Reno
Bertoia
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 8, 1935 in Italy, , ST. VITO UDIN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1966   
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
1953 18 OAK AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1954 19 OAK AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1955 20 OAK AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 6
1956 21 OAK AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 6
1957 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
1958 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1959 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1960 25 CIN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1961 26 CIN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1962 27 COL NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1963 28 TOR AL $ 650,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1964 29 TOR AL $ 650,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1965 30 TOR AL $ 650,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
1966 31 TAM AL $ 650,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
1967 32 TAM AL $ 650,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
1968 33 NYA AL $ 650,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
1969 34 COL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
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
1953 18 AA   133 514 54 124 17 4 19 70 9 3 72 66 .241 .334 .401 .735 73.5  
1954 19 AAA   102 399 60 119 20 1 15 50 6 3 43 50 .298 .367 .466 .833 66.4  
    AA   26 96 15 37 6 1 4 18 0 2 15 9 .385 .468 .594 1.062 22.9  
1955 20 AAA   136 563 92 152 22 3 15 44 12 5 68 115 .270 .349 .400 .748 80.8  
1956 21 AAA   136 497 55 122 17 1 13 56 6 3 43 86 .245 .306 .362 .668 56.2  
1957 22 OAK AL 84 229 21 43 6 0 2 11 1 1 19 50 .188 .250 .240 .490 12.2 0.0
1958 23 OAK AL 62 140 6 24 4 1 0 15 0 0 7 32 .171 .211 .214 .425 5.4 0.0
1959 24 CIN NL 110 336 33 73 13 3 7 33 0 1 22 85 .217 .268 .336 .605 30.4 1.8
1960 25 CIN NL 155 519 43 132 17 2 5 47 2 1 40 118 .254 .309 .324 .633 48.5 5.6
1961 26 CIN NL 150 547 50 119 17 4 12 45 1 1 27 143 .218 .260 .329 .589 41.4 3.6
1962 27 COL NL 96 204 15 51 8 1 4 13 0 0 7 42 .250 .278 .358 .636 18.4 2.4
1963 28 TOR AL 146 402 19 91 22 4 2 39 2 0 22 79 .226 .267 .316 .583 31.5 2.9
1964 29 TOR AL 150 508 47 126 21 4 2 32 3 3 21 123 .248 .284 .317 .601 42.3 6.4
1965 30 TOR AL 155 548 35 125 24 2 2 45 1 1 27 130 .228 .264 .290 .554 38.9 2.8
1966 31 TAM AL 157 530 37 103 14 1 4 22 3 2 20 147 .194 .227 .247 .475 24.9 0.0
1967 32 TAM AL 46 30 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 9 .233 .361 .233 .594 3.0 0.2
1968 33 TAM AL 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0.1 0.0
    AA   56 212 12 53 10 0 4 14 3 0 24 43 .250 .326 .354 .680 25.9  
    A   22 55 9 19 5 0 2 10 0 1 4 10 .345 .390 .545 .935 10.1  
1969 34 COL NL 25 45 4 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 13 .089 .125 .156 .281 0.1 0.0
13 Years Sim 1342 4044 311 898 147 23 40 308 13 10 221 974 .222 .265 .299 .564 297.2 25.7
3 Years AAA 374 1459 207 393 59 5 43 150 24 11 154 251 .269 .342 .405 .747 203.4  
3 Years AA 215 822 81 214 33 5 27 102 12 5 111 118 .260 .351 .411 .762 122.3  
1 Years A 22 55 9 19 5 0 2 10 0 1 4 10 .345 .397 .545 .942 10.1  
7 Years Minors 611 2336 297 626 97 10 72 262 36 17 269 379 .268 .347 .411 .757 335.8  
162 Game Average 488 37 108 17 2 4 37 1 1 26 117 .222 .265 .299 .564 35.9  
Career Highs 157 548 50 132 24 4 12 47 3 3 40 147 .254 .361 .358 .636 48.5  
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   2570 205 598 103 14 25 212 10 7 139 579 .233 .275 .313 .588 210.2
vs LH   1474 106 300 44 9 15 96 3 3 82 395 .204 .247 .276 .524 93.4
Home 667 2018 143 438 69 12 19 161 5 4 102 490 .217 .256 .291 .547 141.1
Away 674 2026 168 460 78 11 21 147 8 6 119 484 .227 .274 .308 .581 162.5
RISP   810 0 189 24 4 8 248 0 0 59 201 .233 .284 .302 .587 69.9
Pinch Hitting   109 5 24 3 0 1 11 0 0 7 22 .220 .269 .275 .544 7.8
Close/Late   521 29 126 21 2 5 46 0 0 25 112 .242 .279 .319 .598 44.0
Mar/Apr 194 571 48 139 25 3 4 47 0 1 24 136 .243 .275 .319 .594 46.7
