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Bernie Friberg

Bernard Albert Friberg
born Gustaf Bernhard Friberg

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: August 18, 1899 in Manchester, NH
High School: Worcester Academy HS (Worcester, MA)
School: Colby College (Waterville, ME)(All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1919
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs/RedSox 1919-1933

Final Game: June 27, 1933
Died: December 8, 1958 in Lynn, MA
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA
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Standard Batting

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
1919 19 CHC NL 8 20 20 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .250 .450 35 5 0 0 /O87
1920 20 CHC NL 50 124 114 11 24 5 1 0 7 2 2 6 20 .211 .250 .272 .522 49 31 0 4 4O7/89
1922 22 CHC NL 97 343 296 51 92 8 2 0 23 8 10 37 37 .311 .391 .351 .742 92 104 2 8 O98/7354
1923 23 CHC NL 146 617 547 91 174 27 11 12 88 13 19 45 49 .318 .372 .473 .846 122 259 2 23 *5
1924 24 CHC NL 142 589 495 67 138 19 3 5 82 19 27 66 53 .279 .369 .360 .729 95 178 5 21 *5
1925 25 TOT NL 135 518 456 53 121 17 4 6 38 1 2 53 57 .265 .344 .360 .704 76 164 2 8 457O/3621
1925 25 CHC NL 44 170 152 12 39 5 3 1 16 0 1 14 22 .257 .327 .349 .676 71 53 2 3 57O/36
1925 25 PHI NL 91 348 304 41 82 12 1 5 22 1 1 39 35 .270 .353 .365 .718 78 111 0 5 45/21
1926 26 PHI NL 144 553 478 38 128 21 3 1 51 2 57 77 .268 .346 .331 .676 77 158 0 18 *4
1927 27 PHI NL 111 396 335 31 78 8 2 1 28 3 41 49 .233 .322 .278 .600 64 93 3 17 *5/4
1928 28 PHI NL 52 113 94 11 19 3 0 1 7 0 12 16 .202 .292 .266 .558 43 25 0 7 6/54O378
1929 29 PHI NL 128 518 455 74 137 21 10 7 55 1 49 54 .301 .370 .437 .808 95 199 1 13 6O87/493 MVP-18
1930 30 PHI NL 105 388 331 62 113 21 1 4 42 1 47 35 .341 .425 .447 .872 105 148 1 8 4O76/58
1931 31 PHI NL 103 392 353 33 92 19 5 1 26 1 33 25 .261 .324 .351 .675 76 124 0 6 45/36
1932 32 PHI NL 61 178 154 17 37 8 2 0 14 0 19 23 .240 .324 .318 .642 66 49 0 5 4
1933 33 BOS AL 17 49 41 5 13 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 1 .317 .404 .390 .794 110 16 0 1 /456
14 Yrs 1299 4798 4169 544 1170 181 44 38 471 51 60 471 498 .281 .356 .373 .728 88 1553 16 139
162 Game Avg. 162 598 520 68 146 23 5 5 59 6 59 62 .281 .356 .373 .728 88 194 2 17
PHI (8 yrs) 795 2886 2504 307 686 113 24 20 245 9 1 297 314 .274 .352 .362 .714 81 907 5 79
CHC (6 yrs) 487 1863 1624 232 471 65 20 18 217 42 59 168 183 .290 .361 .388 .748 98 630 11 59
BOS (1 yr) 17 49 41 5 13 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 1 .317 .404 .390 .794 110 16 0 1
NL (13 yrs) 1282 4749 4128 539 1157 178 44 38 462 51 60 465 497 .280 .355 .372 .728 87 1537 16 138
AL (1 yr) 17 49 41 5 13 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 1 .317 .404 .390 .794 110 16 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1919 19 CHC NL 8 20 -1 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .475 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ /O87
1920 20 CHC NL 50 124 -8 0 0 -4 -1 -12 -1.4 4 -9 -1.1 .472 .491 -0.6 -0.6 -5 $ 4O7/89
1922 22 CHC NL 97 343 -2 -2 0 -1 -3 -8 -0.8 10 2 0.2 .492 .495 0.3 -0.4 3 $ O98/7354
1923 23 CHC NL 146 617 16 -4 0 3 5 20 2.0 18 38 3.7 .513 .512 3.4 0.8 35 $ *5
1924 24 CHC NL 142 589 -1 -6 0 2 5 -0 -0.2 17 17 1.6 .500 .500 1.5 0.6 15 $ *5
1925 25 CHC NL 44 170 -7 -0 0 -1 0 -8 -0.8 5 -3 -0.3 .483 .495 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ 57O/36
1925 25 PHI NL 91 348 -10 0 0 -5 3 -11 -1.1 10 -1 -0.1 .488 .493 0.4 -0.2 4 $ 45/21
1926 26 PHI NL 144 553 -16 0 0 -9 5 -20 -2.2 16 -4 -0.6 .485 .487 0.3 -0.5 4 $ *4
1927 27 PHI NL 111 396 -16 -0 0 -2 3 -15 -1.6 11 -4 -0.4 .486 .490 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ *5/4
1928 28 PHI NL 52 113 -8 0 0 -3 2 -9 -1.0 3 -6 -0.6 .482 .494 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ 6/54O378
1929 29 PHI NL 128 518 -5 0 0 -10 4 -10 -1.0 14 4 0.5 .493 .494 1.5 -0.6 14 $ 6O87/493 MVP-18
1930 30 PHI NL 105 388 6 0 0 -11 1 -3 -0.3 11 8 0.8 .498 .498 1.8 -0.8 19 $ 4O76/58
1931 31 PHI NL 103 392 -12 0 0 -5 3 -14 -1.5 11 -2 -0.3 .486 .491 0.2 -0.3 3 $ 45/36
1932 32 PHI NL 61 178 -8 0 0 -5 2 -11 -1.2 5 -6 -0.6 .481 .493 -0.1 -0.4 -1 $ 4
1933 33 BOS AL 17 49 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.1 2 3 0.3 .508 .501 0.3 0.0 3 $ /456
14 Seasons 1299 4798 -70 -10 0 -51 29 -103 -11.0 137 34 2.9 .492 .496 8.1 -2.3 85 $
PHI (8 yrs) 795 2886 -68 2 0 -50 23 -94 -9.8 82 -12 -1.3 .488 .493 3.6 -2.7 38 $
CHC (6 yrs) 487 1863 -3 -12 0 -1 6 -10 -1.3 53 43 3.9 .498 .499 4.2 0.4 44 $
BOS (1 yr) 17 49 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.1 2 3 0.3 .508 .501 0.3 0.0 3 $

