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Dale Berra
Dale Anthony Berra

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut August 22, 1977
  vs. SDP 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1987
Born December 13, 1956 in Ridgewood, NJ

Son of Yogi Berra

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 20 PIT NL  17   40    0    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   1   8  .175  .195  .200    6    8   0   0   0   0   0
 1978 21 PIT NL  56  135   16   28   2  0   6   14   3  1  13  20  .207  .285  .356   75   48   0   1   3   2   2
 1979 22 PIT NL  44  123   11   26   5  0   3   15   0  0  11  17  .211  .272  .325   60   40   2   2   2   0   5
 1980 23 PIT NL  93  245   21   54   8  2   6   31   2  0  16  52  .220  .269  .343   68   84   4   2   6   1   6
 1981 24 PIT NL  81  232   21   56  12  0   2   27  11  1  17  34  .241  .302  .319   74   74   2   0   4   3   3
 1982 25 PIT NL 156  529   64  139  25  5  10   61   6  6  33  83  .263  .306  .386   90  204   8   9  12   4  15
 1983 26 PIT NL 161  537   51  135  25  1  10   52   8  5  61  84  .251  .327  .358   88  192   7   2  19   0  10
 1984 27 PIT NL 136  450   31  100  16  0   9   52   1  3  34  78  .222  .273  .318   66  143   6   9   8   1  11
 1985 28 NYY AL  48  109    8   25   5  1   1    8   1  1   7  20  .229  .276  .321   65   35   2   0   0   0   2
 1986 29 NYY AL  42  108   10   25   7  0   2   13   0  0   9  14  .231  .294  .352   76   38   2   1   0   1   0
 1987 30 HOU NL  19   45    3    8   3  0   0    2   0  0   8  12  .178  .296  .244   48   11   0   1   3   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     853 2553  236  603 109  9  49  278  32 17 210 422  .236  .294  .344   76  877  33  27  57  12  54
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        485   45  115  21  2   9   53   6  3  40  80  .236  .294  .344   76  167   6   5  11   2  10
 Career High    161  537   64  139  25  5  10   61  11  6  61  84  .263  .327  .386   90  204   8   9  19   4  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 20 PIT NL   41   33    2   1.6   105| .175  .272| .195  .340| .200  .414| .395  .754|   6  .130  -5.5  -0.6   0%
 1978 21 PIT NL  151  111   14   3.4    99| .207  .268| .285  .336| .356  .394| .641  .730|  75  .404  -5.2  -0.5  75%
 1979 22 PIT NL  138  106   10   2.5   104| .211  .275| .272  .341| .325  .408| .597  .749|  60  .267  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 1980 23 PIT NL  268  203   22   2.9    97| .220  .270| .269  .333| .343  .392| .612  .725|  68  .337 -11.6  -1.2 100%
 1981 24 PIT NL  254  182   24   3.6    95| .241  .267| .302  .333| .319  .383| .621  .716|  74  .435  -8.2  -0.9  91%
 1982 25 PIT NL  583  428   59   3.7    98| .263  .270| .306  .334| .386  .393| .692  .726|  90  .443  -8.2  -0.8  50%
 1983 26 PIT NL  607  426   63   4.0    99| .251  .267| .327  .336| .358  .395| .685  .731|  88  .471  -8.6  -0.9  61%
 1984 27 PIT NL  500  379   38   2.7    95| .222  .264| .273  .330| .318  .384| .591  .714|  66  .310 -21.0  -2.2  25%
 1985 28 NYY AL  118   89    9   2.7    97| .229  .259| .276  .324| .321  .402| .597  .726|  65  .275  -5.4  -0.5  50%
 1986 29 NYY AL  121   86   12   3.7    99| .231  .260| .294  .328| .352  .406| .646  .734|  76  .399  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1987 30 HOU NL   54   38    4   2.8   102| .178  .264| .296  .333| .244  .412| .540  .745|  48  .279  -2.9  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2835 2081  257   3.3    98| .236  .267| .294  .333| .344  .393| .638  .726|  76  .388 -87.3  -8.9  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1977 20 PIT NL 3B 14 14 22 1 1 .973 .955 2.57 2.54 3.36 2.98 10 96.3 1978 21 PIT NL 3B 55 28 80 11 11 .908 .952 1.96 2.53 2.70 3.00 35 360.3 SS 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 .972 3.50 4.25 3.71 4.87 2 17.0 1979 22 PIT NL SS 22 25 53 5 11 .940 .965 3.55 4.51 4.12 5.00 15 170.3 3B 22 18 33 7 3 .879 .951 2.32 2.50 2.93 2.89 16 156.7 1980 23 PIT NL 3B 48 23 69 