Reno Bertoia

Reno Peter Bertoia

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 8, 1935 in St. Vito Udine, Italy
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1953
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Senators/Athletics/Twins 1953-1962
Final Game: April 28, 1962
About biographical information

Reno Bertoia
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Minors
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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
1953	18	DET	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/4
1954	19	DET	AL	54	42	37	13	6	2	0	1	2	1	0	5	9	.162	.262	.297	.559	55	11	0	0	0	0		4/56
1955	20	DET	AL	38	76	68	13	14	2	1	1	10	0	0	5	11	.206	.253	.309	.562	52	21	1	0	1	2	1	5/46
1956	21	DET	AL	22	73	66	7	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	6	12	.182	.260	.258	.518	37	17	4	1	0	0	0	4/5
1957	22	DET	AL	97	324	295	28	81	16	2	4	28	2	3	19	43	.275	.326	.383	.709	91	113	7	4	5	1	2	5/64
1958	23	DET	AL	86	273	240	28	56	6	0	6	27	5	2	20	35	.233	.290	.333	.623	67	80	4	2	4	7	2	5/67
1959	24	WSH	AL	90	341	308	33	73	10	0	8	29	2	5	29	48	.237	.302	.347	.649	78	107	10	1	0	3	3	4/56
1960	25	WSH	AL	121	511	460	44	122	17	7	4	45	3	5	26	58	.265	.313	.359	.672	81	165	11	8	13	4	2	*54
1961	26	TOT	AL	98	316	270	35	61	5	0	2	25	3	0	32	35	.226	.302	.267	.569	52	72	9	0	8	6	1	54/6
1961	26	MIN	AL	35	128	104	17	22	2	0	1	8	0	0	20	12	.212	.333	.260	.593	58	27	3	0	2	2	1	5
1961	26	KCA	AL	39	137	120	12	29	2	0	0	13	1	0	9	15	.242	.286	.258	.544	47	31	6	0	4	4	0	5/4
1961	26	DET	AL	24	51	46	6	10	1	0	1	4	2	0	3	8	.217	.265	.304	.570	50	14	0	0	2	0	0	5/46
1962	27	DET	AL	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/456
10 Seasons				612	1957	1745	204	425	60	10	27	171	16	15	142	252	.244	.303	.336	.639	72	586	46	16	31	23	11
162 Game Avg.				162	518	462	54	113	16	3	7	45	4	4	38	67	.244	.303	.336	.639	72	155	12	4	8

DET (8 yrs)				327	840	753	98	179	29	3	14	76	10	5	58	119	.238	.295	.340	.635	71	256	16	7	12	10	5
MIN (3 yrs)				246	980	872	94	217	29	7	13	82	5	10	75	118	.249	.312	.343	.655	77	299	24	9	15	9	6
KCA (1 yr)				39	137	120	12	29	2	0	0	13	1	0	9	15	.242	.286	.258	.544	47	31	6	0	4	4	0

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
1953	18	DET	AL	1	1	0	0.0	101		.000	.268	.000	.344	.000	.395	.000	.739	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1954	19	DET	AL	42	31	3	2.6	97	.185	.162	.263	.262	.338	.297	.384	.559	.723	55	.288	-2.4	-0.2	.548	.297	.135	1.0
1955	20	DET	AL	76	58	6	2.8	101	.224	.206	.264	.253	.343	.309	.393	.562	.736	52	.285	-4.8	-0.5	.473	.176	.103	.0
1956	21	DET	AL	73	58	4	1.8	107	.208	.182	.268	.260	.351	.258	.410	.518	.760	37	.148	-6.3	-0.6	.414	.167	.076	.0
1957	22	DET	AL	324	230	36	4.2	102	.309	.275	.267	.326	.339	.383	.402	.709	.741	91	.483	-4.0	-0.4	.603	.169	.108	2.7
1958	23	DET	AL	273	201	25	3.3	104	.243	.233	.270	.290	.339	.333	.410	.623	.749	67	.385	-11.1	-1.1	.553	.196	.100	5.5
1959	24	WSH	AL	341	253	30	3.2	98	.255	.237	.260	.302	.332	.347	.398	.649	.729	78	.357	-9.3	-1.0	.536	.195	.110	3.2
1960	25	WSH	AL	511	371	50	3.6	102	.294	.265	.265	.313	.338	.359	.405	.672	.743	81	.404	-13.3	-1.3	.556	.146	.093	3.4
1961	26	TOT	AL	316	232	23	2.6	107	.247	.226	.268	.302	.344	.267	.416	.569	.760	52	.262	-18.1	-1.8	.491	.170	.041	2.4
1961	26	MIN	AL	128	89	10	3.0	109	.226	.212	.271	.333	.347	.260	.421	.593	.768	58	.310	-5.8	-0.6	.553	.240	.048	.0
1961	26	KCA	AL	137	105	9	2.3	105	.266	.242	.265	.286	.340	.258	.412	.544	.753	47	.215	-8.9	-0.9	.423	.100	.017	.0
1961	26	DET	AL	51	38	4	2.8	106	.243	.217	.267	.265	.343	.304	.416	.570	.759	50	.285	-3.5	-0.3	.528	.196	.087	1.3
10 Seasons				1957	1435	177	3.3	102	.267	.244	.265	.303	.339	.336	.405	.639	.744	72	.366	-69.5	-7.0	.539	.174	.092	20.1
162 Game Avg.				518	380	47	3.3	102	.267	.244	.265	.303	.339	.336	.405	.639	.744	72	.366	-69.5	-7.0	.539	.174	.092	5

