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Damon Berryhill

Damon Scott Berryhill

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 3, 1963 in South Laguna, CA
High School: Laguna Beach (Laguna Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January). Player signed June 2, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1987
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Braves/RedSox/Giants/Reds 1987-1997
Agents: Alan Meersand [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1997
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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
1984	20	CHC-min	A	62	235	217	30	60	14	0	0	31	4	4	16	44	.276	.329	.341	.670		74		1	1	0	0	QDS · MIDW
1985	21	CHC-min	A	117	430	386	31	90	25	1	9	50	4	4	32	90	.233	.289	.373	.662		144		1	4	7	3	WSM · CARL
1986	22	CHC-min	AA	112	391	345	33	71	13	1	6	35	2	5	37	54	.206	.279	.301	.581		104		1	1	7	3	PFD · EL
1987	23	CHC-min	AAA	121	470	429	54	123	22	1	18	67	5	4	32	58	.287	.330	.469	.799		201		0	1	8	3	IWA · AA
1987	23	CHC	NL	12	31	28	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	5	.179	.258	.214	.472	26	6	1	0	0	0	0	2
1988	24	CHC-min	AAA	21	81	73	11	16	5	1	2	11	0	0	7	21	.219	.284	.397	.681		29		0	0	1	1	IWA · AA
1988	24	CHC	NL	95	332	309	19	80	19	1	7	38	1	0	17	56	.259	.295	.395	.690	93	122	11	0	3	3	5	2	RoY-6
1989	25	CHC-min	AAA	7	31	30	4	6	1	0	2	4	0	0	1	8	.200	.226	.433	.659		13		0	0	0	0	IWA · AA
1989	25	CHC	NL	91	361	334	37	86	13	0	5	41	1	0	16	54	.257	.291	.341	.633	75	114	13	2	4	5	4	2
1990	26	CHC-min	AAA,A	29	113	105	18	27	3	0	6	14	0	3	7	24	.257	.310	.457	.767		48		1	0	0	2	IWA,PEO · AA,MIDW
1990	26	CHC	NL	17	59	53	6	10	4	0	1	9	0	0	5	14	.189	.254	.321	.575	53	17	3	0	0	1	1	2
1991	27	CHC-min	AAA	26	111	97	20	32	4	1	8	24	0	3	12	25	.330	.396	.639	1.036		62	2	0	0	2	0	IWA · AA
1991	27	TOT	NL	63	173	160	13	30	7	0	5	14	1	2	11	42	.188	.243	.325	.568	56	52	2	1	0	1	1	2
1991	27	CHC	NL	62	172	159	13	30	7	0	5	14	1	2	11	41	.189	.244	.327	.571	57	52	2	1	0	1	1	2
1991	27	ATL	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1992	28	ATL	NL	101	328	307	21	70	16	1	10	43	0	2	17	67	.228	.268	.384	.653	78	118	4	1	0	3	4	2
1993	29	ATL	NL	115	363	335	24	82	18	2	8	43	0	0	21	64	.245	.291	.382	.673	78	128	7	2	2	3	1	2
1994	30	BOS	AL	82	276	255	30	67	17	2	6	34	0	1	19	59	.263	.312	.416	.727	82	106	6	0	0	2	0	2/D
1995	31	CIN	NL	34	97	82	6	15	3	0	2	11	0	0	10	19	.183	.260	.293	.553	46	24	3	0	1	4	2	2/3

1997	33	SFG-min	AAA	4	15	13	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.385	.467	.385	.851		5	1	0	0	0	2	PHX · PCL
1997	33	SFG	NL	73	188	167	17	43	8	0	3	23	0	0	20	29	.257	.335	.359	.694	84	60	3	0	0	1	5	2/3
1998	34	OAK-min	AAA	21	88	74	8	19	9	0	0	14	0	0	10	13	.257	.330	.378	.708		28	3	0	0	4	1	EDM · PCL
10 Seasons				683	2208	2030	175	488	106	6	47	257	3	6	139	409	.240	.288	.368	.656	76	747	53	6	10	23	23
162 Game Avg.				162	524	481	42	116	25	1	11	61	1	1	33	97	.240	.288	.368	.656	76	177	13	1	2	5	5

