Wally Berger
Wally Berger
Full name: Walter Anton Berger
Born: October 10, 1905, Chicago, Illinois
Died November 30, 1988, Redondo Beach, California
Buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California
First Game: April 15, 1930; Final Game: July 4, 1940
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 198
OF on TSN All-Star Team (1933)
Wally Berger
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1930 BOS N 151 555 98 172 27 14 38 119 54 69 4 12 3 .310 .375 .614 2.0 1930 BOS N
1931 BOS N 156 617 94 199 44 8 19 84 55 70 2 4 13 .323 .380 .512 3.6 1931 BOS N
1932 BOS N 145 602 90 185 34 6 17 73 33 66 3 1 5 .307 .346 .468 1.0 1932 BOS N
1933 BOS N 137 528 84 165 37 8 27 106 41 77 3 2 6 2 .313 .365 .566 4.7 1933 BOS N
1934 BOS N 150 615 92 183 35 8 34 121 49 65 3 1 14 2 .298 .352 .546 2.7 1934 BOS N
1935 BOS N 150 589 91 174 39 4 34 130 50 80 4 1 14 3 .295 .355 .548 4.4 1935 BOS N
1936 BOS N 138 534 88 154 23 3 25 91 53 84 8 0 13 1 .288 .361 .483 1.8 1936 BOS N
1937 BOS N 30 113 14 31 9 1 5 22 11 33 1 1 1 0 .274 .344 .504 0.3 1937 BOS N
1937 NY N 59 199 40 58 11 2 12 43 18 30 3 1 5 3 .291 .359 .548 0.6 1937 NY N
1937 TOT N 89 312 54 89 20 3 17 65 29 63 4 2 6 3 .285 .354 .532 0.9 1937 TOT N
1938 NY N 16 32 5 6 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 .188 .235 .188 -0.4 1938 NY N
1938 CIN N 99 407 74 125 23 4 16 56 29 44 2 0 9 2 .307 .356 .501 1.2 1938 CIN N
1938 TOT N 115 439 79 131 23 4 16 60 31 48 2 0 9 2 .298 .347 .478 0.8 1938 TOT N
1939 CIN N 97 329 36 85 15 1 14 44 36 63 5 4 6 1 .258 .341 .438 -0.9 1939 CIN N
1940 CIN N 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 1940 CIN N
1940 PHI N 20 41 3 13 2 0 1 5 4 8 0 0 1 1 .317 .378 .439 0.1 1940 PHI N
1940 TOT N 22 43 3 13 2 0 1 5 4 9 0 0 1 1 .302 .362 .419 0.0 1940 TOT N
Total 1350 5163 809 1550 299 59 242 898 435 694 38 27 69i 36 .300 .359 .522 21.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1937 NY N Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1937 NY N
1939 CIN N Daily Splits 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1939 CIN N
Total Splits 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1933 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1933 NL
1934 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1934 NL
1935 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1935 NL
Total Splits 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1930 BOS N OF 145 307 10 11 3 .966 145 0 0
1931 BOS N OF 156 457 16 11 5 .977 0 156 0
1931 BOS N 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1932 BOS N OF 134 396 10 3 3 .993 0 134 0
1932 BOS N 1B 11 102 4 0 7 1.000
1933 BOS N OF 136 382 6 9 4 .977 0 136 0
1934 BOS N OF 150 385 9 9 2 .978 0 150 0
1935 BOS N OF 149 458 8 17 1 .965 0 149 0
1936 BOS N OF 133 384 10 14 1 .966 0 133 0
1937 BOS N OF 28 51 1 0 0 1.000 28 0 0
1937 NY N OF 52 107 4 4 0 .965 3 46 3
1937 TOT N LF -
1937 TOT N OF 80 158 5 4 0 .976 31 46 3
1938 NY N OF 9 29 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 1
1938 CIN N OF 98 192 7 7 2 .966 98 0 0
1938 TOT N OF 107 221 7 7 2 .970 98 8 1
1939 CIN N OF 95 158 6 5 0 .970 66 29 0
1940 PHI N OF 11 18 0 1 0 .947 4 2 5
1940 PHI N 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1296 3324 87 91 21 .974 344 943 9
Total 1B 13 106 4 0 7 1.000
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1939 CIN N Daily OF 4 4 3 35.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 1 0
1939 CIN N LF 4 4 3 29.1 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1939 CIN N CF 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 4 4 3 35.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 1 0
Total LF 4 4 3 29.1 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total CF 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1933 NL Daily OF 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1933 NL CF 1 1 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1934 NL CF 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1935 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1935 NL CF 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 3 3 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
Total CF 3 3 1 19 4 0 1 0 0 .800
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Traded by Boston Bees to New York Giants in exchange for Frank Gabler and $35000
(June 15, 1937 ).
Traded by New York Giants to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Alex Kampouris (June 6,
1938 ).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (May 10, 1940 ).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (May 15, 1940 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (July 5, 1940 ).
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