May 236 649 42 141 18 3 5 42 3 0 33 162 .217 .257 .277 .534 43.8
June 229 695 57 153 26 3 9 62 5 2 39 166 .220 .264 .305 .569 53.8
July 206 691 41 143 29 6 6 56 1 1 35 165 .207 .248 .292 .540 45.9
August 239 715 52 161 28 4 7 47 2 3 38 173 .225 .266 .305 .571 54.5
Sep/Oct 231 723 70 161 21 4 9 54 2 3 52 172 .223 .280 .300 .580 58.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1957 22 OAK AL 3B 31 25 226.0 15 46 5 9 .924 2.43   0.8
    SS 24 16 154.3 14 57 1 9 .986 4.14   1.1
    2B 20 13 121.7 20 51 1 8 .986 5.25   0.8
    RF 5 3 36.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.1
1958 23 OAK AL 3B 12 11 89.0 4 17 2 4 .913 2.12   0.2
    SS 17 8 88.0 17 27 1 5 .978 4.50   0.3
    2B 13 9 84.0 15 28 0 6 1.000 4.61   0.4
    RF 9 5 43.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.45   0.1
1959 24 CIN NL 2B 43 37 316.7 76 126 2 29 .990 5.74   1.9
    SS 34 34 307.7 35 118 2 17 .987 4.48   1.8
    3B 30 29 244.7 11 56 6 7 .918 2.46   0.7
1960 25 CIN NL SS 102 100 873.7 120 338 6 76 .987 4.72   5.4
    2B 52 50 438.3 103 152 4 41 .985 5.24   1.8
1961 26 CIN NL SS 89 87 731.3 118 269 9 61 .977 4.76   5.7
    2B 62 59 536.7 126 184 9 45 .972 5.20   2.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 27 COL NL SS 21 17 145.7 17 58 1 10 .987 4.63   0.8
    3B 21 15 137.0 5 33 3 1 .927 2.50   0.5
    2B 23 13 130.3 30 43 3 11 .961 5.04   0.2
    RF 3 0 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 28 TOR AL SS 111 98 859.3 148 395 7 68 .987 5.69   6.3
    3B 10 4 59.3 0 22 1 2 .957 3.34   0.4
    2B 5 5 42.0 9 19 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.1
    RF 4 2 24.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1964 29 TOR AL SS 126 126 1048.3 157 434 20 79 .967 5.07   4.3
    2B 24 24 211.3 59 94 4 19 .975 6.52   0.8
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 30 TOR AL SS 153 150 1310.0 180 464 14 100 .979 4.42   6.9
    3B 4 0 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.1
1966 31 TAM AL SS 152 150 1240.3 227 494 10 109 .986 5.23   9.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1967 32 TAM AL 2B 10 1 28.0 5 17 1 2 .957 7.07   0.1
    SS 9 0 19.7 5 8 0 1 1.000 5.95   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1968 33 TAM AL SS 3 1 15.0 4 11 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1969 34 COL NL 3B 18 12 104.3 7 26 2 2 .943 2.85   0.3
    2B 3 3 24.0 2 7 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.1
    SS 2 0 2.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 843 787 6796.0 1042 2675 71 535 .981 4.92   42.1
  2B 257 214 1936.0 447 723 24 165 .980 5.44   8.4
  3B 128 96 876.3 43 204 19 25 .929 2.54   2.9
  RF 27 10 125.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.3
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1256 1107 9735.6 1552 3602 114 725 .978 4.76   53.7
Career Highs   159 150 1323.0 244 528 24 117 1.000 9.00    
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
1960-9-155
1966-2-157
Strikeouts
1961-6-143
1964-5-123
1965-6-130
1966-2-147
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Rich Dauer (918)
  5. Jerry Adair (914)
  6. Benny McCoy (913)
  7. Creepy Crespi (899)
  8. Bucky Dent (893)
  9. Larry Brown (892)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 37th overall pick, by Oakland in 1953
Injured on 8/30/1953 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/16/1954 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/7/1957, off Chuck Stobbs (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 6/3/1957, off Roy Face (TAM)
Traded from Oakland to Cincinnati on 2/1/1959 (Going to CIN: 2B Reno Bertoia, P Ted Gray, P Ben Flowers. Going to OAK: 1B Dale Long)
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/25/1963 to a 3-year deal worth $650,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/15/1966 to a 3-year deal worth $650,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1966
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 7/1/1968 (Going to NYA: SS Reno Bertoia, 1B Johnny Callison. Going to TAM: 2B Ernie Fazio, P Jack Meyer)
Traded from New York (A) to Colorado on 2/1/1969 (Going to NYA: P Howie Nunn. Going to COL: SS Reno Bertoia)