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, 7,047th 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

42.5

5163

1550

242

.300

809

RBI

898

OBP

.359

SLG

.522

OPS

.881

OPS+

138

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1930	24	BSN	NL	151	628	555	98	172	27	14	38	119	3	4	54	69	.310	.375	.614	.990	137	341		4	12		7	*7/H
1931	25	BSN	NL	*156*	678	617	94	199	44	8	19	84	13	8	55	70	.323	.380	.512	.892	141	316		2	4		6	*8/3
1932	26	BSN	NL	145	639	602	90	185	34	6	17	73	5	9	33	66	.307	.346	.468	.815	120	282		3	1		3	*83/H	MVP-13
1933	27	BSN	NL	137	574	528	84	165	37	8	27	106	2	3	41	77	.313	.365	.566	.932	172	299	6	3	2		7	*8/H	AS,MVP-3
1934	28	BSN	NL	150	668	615	92	183	35	8	34	121	2	2	49	65	.298	.352	.546	.899	145	336	14	3	1		7	*8	AS,MVP-12
1935	29	BSN	NL	150	644	589	91	174	39	4	34	130	3	2	50	80	.295	.355	.548	.903	148	323	14	4	1		6	*8/H	AS,MVP-6
1936	30	BSN	NL	138	595	534	88	154	23	3	25	91	1	7	53	84	.288	.361	.483	.844	132	258	13	8	0		7	*8/H	AS,MVP-16
1937	31	TOT	NL	89	347	312	54	89	20	3	17	65	3	4	29	63	.285	.354	.532	.886	141	166	6	4	2		0	87/H9
1937	31	BSN	NL	30	126	113	14	31	9	1	5	22	0	1	11	33	.274	.344	.504	.848	138	57	1	1	1		0	7/H
1937	31	NYG	NL	59	221	199	40	58	11	2	12	43	3	3	18	30	.291	.359	.548	.907	142	109	5	3	1		0	8/H97
1938	32	TOT	NL	115	472	439	79	131	23	4	16	60	2	0	31	48	.298	.347	.478	.826	127	210	9	2	0		1	*7H/89
1938	32	NYG	NL	16	34	32	5	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	4	.188	.235	.188	.423	17	6	0	0	0		1	/8H9
1938	32	CIN	NL	99	438	407	74	125	23	4	16	56	2	0	29	44	.307	.356	.501	.857	136	204	9	2	0		0	7/H
1939	33	CIN	NL	97	374	329	36	85	15	1	14	44	1	2	36	63	.258	.341	.438	.778	106	144	6	5	4		2	78/H
1940	34	CIN-min	AA	41	155	155		38	8	1	5						.245	.245	.406	.652		63							INA · AA
1940	34	TOT	NL	22	47	43	3	13	2	0	1	5	1	0	4	8	.302	.362	.419	.780	119	18	1	0	0		0	H/7938
1940	34	CIN	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0	/H
1940	34	PHI	NL	20	45	41	3	13	2	0	1	5	1	0	4	7	.317	.378	.439	.817	129	18	1	0	0		0	/H7938
1941	35	CHC-min	AA	59	156	141	19	34	7	0	8	18	0		15	26	.241	.314	.461	.775		65		0	0				LOS · PCL
11 Yrs				1350	5666	5163	809	1550	299	59	242	898	36	41	435	693	.300	.359	.522	.881	138	2693	69	38	27		46
162 Game Avg.				162	680	620	97	186	36	7	29	108	4	5	52	83	.300	.359	.522	.881	138	323		5	3		6
				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
BSN (8 yrs)				1057	4552	4153	651	1263	248	52	199	746	29	36	346	544	.304	.362	.533	.894	141	2212		28	22		43
CIN (3 yrs)				198	814	738	110	210	38	5	30	100	3	2	65	108	.285	.348	.472	.820	121	348	15	7	4		2
NYG (2 yrs)				75	255	231	45	64	11	2	12	47	3	3	20	34	.277	.343	.498	.840	125	115	5	3	1		1
PHI (1 yr)				20	45	41	3	13	2	0	1	5	1	0	4	7	.317	.378	.439	.817	129	18	1	0	0		0