#80 Wally Berger, Leftfield, 35 yrs, Cleveland Indians Sunday, 10/22/1940 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Wally Berger
10/10/1905 35 USA,IL,CHICAGO 6"2 208
Leftfield R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) Average Normal Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 16,500,000 1941 10 Year(s), 0 Days (1720 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 0 Days (1720 total Days) 10 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Talent | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 5 10 10 3 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings LF : 5 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 3 Outfield Arm : 4
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
10/8 | BOS | W 10-7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | #4 | | |
10/10 | @BOS | W 10-8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
10/11 | @BOS | W 11-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
10/13 | @CIN | L 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
10/14 | @CIN | L 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #4 | | |
10/16 | CIN | W 11-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #4 | | |
10/17 | CIN | L 3-13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
10/18 | CIN | W 6-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #4 | | |
10/20 | @CIN | W 10-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | #4 | PoG | |
10/21 | @CIN | W 2-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 158 | 613 | 208 | 40 | 4 | 34 | 151 | 148 | 70 | 81 | .339 | .406 | .584 | .990 | 1.098 | .245 |
Projected | 158 | 613 | 208 | 40 | 4 | 34 | 151 | 148 | 70 | 81 | .339 | .406 | .584 | .990 | 1.098 | .245 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 148 | 690 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 358 | 78 | 41 | 2 | 95.3 | 142.4 | 8.9 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 120 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .383 | .425 | .742 | 1.167 |
vs. RHP | 493 | 162 | 29 | 3 | 24 | 123 | 121 | 59 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .329 | .401 | .546 | .947 |
Close/Late | 51 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .373 | .467 | .647 | 1.114 |
Scoring Position | 214 | 72 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 120 | 0 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .336 | .414 | .612 | 1.026 |
Pinch Hitting | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 81 | 304 | 106 | 28 | 2 | 19 | 84 | 78 | 34 | 41 | .349 | .416 | .641 | 1.058 |
Road | 77 | 309 | 102 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 67 | 70 | 36 | 40 | .330 | .395 | .528 | .923 |
This Week | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .158 | .200 | .474 | .674 |
Last Week | 4 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .263 | .263 | .421 | .684 |
March/April | 25 | 103 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 10 | .359 | .422 | .602 | 1.024 |
May | 26 | 110 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 9 | .336 | .397 | .573 | .969 |
June | 27 | 99 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 17 | .293 | .375 | .545 | .920 |
July | 26 | 100 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 22 | .310 | .373 | .520 | .893 |
August | 27 | 101 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 12 | .327 | .420 | .574 | .994 |
Sept/Oct | 27 | 100 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 11 | .410 | .446 | .690 | 1.136 |
Postseason | 11 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 9 | .239 | .286 | .522 | .807 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1931 | 155 | 591 | 173 | 41 | 9 | 26 | 137 | 101 | 42 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 26 | 2 | .293 | .338 | .525 | .862 | CLE |
1932 | 154 | 583 | 173 | 29 | 4 | 32 | 113 | 119 | 67 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 18 | 1 | .297 | .371 | .525 | .896 | CLE |
1933 | 152 | 594 | 206 | 41 | 9 | 41 | 141 | 146 | 69 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 42 | 2 | .347 | .416 | .653 | 1.069 | CLE,AL |
1934 | 156 | 579 | 195 | 43 | 10 | 34 | 138 | 134 | 65 | 2 | 10 | 78 | 55 | 2 | .337 | .399 | .622 | 1.021 | CLE,AL |
1935 | 149 | 561 | 191 | 25 | 6 | 52 | 146 | 134 | 67 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 32 | 5 | .340 | .414 | .684 | 1.098 | CLE,AL |
1936 | 153 | 579 | 191 | 34 | 5 | 46 | 150 | 131 | 69 | 6 | 4 | 69 | 23 | 2 | .330 | .404 | .644 | 1.048 | CLE,AL |
1937 | 155 | 573 | 188 | 45 | 9 | 41 | 143 | 135 | 70 | 1 | 9 | 72 | 31 | 3 | .328 | .397 | .653 | 1.049 | CLE,AL |
1938 | 151 | 598 | 220 | 36 | 0 | 50 | 168 | 160 | 77 | 1 | 5 | 73 | 30 | 5 | .368 | .438 | .679 | 1.117 | CLE,AL |
1939 | 157 | 631 | 209 | 36 | 8 | 38 | 159 | 151 | 76 | 2 | 6 | 89 | 40 | 2 | .331 | .401 | .594 | .996 | CLE,AL |
1940 | 158 | 613 | 208 | 40 | 4 | 34 | 151 | 148 | 70 | 2 | 5 | 81 | 41 | 2 | .339 | .406 | .584 | .990 | CLE,AL |
Total | 1540 | 5902 | 1954 | 370 | 64 | 394 | 1446 | 1359 | 672 | 31 | 61 | 729 | 338 | 26 | .331 | .399 | .616 | 1.014 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1930, AAA | 105 | 111 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 38 | 36 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .360 | .489 | .793 | 1.282 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1933 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .143 | .368 | .143 | .511 |
1935 | 14 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .217 | .266 | .467 | .732 |
1936 | 7 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .464 | .516 | .750 | 1.266 |
1937 | 11 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .313 | .477 | .790 |
1938 | 7 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .320 | .414 | .440 | .854 |
1939 | 11 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .283 | .353 | .609 | .962 |
1940 | 11 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .239 | .286 | .522 | .807 |