Advanced Batting

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
1919 19 CHC NL 20 16 1 1.7 82 .222 .200 .264 .200 .318 .250 .347 .450 .666 35 .204 -1.6 -0.2 .313 .050 .050
1920 20 CHC NL 124 96 7 2.0 91 .255 .211 .278 .250 .332 .272 .369 .522 .701 49 .228 -7.6 -0.8 .402 .114 .061 .0
1922 22 CHC NL 343 222 39 4.7 113 .355 .311 .302 .391 .361 .351 .421 .742 .781 92 .478 -1.5 -0.1 .659 .159 .041 .0
1923 23 CHC NL 617 415 90 5.8 107 .333 .318 .293 .372 .352 .473 .408 .846 .760 122 .592 16.2 1.6 .765 .227 .155 12.5
1924 24 CHC NL 589 405 59 3.9 105 .304 .279 .291 .369 .347 .360 .406 .729 .752 95 .430 -0.3 -0.0 .628 .198 .081 7.9
1925 25 TOT NL 518 345 56 4.3 119 .293 .265 .308 .344 .366 .360 .439 .704 .806 76 .426 -16.7 -1.6 .647 .208 .094 1.7
1925 25 CHC NL 170 117 17 3.9 116 .295 .257 .303 .327 .361 .349 .432 .676 .793 71 .377 -6.8 -0.6 .596 .178 .092 .0
1925 25 PHI NL 348 228 39 4.6 121 .292 .270 .310 .353 .369 .365 .443 .718 .812 78 .449 -9.9 -0.9 .673 .224 .095 1.7
1926 26 PHI NL 553 368 55 4.0 110 .318 .268 .297 .346 .358 .331 .411 .676 .769 77 .442 -14.6 -1.5 .620 .186 .063 1.3
1927 27 PHI NL 396 274 29 2.8 101 .270 .233 .285 .322 .343 .278 .393 .600 .736 64 .293 -15.0 -1.5 .545 .176 .045 1.5
1928 28 PHI NL 113 82 7 2.3 114 .234 .202 .297 .292 .363 .266 .423 .558 .786 43 .205 -8.1 -0.8 .493 .191 .064 .0
1929 29 PHI NL 518 331 73 5.9 126 .330 .301 .312 .370 .377 .437 .454 .808 .831 95 .531 -5.0 -0.4 .786 .246 .136 1.8
1930 30 PHI NL 388 226 63 7.4 133 .373 .341 .321 .425 .380 .447 .477 .872 .857 105 .605 5.4 0.5 .904 .251 .106 1.6
1931 31 PHI NL 392 267 40 4.0 110 .278 .261 .295 .324 .355 .351 .416 .675 .771 76 .435 -12.6 -1.2 .605 .187 .091 1.0
1932 32 PHI NL 178 122 16 3.5 113 .282 .240 .298 .324 .352 .318 .432 .642 .784 66 .372 -7.6 -0.8 .581 .201 .078
1933 33 BOS AL 49 29 6 5.6 108 .325 .317 .283 .404 .355 .390 .408 .794 .763 110 .571 1.0 0.1 .786 .220 .073
14 Yrs 4798 3198 541 4.5 113 .312 .281 .299 .356 .358 .373 .422 .728 .781 88 .467 -68.1 -6.8 .664 .203 .092 43.6
162 Game Avg. 598 399 67 4.5 113 .312 .281 .299 .356 .358 .373 .422 .728 .781 88 .467 -68.1 -6.8 .664 .203 .092 5
PHI (8 yrs) 2886 1898 322 4.5 116 .307 .274 .303 .352 .363 .362 .432 .714 .795 81 .456 -67.5 -6.6 .669 .210 .088 12.4
CHC (6 yrs) 1863 1271 213 4.5 107 .318 .290 .294 .361 .351 .388 .408 .748 .759 98 .482 -1.5 -0.3 .653 .191 .098 25.2
BOS (1 yr) 49 29 6 5.6 108 .325 .317 .283 .404 .355 .390 .408 .794 .763 110 .571 1.0 0.1 .786 .220 .073
NL (13 yrs) 4749 3169 535 4.5 113 .311 .280 .299 .355 .358 .372 .423 .728 .781 87 .466 -69.0 -6.9 .663 .203 .092 43.6
AL (1 yr) 49 29 6 5.6 108 .325 .317 .283 .404 .355 .390 .408 .794 .763 110 .571 1.0 0.1 .786 .220 .073