DET (8 yrs)				840	617	78	3.4	103	.262	.238	.267	.295	.341	.340	.404	.635	.745	71	.381	-32.2	-3.2	.548	.186	.102	11.7
MIN (3 yrs)				980	713	90	3.4	102	.272	.249	.264	.312	.337	.343	.404	.655	.741	77	.376	-28.4	-2.9	.549	.174	.094	7.2
KCA (1 yr)				137	105	9	2.3	105	.266	.242	.265	.286	.340	.258	.412	.544	.753	47	.214	-8.9	-0.9	.423	.100	.017	.0

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	GO/AO	IP%
1953	18	DET	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1954	19	DET	AL	42	2.4%	21.4%	11.9%	7.1%	50%	1.80	4.1	37.0	18.5	0.67	64%
1955	20	DET	AL	76	1.3%	14.5%	6.6%	5.3%	29%	2.20	6.2	68.0	6.8	0.91	76%
1956	21	DET	AL	73	1.4%	16.4%	8.2%	4.1%	25%	2.00	5.5	66.0	13.2	1.05	73%
1957	22	DET	AL	324	1.2%	13.3%	5.9%	6.8%	27%	2.26	6.9	73.8	10.5	0.89	77%
1958	23	DET	AL	273	2.2%	12.8%	7.3%	4.4%	21%	1.75	6.9	40.0	8.9	0.72	75%
1959	24	WSH	AL	341	2.4%	14.1%	8.5%	5.3%	25%	1.66	6.4	38.5	10.6	0.98	75%
1960	25	WSH	AL	511	0.8%	11.4%	5.1%	5.5%	23%	2.23	7.9	115.0	10.2	1.01	79%
1961	26	TOT	AL	316	0.6%	11.1%	10.1%	2.2%	12%	1.09	7.7	135.0	10.8	1.62	76%
1961	26	MIN	AL	128	0.8%	9.4%	15.6%	2.3%	14%	0.60	8.7	104.0	13.0	2.04	73%
1961	26	KCA	AL	137	0.0%	11.0%	6.6%	1.5%	7%	1.67	8.0		9.2	1.45	80%
1961	26	DET	AL	51	2.0%	15.7%	5.9%	3.9%	20%	2.67	5.8	46.0	11.5	1.23	73%
10 Seasons				1957	1.4%	12.9%	7.3%	5.0%	23%	1.77	6.9	64.6	10.2	1.00	76%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	19	DET	AL	2	0	120%	63	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	36%	7	6	1	2	2	0	5	0	4
1955	20	DET	AL	2	0	67%	42	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	50%	3	2	1	3	3	0	4	0	4
1956	21	DET	AL	1	0	33%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	30%	7	6	1	1	0	1	2	1	1
1957	22	DET	AL	2	1	24%	125	2	3	40%	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	5	68%	11	5	5	1	0	1	7	0	7
1958	23	DET	AL	8	0	31%	104	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	44%	14	9	5	3	2	1	10	4	6
1959	24	WSH	AL	4	0	26%	143	2	5	29%	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	37%	16	12	4	5	3	2	9	4	5
1960	25	WSH	AL	6	0	26%	202	3	5	38%	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	18	57%	26	12	14	5	2	3	11	4	7
1961	26	TOT	AL	8	0	36%	125	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	50%	22	15	7	5	1	4	9	2	7
1961	26	MIN	AL	1	0	39%	53	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	50%	7	6	1	4	1	3	3	0	3
1961	26	KCA	AL	5	0	32%	53	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	44%	12	7	5	0	0	0	4	2	2
1961	26	DET	AL	2	0	42%	19	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	67%	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	2
10 Seasons				33	1	32%	844	16	15	52%	15	16	0	1	1	0	3	0	22	42	49%	106	67	38	25	13	12	58	15	42
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
1954	19	DET	AL	42	19%	6			2	0	0	0	0.71	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	3	1	33%	19	1	5%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1955	20	DET	AL	77	42%	14			6	0	0	0	1.53	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	18	1	6%	10	3	30%	54	10	19%	4	2	50%	2	0	0%	0
1956	21	DET	AL	74	39%	12			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		18	4	22%	4	1	25%	63	4	6%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
1957	22	DET	AL	325	17%	81			9	0	0	0	1.03	4	0	8	3	1	2	2	0	6	5	83%	69	7	10%	35	15	43%	202	26	13%	18	9	50%	19	9	47%	0
1958	23	DET	AL	273	24%	56			5	0	0	1	1.40	6	1	11	5	1	4	2	0	6	4	67%	53	4	8%	32	13	41%	191	21	11%	20	13	65%	21	7	33%	0
1959	24	WSH	AL	341	18%	73			14	3	0	0	1.71	8	0	6	6	2	5	3	0	0	0		48	10	21%	23	8	35%	165	21	13%	10	5	50%	17	5	29%	0
1960	25	WSH	AL	511	16%	122			5	3	0	2	2.75	4	0	15	4	0	3	1	1	15	13	87%	93	11	12%	44	23	52%	271	44	16%	26	16	62%	22	11	50%	0
1961	26	TOT	AL	311	28%	61			6	2	0	2	1.87	2	0	8	1	1	1	1	0	9	8	89%	70	9	13%	30	20	67%	215	26	12%	12	9	75%	18	7	39%	3
1961	26	MIN	AL	127	17%	22			4	1	0	1	1.87	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	25	3	12%	8	6	75%	84	7	8%	4	2	50%	11	5	45%	0
1961	26	KCA	AL	134	35%	29			2	1	0	1	1.88	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	35	6	17%	20	12	60%	95	15	16%	8	7	88%	5	1	20%	3
1961	26	DET	AL	50	38%	10			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	10	0	0%	2	2	100%	36	4	11%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
10 Seasons				1954	22%	425			47	8	0	5	1.61	27	1	56	22	5	16	11	1	37	31	84%	378	46	12%	181	84	46%	1180	153	13%	94	56	60%	102	40	39%	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
1953	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1954	19	55	43	38	13	6	2	0	1	2	1	0	5	10	.158	.256	.289	.545	51	11	0	0	0	0
1955	20	93	119	106	26	20	4	1	2	12	1	0	10	21	.189	.254	.302	.556	52	32	1	0	1	2	1
1956	21	115	192	172	33	32	6	1	3	17	1	0	16	33	.186	.257	.285	.541	46	49	5	1	1	2	1
1957	22	212	516	467	61	113	22	3	7	45	3	3	35	76	.242	.300	.347	.647	74	162	12	5	6	3	3
1958	23	298	789	707	89	169	28	3	13	72	8	5	55	111	.239	.297	.342	.639	72	242	16	7	10	10	5
1959	24	388	1130	1015	122	242	38	3	21	101	10	10	84	159	.238	.298	.344	.642	74	349	26	8	10	13	8
1960	25	509	1641	1475	166	364	55	10	25	146	13	15	110	217	.247	.303	.348	.651	76	514	37	16	23	17	10
1961	26	607	1957	1745	201	425	60	10	27	171	16	15	142	252	.244	.303	.336	.639	72	586	46	16	31	23	11
1962	27	612	1957	1745	204	425	60	10	27	171	16	15	142	252	.244	.303	.336	.639	72	586	46	16	31	23	11

