Joe Berry

Jonas Arthur Berry (Jittery Joe)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: December 16, 1904 in Huntsville, AR (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1942
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians/Cubs 1942-1946

Final Game: September 21, 1946
Died: September 27, 1958 in Anaheim, CA
Buried: Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, AR
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1927	22	GUL,LRL	D	8	13	.381		30						180.0	184	84			53							1.317	9.2		2.6			GUL,LRL · CSTL
1928	23	GUL	D	16	10	.615		33						245.0	250	92			56	73	4		3			1.249	9.2		2.1	2.7	1.30	GUL · CSTL
1929	24	VBG	D	21	13	.618	2.67	45						297.0	287	126	88		58							1.162	8.7		1.8			VBG · CSTL
1930	25	PNB,VBG	D	14	12	.538	4.89	32						195.0	234	143	106		56							1.487	10.8		2.6			PNB,VBG · CSTL
1931	26	PNB	D	16	12	.571	2.74	35						243.0	224	97	74		68							1.202	8.3		2.5			PNB · CSTL
1932	27	PNB,MSK,MAC	D,C,B	13	15	.464	3.97	44						274.0	286	158	121		86							1.358	9.4		2.8			PNB,MSK,MAC · CSTL,WA,SEAL
1933	28	BAL-min	A	20	15	.571		49						280.0	291	131			82							1.332	9.4		2.6			JOP · WL
1934	29	BOS-min	C	21	17	.553	3.55	47						332.0	339	180	131		64							1.214	9.2		1.7			JOP · WA
1935	30	CHC-min	C	7	5	.583	2.65	13						102.0	105	44	30		25							1.275	9.3		2.2			PCY · WA
1936	31	CHC-min	AA	7	7	.500	3.74	32						125.0	135	67	52		28							1.304	9.7		2.0			LOS · PCL
1937	32	CHC-min	AA	13	13	.500	2.77	34						266.0	224	94	82		48							1.023	7.6		1.6			LOS · PCL
1938	33	CHC-min	AA	16	11	.593	3.42	40	17					187.0	179	94	71		51							1.230	8.6		2.5			LOS · PCL
1939	34	CHC-min	AA	8	7	.533	4.43	47	7					122.0	153	94	60		48							1.648	11.3		3.5			LOS · PCL
1940	35	CHC-min	AA	9	5	.643	2.39	53	5					143.0	118	67	38		41							1.112	7.4		2.6			LOS · PCL
1941	36	CHC-min	AA	6	10	.375	5.26	52	3		2	0		125.0	145	105	73		51	48	4	0	2			1.568	10.4		3.7	3.5	0.94	LOS · PCL
1942	37	CHC-min	A1	18	8	.692	1.88	48						239.0	168	62	50		47							0.900	6.3		1.8			TUL · TL
1942	37	CHC	NL	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	16	22	4.500	31.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50

1943	38	MLW	AA	18	10	.643	2.78	37	28	4	18	2		236.0	224	99	73		63	98	6	0	2			1.216	8.5		2.4	3.7	1.56	MLW · AA
1944	39	PHA	AL	10	8	.556	1.94	53	0	47	0	0	12	111.1	78	32	24	4	23	44	2	0	1	445	178	0.907	6.3	0.3	1.9	3.6	1.91
1945	40	PHA	AL	8	7	.533	2.35	52	0	40	0	0	5	130.1	114	40	34	5	38	51	0	0	1	537	144	1.166	7.9	0.3	2.6	3.5	1.34
1946	41	OAK-min	AAA	0	2	.000	2.68	16	0		0	0		37.0	37	18	11		16	28	1	1	1			1.432	9.0		3.9	6.8	1.75	TTO · IL
1946	41	TOT	AL	3	7	.300	3.22	26	0	17	0	0	1	50.1	47	23	18	5	24	21	1	0	0	217	106	1.411	8.4	0.9	4.3	3.8	0.88
1946	41	PHA	AL	0	1	.000	2.77	5	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	15	5	4	1	3	5	1	0	0	57	131	1.385	10.4	0.7	2.1	3.5	1.67
1946	41	CLE	AL	3	6	.333	3.38	21	0	13	0	0	1	37.1	32	18	14	4	21	16	0	0	0	160	99	1.420	7.7	1.0	5.1	3.9	0.76
1947	42	CLE-min	AA	6	7	.462	2.39	49						109.0	88	36	29		29							1.073	7.3		2.4			SHV,OKC · TL
1948	43	CIN-min	AA	4	2	.667	2.11	31	0					47.0	44	22	11		19							1.340	8.4		3.6			TUL · TL
1950	45	VRN	D	3	0	1.000	3.86	16						35.0	42	19	15		7							1.400	10.8		1.8			VRN · LONG
1951	46	CPC,VRN	B,C	4	4	.500	1.26	20						50.0	40	14	7		20							1.200	7.2		3.6			CPC,VRN · GULF,LONG
4 Yrs				21	22	.488	2.45	133	0	105	0	0	18	294.0	246	99	80	14	87	117	3	0	2	1215	139	1.133	7.5	0.4	2.7	3.6	1.34
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.488	2.45	68	0	54	0	0	9	150	126	51	41	7	44	60	2	0	1	621	139	1.133	7.5	0.4	2.7	3.6	1.34

