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Moe
Berg		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: March 2, 1902 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1931    1932   
Gold Glove 1933    1935   
All-Star Selections 1932   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 28 OAK AL $ 3,135,714   65 65 70 34 34 34 57 51 53 12 9 10 96 93 94
1931 29 OAK AL $ 3,135,714   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 1 1 10 10 10
1932 30 PIT NL $ 4,628,571   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 1 1 9 8 9
1933 31 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 1 1 9 8 9
1934 32 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 1 1 9 8 9
1935 33 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 1 1 9 9 9
1936 34 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 1 1 8 8 8
1937 35 PIT NL $ 6,500,000   3 3 4 1 1 1 4 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 4
1938 36 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 4 4 4
1939 37 CIN NL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   65 65 70 34 34 34 57 51 53 12 9 10 96 93 94
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
1930 28 TAM AL 102 398 40 104 15 2 5 62 0 0 13 11 .261 .284 .347 .631 32.8 1.7
  OAK AL 55 210 24 65 11 2 2 32 0 0 8 6 .310 .332 .410 .741 24.5 3.4
  TOT   157 608 64 169 26 4 7 94 0 0 21 17 .278 .301 .368 .669 57.3 5.2
1931 29 OAK AL 133 440 60 152 24 5 10 88 0 0 25 8 .345 .378 .491 .869 64.5 13.5
1932 30 OAK AL 98 388 48 123 15 1 6 61 0 0 9 14 .317 .333 .407 .740 48.1 7.3
  PIT NL 46 150 20 60 8 2 2 29 0 0 6 6 .400 .421 .520 .941 27.4 7.4
  TOT   144 538 68 183 23 3 8 90 0 0 15 20 .340 .358 .439 .796 75.5 14.7
1933 31 PIT NL 150 584 82 165 16 2 7 56 0 0 18 49 .283 .306 .353 .659 55.8 5.4
1934 32 PIT NL 126 450 65 147 24 5 5 47 0 0 24 37 .327 .361 .436 .796 63.1 11.5
1935 33 PIT NL 155 555 61 164 12 2 6 56 0 0 22 37 .295 .324 .357 .681 57.1 6.8
1936 34 PIT NL 144 449 41 134 7 4 6 46 1 0 17 32 .298 .323 .372 .695 48.4 4.4
1937 35 PIT NL 151 481 40 125 18 1 2 44 0 0 15 90 .260 .281 .314 .595 39.5 2.0
1938 36 BOS AL 41 119 5 27 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 29 .227 .240 .252 .492 4.9 0.0
1939 37 CIN NL 6 20 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .450 .700 2.3 0.2
    AAA   57 230 16 51 8 0 2 19 1 1 4 56 .222 .235 .283 .518 13.2  
10 Years Sim 1207 4244 488 1271 154 26 52 533 1 0 159 324 .299 .325 .385 .709 468.2 63.7
1 Years AAA 57 230 16 51 8 0 2 19 1 1 4 56 .222 .235 .283 .518 13.2  
162 Game Average 569 65 170 20 3 6 71 0 0 21 43 .299 .325 .385 .709 62.8  
Career Highs 157 608 82 183 26 5 10 94 1 0 25 90 .345 .378 .491 .869 75.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2816 272 798 102 15 33 348 0 0 87 228 .283 .304 .365 .669 296.4
vs LH   1428 216 473 52 11 19 185 1 0 72 96 .331 .365 .423 .788 204.7
Home 591 2049 235 614 73 13 23 266 0 0 72 170 .300 .324 .382 .706 238.4
Away 616 2195 253 657 81 13 29 267 1 0 87 154 .299 .325 .388 .713 262.7
RISP   1141 0 327 36 4 18 454 0 0 48 86 .287 .309 .372 .681 128.7
Pinch Hitting   45 8 13 0 0 2 11 0 0 2 2 .289 .327 .422 .749 6.0
Close/Late   430 50 126 12 1 7 49 0 0 21 39 .293 .328 .374 .703 50.7
Mar/Apr 193 670 74 194 21 4 11 89 0 0 31 40 .290 .321 .382 .703 79.0
May 213 763 82 236 32 3 11 107 0 0 29 46 .309 .334 .402 .736 96.3
June 200 731 88 208 24 6 7 75 0 0 26 51 .285 .310 .363 .673 77.7
July 208 725 82 200 26 4 9 88 0 0 30 67 .276 .304 .360 .664 76.1
August 198 700 80 221 30 4 4 89 1 0 22 56 .316 .337 .387 .725 84.7
Sep/Oct 194 655 82 212 21 5 10 85 0 0 21 64 .324 .343 .417 .760 87.3
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
1930 28 TAM AL SS 98 97 846.4 157 411 25 82 .958 6.04 0 0 .000 0 7.8
    C 3 3 21.8 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  OAK AL SS 53 52 449.6 83 219 14 43 .956 6.05 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    C 2 1 11.6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 151 149 1296.0 240 630 39 125 .957 6.04   11.0
