Dick Bertell
Richard George Bertell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 21, 1935 in Oak Park, IL
High School: Roosevelt (Des Moines, IA)
School: Iowa State University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1960
Final Game: April 12, 1967
Died: December 20, 1999 in Mission Viejo, CA
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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
1960 24 CHC NL 5 19 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .133 .263 .133 .396 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1961 25 CHC NL 92 287 267 20 73 7 1 2 33 0 0 15 33 .273 .308 .330 .637 69 88 7 0 1 4 3 2
1962 26 CHC NL 77 235 215 19 65 6 2 2 18 0 1 13 30 .302 .343 .377 .720 91 81 4 1 5 1 5 2
1963 27 CHC NL 100 350 322 15 75 7 2 2 14 0 2 24 41 .233 .284 .286 .570 61 92 8 0 2 2 6 2
1964 28 CHC NL 112 395 353 29 84 11 3 4 35 2 1 33 67 .238 .305 .320 .625 74 113 11 2 5 2 8 *2
1965 29 TOT NL 56 154 132 7 27 3 0 0 10 0 0 18 15 .205 .298 .227 .525 49 30 2 0 3 1 5 2
1965 29 CHC NL 34 98 84 6 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 10 .214 .302 .238 .540 54 20 1 0 2 1 2 2
1965 29 SFG NL 22 56 48 1 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 5 .188 .291 .208 .499 42 10 1 0 1 0 3 2
1967 31 CHC NL 2 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .500 .667 80 3 0 0 1 0 0 /2
7 Seasons 444 1447 1310 91 327 34 9 10 112 2 4 106 188 .250 .305 .312 .617 70 409 32 3 17 11 27
162 Game Avg. 162 528 478 33 119 12 3 4 41 1 1 39 69 .250 .305 .312 .617 70 149 12 1 6 4 10
CHC (7 yrs) 422 1391 1262 90 318 33 9 10 109 2 4 99 183 .252 .305 .316 .622 71 399 31 3 16 11 24
SFG (1 yr) 22 56 48 1 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 5 .188 .291 .208 .499 42 10 1 0 1 0 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1960 24 CHC NL 19 14 1 1.9 98 .133 .133 .262 .263 .328 .133 .402 .396 .730 14 .182 -1.6 -0.2 .385 .200 .000
1961 25 CHC NL 287 206 26 3.4 106 .301 .273 .271 .308 .338 .330 .422 .637 .760 69 .356 -11.9 -1.2 .512 .112 .056 .0
1962 26 CHC NL 235 161 27 4.5 106 .342 .302 .275 .343 .342 .377 .417 .720 .759 91 .493 -3.2 -0.3 .606 .130 .074 .0
1963 27 CHC NL 350 261 25 2.6 94 .260 .233 .261 .284 .323 .286 .390 .570 .713 61 .318 -16.7 -1.8 .444 .121 .053 .0
1964 28 CHC NL 395 288 34 3.2 97 .282 .238 .268 .305 .326 .320 .398 .625 .724 74 .386 -12.2 -1.3 .530 .178 .082 2.7
1965 29 TOT NL 154 111 10 2.4 96 .229 .205 .261 .298 .325 .227 .395 .525 .720 49 .274 -8.5 -0.9 .449 .159 .023
1965 29 CHC NL 98 70 7 2.7 95 .240 .214 .260 .302 .324 .238 .394 .540 .718 54 .314 -4.8 -0.5 .463 .155 .024
1965 29 SFG NL 56 41 3 2.0 97 .209 .188 .263 .291 .327 .208 .397 .499 .724 42 .206 -3.6 -0.4 .425 .167 .021
1967 31 CHC NL 7 6 1 4.5 94 .200 .167 .264 .167 .327 .500 .387 .667 .714 80 .557 -0.3 -0.0 .600 .333 .333
7 Seasons 1447 1047 124 3.2 100 .282 .250 .267 .305 .330 .312 .404 .617 .734 70 .371 -54.5 -5.7 .506 .142 .063 3.3
162 Game Avg. 528 382 45 3.2 100 .282 .250 .267 .305 .330 .312 .404 .617 .734 70 .371 -54.5 -5.7 .506 .142 .063 1
CHC (7 yrs) 1391 1006 121 3.2 100 .285 .252 .267 .305 .331 .316 .404 .622 .734 71 .377 -50.9 -5.3 .510 .141 .064 3.3
SFG (1 yr) 56 41 3 2.0 97 .209 .188 .263 .291 .327 .208 .397 .499 .724 42 .205 -3.6 -0.4 .425 .167 .021