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
1953	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1954	19	56	43	38	13	6	2	0	1	2	1	5	9	.158	.256	.289	.545	3	54
1955	20	40	78	71	15	15	2	1	1	11	0	5	11	.211	.256	.310	.566	6	38
1956	21	23	75	68	8	12	2	0	1	5	0	6	13	.176	.253	.250	.503	4	22
1957	22	102	335	310	30	85	17	2	4	30	2	20	45	.274	.325	.381	.706	38	97
1958	23	90	281	251	28	59	6	0	6	27	5	21	37	.235	.292	.331	.622	25	86
1959	24	94	352	319	34	73	10	0	8	30	2	29	50	.229	.293	.335	.628	31	90
1960	25	127	523	484	46	128	18	7	4	47	3	27	61	.264	.312	.355	.667	53	121
1961	26	98	308	270	33	61	5	0	2	23	3	32	35	.226	.302	.267	.569	22	98
9 Seasons		631	1996	1812	207	439	62	10	27	175	16	145	262	.242	.301	.332	.633	182	607
162 Game Avg.		162	512	465	53	113	16	3	7	45	4	37	67	.242	.301	.332	.633	47	607

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1960 AL 7 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1960 AL 8 (4th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1960 AL 13 (5th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1958 AL 7 (4th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1959 AL 5 (9th) 1960 AL 5 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1953 AL born 1935-01-08 (2nd) 1954 AL born 1935-01-08 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 1 (3920), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Jack Brohamer (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (3920), Average HOFer ≈ 50