CHC (5 yrs)				277	955	883	77	211	44	1	18	103	3	3	52	170	.239	.281	.352	.633	75	311	30	3	7	10	11
ATL (3 yrs)				217	692	643	45	152	34	3	18	86	0	2	38	132	.236	.280	.383	.662	78	246	11	3	2	6	5
SFG (1 yr)				73	188	167	17	43	8	0	3	23	0	0	20	29	.257	.335	.359	.694	84	60	3	0	0	1	5
BOS (1 yr)				82	276	255	30	67	17	2	6	34	0	1	19	59	.263	.312	.416	.727	82	106	6	0	0	2	0
CIN (1 yr)				34	97	82	6	15	3	0	2	11	0	0	10	19	.183	.260	.293	.553	46	24	3	0	1	4	2

NL (9 yrs)				601	1932	1775	145	421	89	4	41	223	3	5	120	350	.237	.285	.361	.646	76	641	47	6	10	21	23
AL (1 yr)				82	276	255	30	67	17	2	6	34	0	1	19	59	.263	.312	.416	.727	82	106	6	0	0	2	0

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
1987	23	CHC	NL	31	-3	-1	0	0	-3	0	1	-6	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$	2
1988	24	CHC	NL	332	-5	-2	-1	-1	7	5	10	13	1.2	6	0.6	0.6	$62,500	2	RoY-6
1989	25	CHC	NL	361	-10	1	-1	-2	7	6	11	12	1.1	5	0.6	0.5	$115,000	2
1990	26	CHC	NL	59	-3	0	0	-1	-2	1	2	-3	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$200,000	2
1991	27	CHC	NL	172	-9	-1	0	0	-3	3	5	-5	-0.6	-2	-0.2	-0.4	$230,000	2
1991	27	ATL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
1992	28	ATL	NL	328	-8	-2	-2	1	-9	5	9	-6	-0.7	3	0.3	-1.0	$370,000	2
1993	29	ATL	NL	363	-11	-1	0	0	2	6	10	6	0.6	4	0.4	0.2	$1,000,000	2
1994	30	BOS	AL	276	-7	-1	0	0	-5	3	10	0	0.0	5	0.5	-0.5	$500,000	2/D
1995	31	CIN	NL	97	-7	0	-1	-1	-1	2	3	-5	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$580,000	2/3

1997	33	SFG	NL	188	-4	-1	2	0	-2	3	5	3	0.3	5	0.5	-0.2	$466,665	2/3
10 Seasons				2208	-67	-8	-3	-4	-9	34	66	9	0.3	18	1.9	-1.6	$3,524,165

CHC (5 yrs)				955	-30	-3	-2	-4	6	15	29	11	0.7	5	0.6	0.1	$607,500
ATL (3 yrs)				692	-19	-3	-2	1	-7	11	19	0	-0.1	7	0.7	-0.8	$1,370,000
SFG (1 yr)				188	-4	-1	2	0	-2	3	5	3	0.3	5	0.5	-0.2	$466,665
BOS (1 yr)				276	-7	-1	0	0	-5	3	10	0	0.0	5	0.5	-0.5	$500,000
CIN (1 yr)				97	-7	0	-1	-1	-1	2	3	-5	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$580,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1992	28	ATL	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	7	27	24	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.167	.259	.208	.468	5	0	0	0	0	0
1992	28	ATL	NL	WS	TOR	L	6	24	22	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	11	.091	.130	.227	.358	5	0	0	1	0	0
1993	29	ATL	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	6	20	19	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	.211	.250	.368	.618	7	1	0	0	0	0

1997	33	SFG	NL	NLDS	FLA	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (4 Series)							20	72	66	4	10	1	0	2	7	0	0	5	18	.152	.211	.258	.469	17	1	0	1	0	0
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							13	47	43	3	8	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	7	.186	.255	.279	.534	12	1	0	0	0	0
1 WS							6	24	22	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	11	.091	.130	.227	.358	5	0	0	1	0	0

