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Dale Berra
Dale Anthony Berra

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 13, 1956 in Ridgewood, NJ
High School: Montclair (Montclair, NJ)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1977
Final Game: October 4, 1987
Relatives: Son of Yogi Berra
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Dale Berra
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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
1977	20	PIT	NL	17	41	40	0	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.175	.195	.200	.395	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	5
1978	21	PIT	NL	56	151	135	16	28	2	0	6	14	3	1	13	20	.207	.285	.356	.640	75	48	2	2	0	1	3	5/6
1979	22	PIT	NL	44	138	123	11	26	5	0	3	15	0	0	11	17	.211	.272	.325	.597	60	40	5	0	2	2	2	56
1980	23	PIT	NL	93	268	245	21	54	8	2	6	31	2	0	16	52	.220	.269	.343	.612	68	84	6	1	4	2	6	56/4
1981	24	PIT	NL	81	254	232	21	56	12	0	2	27	11	1	17	34	.241	.302	.319	.621	74	74	3	3	2	0	4	564
1982	25	PIT	NL	156	583	529	64	139	25	5	10	61	6	6	33	83	.263	.306	.386	.692	90	204	15	4	8	9	12	*6/5
1983	26	PIT	NL	161	607	537	51	135	25	1	10	52	8	5	61	84	.251	.327	.358	.684	88	192	10	0	7	2	19	*6
1984	27	PIT	NL	136	500	450	31	100	16	0	9	52	1	3	34	78	.222	.273	.318	.591	66	143	11	1	6	9	8	*6/5
1985	28	NYY	AL	48	118	109	8	25	5	1	1	8	1	1	7	20	.229	.276	.321	.597	65	35	2	0	2	0	0	5/6
1986	29	NYY	AL	42	121	108	10	25	7	0	2	13	0	0	9	14	.231	.294	.352	.646	76	38	0	1	2	1	0	65/D
1987	30	HOU	NL	19	54	45	3	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	8	12	.178	.296	.244	.541	48	11	0	0	0	1	3	6/4
11 Seasons				853	2835	2553	236	603	109	9	49	278	32	17	210	422	.236	.294	.344	.638	76	877	54	12	33	27	57
162 Game Avg.				162	538	485	45	115	21	2	9	53	6	3	40	80	.236	.294	.344	.638	76	167	10	2	6	5	11

PIT (8 yrs)				744	2542	2291	215	545	94	8	46	255	31	16	186	376	.238	.295	.346	.641	77	793	52	11	29	25	54
NYY (2 yrs)				90	239	217	18	50	12	1	3	21	1	1	16	34	.230	.285	.336	.622	71	73	2	1	4	1	0
HOU (1 yr)				19	54	45	3	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	8	12	.178	.296	.244	.541	48	11	0	0	0	1	3

NL (9 yrs)				763	2596	2336	218	553	97	8	46	257	31	16	194	388	.237	.295	.344	.639	76	804	52	11	29	26	57
AL (2 yrs)				90	239	217	18	50	12	1	3	21	1	1	16	34	.230	.285	.336	.622	71	73	2	1	4	1	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
1977	20	PIT	NL	41	33	2	1.6	105	.219	.175	.272	.195	.340	.200	.414	.395	.754	6	.130	-5.5	-0.6	.273	.050	.025
1978	21	PIT	NL	151	111	14	3.4	99	.200	.207	.268	.285	.336	.356	.394	.640	.730	75	.404	-5.2	-0.5	.591	.259	.148	4.0
1979	22	PIT	NL	138	106	10	2.5	104	.219	.211	.275	.272	.341	.325	.408	.597	.749	60	.267	-7.2	-0.7	.500	.203	.114	.0
1980	23	PIT	NL	268	203	22	2.9	97	.254	.220	.270	.269	.333	.343	.392	.612	.725	68	.337	-11.6	-1.2	.523	.196	.122	3.0
1981	24	PIT	NL	254	182	24	3.6	95	.276	.241	.267	.302	.333	.319	.383	.621	.716	74	.435	-8.2	-0.9	.578	.194	.078	3.4
1982	25	PIT	NL	583	428	59	3.7	98	.290	.263	.270	.306	.334	.386	.393	.692	.726	90	.443	-8.2	-0.8	.586	.185	.123	7.5
1983	26	PIT	NL	607	426	63	4.0	99	.281	.251	.267	.327	.336	.358	.395	.684	.731	88	.471	-8.6	-0.9	.614	.225	.106	8.9
1984	27	PIT	NL	500	379	38	2.7	95	.245	.222	.264	.273	.330	.318	.384	.591	.714	66	.310	-21.0	-2.2	.484	.167	.096	1.8
1985	28	NYY	AL	118	89	9	2.7	97	.273	.229	.259	.276	.324	.321	.402	.597	.726	65	.275	-5.4	-0.5	.483	.156	.092	1.0
1986	29	NYY	AL	121	86	12	3.7	99	.247	.231	.260	.294	.328	.352	.406	.646	.734	76	.399	-3.4	-0.3	.578	.204	.120	.0
1987	30	HOU	NL	54	38	4	2.8	102	.235	.178	.264	.296	.333	.244	.412	.541	.745	48	.279	-2.9	-0.3	.514	.244	.067
11 Seasons				2835	2081	257	3.3	98	.263	.236	.267	.294	.333	.344	.393	.638	.726	76	.388	-87.3	-8.9	.551	.195	.107	38.7
162 Game Avg.				538	395	49	3.3	98	.263	.236	.267	.294	.333	.344	.393	.638	.726	76	.388	-87.3	-8.9	.551	.195	.107	7