Ratio Batting*

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
1919 19 CHC NL 20 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 5.0% 25% 10.0 20.0 90%
1920 20 CHC NL 124 0.0% 16.1% 4.8% 4.8% 25% 3.33 5.7 16.3 76%
1922 22 CHC NL 343 0.0% 10.8% 10.8% 2.9% 11% 1.00 8.0 12.9 76%
1923 23 CHC NL 617 1.9% 7.9% 7.3% 8.1% 29% 1.09 11.2 45.6 6.2 79%
1924 24 CHC NL 589 0.9% 9.0% 11.2% 4.6% 20% 0.80 9.3 99.0 6.0 74%
1925 25 TOT NL 518 1.2% 11.0% 10.2% 5.2% 22% 1.08 8.0 76.0 12.0 76%
1925 25 CHC NL 170 0.6% 12.9% 8.2% 5.3% 23% 1.57 6.9 152.0 9.5 76%
1925 25 PHI NL 348 1.4% 10.1% 11.2% 5.2% 22% 0.90 8.7 60.8 13.8 76%
1926 26 PHI NL 553 0.2% 13.9% 10.3% 4.5% 20% 1.35 6.2 478.0 9.4 72%
1927 27 PHI NL 396 0.3% 12.4% 10.4% 2.8% 14% 1.20 6.8 335.0 12.0 72%
1928 28 PHI NL 113 0.9% 14.2% 10.6% 3.5% 21% 1.33 5.9 94.0 13.4 68%
1929 29 PHI NL 518 1.4% 10.4% 9.5% 7.3% 28% 1.10 8.4 65.0 8.3 76%
1930 30 PHI NL 388 1.0% 9.0% 12.1% 6.7% 23% 0.74 9.5 82.8 7.9 75%
1931 31 PHI NL 392 0.3% 6.4% 8.4% 6.4% 27% 0.76 14.1 353.0 13.6 83%
1932 32 PHI NL 178 0.0% 12.9% 10.7% 5.6% 27% 1.21 6.7 11.0 74%
1933 33 BOS AL 49 0.0% 2.0% 12.2% 6.1% 23% 0.17 41.0 4.6 82%
14 Yrs 4798 0.8% 10.4% 9.8% 5.5% 23% 1.06 8.4 109.7 8.9 76%
MLB Averages 1.1% 7.5% 7.8% 6.6% 26% 0.97 11.8 82.4 7.9 80%

