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Ken
Berry		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 10, 1941 in Usa, MO, KANSAS CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 21 CLN NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 22 CLN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 23 CLN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 24 CLN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 25 CLN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 26 CLN NL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 27 CLN NL $ 642,857 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 28 CLN NL $ 642,857 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 29 OAK AL $ 3,600,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 30 OAK AL $ 3,600,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 31 OAK AL $ 3,600,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 32 CLE AL $ 3,600,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 33 WAS NL $ 6,100,001 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 34 WAS NL $ 6,100,001 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 35 WAS NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 36 TAM AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 37 COL NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 38 IND AL $ 800,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,100,001 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1962 21 CLN NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 7 7
1963 22 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 8
1964 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1965 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 3 3 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1966 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 3 4 6 5 6 5 4 4 8 8 8
1967 26 CLN NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1968 27 CLN NL $ 642,857   7 7 7 4 3 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8
1969 28 CLN NL $ 642,857   7 7 7 4 3 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1970 29 OAK AL $ 3,600,000   7 7 7 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 7 8
1971 30 OAK AL $ 3,600,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1972 31 OAK AL $ 3,600,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 8 8
1973 32 CLE AL $ 3,600,000   7 7 7 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1974 33 WAS NL $ 6,100,001   7 7 7 4 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1975 34 WAS NL $ 6,100,001   6 6 7 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1976 35 WAS NL     6 6 6 3 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 8
1977 36 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1978 37 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 8 7 8
1979 38 IND AL $ 800,000   4 4 4 3 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,100,001   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1964 23 CLN NL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 0 4 1 18.00 .333 .714 .333 1.048 0.0
1 Years Sim 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 0 4 1 18.00 .333 .714 .333 1.048 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1 2 0 2 0   1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
vs LH   0 0 0 2 1   .000 .500 .000 .500
Home 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 0 4 1 18.00 .333 .714 .333 1.048
Mar/Apr 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 0 4 1 18.00 .333 .714 .333 1.048
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
1962 21 AAA   27 102 9 18 4 0 2 9 0 1 6 13 .176 .222 .275 .497 5.4  
    AA   88 353 35 89 14 0 8 22 5 6 34 43 .252 .318 .360 .678 40.3  
1963 22 CLN NL 81 209 16 49 6 0 2 17 0 0 13 30 .234 .281 .292 .573 16.3 1.5
    AAA   26 111 17 30 4 0 5 11 0 1 10 12 .270 .331 .441 .772 15.9  
1964 23 CLN NL 89 213 15 52 5 0 2 20 0 0 13 19 .244 .288 .296 .583 18.1 2.2
1965 24 CLN NL 68 153 17 43 7 1 2 17 0 0 11 17 .281 .325 .379 .704 18.8 3.5
1966 25 CLN NL 64 133 16 41 5 2 2 9 0 0 5 9 .308 .338 .421 .759 16.0 3.5
1967 26 CLN NL 58 103 14 33 3 0 3 13 0 0 5 8 .320 .352 .437 .789 15.0 3.7
1968 27 CLN NL 21 37 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .162 .262 .189 .451 1.7 0.0
