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Charlie Berry

Charles Francis Berry

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 18, 1902 in Phillipsburg, NJ
High School: Phillipsburg HS (Phillipsburg, NJ)
School: Lafayette College (Easton, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1925 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Athletics/WhiteSox 1925-1938

Final Game: September 8, 1938 (Age 35)
Died: September 6, 1972 in Evanston, IL
Buried: Belvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, NJ
Relatives: Son of Charlie Berry
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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 Awards
1925 22 PHA AL 10 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .286 .500 23 4 0 0 /2
1928 25 BOS AL 80 203 177 18 46 7 3 1 19 1 1 21 19 .260 .342 .350 .692 85 62 1 3 2
1929 26 BOS AL 77 229 207 19 50 11 4 1 21 2 6 15 29 .242 .302 .348 .650 69 72 3 4 2
1930 27 BOS AL 88 281 256 31 74 9 6 6 35 2 0 16 22 .289 .331 .441 .772 98 113 0 10 2
1931 28 BOS AL 111 387 357 41 101 16 2 6 49 4 0 29 38 .283 .337 .389 .726 95 139 0 1 2
1932 29 TOT AL 82 285 258 33 75 18 6 4 37 3 0 24 25 .291 .351 .453 .805 113 117 0 3 2
1932 29 BOS AL 10 35 32 0 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 2 .188 .257 .281 .538 43 9 0 0 2
1932 29 CHW AL 72 250 226 33 69 15 6 4 31 3 0 21 23 .305 .364 .478 .842 123 108 0 3 2
1933 30 CHW AL 86 291 271 25 69 8 3 2 28 0 0 17 16 .255 .301 .328 .629 71 89 1 2 2
1934 31 PHA AL 99 300 269 14 72 10 2 0 34 1 0 22 23 .268 .323 .320 .643 69 86 0 9 2
1935 32 PHA AL 62 202 190 14 48 7 3 3 29 0 0 10 20 .253 .290 .368 .658 70 70 0 2 2
1936 33 PHA AL 13 23 17 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 .059 .304 .118 .422 9 2 0 0 2
1938 35 PHA AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /2
11 Yrs 709 2217 2018 196 539 88 29 23 256 13 7 160 196 .267 .322 .374 .696 84 754 5 34
162 Game Avg. 162 507 461 45 123 20 7 5 58 3 2 37 45 .267 .322 .374 .696 84 172 1 8
BOS (5 yrs) 366 1135 1029 109 277 46 15 14 130 9 7 84 110 .269 .327 .384 .711 87 395 4 18
PHA (5 yrs) 185 541 492 29 124 19 5 3 67 1 0 38 47 .252 .306 .329 .635 65 162 0 11
CHW (2 yrs) 158 541 497 58 138 23 9 6 59 3 0 38 39 .278 .330 .396 .727 95 197 1 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1925 22 PHA AL 10 14 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $3,000 /2
1928 25 BOS AL 80 203 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 8 6 0.6 .498 .499 0.6 0.2 6 $3,500 2
1929 26 BOS AL 77 229 -10 -2 0 1 2 -9 -0.9 9 -1 -0.0 .488 .495 -0.1 0.3 -2 $4,500 2
1930 27 BOS AL 88 281 -2 1 0 0 2 2 0.1 11 12 1.2 .502 .501 1.2 0.2 12 $5,500 2
1931 28 BOS AL 111 387 -2 1 0 0 3 2 0.3 15 17 1.7 .502 .501 1.6 0.3 17 $7,000 2
1932 29 BOS AL 10 35 -3 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .478 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $7,000 2
1932 29 CHW AL 72 250 7 1 0 0 2 10 1.0 9 20 1.9 .513 .506 1.9 0.2 20 2
1933 30 CHW AL 86 291 -11 0 0 -2 2 -10 -0.9 11 1 0.1 .489 .494 0.3 0.1 3 $8,000 2
1934 31 PHA AL 99 300 -12 0 0 1 3 -8 -0.8 11 3 0.3 .493 .495 0.3 0.3 2 $8,000 2
1935 32 PHA AL 62 202 -9 0 0 1 2 -6 -0.6 8 1 0.1 .490 .496 0.0 0.2 0 $4,000 2
1936 33 PHA AL 13 23 -2 0 0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .479 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $4,000 2
1938 35 PHA AL 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .445 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $3,427 /2
11 Seasons 709 2217 -49 3 0 0 19 -28 -2.7 83 55 5.4 .496 .499 5.3 1.8 55 $57,927
BOS (5 yrs) 366 1135 -20 1 0 1 10 -9 -0.9 43 34 3.4 .498 .499 3.1 1.0 32 $27,500
PHA (5 yrs) 185 541 -26 1 0 1 5 -20 -1.9 20 1 0.1 .490 .498 0.0 0.5 -0 $22,427
CHW (2 yrs) 158 541 -3 1 0 -2 5 1 0.0 20 21 2.0 .500 .500 2.2 0.2 23 $8,000

