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Dale Berra

Dale Anthony Berra

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 13, 1956 in Ridgewood, NJ
High School: Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1977
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Yankees/Astros 1977-1987
Agents: Ed Keating [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1987
Relatives: Son of Yogi Berra
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 PIT NL 20 3B 14 10 7 96.1 37 14 22 1 1 .973 0 1 3.36 2.57 .956 2.98 2.98
1978 PIT NL 21 3B 55 35 31 360.1 119 28 80 11 11 .908 -2 -8 2.70 1.96 .952 3.00 2.97
1978 PIT NL 21 SS 2 2 1 17.0 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 -0 -21 3.71 3.50 .966 4.87 4.85
1979 PIT NL 22 3B 22 16 14 156.2 58 18 33 7 3 .879 -1 -10 2.93 2.32 .951 2.89 2.88
1979 PIT NL 22 SS 22 15 15 170.1 83 25 53 5 11 .940 1 6 4.12 3.55 .965 5.00 4.98
1980 PIT NL 23 3B 48 29 26 302.1 95 23 69 3 7 .968 1 4 2.74 1.92 .948 2.87 2.88
1980 PIT NL 23 SS 45 33 30 325.0 165 59 98 8 16 .952 -0 -1 4.35 3.49 .966 5.02 5.02
1980 PIT NL 23 2B 4 1 0 17.1 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -48 5.19 2.50 .980 5.50 5.50
1981 PIT NL 24 3B 42 26 22 278.1 85 21 62 2 6 .976 1 6 2.68 1.98 .948 2.84 2.85
1981 PIT NL 24 SS 30 21 16 196.0 110 42 62 6 12 .945 -2 -13 4.78 3.47 .960 5.10 5.12
1981 PIT NL 24 2B 18 14 5 115.0 69 26 43 0 9 1.000 -1 -9 5.40 3.83 .982 5.52 5.54
1982 PIT NL 25 SS 153 150 130 1314.2 766 238 498 30 77 .961 11 10 5.04 4.81 .967 5.01 5.02
1982 PIT NL 25 3B 6 2 0 31.0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.90 1.67 .951 2.76 2.78
1983 PIT NL 26 SS 161 160 152 1433.1 821 286 505 30 103 .963 1 1 4.97 4.91 .967 4.85 4.83
1984 PIT NL 27 SS 135 134 124 1196.0 665 186 449 30 65 .955 4 4 4.78 4.70 .965 4.87 4.86
1984 PIT NL 27 3B 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1985 NYY AL 28 3B 41 33 17 272.0 96 20 68 8 9 .917 1 4 2.91 2.15 .953 2.85 2.82
1985 NYY AL 28 SS 6 0 0 10.2 9 2 6 1 0 .889 0 23 6.75 1.33 .964 4.64 4.60
1986 NYY AL 29 SS 19 15 9 131.0 71 29 40 2 8 .972 0 5 4.74 3.63 .967 4.53 4.49
1986 NYY AL 29 3B 18 16 8 113.1 40 11 27 2 3 .950 0 4 3.02 2.11 .948 2.74 2.71
1986 NYY AL 29 DH 4 4
1987 HOU NL 30 SS 18 16 4 119.1 54 13 39 2 4 .963 0 1 3.92 2.89 .965 4.72 4.69
1987 HOU NL 30 2B 3 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 0.67 .980 5.18 5.17
10 Seasons SS 591 546 481 4913.1 2751 883 1754 114 296 .959 15 4 4.83 4.46 .966 4.91 4.90
9 Seasons 3B 247 167 125 1613.1 540 138 368 34 40 .937 0 0 2.82 2.05 .951 2.89 2.88
3 Seasons 2B 25 15 5 136.1 81 33 48 0 9 1.000 -2 -14 5.35 3.24 .982 5.51 5.49
11 Seasons TOT 863 728 611 6663.0 3372 1054 2170 148 345 .956 13 2 4.35 3.74 .964 4.43 4.34
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1977 PIT NL 20 3B 0 1 0 0 -0 0
1978 PIT NL 21 3B -2 -8 -2 1 -3 0
1978 PIT NL 21 SS -0 -21 -0 -0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 22 3B -1 -10 -1 -2 0 0
1979 PIT NL 22 SS 1 6 -0 -2 2 1
1980 PIT NL 23 3B 1 4 1 1 0 0
1980 PIT NL 23 SS -0 -1 1 0 0 -1
1980 PIT NL 23 2B -1 -48 -1 0 -1 0
1981 PIT NL 24 3B 1 6 1 0 1 0
1981 PIT NL 24 SS -2 -13 -2 -2 -0 0
1981 PIT NL 24 2B -1 -9 -1 1 -2 0
1982 PIT NL 25 SS 11 10 10 6 4 1
1982 PIT NL 25 3B 0 0 0 -0 0 0
1983 PIT NL 26 SS 1 1 2 4 -3 -1
1984 PIT NL 27 SS 4 4 6 6 -0 -2
1984 PIT NL 27 3B -0 -40 -0 -0 0
1985 NYY AL 28 3B 1 4 0 -0 0 1
1985 NYY AL 28 SS 0 23 0 0 -0 0
1986 NYY AL 29 SS 0 5 0 -2 2 0
1986 NYY AL 29 3B 0 4 0 -0 0 0
1987 HOU NL 30 SS 0 1 1 1 0 -1
1987 HOU NL 30 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons SS 15 4 18 13 5 -3
9 Seasons 3B 0 0 -1 -0 -1 1
3 Seasons 2B -2 -14 -2 1 -2 0
11 Seasons TOT 13 2 15 13 2 -2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 PIT NL 20 17 10 17 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1978 PIT NL 21 56 37 56 56 0 0 0 0 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1979 PIT NL 22 44 31 44 44 0 0 0 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 PIT NL 23 93 63 93 92 0 0 0 4 48 45 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1981 PIT NL 24 81 61 81 78 0 0 0 18 42 30 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
1982 PIT NL 25 156 152 156 154 0 0 0 0 6 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1983 PIT NL 26 161 160 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PIT NL 27 136 134 136 135 0 0 0 0 1 135 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 NYY AL 28 48 33 48 46 0 0 0 0 41 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