    AAA   106 436 64 144 13 4 13 61 6 3 44 39 .330 .392 .468 .860 76.3  
1969 28 CLN NL 76 233 23 75 7 2 3 29 0 1 18 12 .322 .369 .408 .777 33.0 7.1
1970 29 OAK AL 129 435 72 138 21 4 13 74 3 4 38 46 .317 .371 .474 .844 69.8 15.8
1971 30 OAK AL 123 362 50 96 15 5 5 50 0 2 41 45 .265 .341 .376 .716 45.1 8.5
1972 31 OAK AL 153 527 52 127 15 2 7 55 1 1 48 69 .241 .302 .317 .619 50.9 3.8
1973 32 OAK AL 19 54 4 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 5 .204 .246 .241 .486 2.3 0.0
  NYG NL 75 252 37 77 18 0 5 21 1 2 19 21 .306 .360 .437 .797 35.3 7.8
  CLE AL 35 97 7 32 3 0 0 7 0 1 12 12 .330 .409 .361 .770 13.7 2.7
  TOT   129 403 48 120 23 0 5 34 1 3 33 38 .298 .357 .392 .750 51.4 10.6
1974 33 WAS NL 124 418 53 132 27 2 6 57 4 1 33 25 .316 .366 .433 .799 59.2 11.8
1975 34 WAS NL 155 541 61 151 15 2 4 58 2 3 38 37 .279 .326 .336 .662 56.9 8.2
1976 35 WAS NL 38 136 10 31 4 0 2 14 0 2 9 16 .228 .281 .301 .582 10.2 0.1
    AAA   66 126 18 48 9 2 4 28 3 0 10 12 .381 .426 .579 1.006 27.3  
1977 36 TAM AL 57 165 21 54 9 1 0 15 0 1 14 11 .327 .380 .394 .774 23.2 4.9
1978 37 COL NL 30 78 6 22 2 1 0 11 0 0 4 11 .282 .317 .333 .650 7.1 1.0
    AAA   103 406 42 113 16 0 6 31 2 3 35 33 .278 .336 .362 .698 48.8  
1979 38 IND AL 43 74 15 24 1 0 2 11 0 0 7 10 .324 .390 .419 .809 10.8 2.2
17 Years Sim 1438 4220 493 1194 166 22 58 487 11 18 335 408 .283 .336 .374 .710 503.4 88.4
5 Years AAA 328 1181 150 353 46 6 30 140 11 8 105 109 .299 .357 .424 .782 173.7  
1 Years AA 88 353 35 89 14 0 8 22 5 6 34 43 .252 .320 .360 .679 40.3  
6 Years Minors 416 1534 185 442 60 6 38 162 16 14 139 152 .288 .349 .409 .758 214.0  
162 Game Average 475 55 134 18 2 6 54 1 2 37 45 .283 .336 .374 .710 56.7  
Career Highs 155 541 72 151 27 5 13 74 4 4 48 69 .327 .390 .474 .844 69.8  
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   2236 273 613 86 10 33 248 3 11 152 243 .274 .321 .366 .687 254.7
vs LH   1984 220 581 80 12 25 239 8 7 183 165 .293 .353 .383 .736 264.8
Home 729 2064 259 592 96 8 28 254 3 4 176 202 .287 .343 .382 .725 265.5
Away 709 2156 234 602 70 14 30 233 8 14 159 206 .279 .329 .366 .696 254.0
RISP   1059 0 320 35 5 12 403 0 0 88 110 .302 .351 .379 .729 140.7
Pinch Hitting   226 28 63 10 0 3 32 0 0 14 17 .279 .320 .363 .683 25.6
Close/Late   532 53 160 28 1 9 55 0 0 29 60 .301 .337 .408 .745 69.3
Mar/Apr 209 634 68 163 27 6 7 79 1 3 42 64 .257 .302 .352 .654 65.5
May 272 823 102 228 28 3 16 94 2 2 69 82 .277 .335 .377 .711 102.9
June 245 714 84 209 34 2 9 88 3 4 59 68 .293 .346 .384 .730 92.4
July 224 661 74 209 27 2 11 84 0 1 55 53 .316 .370 .413 .783 96.8
August 229 632 79 169 20 6 9 58 2 3 54 65 .267 .328 .361 .689 73.9
Sep/Oct 259 756 86 216 30 3 6 84 3 5 56 76 .286 .333 .357 .690 88.0
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
1963 22 CLN NL RF 41 38 328.3 81 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   1.4
    LF 9 9 77.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.40    
    CF 12 5 65.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.15    
1964 23 CLN NL CF 34 32 293.0 85 4 3 1 .967 2.73   2.3
    RF 21 19 160.0 44 2 0 0 1.000 2.59    
    LF 4 3 24.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 24 CLN NL CF 23 22 186.0 36 1 1 0 .974 1.79   0.9
    LF 13 12 98.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
    RF 12 5 51.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.88    
1966 25 CLN NL CF 18 16 137.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.7
    RF 9 8 71.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.65    
    LF 5 4 33.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1967 26 CLN NL CF 11 9 79.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.27   0.7
    RF 10 6 62.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.15    
    LF 8 5 48.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.94    
1968 27 CLN NL LF 4 3 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.2
    RF 3 3 23.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    CF 5 2 21.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.29    
1969 28 CLN NL RF 65 60 530.0 110 4 0 2 1.000 1.94   1.6
    LF 3 3 27.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1970 29 OAK AL CF 126 114 1001.7 237 4 3 1 .988 2.17   3.6
