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Johnny
Bero		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: December 22, 1922 in Usa, WV, GARY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1949   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 25 SEM AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 28 SEM AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 30 NYG NL $ 450,054 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 31 NYA AL $ 450,054 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 32 NYA AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 33 NYA AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 34 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 35 DET AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 36 OAK AL   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 $ 450,054 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 25 SEM AL     3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 3 7 8 8 5 6 5
1949 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 3 4 4 7 8 8 6 6 6
1950 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6
1951 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6
1953 30 NYG NL $ 450,054   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 6 7 6
1954 31 NYA AL $ 450,054   4 4 3 6 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6
1955 32 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 6 6 6 3 4 3 5 7 6 5 6 5
1956 33 NYA AL     4 4 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 5 6 5
1957 34 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 5 6 5
1958 35 DET AL     4 4 3 5 6 6 3 4 3 5 6 6 5 5 5
1959 36 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 450,054   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 6 7 6
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
1954 31 NYA AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 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   2 1 1 0 0   .667 .667 1.667 2.333
vs LH   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
Home 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 .500 .500 1.250 1.750
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 .500 .500 1.250 1.750
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
1948 25 AA   31 112 26 35 3 0 11 25 1 0 29 11 .313 .454 .634 1.088 31.1  
    A   87 287 53 74 11 0 20 70 1 1 96 49 .258 .444 .505 .949 70.3  
1949 26 SEM AL 156 463 49 89 10 1 15 64 0 0 55 93 .192 .275 .315 .591 44.6 1.2
1950 27 SEM AL 78 186 30 43 10 0 9 32 0 0 38 31 .231 .362 .430 .792 29.1 4.1
1951 28 SEM AL 80 166 23 28 6 0 5 22 0 1 28 37 .169 .284 .295 .579 16.5 0.4
1952 29 AAA   135 452 71 101 19 0 27 90 0 2 88 73 .223 .350 .445 .795 75.6  
1953 30 NYG NL 102 237 25 45 7 0 5 14 0 0 31 48 .190 .289 .283 .572 20.1 0.1
1954 31 NYA AL 122 342 32 61 13 2 6 38 0 0 39 63 .178 .258 .281 .539 26.1 0.0
1955 32 NYA AL 52 69 6 13 0 0 1 6 0 0 16 8 .188 .341 .232 .573 7.4 0.4
1956 33 AAA   83 270 56 73 10 1 14 35 1 1 41 52 .270 .367 .470 .837 47.3  
1957 34 DET AL 50 153 17 39 4 0 10 25 0 0 20 27 .255 .337 .477 .814 26.0 4.4
    A   27 103 17 32 6 0 8 14 0 0 15 13 .311 .398 .602 1.000 23.1  
1958 35 DET AL 28 67 12 15 0 1 1 7 0 0 9 7 .224 .316 .299 .614 5.9 0.3
1959 36 A   137 490 40 94 12 0 17 42 1 2 83 101 .192 .309 .320 .629 55.4  
8 Years Sim 668 1683 194 333 50 4 52 208 0 1 236 314 .198 .295 .325 .620 175.7 10.9
2 Years AAA 218 722 127 174 29 1 41 125 1 3 129 125 .241 .353 .454 .808 122.9  
1 Years AA 31 112 26 35 3 0 11 25 1 0 29 11 .313 .458 .634 1.092 31.1  
3 Years A 251 880 110 200 29 0 45 126 2 3 194 163 .227 .364 .414 .778 148.8  
6 Years Minors 500 1714 263 409 61 1 97 276 4 6 352 299 .239 .366 .445 .811 302.8  
162 Game Average 408 47 80 12 0 12 50 0 0 57 76 .198 .295 .325 .620 42.6  
Career Highs 156 463 49 89 13 2 15 64 0 1 55 93 .255 .362 .477 .814 44.6  