1986 NYY AL 29 42 35 42 35 0 0 0 0 18 19 0 0 0 0 4 3 1
1987 HOU NL 30 19 16 19 19 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Seasons 853 732 853 834 0 0 0 25 247 591 0 0 0 0 4 23 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 PIT NL 21 70 56% 73% 24% 6 83% 0 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 22 714 61% 81% 26% 80 93% 0 27 21 4 2 56 36 17 1 0 5 1 4 0 2 11 9 0 1 1 0 11 9 2 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 23 1343 57% 83% 28% 142 91% 2 61 30 22 9 102 82 18 0 1 8 1 5 2 4 16 8 1 7 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 0
1981 PIT NL 24 853 54% 84% 28% 93 86% 2 40 19 16 5 64 49 13 0 1 5 0 5 0 4 12 6 2 2 0 1 12 8 3 0 0 0
1982 PIT NL 25 5592 61% 80% 28% 638 89% 3 242 116 95 31 493 393 81 2 9 30 2 28 0 23 77 27 12 21 3 5 71 40 30 4 2 2
1983 PIT NL 26 6055 62% 78% 26% 641 90% 1 278 123 120 35 507 394 100 1 1 30 1 22 7 24 102 34 7 37 8 3 93 42 50 5 4 1
1984 PIT NL 27 4945 69% 79% 26% 527 95% 2 194 87 77 30 450 340 90 2 8 30 0 28 2 27 68 31 4 21 3 3 62 35 27 5 2 2
1985 NYY AL 28 50 46% 88% 30% 9 89% 0 2 2 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYY AL 29 554 62% 82% 28% 55 95% 0 28 17 10 1 37 29 7 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 7 2 2 2 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1
1987 HOU NL 30 498 59% 81% 31% 52 87% 1 12 4 7 1 42 37 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0
10 Seasons 20674 63% 80% 27% 2243 91% 11 887 420 352 115 1761 1368 333 6 21 113 5 97 11 88 297 119 29 91 15 13 275 150 122 15 8 6
MLB Averages 59% 82% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 PIT NL 20 399 75% 86% 29% 36 94% 1 13 11 2 0 22 18 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 21 1547 63% 82% 27% 120 87% 3 30 21 4 5 82 61 17 0 4 11 1 10 0 9 11 7 1 8 3 0 3 4 75%
1979 PIT NL 22 665 67% 81% 26% 59 85% 1 18 17 1 0 32 22 9 1 0 7 0 7 0 7 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
1980 PIT NL 23 1253 66% 83% 27% 97 89% 1 21 18 1 2 69 51 15 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 7 4 0 7 0 0 0 0
1981 PIT NL 24 1201 59% 79% 28% 86 90% 3 21 14 4 3 62 49 9 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 5 4 0 5 0 0 0 5 60%
1982 PIT NL 25 150 41% 85% 24% 11 82% 0 3 3 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PIT NL 27 10 80% 70% 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYY AL 28 1124 62% 83% 26% 83 93% 1 19 15 1 3 64 45 16 0 1 8 0 8 0 6 9 7 0 7 1 0 1 2 100%
1986 NYY AL 29 481 71% 80% 28% 36 94% 0 11 8 0 3 27 22 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 6830 64% 82% 27% 528 89% 10 136 107 13 16 364 272 75 5 8 34 1 32 1 27 39 29 1 34 4 0 4 12 67%
MLB Averages 59% 82% 28% 90% 72%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1980 PIT NL 23 79 76% 81% 19% 5 100% 0 6 2 4 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PIT NL 24 509 59% 87% 27% 49 94% 0 25 9 11 5 45 35 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 3 4 0 9 4 5 0 0 0
1987 HOU NL 30 16 69% 81% 25% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 604 61% 86% 26% 55 95% 0 32 11 16 5 50 39 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 3 4 0 9 4 5 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 82% 28% 95%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y
1982 NL  505 (4th)
1983 NL  505 (4th)
1984 NL  449 (5th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1982 NL  30 (2nd)
1983 NL  30 (3rd)
1984 NL  30 (4th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1982 NL  153 (4th)
1983 NL  161 (1st)
1984 NL  135 (5th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1982 NL  238 (5th)
1983 NL  286 (2nd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1982 NL  498 (4th)
1983 NL  505 (3rd)
1984 NL  449 (2nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1982 NL  30 (2nd)
1983 NL  30 (2nd)
1984 NL  30 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1982 NL  11 (4th)
Career  15 (90th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
Career  4.83 (28th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1982 NL  4.81 (5th)
1983 NL  4.91 (3rd)
1984 NL  4.70 (5th)

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

                           

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