Total | 66 | 263 | 71 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 56 | 44 | 28 | 49 | 14 | 1 | .270 | .340 | .513 | .854 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Leftfield | 153 | 148 | 269 | 6 | 1 | 284 | 9 | .968 | 1299.1 | 1.97 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1930... Had first career hit on 4/1/1931, off Vic Keen (SLA)... Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1931, off George Meyers (SLA)... Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 7/23/1931... Won Rookie Of The Year in 1931, hitting .293 with 26 HR, 137 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/28/1932... Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1933, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 12 RBI... Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1933, hitting .577 with 1 HR, 9 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 7/24/1933... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1933, hitting .465 with 8 HR, 27 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1933, hitting .374 with 7 HR, 24 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/2/1933... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1933, hitting .347 with 41 HR, 141 RBI... 1/31/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,771,429 through salary arbitration... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1934, hitting .593 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1934, hitting .368 with 8 HR, 28 RBI... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 5/25/1934... Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1934, hitting .337 with 34 HR, 138 RBI... Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1934... 1/31/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,771,429 through salary arbitration... Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1935, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1935, hitting .545 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1935, hitting .406 with 8 HR, 26 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 8/3/1935... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1935, hitting .368 with 11 HR, 31 RBI... 9/1/1935: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $16,500,000 per year, for 6 years. Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1935, hitting .481 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1935, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 50 on 9/24/1935... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1935, hitting .352 with 12 HR, 26 RBI... Won World Series with Cleveland in 1935... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1935, hitting .340 with 52 HR, 146 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1936, hitting .423 with 6 HR, 15 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 6 runs on 6/16/1936... Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 8/18/1936... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1936, hitting .538 with 6 HR, 15 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1937, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1937, hitting .380 with 8 HR, 30 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1937, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1937... Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/6/1938... Had 30-game hitting streak snapped on 6/22/1938... Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1938, hitting .483 with 7 HR, 17 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1938, hitting .402 with 15 HR, 34 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 9/18/1938... Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 154 on 9/19/1938... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 9/20/1938... Hit 3 homeruns against Washington, driving in 5 runs on 9/20/1938... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1938, hitting .630 with 7 HR, 16 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1938, hitting .462 with 11 HR, 38 RBI... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1938, hitting .368 with 50 HR, 168 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1939, hitting .349 with 6 HR, 30 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1939, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 11 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1939, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game... Won World Series with Cleveland in 1939... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1939, hitting .331 with 38 HR, 159 RBI... Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (A) on 8/17/1940... Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1940, hitting .619 with 2 HR, 3 RBI... Won World Series with Cleveland in 1940...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1933 - .347 - 5th 1934 - .337 - 2nd 1935 - .340 - 4th 1936 - .330 - 9th 1937 - .328 - 9th 1938 - .368 - 1st 1939 - .331 - 9th
| OBP 1933 - .416 - 5th 1934 - .399 - 6th 1935 - .414 - 4th 1936 - .404 - 6th 1938 - .438 - 3rd
| SLG 1931 - .525 - 10th 1932 - .525 - 9th 1933 - .653 - 1st 1934 - .622 - 1st 1935 - .684 - 1st 1936 - .644 - 2nd 1937 - .653 - 4th 1938 - .679 - 3rd 1939 - .594 - 8th
| OPS 1932 - .896 - 10th 1933 - 1.069 - 1st 1934 - 1.021 - 1st 1935 - 1.098 - 1st 1936 - 1.048 - 3rd 1937 - 1.049 - 4th 1938 - 1.117 - 2nd 1939 - .996 - 7th
| Hits 1933 - 206 - 2nd 1934 - 195 - 3rd 1935 - 191 - 4th 1936 - 191 - 6th 1937 - 188 - 6th 1938 - 220 - 2nd 1939 - 209 - 3rd
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Doubles 1933 - 41 - 10th 1934 - 43 - 7th 1937 - 45 - 6th
| Triples 1931 - 9 - 5th 1933 - 9 - 3rd 1934 - 10 - 3rd 1939 - 8 - 5th
| Homeruns 1931 - 26 - 9th 1932 - 32 - 3rd 1933 - 41 - 1st 1934 - 34 - 5th 1935 - 52 - 1st 1936 - 46 - 1st 1937 - 41 - 4th 1938 - 50 - 1st 1939 - 38 - 4th
| RBI 1931 - 137 - 1st 1932 - 113 - 5th 1933 - 141 - 1st 1934 - 138 - 1st 1935 - 146 - 1st 1936 - 150 - 1st 1937 - 143 - 2nd 1938 - 168 - 1st 1939 - 159 - 1st
| Runs 1932 - 119 - 3rd 1933 - 146 - 1st 1934 - 134 - 2nd 1935 - 134 - 1st 1936 - 131 - 3rd 1937 - 135 - 4th 1938 - 160 - 1st 1939 - 151 - 1st
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SB 1931 - 26 - 7th 1933 - 42 - 4th 1934 - 55 - 2nd 1935 - 32 - 5th 1936 - 23 - 10th 1937 - 31 - 6th 1938 - 30 - 5th 1939 - 40 - 5th
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