307	.607	17	65
162 Game Avg.		162	491	419	60	81	12	0	12	38	2	64	79	.193	.300	.307	.607	41	65

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