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Sean Berry

Sean Robert Berry

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 22, 1966 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: West HS (Torrance, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 31, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1990 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Expos/Astros/Brewers/Royals/RedSox 1990-2000

Final Game: July 24, 2000 (Age 34)
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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
1986	20	KCR-min	A-	65	290	238	53	76	20	2	5	44	10	1	44	73	.319	.433	.483	.916		115		5	1	2	0		EUG · NORW
1987	21	KCR-min	A	66	253	205	26	52	7	2	2	30	4	4	43	65	.254	.389	.337	.725		69		3	1	1	2		FTM · FLOR
1988	22	KCR-min	A	94	343	304	34	71	6	4	4	30	24	11	31	62	.234	.306	.319	.625		97	3	2	3	3	1		BBC · FLOR
1989	23	KCR-min	A	116	459	399	67	106	19	7	4	44	37	11	44	68	.266	.344	.378	.722		151	6	6	5	5	1		BBC · FLOR
1990	24	KCR-min	AA	135	548	487	73	142	25	4	14	77	19	9	44	89	.292	.353	.446	.799		217		5	7	5	1		MEM · SOUL
1990	24	KCR	AL	8	25	23	2	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	5	.217	.280	.348	.628	77	8	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1991	25	KCR-min	AAA	103	424	368	62	97	21	9	11	54	8	6	48	70	.264	.349	.459	.808		169	8	3	0	5	2		OMA · AA
1991	25	KCR	AL	31	66	60	5	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	23	.133	.212	.183	.395	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	5
1992	26	KCR-min	AAA	122	493	439	61	126	22	2	21	77	6	8	39	87	.287	.350	.490	.840		215	8	7	2	6	1		OMA · AA
1992	26	MON	NL	24	58	57	5	19	1	0	1	4	2	1	1	11	.333	.345	.404	.748	112	23	1	0	0	0	0	5
1993	27	MON	NL	122	351	299	50	78	15	2	14	49	12	2	41	70	.261	.348	.465	.813	113	139	4	2	3	6	6	5
1994	28	MON	NL	103	359	320	43	89	19	2	11	41	14	0	32	50	.278	.347	.453	.800	106	145	7	3	2	2	7	*5
1995	29	MON	NL	103	348	314	38	100	22	1	14	55	3	8	25	53	.318	.367	.529	.896	131	166	5	2	2	5	1	5/3
1996	30	HOU	NL	132	469	431	55	121	38	1	17	95	12	6	23	58	.281	.328	.492	.820	121	212	11	9	2	4	1	*5
1997	31	HOU-min	AAA	3	12	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.333	.500	.333	.833		3	0	0	0	0	0		NOR · AA
1997	31	HOU	NL	96	339	301	37	77	24	1	8	43	1	5	25	53	.256	.318	.422	.739	95	127	8	5	1	6	1	5/D
1998	32	HOU	NL	102	342	299	48	94	17	1	13	52	3	1	31	50	.314	.387	.508	.895	136	152	8	7	1	4	3	5/D
1999	33	MIL	NL	106	281	259	26	59	11	1	2	23	0	0	17	50	.228	.281	.301	.582	49	78	4	3	0	2	0	3
2000	34	CLE-BOS-min	AAA,A+	30	123	109	14	35	3	0	2	12	1	0	10	22	.321	.390	.404	.794		44	5	3	0	1	1		PAW,BFL,SAR · IL,FLOR
2000	34	TOT	MLB	33	54	50	1	7	2	0	1	2	0	1	4	15	.140	.204	.240	.444	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	5
2000	34	MIL	NL	32	50	46	1	7	2	0	1	2	0	1	4	13	.152	.220	.261	.481	23	12	1	0	0	0	0	/5
2000	34	BOS	AL	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
2001	35	TOR-min	A+	12	53	42	9	8	2	0	2	7	0	0	8	10	.190	.340	.381	.721		16	2	2	0	1	1		DUN · FLOR
11 Yrs				860	2692	2413	310	657	153	10	81	369	47	24	206	438	.272	.334	.445	.779	104	1073	50	32	11	29	19
162 Game Avg.				162	507	455	58	124	29	2	15	70	9	5	39	83	.272	.334	.445	.779	104	202	9	6	2	5	4