      C 5 4 33.4 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.96 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1931 29 OAK AL SS 77 65 596.0 96 247 23 50 .937 5.18 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    C 48 42 381.0 120 9 0 0 1.000 3.05 11 2 .182 1 1.9
1932 30 OAK AL SS 97 94 848.3 163 411 27 82 .955 6.09 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    C 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PIT NL SS 46 44 331.4 63 160 10 32 .957 6.06 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    C 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 143 138 1179.7 226 571 37 114 .956 6.08   5.7
      C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1933 31 PIT NL SS 149 145 1250.7 226 648 39 122 .957 6.29 0 0 .000 0 5.6
1934 32 PIT NL SS 120 117 985.3 161 516 25 113 .964 6.18 0 0 .000 0 7.4
    C 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1935 33 PIT NL SS 152 150 1239.3 214 614 28 107 .967 6.01 0 0 .000 0 8.3
1936 34 PIT NL SS 137 117 1021.3 189 538 25 125 .967 6.41 0 0 .000 0 6.3
    1B 5 5 37.0 49 6 2 4 .965 13.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 35 PIT NL SS 148 142 1171.0 191 545 27 102 .965 5.66 0 0 .000 0 6.1
    C 3 3 25.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1938 36 BOS AL C 33 27 242.7 105 13 0 1 1.000 4.38 9 3 .333 1 1.5
    SS 5 3 34.0 5 19 2 2 .923 6.35 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 37 CIN NL C 5 5 41.7 13 2 0 0 1.000 3.24 1 0 .000 1 0.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1083 1026 8774.4 1548 4328 245 860 .960 6.03 0 0 .000 0 53.2
  C 96 81 725.4 255 26 0 1 1.000 3.49 21 5 .238 3 3.8
  1B 5 5 37.0 49 6 2 4 .965 13.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1186 1112 9539.7 1852 4360 247 865 .962 5.86 21 5 .238 3 57.1
Career Highs   156 153 1329.4 250 648 39 129 1.000 6.65 11 3 .333 1  
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
1930 28 OAK AL 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .800 1.133
1931 29 OAK AL 16 65 5 15 1 0 2 10 0 0 3 1 .231 .265 .338 .603
1932 30 PIT NL 20 84 13 26 2 0 1 9 0 0 0 5 .310 .306 .369 .675
1933 31 PIT NL 6 22 1 7 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .500 .818
1934 32 PIT NL 5 17 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .294 .333 .294 .627
Career Post-Season Batting 50 193 20 54 7 0 4 23 0 0 5 8 .280 .296 .378 .675
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.
Games
1930-1-157
1933-8-150
 At-Bats
1930-8-608
1933-4-584
 Singles
1933-5-140
1935-5-144
 Strikeouts
1937-3-90
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Ron Pruitt (946)
  2. Mike Heath (939)
  3. Thurman Munson (931)
  4. Bill Lewis (926)
  5. Steve Swisher (925)
  6. Mickey Cochrane (924)
  7. Jake Gibbs (921)
  8. John Ellis (920)
  9. J.C. Martin (915)
  10. Bruce Edwards (910)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off George Winn (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1930, off Dan Dugan (SDP)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Oakland on 7/31/1930 (Going to TAM: SS Jackie Tavener, C Fred Hofmann, P Lynn Nelson. Going to OAK: SS Moe Berg)
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/24/1931 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Won World Championship with Oakland in 1931
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,628,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Traded from Oakland to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1932 (Going to OAK: P Jack Russell. Going to PIT: SS Moe Berg)
9/21/1932: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1932
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 5/16/1933
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1933
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1935
10/22/1936: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $6,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Pittsburgh on 3/3/1938
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 5/1/1938 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/4/1939 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Injured on 7/26/1939 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
 
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