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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1987	CHC	NL	23	C	11	7	7	66.0	44	37	3	4	0	.909	-3	-55	5.45	3.64	.987	6.94	6.90	0	6	9	1	10%	0
1988	CHC	NL	24	C	90	80	75	725.2	511	448	54	9	5	.982	7	12	6.23	5.58	.987	6.56	6.57	6	30	67	46	41%	2	RoY-6
1989	CHC	NL	25	C	89	84	79	764.1	518	473	41	4	4	.992	7	11	6.05	5.78	.986	6.67	6.68	5	22	37	28	43%	0
1990	CHC	NL	26	C	15	15	13	127.0	92	87	3	2	0	.978	-2	-19	6.38	6.00	.987	6.65	6.61	2	6	12	2	14%	0
1991	TOT	NL	27	C	49	37	29	349.2	246	214	24	8	2	.967	-3	-10	6.13	4.86	.988	6.78	6.75	8	7	33	10	23%	0
1991	CHC	NL	27	C	48	37	29	346.2	243	211	24	8	2	.967	-3	-10	6.10	4.90	.988	6.78	6.75	8	7	33	10	23%	0
1991	ATL	NL	27	C	1	0	0	3.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	3.00	.987	6.90	6.80	0	0	0	0		0
1992	ATL	NL	28	C	84	75	59	661.1	458	426	31	1	5	.998	-9	-16	6.22	5.44	.991	6.67	6.67	9	31	71	20	22%	0
1993	ATL	NL	29	C	105	85	73	774.0	628	570	52	6	2	.990	2	3	7.23	5.92	.989	6.74	6.69	6	23	62	28	31%	0
1994	BOS	AL	30	C	67	59	51	536.2	440	409	29	2	3	.995	-5	-11	7.35	6.54	.991	6.79	6.74	8	28	60	21	26%	0
1994	BOS	AL	30	DH	4	4
1995	CIN	NL	31	C	29	21	18	208.1	166	152	12	2	1	.988	-1	-6	7.08	5.66	.989	7.40	7.37	1	11	16	6	27%	0
1995	CIN	NL	31	1B	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.50	1.00	.990	9.90	9.70
1997	SFG	NL	33	C	51	44	31	367.2	315	288	24	3	2	.990	-2	-7	7.64	6.12	.990	7.68	7.62	4	23	32	17	35%	0
1997	SFG	NL	33	1B	1	0	0	4.0	5	5	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	11.25	5.00	.992	9.45	9.40
	10 Seasons			C	590	507	435	4580.2	3418	3104	273	41	24	.988	-9	-2	6.64	5.72	.989	6.80	6.79	49	187	399	179	31%	2
	2 Seasons			1B	2	0	0	6.0	6	6	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	9.00	3.00	.992	9.60	9.55
	10 Seasons			TOT	592	507	435	4586.2	3424	3110	273	41	25	.988	-9	-2	6.64	5.71	.989	6.81	6.80	49	187	399	179	31%	2

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1988 NL 9 (2nd) 1991 NL 8 (5th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1991 NL 8 (4th) 1992 NL 9 (3rd) 1994 AL 8 (2nd)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1994 AL 60 (4th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1988 NL 46 (4th)
Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1988 NL 40.7 (3rd) 1989 NL 43.1 (4th)	Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y 1988 NL 7 (3rd) 1989 NL 7 (3rd)	Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y 1993 NL 7.23 (4th) 1994 AL 7.35 (5th) Career 6.64 (87th)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1989 NL 5.78 (5th)
Fielding % as C s c a p y 1989 NL .992 (3rd) 1992 NL .998 (3rd) 1994 AL .995 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 9 (1217), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 11, 1983: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
January 17, 1984: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January). Player signed June 2, 1984.
September 29, 1991: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Mike Bielecki to the Atlanta Braves for Yorkis Perez and Turk Wendell.
December 20, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
February 1, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 31, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
November 4, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
February 26, 1996: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
January 6, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
November 22, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

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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
1988	24	Chicago Cubs	$62,500	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	25	Chicago Cubs	$115,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	26	Chicago Cubs	$200,000	USA Today
1991	27	Chicago Cubs	$230,000	1991 USA Today
1992	28	Atlanta Braves	$370,000	11/4/92 Toronto Sun	Includes $45,000 earned bonus
1993	29	Atlanta Braves	$1,000,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $25,000 earned bonus
1994	30	Boston Red Sox	$500,000*
1995	31	Cincinnati Reds	$580,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $80,000 earned bonus
	31	Boston Red Sox	$200,000

1997	33	San Francisco Giants	$466,665	1997 postseason AP survey	Includes $166,665 earned bonus

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,724,165

Disputed Salaries
*1994 - $700,000 - 1996 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $200,000 buyout of option

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