Cumulative Batting

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
1919 19 8 20 20 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .250 .450 35 5 0 0
1920 20 58 144 134 11 28 6 1 0 8 2 2 6 22 .209 .243 .269 .512 47 36 0 4
1921 21 58 144 134 11 28 6 1 0 8 2 2 6 22 .209 .243 .269 .512 47 36 0 4
1922 22 155 487 430 62 120 14 3 0 31 10 12 43 59 .279 .347 .326 .673 80 140 2 12
1923 23 301 1104 977 153 294 41 14 12 119 23 31 88 108 .301 .361 .408 .769 103 399 4 35
1924 24 443 1693 1472 220 432 60 17 17 201 42 58 154 161 .293 .364 .392 .756 101 577 9 56
1925 25 578 2211 1928 273 553 77 21 23 239 43 60 207 218 .287 .359 .384 .744 94 741 11 64
1926 26 722 2764 2406 311 681 98 24 24 290 45 60 264 295 .283 .357 .374 .730 91 899 11 82
1927 27 833 3160 2741 342 759 106 26 25 318 48 60 305 344 .277 .352 .362 .714 88 992 14 99
1928 28 885 3273 2835 353 778 109 26 26 325 48 60 317 360 .274 .350 .359 .709 86 1017 14 106
1929 29 1013 3791 3290 427 915 130 36 33 380 49 60 366 414 .278 .353 .370 .723 88 1216 15 119
1930 30 1118 4179 3621 489 1028 151 37 37 422 50 60 413 449 .284 .360 .377 .736 89 1364 16 127
1931 31 1221 4571 3974 522 1120 170 42 38 448 51 60 446 474 .282 .357 .374 .731 88 1488 16 133
1932 32 1282 4749 4128 539 1157 178 44 38 462 51 60 465 497 .280 .355 .372 .728 87 1537 16 138
1933 33 1299 4798 4169 544 1170 181 44 38 471 51 60 471 498 .281 .356 .373 .728 88 1553 16 139

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1919 19 9 24 24 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .208 .208 .250 .458 1 8
1920 20 53 134 123 13 28 6 1 0 9 2 7 21 .228 .269 .293 .562 9 50
1922 22 101 346 301 46 88 8 2 0 21 8 35 39 .292 .370 .332 .702 37 97
1923 23 154 636 565 87 173 27 11 12 84 13 45 52 .306 .359 .457 .816 92 146
1924 24 149 611 517 68 141 19 3 5 83 19 67 56 .273 .362 .350 .712 65 142
1925 25 143 529 469 46 114 16 4 6 33 1 50 60 .243 .319 .333 .651 49 135
1926 26 151 566 491 36 125 21 3 1 48 2 56 80 .255 .331 .316 .647 51 144
1927 27 117 418 353 33 83 9 2 1 30 3 44 52 .235 .325 .280 .605 32 111
1928 28 55 115 97 9 18 3 0 1 6 0 11 17 .186 .269 .247 .516 6 52
1929 29 135 518 459 60 124 19 9 6 45 1 44 57 .270 .335 .390 .725 60 128
1930 30 110 374 325 48 97 18 1 3 32 1 40 37 .298 .377 .388 .765 48 105
1931 31 108 404 365 32 92 19 5 1 25 1 33 26 .252 .314 .340 .654 39 103
1932 32 64 181 158 16 36 8 2 0 13 0 18 24 .228 .307 .304 .611 15 61
1933 33 18 50 43 5 13 3 0 0 9 0 6 1 .302 .388 .372 .760 6 17
14 Yrs 1367 4906 4290 499 1137 177 43 36 439 51 456 524 .265 .338 .352 .689 510 1299
162 Game Avg. 162 581 508 59 135 21 5 4 52 6 54 62 .265 .338 .352 .689 60 1299

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1929 NL (18, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1930 NL  .425 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1923 NL  12 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1924 NL  82 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1924 NL  66 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 NL  49 (7th)
1924 NL  53 (6th)
1925 NL  57 (3rd)
1926 NL  77 (1st)
1927 NL  49 (7th)
1929 NL  54 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1924 NL  19 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1924 NL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1923 NL  23 (4th)
1924 NL  21 (2nd)
Career  139 (207th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1923 NL  19 (3rd)
1924 NL  27 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1923 NL  12.5 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1919 NL  born 1899-08-18 (5th)
1920 NL  born 1899-08-18 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1326), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1026), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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