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Yogi
Berra		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 194
 
Born: May 12, 1925 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1952    1953   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10
1947 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1948 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 9 9
1949 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1950 25 BOS AL $ 3,221,429   7 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 4 3 9 9 9
1951 26 BOS AL $ 3,221,429   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1952 27 BOS AL $ 3,221,429   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 3 3 3 8 9 9
1953 28 BOS AL $ 7,750,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1954 29 BOS AL $ 7,750,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1955 30 BOS AL $ 7,750,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1956 31 BOS AL $ 7,750,000   6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1957 32 BOS AL $ 1,440,000   5 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1958 33 BOS AL $ 1,440,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1959 34 BOS AL $ 1,440,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1960 35 BOS AL $ 1,440,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 6
1961 36 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,750,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1946 21 BOS AL 125 444 61 120 16 0 17 63 0 0 44 16 .270 .335 .421 .756 59.7 7.9
1947 22 BOS AL 130 475 64 122 13 4 24 84 0 1 37 26 .257 .308 .453 .761 67.4 9.0
1948 23 BOS AL 105 347 42 91 10 1 15 61 0 0 30 26 .262 .318 .427 .745 45.6 5.7
    AAA   2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 1.1  
1949 24 BOS AL 144 477 76 153 25 2 20 95 0 0 45 26 .321 .377 .507 .885 86.0 14.0
1950 25 BOS AL 144 497 73 128 25 0 19 81 0 0 36 35 .258 .308 .423 .731 61.1 6.8
1951 26 BOS AL 120 424 53 120 24 0 25 72 0 0 27 37 .283 .329 .517 .845 66.2 10.1
    AAA   2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5  
1952 27 BOS AL 147 499 78 132 21 1 32 107 0 0 45 36 .265 .324 .503 .827 78.7 13.4
1953 28 BOS AL 145 532 77 135 30 3 24 82 0 0 35 50 .254 .300 .457 .757 69.6 10.2
1954 29 BOS AL 152 553 74 138 32 5 20 77 0 0 37 40 .250 .300 .434 .734 66.8 9.5
1955 30 BOS AL 143 462 49 124 26 2 13 48 0 0 37 46 .268 .323 .418 .740 55.2 7.6
1956 31 BOS AL 137 422 55 102 27 0 20 78 0 0 24 48 .242 .281 .448 .728 52.0 7.0
1957 32 BOS AL 76 140 17 32 8 0 3 14 0 0 8 9 .229 .268 .350 .618 11.4 0.5
1958 33 BOS AL 33 40 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .225 .238 .250 .488 1.9 0.0
1959 34 BOS AL 12 16 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .188 .278 .250 .528 1.2 0.0
1960 35 BOS AL 64 173 16 48 9 1 3 22 0 0 8 33 .277 .308 .393 .701 18.3 2.5
1961 36 DET AL 17 13 3 7 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 .538 .538 1.000 1.538 4.5 1.3
    AAA   26 98 12 28 5 1 3 9 1 2 6 17 .286 .327 .449 .776 13.3  
16 Years Sim 1694 5514 743 1464 268 19 237 894 0 1 416 432 .266 .317 .450 .767 745.6 105.5
3 Years AAA 30 106 12 31 6 1 3 10 1 2 7 17 .292 .342 .453 .795 14.9  
162 Game Average 527 71 140 25 1 22 85 0 0 39 41 .266 .317 .450 .767 71.3  
Career Highs 152 553 78 153 32 5 32 107 0 1 45 50 .538 .538 1.000 1.538 86.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3764 544 1071 180 8 170 643 0 0 307 263 .285 .338 .472 .810 585.1
vs LH   1750 199 393 88 11 67 251 0 1 109 169 .225 .270 .402 .673 191.2
Home 839 2707 366 708 144 10 110 422 0 0 208 218 .262 .314 .444 .758 373.3
Away 855 2807 377 756 124 9 127 472 0 1 208 214 .269 .319 .456 .775 403.0
RISP   1430 0 396 68 7 67 637 0 0 131 112 .277 .330 .475 .805 225.0
Pinch Hitting   249 39 82 17 0 12 56 0 0 20 10 .329 .375 .542 .917 46.8
Close/Late   650 83 167 26 2 28 123 0 0 71 53 .257 .327 .432 .760 94.4
Mar/Apr 287 946 107 223 43 2 30 126 0 0 68 70 .236 .285 .381 .665 104.0
May 289 967 134 277 46 6 40 157 0 0 76 75 .286 .336 .471 .806 149.1
June 287 938 119 241 43 2 37 144 0 0 79 70 .257 .315 .425 .740 125.8
July 285 920 127 243 43 4 49 176 0 1 63 81 .264 .312 .479 .791 135.3
August 288 929 135 260 51 3 44 141 0 0 67 69 .280 .330 .483 .813 142.8
Sep/Oct 256 814 121 220 42 2 37 150 0 0 63 67 .270 .322 .463 .785 119.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1946 21 BOS AL C 125 123 1086.3 494 42 3 1 .994 4.44 51 11 .216 3 4.7
1947 22 BOS AL C 123 121 1065.7 433 31 4 2 .991 3.92 39 12 .308 6 3.7
    LF 3 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1948 23 BOS AL C 86 76 692.0 284 27 3 1 .990 4.04 28 14 .500 1 5.3
    LF 9 8 72.0 11 3 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 6 6 45.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 0 0 .000 0  