PHA (3 yrs)				18	16	.529	2.19	110	0	91	0	0	17	254.2	207	77	62	10	64	100	3	0	2	1039	156	1.064	7.3	0.4	2.3	3.5	1.56
CLE (1 yr)				3	6	.333	3.38	21	0	13	0	0	1	37.1	32	18	14	4	21	16	0	0	0	160	99	1.420	7.7	1.0	5.1	3.9	0.76
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	16	22	4.500	31.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50

AL (3 yrs)				21	22	.488	2.34	131	0	104	0	0	18	292.0	239	95	76	14	85	116	3	0	2	1199	145	1.110	7.4	0.4	2.6	3.6	1.36
NL (1 yr)				0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	16	22	4.500	31.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1942	37	CHC	NL	2.0	2	0	4	18.00	3.65	-0.27	0.00	102.0	3.99	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.347	.498	$

1944	39	PHA	AL	111.1	53	0	32	2.59	4.20	0.02	0.00	100.1	4.18	20	2.3	1.0	-0.1	2.9	27	.543	.514	$
1945	40	PHA	AL	130.1	52	0	40	2.76	4.11	0.03	0.00	100.1	4.09	20	2.3	1.0	-0.1	3.0	27	.545	.514	$
1946	41	PHA	AL	13.0	5	0	5	3.46	4.45	-0.29	0.00	100.6	4.76	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.543	.501	$
1946	41	CLE	AL	37.1	21	0	18	4.34	4.14	-0.01	0.00	98.2	4.08	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	2	.494	.499	$
4 Seasons				294.0	133	0	99	3.03	4.16	0.00	0.00	99.9	4.15	37	4.4	1.0	-0.2	6.0	56	.533	.505	$

PHA (3 yrs)				254.2	110	0	77	2.72	4.17	0.01	0.00	100.1	4.17	41	4.8	1.0	-0.2	6.2	57	.544	.510	$
CLE (1 yr)				37.1	21	0	18	4.34	4.14	-0.01	0.00	98.2	4.08	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	2	.494	.499	$
CHC (1 yr)				2.0	2	0	4	18.00	3.65	-0.27	0.00	102.0	3.99	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.347	.498	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1942	37	CHC	NL	16	0.0%	6.3%	12.5%			75%

1944	39	PHA	AL	445	0.9%	9.9%	5.2%			81%
1945	40	PHA	AL	537	0.9%	9.5%	7.1%			81%
1946	41	TOT	AL	217	2.3%	9.7%	11.1%			75%
1946	41	PHA	AL	57	1.8%	8.8%	5.3%			81%
1946	41	CLE	AL	160	2.5%	10.0%	13.1%			73%
4 Yrs				1215	1.2%	9.6%	7.2%			80%
MLB Averages					1.1%	9.0%	8.8%	2.6%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1942	37	0	0		18.00	2	1	0	2.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	16	22	4.500	31.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	22
1943	38	0	0		18.00	2	1	0	2.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	16	22	4.500	31.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	22
1944	39	10	8	.556	2.22	55	48	12	113.1	85	36	28	4	25	45	2	1	461	155	0.971	6.8	0.3	2.0	3.6	1.80	155
1945	40	18	15	.545	2.29	107	88	17	243.2	199	76	62	9	63	96	2	2	998	149	1.075	7.4	0.3	2.3	3.5	1.52	149
1946	41	21	22	.488	2.45	133	105	18	294.0	246	99	80	14	87	117	3	2	1215	139	1.133	7.5	0.4	2.7	3.6	1.34	139

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1942	37	0	0		22.50	2.0	8	6	5	0	2	1	0	5.000	36.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	0.0	2

1944	39	10	3	.769	2.06	118.0	84	30	27	4	25	47	2	0.924	6.4	1.9	3.6	1.88	0.3	53
1945	40	9	5	.643	2.77	133.0	128	46	41	6	43	52	0	1.286	8.7	2.9	3.5	1.21	0.4	52
1946	41	3	2	.600	3.86	49.0	52	23	21	6	27	20	1	1.612	9.6	5.0	3.7	0.74	1.1	26
4 Yrs		22	10	.688	2.80	302.0	272	105	94	16	97	120	3	1.222	8.1		3.6	1.24	0.5	133

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1944 AL 2.9 (10th) 1945 AL 3.0 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1944 AL 53 (2nd) 1945 AL 52 (1st)	Saves s c a p y 1944 AL 12 (1st) 1945 AL 5 (2nd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1944 AL 47 (1st) 1945 AL 40 (1st) 1946 AL 17 (6th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1944 AL 17 (9th) 1945 AL 15 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1944 AL 1.9 (9th) 1945 AL 1.7 (9th)	Oldest s c a p y 1945 AL born 1904-12-16 (9th) 1946 AL born 1904-12-16 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Takashi Saito (928) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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