PIT (8 yrs)				2542	1868	232	3.3	98	.263	.238	.268	.295	.334	.346	.392	.641	.726	77	.395	-75.5	-7.8	.554	.196	.108	37.0
NYY (2 yrs)				239	175	21	3.2	98	.260	.230	.260	.285	.326	.336	.404	.622	.730	71	.338	-8.9	-0.8	.529	.180	.106	1.5
HOU (1 yr)				54	38	4	2.8	102	.235	.178	.264	.296	.333	.244	.412	.541	.745	48	.279	-2.9	-0.3	.514	.244	.067

NL (9 yrs)				2596	1906	236	3.3	98	.263	.237	.268	.295	.334	.344	.392	.639	.726	76	.393	-78.4	-8.1	.553	.197	.107	37.0
AL (2 yrs)				239	175	21	3.2	98	.260	.230	.260	.285	.326	.336	.404	.622	.730	71	.338	-8.9	-0.8	.529	.180	.106	1.5

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	20	PIT	NL	41	0.0%	19.5%	2.4%	2.4%	14%	8.00	5.0		13.3	0.67	78%
1978	21	PIT	NL	151	4.0%	13.3%	8.6%	5.3%	29%	1.54	6.8	22.5	9.6	0.58	73%
1979	22	PIT	NL	138	2.2%	12.3%	8.0%	5.8%	31%	1.55	7.2	41.0	8.2	1.13	76%
1980	23	PIT	NL	268	2.2%	19.4%	6.0%	6.0%	30%	3.25	4.7	40.8	7.9	0.86	71%
1981	24	PIT	NL	254	0.8%	13.4%	6.7%	5.5%	25%	2.00	6.8	116.0	8.6	0.65	77%
1982	25	PIT	NL	583	1.7%	14.2%	5.7%	6.9%	29%	2.52	6.4	52.9	8.7	0.96	76%
1983	26	PIT	NL	607	1.7%	13.8%	10.1%	5.9%	27%	1.38	6.4	53.7	10.3	0.80	73%
1984	27	PIT	NL	500	1.8%	15.6%	6.8%	5.0%	25%	2.29	5.8	50.0	8.7	0.80	74%
1985	28	NYY	AL	118	0.9%	17.0%	5.9%	5.9%	28%	2.86	5.5	109.0	13.6	0.65	75%
1986	29	NYY	AL	121	1.7%	11.6%	7.4%	7.4%	36%	1.56	7.7	54.0	8.3	0.51	77%
1987	30	HOU	NL	54	0.0%	22.2%	14.8%	5.6%	38%	1.50	3.8		22.5	0.53	63%
11 Seasons				2835	1.7%	14.9%	7.4%	5.9%	28%	2.01	6.1	52.1	9.2	0.79	74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1977	20	PIT	NL	0	1	0%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0%	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1978	21	PIT	NL	1	2	27%	48	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	56%	5	3	2	2	0	2	2	1	1
1979	22	PIT	NL	6	2	24%	49	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	3	3	0	2	0	2	5	1	3
1980	23	PIT	NL	4	3	23%	88	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	33%	13	11	2	3	2	1	5	0	4
1981	24	PIT	NL	3	3	26%	94	11	1	92%	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	77%	8	2	6	1	1	0	4	0	4
1982	25	PIT	NL	9	0	33%	169	6	6	50%	4	6	0	0	2	0	6	2	7	14	63%	25	11	13	5	1	4	16	3	12
1983	26	PIT	NL	8	7	22%	212	8	5	62%	7	3	1	2	0	0	4	2	10	17	44%	11	11	0	3	1	2	20	5	13
1984	27	PIT	NL	5	0	18%	175	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	3	5	28%	20	14	5	2	2	0	17	10	6
1985	28	NYY	AL	2	0	23%	35	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	31%	7	5	1	2	1	1	4	1	2
1986	29	NYY	AL	4	0	24%	41	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1987	30	HOU	NL	0	0	19%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
11 Seasons				42	18	24%	943	32	17	65%	27	14	2	3	3	0	17	5	31	51	45%	101	68	29	22	8	13	74	21	46
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1977	20	PIT	NL	42	26%	7			2	0	0	0	0.24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	4	1	25%	24	3	13%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1978	21	PIT	NL	153	49%	28			0	0	0	0		6	0	2	3	3	4	2	0	0	0		26	2	8%	10	2	20%	88	8	9%	9	3	33%	7	1	14%	0
1979	22	PIT	NL	140	54%	26			0	0	0	0		3	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	100%	28	5	18%	16	5	31%	84	14	17%	6	5	83%	13	2	15%	0
1980	23	PIT	NL	271	34%	54			4	1	0	0	1.01	6	1	3	5	1	3	3	0	4	4	100%	51	6	12%	26	6	23%	159	25	16%	13	7	54%	17	4	24%	0
1981	24	PIT	NL	257	27%	56			3	0	0	0	1.48	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	100%	50	3	6%	17	4	24%	171	27	16%	8	5	63%	19	7	37%	0
1982	25	PIT	NL	583	29%	139			0	0	0	0		10	0	17	7	3	4	6	0	8	8	100%	102	15	15%	59	21	36%	360	55	15%	38	22	58%	39	12	31%	0
1983	26	PIT	NL	614	25%	135			0	0	0	0		10	0	8	6	4	5	5	0	7	7	100%	107	10	9%	47	16	34%	364	45	12%	28	11	39%	35	14	40%	0
1984	27	PIT	NL	499	26%	100			2	1	0	0	2.91	9	1	12	4	5	7	2	0	6	6	100%	79	11	14%	55	22	40%	302	43	14%	32	19	59%	31	11	35%	1
1985	28	NYY	AL	118	81%	25			7	2	0	1	0.93	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	25	2	8%	11	2	18%	80	7	9%	4	1	25%	5	1	20%	0
1986	29	NYY	AL	121	66%	25			3	1	0	1	3.09	2	0	6	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	100%	19	0	0%	9	4	44%	79	11	14%	6	4	67%	5	3	60%	0
1987	30	HOU	NL	54	94%	8			1	0	0	0	2.38	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	2	1	50%	33	2	6%	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	0
11 Seasons				2852	35%	603			22	5	0	2	1.50	49	2	60	28	21	28	21	0	33	33	100%	502	54	11%	256	84	33%	1744	240	14%	147	79	54%	176	56	32%	1
MLB Averages

