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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 HS (Laguna Beach, CA)
School: Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, 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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Braves/RedSox/Giants/Reds 1987-1997
Agents: Alan Meersand [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1997 (Age 33)
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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
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 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 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 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 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 79 128 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 83 106 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 47 24 3 0 1 4 2 2/3
1996 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
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
10 Yrs 683 2208 2030 175 488 106 6 47 257 3 6 139 409 .240 .288 .368 .656 77 747 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 77 177 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 83 106 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 47 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 83 106 6 0 0 2 0

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
1987 23 CHC NL 12 31 -3 -1 -0 -3 0 -6 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .443 .496 -0.3 -0.2 -2 2
1988 24 CHC NL 95 332 -5 -2 -1 7 5 4 0.4 11 15 1.6 .504 .503 0.7 1.4 8 $62,500 2 RoY-6
1989 25 CHC NL 91 361 -12 1 -2 7 5 -1 -0.2 12 11 1.0 .499 .499 0.2 1.4 4 $115,000 2
1990 26 CHC NL 17 59 -4 0 -1 -2 1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .462 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $200,000 2
1991 27 CHC NL 62 172 -10 -1 -0 -3 3 -11 -1.2 6 -5 -0.7 .480 .492 -0.4 -0.1 -2 $230,000 2
1991 27 ATL NL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .474 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /2
1992 28 ATL NL 101 328 -12 -2 0 -9 5 -17 -2.0 10 -7 -1.0 .480 .488 -0.1 -0.5 2 $370,000 2
1993 29 ATL NL 115 363 -11 -1 0 2 5 -4 -0.4 11 7 0.7 .496 .497 0.4 0.8 5 $1,000,000 2
1994 30 BOS AL 82 276 -6 -2 0 -5 4 -10 -0.8 10 1 0.1 .489 .495 0.6 -0.1 6 $500,000 2/D
1995 31 CIN NL 34 97 -8 0 -1 -1 1 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .475 .495 -0.5 0.0 -4 $580,000 2/3
1997 33 SFG NL 73 188 -3 -1 -0 -2 3 -4 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .495 .498 0.4 0.0 4 $466,665 2/3
10 Seasons 683 2208 -75 -8 -4 -9 32 -64 -6.9 72 8 0.2 .490 .496 0.7 2.6 17 $3,524,165
CHC (5 yrs) 277 955 -34 -3 -4 6 14 -21 -2.4 31 11 0.8 .492 .497 -0.1 2.3 5 $607,500
ATL (3 yrs) 217 692 -22 -3 0 -7 10 -22 -2.4 21 -1 -0.4 .489 .495 0.3 0.3 6 $1,370,000
SFG (1 yr) 73 188 -3 -1 -0 -2 3 -4 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .495 .498 0.4 0.0 4 $466,665
BOS (1 yr) 82 276 -6 -2 0 -5 4 -10 -0.8 10 1 0.1 .489 .495 0.6 -0.1 6 $500,000
CIN (1 yr) 34 97 -8 0 -1 -1 1 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .475 .495 -0.5 0.0 -4 $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 Yrs (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

Standard Fielding

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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% lgCS% 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% 29% 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% 29% 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% 32% 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% 29% 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% 33% 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% 33% 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% 32% 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% 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% 31% 0
1994 BOS AL 30 DH 6 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% 30% 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% 32% 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% 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% 31% 2
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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1988 NL  1.4 (10th)

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 (92nd)

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 MonitorBatting - 9 (1231), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2757), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (479th), 0.2 career WAR/3.0 7yr-peak WAR/1.6 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
198824Chicago Cubs$62,500USA Today, 4/1/88
198925Chicago Cubs$115,0001989 USA Today survey
199026Chicago Cubs$200,000USA Today
199127Chicago Cubs$230,0001991 USA Today
199228Atlanta Braves$370,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $45,000 earned bonus
199329Atlanta Braves$1,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $25,000 earned bonus
199430Boston Red Sox$500,000*
199531Cincinnati Reds$580,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $80,000 earned bonus
31Boston Red Sox$200,000
199733San Francisco Giants$466,6651997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $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
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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