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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 PIT NL 20 3B 14 10 96.1 37 14 22 1 1 .973 0.1 1.2 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 3.36 2.57 .954 2.98 2.54
1978 PIT NL 21 3B 55 35 360.1 119 28 80 11 11 .908 -2.4 -8.0 -2.4 -3.2 0.8 0 2.70 1.96 .955 3.00 2.53
1978 PIT NL 21 SS 2 2 17.0 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -21.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 3.71 3.50 .971 4.87 4.25
1979 PIT NL 22 3B 22 16 156.2 58 18 33 7 3 .879 -1.3 -10.0 -1.3 0.4 -1.7 0 2.93 2.32 .955 2.89 2.50
1979 PIT NL 22 SS 22 15 170.1 83 25 53 5 11 .940 0.9 6.3 -0.1 1.8 -1.9 1 4.12 3.55 .966 5.00 4.51
1980 PIT NL 23 3B 48 29 302.1 95 23 69 3 7 .968 1.1 4.4 1.1 0.2 1.0 0 2.74 1.92 .947 2.87 2.39
1980 PIT NL 23 SS 45 33 325.0 165 59 98 8 16 .952 -0.2 -0.7 0.8 0.5 0.3 -1 4.35 3.49 .967 5.02 4.30
1980 PIT NL 23 2B 4 1 17.1 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -48.5 -0.7 -0.8 0.1 0 5.19 2.50 .980 5.50 4.70
1981 PIT NL 24 3B 42 26 278.1 85 21 62 2 6 .976 1.3 5.6 1.3 1.2 0.1 0 2.68 1.98 .946 2.84 2.47
1981 PIT NL 24 SS 30 21 196.0 110 42 62 6 12 .945 -2.2 -13.5 -2.2 -0.1 -2.2 0 4.78 3.47 .961 5.10 4.44
1981 PIT NL 24 2B 18 14 115.0 69 26 43 0 9 1.000 -0.9 -9.4 -0.9 -1.6 0.7 0 5.40 3.83 .981 5.52 4.72
1982 PIT NL 25 SS 153 150 1314.2 766 238 498 30 77 .961 11.3 10.3 10.3 3.8 6.5 1 5.04 4.81 .967 5.01 4.38
1982 PIT NL 25 3B 6 2 31.0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0 2.90 1.67 .950 2.76 2.43
1983 PIT NL 26 SS 161 160 1433.1 821 286 505 30 103 .963 0.7 0.6 1.7 -2.6 4.3 -1 4.97 4.91 .967 4.85 4.16
1984 PIT NL 27 SS 135 134 1196.0 665 186 449 30 65 .955 3.8 3.8 5.8 -0.4 6.2 -2 4.78 4.70 .965 4.87 3.98
1984 PIT NL 27 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1985 NYY AL 28 3B 41 33 272.0 96 20 68 8 9 .917 1.0 4.4 0.0 0.4 -0.4 1 2.91 2.15 .955 2.85 2.38
1985 NYY AL 28 SS 6 0 10.2 9 2 6 1 0 .889 0.2 22.5 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 6.75 1.33 .967 4.64 3.93
1986 NYY AL 29 SS 19 15 131.0 71 29 40 2 8 .972 0.5 4.6 0.5 1.9 -1.5 0 4.74 3.63 .966 4.53 3.94
1986 NYY AL 29 3B 18 16 113.1 40 11 27 2 3 .950 0.4 4.2 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0 3.02 2.11 .948 2.74 2.37
1986 NYY AL 29 DH 4
1987 HOU NL 30 SS 18 16 119.1 54 13 39 2 4 .963 0.1 1.0 1.1 0.2 0.9 -1 3.92 2.89 .965 4.72 3.89
1987 HOU NL 30 2B 3 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 0.67 1.000 5.18 4.43
10 Seasons SS 591 546 4913.1 2751 883 1754 114 296 .959 14.8 3.6 17.8 4.8 12.8 -3 4.83 4.46 .966 4.91 4.20
9 Seasons 3B 247 167 1613.1 540 138 368 34 40 .937 0.1 0.1 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 1 2.82 2.05 .951 2.89 2.45
3 Seasons 2B 25 15 136.1 81 33 48 0 9 1.000 -1.6 -14.1 -1.6 -2.4 0.8 0 5.35 3.24 .981 5.51 4.68
1 Season DH 4
11 Seasons TOT 863 728 6663.0 3372 1054 2170 148 345 .956 13.3 2.4 15.3 1.8 13.3 -2 4.35 3.74 .920 4.43 3.71
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 73 53% 70% 23% 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 22 737 59% 79% 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 1400 55% 80% 27% 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 24 888 52% 81% 27% 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 5834 59% 77% 27% 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 6319 59% 74% 25% 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 5146 67% 76% 25% 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 51 45% 86% 29% 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 29 563 61% 81% 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 30 528 55% 77% 29% 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 21539 60% 76% 26% 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 57% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 20 415 73% 83% 28% 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 1602 61% 79% 26% 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 22 690 64% 78% 25% 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 1299 64% 80% 26% 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 1243 57% 77% 27% 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 25 152 40% 84% 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 1165 60% 80% 25% 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 29 504 68% 77% 26% 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 7080 62% 79% 26% 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 57% 78% 27% 90% 72%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 85 71% 75% 18% 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 24 533 56% 83% 26% 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 634 58% 82% 25% 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 57% 78% 27% 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 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.

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