Wally Berger Stats

Wally Berger was born on Tuesday, October 10, 1905, in Chicago, Illinois. Berger was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1930, with the Boston Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Wally Berger baseball stats page.

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Wally Berger

Wally Berger Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#20)

Wally Berger Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#20)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Walter Anton Berger
Nickname:   Biff or Walt or Wally
Born On:   10-10-1905
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Chicago, Illinois
Zodiac:   Libra
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-30-1988
Place of Death Data Died In:   Redondo Beach, California
Cemetery:   Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   198
First Game:   04-15-1930 (Age 24)
Last Game:   07-04-1940
Draft:   Not Applicable
Wally Berger

Wally Berger Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Wally Berger

Wally Berger Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1930 Braves 151 555 98 172 27 14 38 1 119 54 - 69 12 - 4 - .310 .375 .614
1931 Braves 156 617 94 199 44 8 19 0 84 55 - 70 4 - 2 - .323 .380 .512
1932 Braves 145 602 90 185 34 6 17 0 73 33 - 66 1 - 3 - .307 .346 .468
1933 Braves 137 528 84 165 37 8 27 1 106 41 - 77 2 - 3 6 .313 .365 .566
1934 Braves 150 615 92 183 35 8 34 0 121 49 - 65 1 - 3 14 .298 .352 .546
1935 Braves 150 589 91 174 39 4 34 3 130 50 - 80 1 - 4 14 .295 .355 .548
1936 Bees 138 534 88 154 23 3 25 1 91 53 - 84 0 - 8 13 .288 .361 .483
1937 Bees 30 113 14 31 9 1 5 0 22 11 - 33 1 - 1 1 .274 .344 .504
1937 Giants 59 199 40 58 11 2 12 0 43 18 - 30 1 - 3 5 .291 .359 .548
1938 Giants 16 32 5 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 - 4 0 - 0 0 .188 .235 .188
1938 Reds 99 407 74 125 23 4 16 0 56 29 - 44 0 - 2 9 .307 .356 .501
1939 Reds 97 329 36 85 15 1 14 1 44 36 - 63 4 - 5 6 .258 .341 .438
1940 Reds 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1940 Phillies 20 41 3 13 2 0 1 0 5 4 - 8 0 - 0 1 .317 .378 .439
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
11 Years 1,350 5,163 809 1,550 299 59 242 7 898 435 - 694 27 - 38 69 .300 .359 .522
Wally Berger

Wally Berger Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1930 Braves LF 145 - - 328 2.3 317 307 10 11 3 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1931 Braves 1B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1931 Braves CF 156 - - 484 3.1 473 457 16 11 5 n/a n/a n/a .977 0.00 -
1932 Braves 1B 11 - - 106 9.6 106 102 4 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1932 Braves CF 134 - - 409 3.1 406 396 10 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .993 0.00 -
1933 Braves CF 136 - - 397 2.9 388 382 6 9 4 n/a n/a n/a .977 0.00 -
1934 Braves CF 150 - - 403 2.7 394 385 9 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00 -
1935 Braves CF 149 - - 483 3.2 466 458 8 17 1 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00 -
1936 Bees CF 133 - - 408 3.1 394 384 10 14 1 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1937 Bees LF 28 - - 52 1.9 52 51 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1937 Giants OF 52 - - 115 2.2 111 107 4 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00 -
1938 Giants OF 9 - - 29 3.2 29 29 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1938 Reds LF 98 - - 206 2.1 199 192 7 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1939 Reds OF 95 - - 169 1.8 164 158 6 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1940 Phillies 1B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1940 Phillies OF 11 - - 19 1.7 18 18 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
CF Totals 858 0 0 2,584 3.0 2,521 2,462 59 63 16 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 --
LF Totals 271 0 0 586 2.2 568 550 18 18 5 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 --
OF Totals 167 0 0 332 2.0 322 312 10 10 0 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 --
1B Totals 13 0 0 110 8.5 110 106 4 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
11 Years 1,309 - - 3,612 2.8 3,521 3,430 91 91 28 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 --
Wally Berger

Wally Berger Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1930 Braves 3 - - - - n/a 14.6 8.0 4.7 - - -
1931 Braves 13 - - - - n/a 32.5 8.8 7.3 - - -
1932 Braves 5 - - - - n/a 35.4 9.1 8.2 - - -
1933 Braves 2 - - - - n/a 19.6 6.9 5.0 - - -
1934 Braves 2 - - - - n/a 18.1 9.5 5.1 - - -
1935 Braves 3 - - - - n/a 17.3 7.4 4.5 - - -
1936 Bees 1 - - - - n/a 21.4 6.4 5.9 - - -
1937 Bees 0 - - - - n/a 22.6 3.4 5.1 - - -
1937 Giants 3 - - - - n/a 16.6 6.6 4.6 - - -
1938 Giants 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 8.0 8.0 - - -
1938 Reds 2 - - - - n/a 25.4 9.3 7.3 - - -
1939 Reds 1 - - - - n/a 23.5 5.2 7.5 - - -
1940 Reds 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 - - -
1940 Phillies 1 - - - - n/a 41.0 5.1 8.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
11 Years 36 - - - - n/a 21.3 7.4 5.7 - - -
Wally Berger

Wally Berger Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1930 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1931 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1932 Boston Braves 3 Undetermined n/a -
1933 Boston Braves 3 Undetermined Stats -
1934 Boston Braves 3 Undetermined Stats -
1935 Boston Braves 4 Undetermined Stats -
1936 Boston Bees 4 Undetermined Stats -
1937 Boston Bees 4 Undetermined - Stats
1937 New York Giants 3 Undetermined - Stats
1938 New York Giants 21 Undetermined - -
1938 Cincinnati Reds 62 Undetermined - -
1939 Cincinnati Reds 22 Undetermined - Stats
1940 Cincinnati Reds 22 Undetermined - -
1940 Philadelphia Phillies 7 Undetermined - -


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