3 7 .968 .948 1.92 2.39 2.74 2.87 29 302.3 SS 45 59 98 8 16 .952 .966 3.49 4.30 4.35 5.02 33 325.0 2B 4 6 4 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 4.70 5.20 5.51 1 17.3 1981 24 PIT NL 3B 42 21 62 2 6 .976 .947 1.98 2.47 2.68 2.84 26 278.3 SS 30 42 62 6 12 .945 .960 3.47 4.44 4.78 5.10 21 196.0 2B 18 26 43 0 9 1.000 .982 3.83 4.72 5.40 5.52 14 115.0 1982 25 PIT NL SS 153 238 498 30 77 .961 .967 4.81 4.38 5.04 5.01 150 1314.7 3B 6 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.67 2.43 2.90 2.76 2 31.0 1983 26 PIT NL SS 161 286 505 30 103 .963 .967 4.91 4.16 4.97 4.85 160 1433.3 1984 27 PIT NL SS 135 186 449 30 65 .955 .965 4.70 3.98 4.78 4.87 134 1196.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1985 28 NYY AL 3B 41 20 68 8 9 .917 .953 2.15 2.38 2.91 2.85 33 272.0 SS 6 2 6 1 0 .889 .964 1.33 3.93 6.73 4.63 0 10.7 1986 29 NYY AL SS 19 29 40 2 8 .972 .966 3.63 3.94 4.74 4.53 15 131.0 3B 18 11 27 2 3 .950 .948 2.11 2.37 3.02 2.74 16 113.3 DH 4 1987 30 HOU NL SS 18 13 39 2 4 .963 .965 2.89 3.89 3.92 4.72 16 119.3 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 4.43 4.50 5.17 0 4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 23 PIT NL 2B 4 6 4 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 4.70 5.20 5.51 1 17.3 1981 24 PIT NL 2B 18 26 43 0 9 1.000 .982 3.83 4.72 5.40 5.52 14 115.0 1987 30 HOU NL 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 4.43 4.50 5.17 0 4.0 1977 20 PIT NL 3B 14 14 22 1 1 .973 .955 2.57 2.54 3.36 2.98 10 96.3 1978 21 PIT NL 3B 55 28 80 11 11 .908 .952 1.96 2.53 2.70 3.00 35 360.3 1979 22 PIT NL 3B 22 18 33 7 3 .879 .951 2.32 2.50 2.93 2.89 16 156.7 1980 23 PIT NL 3B 48 23 69 3 7 .968 .948 1.92 2.39 2.74 2.87 29 302.3 1981 24 PIT NL 3B 42 21 62 2 6 .976 .947 1.98 2.47 2.68 2.84 26 278.3 1982 25 PIT NL 3B 6 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.67 2.43 2.90 2.76 2 31.0 1984 27 PIT NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1985 28 NYY AL 3B 41 20 68 8 9 .917 .953 2.15 2.38 2.91 2.85 33 272.0 1986 29 NYY AL 3B 18 11 27 2 3 .950 .948 2.11 2.37 3.02 2.74 16 113.3 1986 29 NYY AL DH 4 1978 21 PIT NL SS 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 .972 3.50 4.25 3.71 4.87 2 17.0 1979 22 PIT NL SS 22 25 53 5 11 .940 .965 3.55 4.51 4.12 5.00 15 170.3 1980 23 PIT NL SS 45 59 98 8 16 .952 .966 3.49 4.30 4.35 5.02 33 325.0 1981 24 PIT NL SS 30 42 62 6 12 .945 .960 3.47 4.44 4.78 5.10 21 196.0 1982 25 PIT NL SS 153 238 498 30 77 .961 .967 4.81 4.38 5.04 5.01 150 1314.7 1983 26 PIT NL SS 161 286 505 30 103 .963 .967 4.91 4.16 4.97 4.85 160 1433.3 1984 27 PIT NL SS 135 186 449 30 65 .955 .965 4.70 3.98 4.78 4.87 134 1196.0 1985 28 NYY AL SS 6 2 6 1 0 .889 .964 1.33 3.93 6.73 4.63 0 10.7 1986 29 NYY AL SS 19 29 40 2 8 .972 .966 3.63 3.94 4.74 4.53 15 131.0 1987 30 HOU NL SS 18 13 39 2 4 .963 .965 2.89 3.89 3.92 4.72 16 119.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 591 883 1754 114 296 .959 .966 4.46 4.20 4.83 4.91 546 4913.3 3B* 247 138 368 34 40 .937 .951 2.05 2.45 2.82 2.89 167 1613.3 2B* 25 33 48 0 9 1.000 .982 3.24 4.68 5.35 5.51 15 136.3 DH 4 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 863 1054 2170 148 345 .956 .964 3.74 3.71 4.35 4.43 728 6663
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.

Games
1983 NL-161-2

Sac. Flies
1982 NL-9-6
1984 NL-9-5

Intentional Walks
1983 NL-19-1

Youngest Player
1977 NL-20-2

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

December 20, 1984: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Jay Buhner and Alfonso Pulido to the New York Yankees for Steve Kemp, Tim Foli, and cash.

July 27, 1986: Released by the New York Yankees.

August 4, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 13, 1987: Released by the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Yankees$477,500
1986New York Yankees$557,500
1987New York Yankees$657,500
Houston Astros$62,500
Career (may be incomplete)$1,755,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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