MON (4 yrs)				352	1116	990	136	286	57	5	40	149	31	11	99	184	.289	.353	.478	.831	116	473	17	7	7	13	14
HOU (3 yrs)				330	1150	1031	140	292	79	3	38	190	16	12	79	161	.283	.342	.476	.819	118	491	27	21	4	14	5
KCR (2 yrs)				39	91	83	7	13	4	1	0	5	0	0	7	28	.157	.231	.229	.460	29	19	1	1	0	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				138	331	305	27	66	13	1	3	25	0	1	21	63	.216	.272	.295	.567	45	90	5	3	0	2	0
BOS (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				820	2597	2326	303	644	149	9	81	364	47	24	199	408	.277	.338	.453	.791	107	1054	49	31	11	29	19
AL (3 yrs)				40	95	87	7	13	4	1	0	5	0	0	7	30	.149	.221	.218	.439	23	19	1	1	0	0	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
1990	24	KCR	AL	8	25	-1	0	0	-3	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.455	.498	0.0	-0.3	0		/5
1991	25	KCR	AL	31	66	-7	0	0	1	0	-6	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.481	.496	-0.5	0.2	-4		5
1992	26	MON	NL	24	58	1	-1	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.1	.490	.499	0.2	-0.2	2		5
1993	27	MON	NL	122	351	3	1	1	-1	1	5	0.6	11	16	1.7	.504	.503	1.7	0.0	17	$121,000	5
1994	28	MON	NL	103	359	-0	1	1	-8	1	-5	-0.6	11	6	0.5	.495	.497	1.3	-0.7	14	$200,000	*5
1995	29	MON	NL	103	348	16	-3	0	-0	1	13	1.3	11	24	2.4	.513	.508	2.4	0.0	24	$285,000	5/3
1996	30	HOU	NL	132	469	15	-1	0	-14	2	2	-0.1	14	16	1.4	.501	.501	2.9	-1.4	30	$995,000	*5
1997	31	HOU	NL	96	339	0	-2	-1	-7	1	-9	-1.0	10	1	-0.0	.490	.494	0.7	-0.7	8	$2,250,000	5/D
1998	32	HOU	NL	102	342	17	-1	-1	-1	1	16	1.5	11	26	2.5	.515	.510	2.6	-0.0	27	$1,000,000	5/D
1999	33	MIL	NL	106	281	-18	-0	-0	-8	-3	-30	-2.9	9	-21	-2.1	.473	.482	-1.3	-1.1	-12	$1,050,000	3
2000	34	MIL	NL	32	50	-6	-1	-0	-1	0	-8	-0.7	2	-6	-0.6	.477	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$2,350,000	/5
2000	34	BOS	AL	1	4	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.323	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1		/5
11 Seasons				860	2692	17	-6	0	-45	5	-29	-3.3	84	55	4.9	.497	.499	9.4	-4.3	100	$8,251,000

MON (4 yrs)				352	1116	19	-2	2	-12	4	11	1.1	34	46	4.5	.503	.502	5.5	-0.8	57	$606,000
HOU (3 yrs)				330	1150	32	-4	-2	-21	4	8	0.4	36	44	3.9	.502	.502	6.2	-2.1	65	$4,245,000
KCR (2 yrs)				39	91	-8	0	0	-1	0	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.475	.497	-0.5	-0.1	-4
MIL (2 yrs)				138	331	-24	-1	-0	-10	-3	-37	-3.7	10	-27	-2.7	.474	.485	-1.7	-1.3	-17	$3,400,000
BOS (1 yr)				1	4	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.323	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1997	31	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1998	32	HOU	NL	NLDS	SDP	L	1	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs (2 Series)							2	3	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2 NLDS							2	3	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

