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Lou Berberet
Louis Joseph Berberet

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 212 lb.
School Santa Clara University

Debut September 17, 1954
Final Game September 25, 1960
Born November 20, 1929 in Long Beach, CA
Died April 6, 2004 in Las Vegas, NV

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 24 NYY AL   5    5    1    2   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   1  .400  .500  .400  153    2   0   0       0   0
 1955 25 NYY AL   2    5    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   0  .400  .500  .400  146    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1956 26 WSH AL  95  207   25   54   6  3   4   27   0  0  46  33  .261  .402  .377  111   78   0   0   9   3   7
 1957 27 WSH AL  99  264   24   69  11  2   7   36   0  1  41  38  .261  .359  .398  109  105   1   5   5   2  12
 1958 28 TOT AL  62  173   11   36   5  3   2   18   0  2  35  33  .208  .344  .306   77   53   1   0   1   1   5
         WSH AL   5    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   1  .167  .500  .167   95    1   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL  57  167   11   35   5  3   2   18   0  2  31  32  .210  .337  .311   76   52   1   0   1   1   5
 1959 29 DET AL 100  338   38   73   8  2  13   44   0  0  35  59  .216  .284  .367   74  124   0   7   1   0   9
 1960 30 DET AL  85  232   18   45   4  0   5   23   2  0  41  31  .194  .313  .276   59   64   0   4   4   1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      448 1224  118  281  34 10  31  153   2  3 200 195  .230  .337  .350   86  428   2  16  20   7  39
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        443   43  102  12  4  11   55   1  1  72  71  .230  .337  .350   86  155   1   6   7   3  14
 Career High    100  338   38   73  11  3  13   44   2  2  46  59  .261  .402  .398  111  124   1   7   9   3  12
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 24 NYY AL    6    3    1   8.9    96| .400  .262| .500  .337| .400  .383| .900  .720| 153  .795   0.5   0.0   0%
 1955 25 NYY AL    6    3    1   8.9   102| .400  .265| .500  .344| .400  .395| .900  .739| 146  .772   0.4   0.0   0%
 1956 26 WSH AL  256  160   33   5.5   103| .261  .263| .402  .344| .377  .401| .779  .744| 111  .563   5.8   0.6   0%
 1957 27 WSH AL  313  214   37   4.7    98| .261  .261| .359  .332| .398  .393| .757  .726| 109  .528   5.0   0.5   0%
 1958 28 TOT AL  210  145   19   3.5   103| .208  .268| .344  .338| .306  .407| .650  .745|  77  .408  -4.7  -0.5   0%
         WSH AL   10    5    1   5.3    96| .167  .259| .500  .328| .167  .394| .667  .722|  95  .599   0.4   0.0   0%
         BOS AL  200  140   18   3.4   103| .210  .268| .337  .338| .311  .408| .648  .746|  76  .399  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1959 29 DET AL  380  281   36   3.4   103| .216  .267| .284  .339| .367  .408| .651  .748|  74  .390 -13.5  -1.4   0%
 1960 30 DET AL  278  197   22   3.0   104| .194  .267| .313  .341| .276  .408| .589  .749|  59  .325 -12.5  -1.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1449 1003  149   4.0   102| .230  .265| .337  .339| .350  .403| .687  .742|  86  .448 -19.1  -2.1  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 24 NYY AL C 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 4.00 4.77 0 1955 25 NYY AL C 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 4.70 0 1956 26 WSH AL C 59 266 28 1 6 .997 .988 4.98 5.02 5.73 5.91 54 461.7 4 12 15 20 1957 27 WSH AL C 77 349 48 0 8 1.000 .991 5.16 5.11 5.70 5.92 71 626.3 7 11 27 23 1958 28 TOT AL C 51 242 21 5 3 .981 .990 5.16 5.34 5.53 6.01 48 427.7 4 13 11 11 WSH AL C 2 8 3 1 1 .917 .991 5.50 5.35 6.19 6.02 2 16.0 0 1 2 1 BOS AL C 49 234 18 4 2 .984 .990 5.14 5.34 5.51 6.01 46 411.7 4 12 9 10 1959 29 DET AL C 95 511 39 6 4 .989 .989 5.79 5.31 6.10 6.08 91 812.0 6 14 19 24 1960 30 DET AL C 81 396 36 3 4 .993 .987 5.33 5.12 6.11 5.93 68 636.3 5 13 21 19
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 24 NYY AL C 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 4.00 4.77 0 1955 25 NYY AL C 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 4.70 0 1956 26 WSH AL C 59 266 28 1 6 .997 .988 4.98 5.02 5.73 5.91 54 461.7 4 12 15 20 1957 27 WSH AL C 77 349 48 0 8 1.000 .991 5.16 5.11 5.70 5.92 71 626.3 7 11 27 23 1958 28 TOT AL C 51 242 21 5 3 .981 .990 5.16 5.34 5.53 6.01 48 427.7 4 13 11 11 WSH AL C 2 8 3 1 1 .917 .991 5.50 5.35 6.19 6.02 2 16.0 0 1 2 1 BOS AL C 49 234 18 4 2 .984 .990 5.14 5.34 5.51 6.01 46 411.7 4 12 9 10 1959 29 DET AL C 95 511 39 6 4 .989 .989 5.79 5.31 6.10 6.08 91 812.0 6 14 19 24 1960 30 DET AL C 81 396 36 3 4 .993 .987 5.33 5.12 6.11 5.93 68 636.3 5 13 21 19
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 367 1786 172 15 25 .992 .989 5.34 5.18 332 2964.0 26 63 93 97 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 367 1786 172 15 25 .992 .989 5.34 5.18
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Flies
1959 AL-7-5

Intentional Walks
1956 AL-9-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

February 8, 1956: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later, Herb Plews, Dick Tettelbach, and Bob Wiesler to the Washington Senators for Mickey McDermott and Bobby Kline. The New York Yankees sent Whitey Herzog (April 2, 1956) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

May 1, 1958: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Ken Aspromonte.

December 2, 1958: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Herb Moford.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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