Standard Fielding

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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% lgCS% PO Awards
1925 PHA AL 22 C 4 1 0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 2.25 .977 4.60 0 2 0 0% 45%
1928 BOS AL 25 C 63 49 35 195 153 34 8 2 .959 2.97 .976 4.71 0 24 26 52% 41%
1929 BOS AL 26 C 72 64 51 292 236 51 5 8 .983 3.99 .976 4.69 5 32 26 45% 44%
1930 BOS AL 27 C 85 74 67 339 279 56 4 4 .988 3.94 .984 4.88 6 22 32 59% 42%
1931 BOS AL 28 C 102 99 85 396 312 78 6 8 .985 3.82 .981 4.92 6 42 41 49% 42%
1932 TOT AL 29 C 80 73 63 305 240 58 7 8 .977 3.73 .982 4.90 4 22 31 58% 43%
1932 BOS AL 29 C 10 10 8 36 28 6 2 3 .944 3.40 .982 4.90 0 4 2 33% 43%
1932 CHW AL 29 C 70 63 55 269 212 52 5 5 .981 3.77 .982 4.90 4 18 29 62% 43%
1933 CHW AL 30 C 83 72 60 303 260 39 4 1 .987 3.60 .988 4.88 5 36 20 36% 45%
1934 PHA AL 31 C 99 94 59 392 339 48 5 9 .987 3.91 .981 4.99 5 54 26 33% 37%
1935 PHA AL 32 C 56 49 40 229 189 37 3 7 .987 4.04 .984 4.75 2 21 22 51% 41%
1936 PHA AL 33 C 12 4 4 34 29 4 1 0 .971 2.75 .979 4.78 2 3 3 50% 36%
1938 PHA AL 35 C 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 .985 4.90 0 0 0
11 Seasons C 657 579 464 2497 2047 406 44 48 .982 3.73 .982 4.85 35 258 227 47% 41%
11 Seasons TOT 657 579 464 2497 2047 406 44 48 .982 3.73 .982 4.85 35 258 227 47% 41%
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1955 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1930 AL  85 (5th)
1934 AL  99 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1930 AL  56 (3rd)
1931 AL  78 (2nd)
1932 AL  58 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1928 AL  8 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1931 AL  8 (5th)
1932 AL  8 (5th)
1934 AL  9 (4th)
1935 AL  7 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1929 AL  5 (4th)
1930 AL  6 (3rd)
1931 AL  6 (1st)
1932 AL  4 (4th)
1933 AL  5 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1933 AL  36 (4th)
1934 AL  54 (2nd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1930 AL  32 (4th)
1931 AL  41 (2nd)
1932 AL  31 (4th)
1934 AL  26 (4th)
1935 AL  22 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1928 AL  52.0 (3rd)
1930 AL  59.3 (1st)
1931 AL  49.4 (2nd)
1932 AL  58.5 (1st)
1935 AL  51.2 (2nd)
Career  46.8 (57th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1930 AL  .988 (3rd)
1931 AL  .985 (4th)
1934 AL  .987 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2384), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (270th), 5.4 career WAR/5.8 7yr-peak WAR/5.6 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
192522Philadelphia Athletics$3,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
192825Boston Red Sox$3,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
192926Boston Red Sox$4,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193027Boston Red Sox$5,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193128Boston Red Sox$7,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193229Boston Red Sox$7,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contractsBOS/CHW
193330Chicago White Sox$8,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193431Philadelphia Athletics$8,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193532Philadelphia Athletics$4,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193633Philadelphia Athletics$4,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193835Philadelphia Athletics$3,427Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$57,927
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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