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   1236 147 260 33 4 40 170 0 1 191 197 .210 .314 .341 .654 147.9
vs LH   447 47 73 17 0 12 38 0 0 45 117 .163 .239 .282 .521 30.9
Home 334 819 89 142 23 1 17 88 0 0 134 162 .173 .288 .266 .554 73.1
Away 334 864 105 191 27 3 35 120 0 1 102 152 .221 .301 .381 .682 105.7
RISP   388 0 85 14 1 14 157 0 0 63 82 .219 .318 .369 .687 51.6
Pinch Hitting   26 3 4 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 2 .154 .267 .269 .536 2.2
Close/Late   158 21 33 8 0 7 17 0 0 23 32 .209 .306 .392 .698 20.7
Mar/Apr 106 267 29 46 11 0 6 20 0 1 55 55 .172 .311 .281 .592 28.2
May 93 241 31 45 7 1 7 32 0 0 29 49 .187 .272 .311 .583 22.2
June 114 319 36 67 9 2 4 32 0 0 40 59 .210 .298 .288 .587 29.7
July 109 268 37 64 5 0 13 38 0 0 34 45 .239 .322 .403 .725 37.3
August 130 312 33 61 9 0 11 44 0 0 45 51 .196 .294 .330 .624 34.0
Sep/Oct 116 276 28 50 9 1 11 42 0 0 33 55 .181 .268 .341 .609 27.4
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
1949 26 SEM AL 3B 154 154 1251.0 97 298 9 29 .978 2.84   4.5
    2B 3 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1950 27 SEM AL 3B 63 47 418.3 31 103 5 12 .964 2.88   1.8
    2B 7 6 61.0 13 31 0 5 1.000 6.49   0.4
    SS 7 4 43.3 10 19 2 4 .935 6.02   0.3
1951 28 SEM AL 3B 51 21 241.7 18 64 3 3 .965 3.05   1.1
    2B 15 14 119.0 19 68 0 11 1.000 6.58   0.7
    SS 14 11 102.7 13 61 0 8 1.000 6.49   0.7
1953 30 NYG NL SS 70 52 500.0 83 202 6 37 .979 5.13   2.6
    3B 29 8 107.3 7 32 2 4 .951 3.27   0.5
1954 31 NYA AL SS 74 69 574.3 98 265 13 51 .965 5.69   2.2
    2B 32 27 224.0 68 124 2 32 .990 7.71   1.2
    3B 8 5 45.0 3 14 1 0 .944 3.40   0.2
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 32 NYA AL 2B 24 9 110.0 42 56 4 19 .961 8.02   0.5
    SS 13 4 47.7 9 13 3 4 .880 4.15   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1956 33 NYA AL SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1957 34 DET AL SS 47 46 385.3 70 144 12 31 .947 5.00   0.8
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 35 DET AL SS 11 11 92.0 13 35 1 6 .980 4.70   0.4
    3B 9 8 64.3 4 19 0 3 1.000 3.22   0.2
    2B 6 0 9.0 4 4 0 1 1.000 8.00   0.1
  3B 318 243 2134.7 160 531 20 51 .972 2.91   8.3
  SS 238 197 1750.6 297 740 37 141 .966 5.33   7.0
  2B 87 56 530.0 147 284 6 68 .986 7.32   2.8
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   644 496 4416.3 604 1555 63 260 .972 4.40   18.2
Career Highs   158 154 1261.3 169 403 16 83 1.000 9.00    
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
1950 27 SEM AL 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500
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
1949-8-156
 Strikeouts
1949-4-93
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by Seattle in 1948
Injured on 5/22/1948 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1949, off Jack Kramer (CLE)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1949
Injured on 5/12/1950 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 7/30/1950
3/3/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 9/22/1952
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/21/1953 to a 2-year deal worth $450,054 per year
4/2/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to New York (A) on 2/1/1954 (Going to NYG: P Ben Wade, P Howie Judson. Going to NYA: SS Johnny Bero)
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/4/1956 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by New York (A) on 10/13/1956
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 6/1/1957 to a minor league deal
7/1/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Released by Detroit on 10/13/1958
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1959 to a minor league deal
 
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