    LF 2 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77    
1971 30 OAK AL CF 100 80 734.3 178 4 0 1 1.000 2.23   2.8
    LF 11 5 52.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.22    
    RF 5 0 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1972 31 OAK AL CF 150 149 1255.3 275 7 3 1 .989 2.02   3.5
    RF 2 2 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81    
1973 32 OAK AL CF 15 14 107.3 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.60   0.5
    RF 3 2 17.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
  NYG NL CF 58 56 519.5 145 7 1 3 .993 2.63   2.7
    RF 11 9 84.5 14 0 1 0 .933 1.49   0.0
    LF 4 1 18.6 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.39   0.0
  CLE AL CF 27 26 207.0 58 3 0 1 1.000 2.65   0.6
    RF 5 4 33.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.34   0.0
    LF 2 0 7.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.0
  TOT   CF 100 96 833.8 233 11 1 5 .996 2.63   3.9
      RF 19 15 135.7 22 0 1 0 .957 1.46   0.0
      LF 7 1 29.9 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.01   0.0
1974 33 WAS NL CF 69 61 536.0 120 5 1 0 .992 2.10   2.5
    LF 28 20 195.3 49 4 1 0 .981 2.44    
    RF 16 12 123.7 28 2 0 1 1.000 2.18    
1975 34 WAS NL CF 151 148 1251.3 325 8 2 0 .994 2.40   2.6
    LF 2 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    RF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 35 WAS NL CF 37 36 296.3 70 0 0 0 1.000 2.13   0.7
1977 36 TAM AL CF 51 50 413.0 106 4 0 0 1.000 2.40   1.6
    LF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 37 COL NL CF 8 2 28.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.2
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1979 38 IND AL LF 14 5 61.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.90   0.6
    RF 11 6 56.0 20 1 1 0 .955 3.38    
    CF 6 4 36.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.25    
  CF 901 826 7168.1 1769 48 14 9 .992 2.28   25.9
  RF 221 174 1581.4 356 10 2 3 .995 2.08   3.0
  LF 114 70 695.9 146 6 1 0 .993 1.97   0.8
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1239 1070 9450.3 2274 64 17 12 .993 2.23   29.7
Career Highs   157 151 1271.3 328 12 3 5 1.000 2.80    
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
1964 23 CLN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1965 24 CLN NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 25 CLN NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 27 CLN NL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1969 28 CLN NL 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222
1970 29 OAK AL 11 42 7 16 4 0 0 10 0 0 2 7 .381 .409 .476 .885
1971 30 OAK AL 7 26 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .308 .357 .346 .703
Career Post-Season Batting 31 85 8 26 5 0 0 15 0 0 4 10 .306 .337 .365 .702
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
1970-3-.304*
 Singles
1975-8-130
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Injured on 3/1/1962 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/2/1963, off Joe Gibbon (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/20/1963, off Don Mossi (WAS)
Earned first career win on 4/28/1964
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $642,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $642,857 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/25/1970 to a 4-year deal worth $3,600,000 per year
Injured on 9/22/1970 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Oakland to New York (N) on 5/1/1973 (Going to NYG: CF Ken Berry, P Tom Seaver. Going to OAK: P Jim Nash, 1B Fred Whitfield)
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 7/31/1973 (Going to NYG: CF Jose Arcia. Going to CLE: CF Ken Berry)
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/17/1974 to a 4-year deal worth $6,100,001 per year
Injured on 4/15/1976 with a Inflamed Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Released by Washington on 10/29/1976
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 4/3/1977 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 3/3/1978 to a minor league contract
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/24/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $800,000 per year
 
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