1949 24 BOS AL C 128 113 1040.7 426 43 5 0 .989 4.06 47 17 .362 4 4.9
    RF 4 2 23.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1950 25 BOS AL C 129 121 1098.0 478 33 6 0 .988 4.19 31 9 .290 3 6.2
    LF 4 0 9.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 4 0 8.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0  
1951 26 BOS AL C 106 100 890.0 338 44 1 0 .997 3.86 44 20 .455 5 7.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 27 BOS AL C 126 121 1066.3 430 44 5 0 .990 4.00 42 14 .333 3 5.3
    LF 13 0 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1953 28 BOS AL C 106 105 941.0 388 43 3 0 .993 4.12 39 17 .436 3 6.2
    LF 21 20 174.3 44 3 0 2 1.000 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 12 0 26.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0  
1954 29 BOS AL C 105 105 930.7 487 41 3 1 .994 5.11 39 17 .436 1 7.2
    LF 34 25 241.0 49 2 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 8 7 57.3 12 2 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0  
1955 30 BOS AL C 92 87 772.0 468 33 2 4 .996 5.84 32 13 .406 2 3.0
    LF 30 22 208.7 50 2 0 0 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 8 5 49.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 7.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 7.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 31 BOS AL LF 91 73 674.0 130 9 1 1 .993 1.86 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    C 25 22 208.7 140 13 1 0 .994 6.60 10 6 .600 0 2.1
    RF 9 9 78.3 11 2 0 1 1.000 1.49 0 0 .000 0  
1957 32 BOS AL RF 22 15 149.3 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 17 5 61.0 54 2 0 0 1.000 8.26 1 1 1.000 0 0.6
    LF 11 5 57.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 0 0 .000 0  
1958 33 BOS AL C 6 3 29.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 7.76 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 7 3 28.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.89 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 34 BOS AL C 6 2 23.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 5.48 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 1 16.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1960 35 BOS AL C 45 34 330.3 221 12 1 0 .996 6.35 10 4 .400 1 2.0
    RF 9 6 56.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 1 10.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.48 0 0 .000 0  
1961 36 DET AL RF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 2.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 1 1 1.000 0 0.0
  C 1226 1138 10236.6 4681 410 37 9 .993 4.48 414 156 .377 32 58.5
  LF 226 156 1501.3 310 20 1 3 .997 1.98 0 0 .000 0 4.5
  RF 99 54 550.3 126 7 0 1 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  1B 1 0 7.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 7.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1554 1348 12299.6 5123 438 38 14 .993 4.07 414 156 .377 32 64.2
Career Highs   147 137 1229.0 548 46 6 5 1.000 5.63 51 20 1.000 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 23 BOS AL 6 22 3 7 1 0 2 8 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .636 .955
1958 33 BOS AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 9 25 3 7 1 0 2 8 0 0 0 3 .280 .280 .560 .840
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1949-9-.321
 Triples
1954-8-5
 Homeruns
1947-7-24
1952-7-32
 RBIs
1952-10-107
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Earl Battey (883)
  6. Butch Nieman (878)
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  8. Bill Freehan (870)
  9. Stan Lopata (859)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1946
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1946, off Hank Wyse (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1946, off Ed Lopat (DET)
Injured on 3/7/1948 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 6/20/1949
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1949, hitting .650 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
Hit 3 homeruns against Seattle, driving in 6 runs on 5/5/1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1952, hitting .471 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
7/31/1952: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $7,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1954, hitting .389 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 9/23/1954
7/31/1956: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $1,440,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1956, hitting .408 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1961 to a minor league deal
 
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