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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-2	GS	25	6.1	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	22 (20)	May 19	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	23	May 20	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	24	May 21	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	25	May 22	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	26	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-11	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	27	May 24	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	28	May 26	BSN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	29	May 27	BSN	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	30	May 29 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	3	1	0	4	1
11	31	May 29 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	32	May 30	BSN	@	BRO	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	33	May 31 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	34	May 31 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	35	Jun 2	BSN		PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	36	Jun 3	BSN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	37	Jun 4	BSN		PIT	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	38	Jun 5	BSN		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	39	Jun 6 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	40	Jun 6 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	41	Jun 8	BSN		CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	42	Jun 9 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	43	Jun 9 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	44	Jun 10	BSN		CIN	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	45	Jun 12	BSN		STL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	46	Jun 13 (1)	BSN		STL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	47	Jun 13 (2)	BSN		STL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	48	Jun 15	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
				Player went from Boston Bees to New York Giants
29	52	Jun 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	53	Jun 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	55 (1)	Jun 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3		18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	57 (1)	Jun 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	58	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	63 (4)	Jun 30	NYG		PHI	W,7-2	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	71 (7)	Jul 10	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-0	GS	23	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	72	Jul 11 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-4	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	73	Jul 11 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-1	GS	23	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	74	Jul 12	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	75	Jul 13	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-10	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	76	Jul 14	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	77	Jul 16	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	78	Jul 17	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	79	Jul 18 (1)	NYG		STL	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	80	Jul 18 (2)	NYG		STL	W,11-0	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	81	Jul 19	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	82	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	83	Jul 21	NYG		CIN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	84	Jul 22	NYG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	85	Jul 23	NYG		CHC	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
50	86	Jul 24	NYG		CHC	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	87	Jul 25	NYG		CHC	W,5-0	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	88	Jul 27	NYG	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	40	8.2	3	0	1	4	0
53	89	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	90	Jul 29	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	91	Jul 30	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	92	Jul 31	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	93	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
58	94	Aug 3	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
59	95	Aug 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	96	Aug 5	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS	39	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	97	Aug 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	98	Aug 8 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	99	Aug 8 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	100	Aug 10	NYG		BSN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	101	Aug 12	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	102	Aug 13	NYG		PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	108 (5)	Aug 20	NYG	@	PHI	W,13-6	GS	21	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	111 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	112	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	117 (4)	Aug 30	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GS	26	6.2	2	0	1	3	0
71	118	Aug 31	NYG		STL	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	127 (8)	Sep 9 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-2	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	131 (3)	Sep 14 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,12-2	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	137 (5)	Sep 19	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	138	Sep 20	NYG	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
76	139	Sep 21	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	147 (7)	Sep 29 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	149 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	150	Oct 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	151	Oct 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							80gm			136	3	4	143	1