Wally Berger

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 198lb (188cm, 89kg)

Born: October 10, 1905 in Chicago, IL us

Died: November 30, 1988 in Redondo Beach, CA

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

High School: Mission HS (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1930 (Age 24-187d, 7,048th in major league history)
vs. NYG 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 4, 1940 (Age 34-268d)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Walter Anton Berger

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.6

5163

1550

242

.300

809

RBI

898

OBP

.359

SLG

.522

OPS

.881

OPS+

138

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 22	CIN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 23	CIN		PIT	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 25	CIN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	May 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	May 3	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	May 5	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	60	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	May 6	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 7	CIN	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 8	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 9	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 12	CIN		STL	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	20	May 13	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	21	May 14	CIN		STL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 16	CIN		BSN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 17	CIN		BSN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 18	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	39 (14)	Jun 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-4	GS	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	40	Jun 2	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	40	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	41	Jun 3	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	42	Jun 4	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	43	Jun 5	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	44	Jun 6	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-17	GS	30	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	45	Jun 7	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	46	Jun 8	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	47	Jun 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	60 (12)	Jun 27	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	61	Jun 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	62	Jul 1	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	63	Jul 2 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	64	Jul 2 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	48	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
39	65	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	66	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	70 (3)	Jul 9	CIN		CHC	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	71	Jul 13	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	72	Jul 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	73	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	74	Jul 16 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	75	Jul 16 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
47	78 (2)	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	79	Jul 21 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	80	Jul 21 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	81	Jul 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	82	Jul 23 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	83	Jul 23 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	86 (2)	Jul 27 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,9-8	GF	20	4.0	1	0	1	2	0
54	88 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,9-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	91 (2)	Aug 1	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	92	Aug 2	CIN		NYG	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	94 (1)	Aug 5	CIN		BRO	L,4-10	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	97 (2)	Aug 8 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-7	GF	24	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
59	98	Aug 8 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	99	Aug 9 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	100	Aug 9 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	101	Aug 10	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	102	Aug 12	CIN	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
64	103	Aug 13 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	104	Aug 13 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	105	Aug 14	CIN		PIT	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	106	Aug 15	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	107	Aug 16	CIN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	108	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	109	Aug 19	CIN		STL	T,3-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
71	110	Aug 20 (1)	CIN		STL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	113 (2)	Aug 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-4	GF	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	114	Aug 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	131 (16)	Sep 12	CIN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	132	Sep 13	CIN		BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	133	Sep 14 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,8-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	135 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	136	Sep 15 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	CG	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	137	Sep 16	CIN		NYG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	138	Sep 17 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	139	Sep 17 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	140	Sep 18 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	142 (1)	Sep 19	CIN		PHI	L,1-13	GS	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	143	Sep 20	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	144	Sep 21	CIN		PHI	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	145	Sep 22 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	146	Sep 22 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,10-9	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	147	Sep 23 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	148	Sep 23 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	149	Sep 24	CIN		PIT	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	150	Sep 26 (1)	CIN		STL	W,3-1	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	151	Sep 26 (2)	CIN		STL	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	152	Sep 27	CIN		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	153	Sep 28	CIN		STL	W,5-3	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	155 (1)	Oct 1 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
							95gm			163	6	5	174	0