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1960 24 CHC NL 19 0.0% 5.3% 15.8% 0.0% 0% 0.33 15.0 7.5 1.00 79%
1961 25 CHC NL 287 0.7% 11.5% 5.2% 3.5% 14% 2.20 8.1 133.5 8.1 1.10 82%
1962 26 CHC NL 235 0.9% 12.8% 5.5% 4.3% 15% 2.31 7.2 107.5 11.9 1.12 78%
1963 27 CHC NL 350 0.6% 11.7% 6.9% 3.1% 15% 1.71 7.9 161.0 23.0 1.08 80%
1964 28 CHC NL 395 1.0% 17.0% 8.4% 4.6% 21% 2.03 5.3 88.3 10.1 1.14 72%
1965 29 TOT NL 154 0.0% 9.7% 11.7% 2.0% 11% 0.83 8.8 13.2 1.38 77%
1965 29 CHC NL 98 0.0% 10.2% 11.2% 2.0% 11% 0.91 8.4 12.0 1.52 77%
1965 29 SFG NL 56 0.0% 8.9% 12.5% 1.8% 11% 0.71 9.6 16.0 1.19 77%
1967 31 CHC NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 14.3% 100% 6.0 0.67 71%
7 Seasons 1447 0.7% 13.0% 7.3% 3.7% 16% 1.77 7.0 131.0 11.7 1.13 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1960 24 CHC NL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 CHC NL 2 0 21% 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 35% 12 7 5 1 1 0 10 7 3
1962 26 CHC NL 2 0 22% 96 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 44% 11 9 2 2 1 1 5 0 5
1963 27 CHC NL 8 0 13% 113 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 4 25% 10 10 0 1 1 0 9 3 5
1964 28 CHC NL 8 0 22% 124 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 36% 20 17 3 5 2 3 6 1 5
1965 29 TOT NL 3 0 16% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24% 12 10 0 0 0 0 5 1 4
1965 29 CHC NL 2 0 21% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21% 10 8 0 0 0 0 4 1 3
1965 29 SFG NL 1 0 6% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1967 31 CHC NL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 23 0 19% 500 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 16 15 33% 66 54 10 9 5 4 35 12 22
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1960 24 CHC NL 19 47% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 12 2 17% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1961 25 CHC NL 287 47% 73 6 2 0 1 1.77 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 54 7 13% 23 9 39% 182 31 17% 18 15 83% 20 4 20% 0
1962 26 CHC NL 232 30% 65 6 2 1 1 0.43 2 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 5 5 100% 34 4 12% 18 8 44% 128 17 13% 9 5 56% 14 2 14% 3
1963 27 CHC NL 350 27% 75 1 0 0 0 0.22 2 0 11 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 67% 51 8 16% 28 10 36% 197 14 7% 10 2 20% 14 4 29% 0
1964 28 CHC NL 395 33% 84 3 0 0 0 0.86 4 0 5 2 2 3 1 0 5 5 100% 69 11 16% 36 9 25% 252 34 13% 23 8 35% 26 8 31% 0
1965 29 TOT NL 154 55% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 22 2 9% 10 4 40% 90 12 13% 13 6 46% 8 2 25% 0
1965 29 CHC NL 98 43% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 12 1 8% 8 3 38% 54 8 15% 9 4 44% 5 0 0% 0
1965 29 SFG NL 56 77% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 2 1 50% 36 4 11% 4 2 50% 3 2 67% 0
1967 31 CHC NL 7 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1444 36% 327 16 4 1 2 1.00 10 0 31 5 5 7 3 0 19 17 89% 236 32 14% 119 43 36% 866 110 13% 76 38 50% 82 20 24% 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 24 5 19 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .133 .263 .133 .396 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
1961 25 97 306 282 20 75 7 1 2 35 0 0 18 34 .266 .305 .319 .624 66 90 7 0 1 5 3
1962 26 174 541 497 39 140 13 3 4 53 0 1 31 64 .282 .321 .344 .666 77 171 11 1 6 6 8
1963 27 274 891 819 54 215 20 5 6 67 0 3 55 105 .263 .307 .321 .628 71 263 19 1 8 8 14
1964 28 386 1286 1172 83 299 31 8 10 102 2 4 88 172 .255 .306 .321 .627 72 376 30 3 13 10 22
1965 29 442 1440 1304 90 326 34 8 10 112 2 4 106 187 .250 .305 .311 .617 70 406 32 3 16 11 27
1966 30 442 1440 1304 90 326 34 8 10 112 2 4 106 187 .250 .305 .311 .617 70 406 32 3 16 11 27
1967 31 444 1447 1310 91 327 34 9 10 112 2 4 106 188 .250 .305 .312 .617 70 409 32 3 17 11 27

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1960 24 5 22 17 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 .176 .318 .176 .495 1 5
1961 25 96 296 277 21 74 7 1 2 34 0 15 34 .267 .301 .321 .622 27 92
1962 26 77 228 213 18 63 6 2 2 17 0 13 30 .296 .338 .371 .709 26 77
1963 27 100 349 323 16 76 7 2 2 15 0 24 41 .235 .287 .288 .574 27 100
1964 28 112 394 356 31 87 11 3 4 37 2 34 67 .244 .312 .326 .638 36 112
1965 29 56 155 134 8 30 3 0 0 11 0 20 15 .224 .323 .246 .569 11 56
1967 31 2 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2
7 Seasons 448 1450 1326 96 333 34 8 10 116 2 110 189 .251 .308 .311 .619 129 444
162 Game Avg. 162 524 479 35 120 12 3 4 42 1 40 68 .251 .308 .311 .619 47 444

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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