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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
1990	KCR	AL	24	3B	8	8	4	62.0	18	7	10	1	2	.944	-3	-50	2.47	2.13	.944	2.74	2.72
1991	KCR	AL	25	3B	30	19	13	182.0	67	13	52	2	3	.970	1	7	3.21	2.17	.955	2.79	2.79
1992	MON	NL	26	3B	20	12	12	124.0	33	10	19	4	1	.879	-2	-20	2.10	1.45	.952	2.67	2.67
1993	MON	NL	27	3B	96	73	65	685.1	234	66	153	15	13	.936	-1	-2	2.88	2.28	.945	2.70	2.68
1994	MON	NL	28	3B	100	84	75	786.2	227	66	147	14	10	.938	-8	-12	2.44	2.13	.951	2.65	2.63
1995	MON	NL	29	3B	83	78	62	674.2	228	54	162	12	19	.947	-1	-2	2.88	2.60	.946	2.77	2.76
1995	MON	NL	29	1B	3	3	2	24.0	26	22	4	0	0	1.000	1	45	9.75	8.67	.993	9.71	9.67
1996	HOU	NL	30	3B	110	110	57	872.1	283	67	194	22	13	.922	-14	-19	2.69	2.37	.948	2.71	2.69
1997	HOU	NL	31	3B	85	79	38	629.1	203	47	140	16	11	.921	-7	-13	2.67	2.20	.946	2.66	2.64
1997	HOU	NL	31	DH	3	3
1998	HOU	NL	32	3B	87	75	51	654.1	215	55	150	10	13	.953	-1	-1	2.82	2.36	.957	2.73	2.72
1998	HOU	NL	32	DH	1	1
1999	MIL	NL	33	1B	64	57	36	472.0	470	438	27	5	50	.989	-8	-22	8.87	7.27	.993	9.20	9.13
2000	TOT	MLB	34	3B	10	7	3	64.1	7	3	4	0	1	1.000	-2	-34	0.98	0.70	.950	2.64	2.61
2000	MIL	NL	34	3B	9	6	2	55.1	7	3	4	0	1	1.000	-1	-26	1.14	0.78	.950	2.63	2.61
2000	BOS	AL	34	3B	1	1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-80	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
	10 Seasons			3B	629	545	380	4735.0	1515	388	1031	96	86	.937	-37	-9	2.70	2.26	.949	2.70	2.69
	2 Seasons			1B	67	60	38	496.0	496	460	31	5	50	.990	-8	-18	8.91	7.33	.993	9.22	9.15
	11 Seasons			TOT	696	605	418	5231.0	2011	848	1062	101	136	.950	-45	-10	3.29	2.74	.960	3.32	3.31

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

SB % s c a p y 1994 NL 100.00 (1st)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1994 NL 14 (3rd) 1996 NL 22 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y 1993 NL 2.88 (4th) 1995 NL 2.88 (5th) Career 2.70 (68th)

SB % s c a p y
1994 NL 100.00 (1st)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1994 NL 14 (3rd)
1996 NL 22 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1993 NL  2.88 (4th)
1995 NL  2.88 (5th)
Career  2.70 (68th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 9 (1232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1823), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Third Base (238th), 4.9 career WAR/8.4 7yr-peak WAR/6.6 JAWS Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 14, 1986: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 31, 1986.
August 29, 1992: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Archie Corbin to the Montreal Expos for Chris Haney and Bill Sampen.
December 20, 1995: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Houston Astros for Raul Chavez and Dave Veres.
December 21, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
January 13, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
October 26, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
December 10, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
June 21, 2000: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
July 23, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
August 10, 2000: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
August 24, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

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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
1993	27	Montreal Expos	$121,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	28	Montreal Expos	$200,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	29	Montreal Expos	$285,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	30	Houston Astros	$995,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	31	Houston Astros	$2,250,000	1997 postseason AP survey	Includes $50,000 earned bonus
1998	32	Houston Astros	$1,000,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	33	Milwaukee Brewers	$1,050,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	34	Milwaukee Brewers	$2,350,000	4/5/00 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$8,251,000

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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