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
1977	20	17	41	40	0	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.175	.195	.200	.395	6	8	0	0	0	0	0
1978	21	73	192	175	16	35	3	0	6	17	3	1	14	28	.200	.266	.320	.586	59	56	2	2	0	1	3
1979	22	117	330	298	27	61	8	0	9	32	3	1	25	45	.205	.268	.322	.590	59	96	7	2	2	3	5
1980	23	210	598	543	48	115	16	2	15	63	5	1	41	97	.212	.269	.331	.600	63	180	13	3	6	5	11
1981	24	291	852	775	69	171	28	2	17	90	16	2	58	131	.221	.278	.328	.606	66	254	16	6	8	5	15
1982	25	447	1435	1304	133	310	53	7	27	151	22	8	91	214	.238	.290	.351	.641	76	458	31	10	16	14	27
1983	26	608	2042	1841	184	445	78	8	37	203	30	13	152	298	.242	.301	.353	.654	79	650	41	10	23	16	46
1984	27	744	2542	2291	215	545	94	8	46	255	31	16	186	376	.238	.295	.346	.641	77	793	52	11	29	25	54
1985	28	792	2660	2400	223	570	99	9	47	263	32	17	193	396	.238	.294	.345	.639	76	828	54	11	31	25	54
1986	29	834	2781	2508	233	595	106	9	49	276	32	17	202	410	.237	.294	.345	.640	76	866	54	12	33	26	54
1987	30	853	2835	2553	236	603	109	9	49	278	32	17	210	422	.236	.294	.344	.638	76	877	54	12	33	27	57

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
1977	20	17	42	41	0	8	1	0	0	4	0	1	8	.195	.214	.220	.434	2	17
1978	21	56	154	137	17	30	2	0	6	15	3	14	20	.219	.299	.365	.664	15	56
1979	22	44	135	122	11	25	5	0	3	15	0	11	17	.205	.267	.320	.586	10	44
1980	23	93	265	246	22	55	8	2	6	32	2	16	52	.224	.272	.346	.617	23	93
1981	24	123	394	360	34	94	20	0	3	44	18	29	51	.261	.325	.342	.667	39	81
1982	25	156	573	527	66	137	25	5	10	63	6	33	83	.260	.304	.383	.687	61	156
1983	26	161	606	541	53	139	26	1	10	54	8	63	84	.257	.333	.364	.697	66	161
1984	27	136	497	452	33	102	16	0	9	56	1	35	78	.226	.278	.321	.598	41	136
1985	28	48	117	110	8	26	5	1	1	8	1	7	20	.236	.282	.327	.609	10	48
1986	29	42	123	111	11	28	8	0	2	14	0	10	14	.252	.317	.378	.695	13	42
1987	30	19	56	46	3	9	3	0	0	2	0	9	12	.196	.321	.261	.582	4	19
11 Seasons		895	2962	2693	258	653	119	9	50	307	39	228	439	.242	.302	.349	.651	284	853
162 Game Avg.		162	536	487	47	118	22	2	9	56	7	41	79	.242	.302	.349	.651	51	853

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1983 NL--161--2nd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1982 NL--9--6th
1984 NL--9--5th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1983 NL--19--1st

Youngest s c a p y
1977 NL--born 1956-12-13--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 1 (2250), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2250), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50