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Ray Berres

Raymond Frederick Berres

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 31, 1907 in Kenosha, WI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1934
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers/Braves/Bees/Giants 1934-1945

Final Game: September 30, 1945
Died: February 1, 2007 in Kenosha, WI
Buried: St. George Cemetery, Kenosha, WI
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:26AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 Awards
1934 26 BRO NL 39 81 79 7 17 4 0 0 3 0 1 16 .215 .225 .266 .491 34 21 1 0 1 2
1936 28 BRO NL 105 283 267 16 64 10 1 1 13 1 14 35 .240 .280 .296 .576 54 79 8 1 1 *2
1937 29 PIT NL 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 1 0 0 0 /2
1938 30 PIT NL 40 110 100 7 23 2 0 0 6 0 8 10 .230 .287 .250 .537 49 25 5 0 2 2
1939 31 PIT NL 81 251 231 22 53 6 1 0 16 1 11 25 .229 .267 .264 .532 44 61 9 1 8 2
1940 32 TOT NL 106 289 261 14 50 4 1 0 16 0 19 20 .192 .246 .215 .461 31 56 7 0 9 *2
1940 32 PIT NL 21 33 32 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .188 .212 .188 .400 11 6 1 0 0 2
1940 32 BSN NL 85 256 229 12 44 4 1 0 14 0 18 19 .192 .251 .218 .469 34 50 6 0 9 2
1941 33 BSN NL 120 302 279 21 56 10 0 1 19 2 17 20 .201 .247 .247 .494 43 69 12 0 6 *2
1942 34 NYG NL 12 35 32 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .188 .235 .188 .423 24 6 1 0 1 2
1943 35 NYG NL 20 31 28 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .172 .179 .351 1 5 1 0 2 2
1944 36 NYG NL 16 19 17 4 8 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .471 .526 .647 1.173 230 11 1 1 0 2
1945 37 NYG NL 20 32 30 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 .167 .219 .167 .385 8 5 1 0 0 2
11 Seasons 561 1439 1330 96 287 37 3 3 78 4 76 134 .216 .260 .255 .515 43 339 46 3 30
162 Game Avg. 162 416 384 28 83 11 1 1 23 1 22 39 .216 .260 .255 .515 43 98 13 1 9
NYG (4 yrs) 68 117 107 9 23 1 0 1 5 0 6 8 .215 .263 .252 .515 47 27 4 1 3
PIT (4 yrs) 144 400 369 31 83 8 1 0 24 1 20 36 .225 .267 .252 .519 42 93 15 1 10
BSN (2 yrs) 205 558 508 33 100 14 1 1 33 2 35 39 .197 .249 .234 .483 39 119 18 0 15
BRO (2 yrs) 144 364 346 23 81 14 1 1 16 1 15 51 .234 .268 .289 .557 50 100 9 1 2

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
1934 26 BRO NL 81 -8 0 0 0 -2 1 2 -7 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $ 2
1936 28 BRO NL 283 -17 -2 0 0 0 3 9 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ *2
1937 29 PIT NL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
1938 30 PIT NL 110 -7 0 0 0 0 1 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 2
1939 31 PIT NL 251 -18 0 0 0 1 3 7 -7 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $ 2
1940 32 PIT NL 33 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 2
1940 32 BSN NL 256 -19 -1 0 0 1 3 9 -7 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $ 2
1941 33 BSN NL 302 -21 0 0 0 3 4 11 -3 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ *2
1942 34 NYG NL 35 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 2
1943 35 NYG NL 31 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 2
1944 36 NYG NL 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 2
1945 37 NYG NL 32 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 2
11 Seasons 1439 -102 -3 0 0 3 18 46 -38 -4.4 -41 -4.1 -0.3 $
NYG (4 yrs) 117 -7 0 0 0 0 2 4 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $
PIT (4 yrs) 400 -30 0 0 0 1 5 11 -13 -1.4 -14 -1.4 0.0 $
BSN (2 yrs) 558 -40 -1 0 0 4 7 20 -10 -1.3 -14 -1.4 0.1 $
BRO (2 yrs) 364 -25 -2 0 0 -2 4 11 -14 -1.5 -12 -1.2 -0.3 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1934 BRO NL 26 C 37 17 9 96 79 14 3 0 .969 2.51 .985 4.85 5 5 6 55%
1936 BRO NL 28 C 105 87 49 501 436 59 6 7 .988 4.71 .979 4.96 7 39 27 41%
1937 PIT NL 29 C 2 2 1 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 5.50 .980 5.25 0 0 1 100%
1938 PIT NL 30 C 40 29 20 150 128 21 1 0 .993 3.73 .979 4.85 2 7 9 56%
1939 PIT NL 31 C 80 72 48 307 269 36 2 4 .993 3.81 .982 4.81 2 14 15 52%
1940 TOT NL 32 C 106 89 59 366 294 65 7 8 .981 3.39 .978 5.00 3 36 31 46%
1940 PIT NL 32 C 21 10 7 50 40 9 1 2 .980 2.33 .978 5.00 1 6 5 45%
1940 BSN NL 32 C 85 79 52 316 254 56 6 6 .981 3.65 .978 5.00 2 30 26 46%
1941 BSN NL 33 C 120 111 47 422 356 64 2 13 .995 3.50 .983 5.04 6 39 29 43%
1942 NYG NL 34 C 12 9 9 37 34 2 1 1 .973 3.00 .979 4.95 0 5 1 17%
1943 NYG NL 35 C 17 9 6 53 43 9 1 1 .981 3.06 .981 4.70 0 4 4 50%
1944 NYG NL 36 C 12 5 3 17 13 4 0 1 1.000 1.42 .979 4.56 0 3 2 40%
1945 NYG NL 37 C 20 9 5 45 43 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 .978 4.57 0 0 1 100%
11 Seasons C 551 439 256 2005 1704 278 23 35 .989 3.60 .980 4.92 25 152 126 45%
11 Seasons TOT 551 439 256 2005 1704 278 23 35 .989 3.60 .980 4.92 25 152 126 45%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1936 NL  105 (4th)
1940 NL  106 (3rd)
1941 NL  120 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1936 NL  436 (4th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1936 NL  59 (5th)
1940 NL  65 (2nd)
1941 NL  64 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1936 NL  7 (1st)
1941 NL  6 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1936 NL  38 (1st)
1941 NL  31 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1936 NL  27 (5th)
1940 NL  31 (3rd)
1941 NL  29 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1940 NL  50.0 (1st)
1941 NL  48.3 (5th)
Career  45.3 (86th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1936 NL  4.71 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1936 NL  .988 (3rd)
1939 NL  .993 (2nd)
1940 NL  .981 (4th)
1941 NL  .995 (1st)

                                         

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