Wally
Berger
 
Nickname: The Big Cheese
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 208
 
Born: October 10, 1905 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1934    1935    1936    1938    1939   
Gold Glove 1937    1939   
All-Star Selections 1932    1934    1935    1936    1937    1938    1939    1940   
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 24 CAL AL $ 300,000   54 54 59 91 82 85 68 59 62 51 44 46 73 69 70
1931 25 CAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 10 9 9 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
1932 26 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 10 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 7 8
1933 27 NYG NL $ 4,871,429   8 8 9 10 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 7 8
1934 28 NYG NL $ 4,871,429   9 9 9 10 9 10 8 7 7 6 5 6 8 7 8
1935 29 NYG NL $ 12,100,000   9 9 9 10 9 10 8 7 7 6 5 6 8 8 8
1936 30 NYG NL $ 12,100,000   8 8 9 10 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 6 8 8 8
1937 31 NYG NL $ 12,100,000   8 8 9 10 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 7 8
1938 32 NYG NL $ 12,100,000   8 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 7 7
1939 33 NYG NL $ 12,100,000   8 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1940 34 NYG NL $ 14,100,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 6 5 5 8 7 7
1941 35 CLE AL $ 14,100,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 4 5 7 7 7
1942 36 DET AL $ 14,100,000   6 6 7 7 6 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
1943 37 NYG NL $ 14,100,000   6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
1944 38 NYG NL $ 1,950,000   3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 14,100,000   54 54 59 91 82 85 68 59 62 51 44 46 73 69 70
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 24 CAL AL 155 575 107 159 33 6 30 107 4 1 68 47 .277 .351 .511 .863 99.3 17.2
1931 25 CAL AL 154 575 112 167 30 5 35 121 3 2 62 58 .290 .362 .543 .904 104.3 22.2
1932 26 SLC NL 150 576 120 157 27 4 37 102 0 2 60 58 .273 .340 .526 .866 94.7 15.3
1933 27 NYG NL 151 564 89 142 27 3 30 110 6 11 49 82 .252 .310 .470 .780 78.3 11.8
1934 28 NYG NL 149 576 116 191 29 11 38 114 3 4 73 60 .332 .406 .618 1.024 125.9 27.2
1935 29 NYG NL 156 606 110 194 25 4 35 122 0 0 62 61 .320 .382 .548 .930 114.3 24.9
1936 30 NYG NL 155 615 137 198 29 5 52 145 0 1 60 60 .322 .380 .639 1.019 131.8 26.3
1937 31 NYG NL 158 593 115 190 32 9 21 105 0 0 63 69 .320 .386 .511 .897 104.9 23.8
1938 32 NYG NL 155 604 129 208 35 5 46 143 0 0 71 77 .344 .413 .647 1.060 140.1 30.4
1939 33 NYG NL 153 612 107 196 43 3 30 114 0 0 61 87 .320 .380 .547 .927 114.6 31.0
1940 34 NYG NL 160 621 96 199 29 7 28 112 0 0 64 71 .320 .382 .525 .907 114.2 23.5
1941 35 CLE AL 154 591 112 172 33 2 31 99 0 0 53 80 .291 .350 .511 .861 97.9 17.4
1942 36 PIT NL 76 293 45 81 9 3 13 60 1 1 18 34 .276 .316 .461 .777 41.3 5.5
  DET AL 76 321 50 98 14 2 16 75 2 2 14 51 .305 .332 .511 .843 50.2 7.4
  TOT   152 614 95 179 23 5 29 135 3 3 32 85 .292 .325 .487 .812 91.6 13.0
1943 37 NYG NL 118 363 47 96 10 3 11 51 0 0 22 57 .264 .304 .399 .703 43.2 4.8
1944 38 NYG NL 99 247 31 78 14 2 6 40 1 1 14 37 .316 .348 .462 .810 36.8 5.9
15 Years Sim 2219 8332 1523 2526 419 74 459 1620 20 25 814 989 .303 .364 .536 .900 1491.9 294.5
162 Game Average 608 111 184 30 5 33 118 1 1 59 72 .303 .364 .536 .900 108.9  
Career Highs 160 621 137 208 43 11 52 145 6 11 73 87 .344 .413 .647 1.060 140.1  
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   5465 954 1581 273 44 252 992 10 18 518 639 .289 .349 .494 .843 910.5
vs LH   2867 569 945 146 30 207 628 10 7 296 350 .330 .392 .618 1.010 631.1
Home 1100 4089 736 1251 227 32 237 832 12 16 386 472 .306 .364 .551 .915 771.3
Away 1119 4243 787 1275 192 42 222 788 8 9 428 517 .300 .364 .523 .886 770.3
RISP   2162 0 686 128 18 126 1083 0 0 270 257 .317 .383 .568 .951 449.4
Pinch Hitting   185 26 47 8 1 4 33 0 0 14 25 .254 .300 .373 .673 21.1
Close/Late   948 165 281 46 6 45 175 0 0 125 106 .296 .375 .500 .875 174.6
Mar/Apr 367 1380 266 425 74 16 77 278 7 1 149 175 .308 .374 .552 .926 269.7
May 398 1547 261 444 66 13 76 273 0 5 137 183 .287 .344 .494 .838 254.1
June 355 1296 241 382 69 5 75 248 4 6 129 158 .295 .357 .529 .887 234.3
July 357 1346 225 401 65 13 68 263 3 4 136 157 .298 .359 .517 .876 240.5
August 383 1441 275 430 63 15 99 295 3 4 131 175 .298 .357 .569 .926 276.8
Sep/Oct 359 1322 255 444 82 12 64 263 3 5 132 141 .336 .395 .561 .957 266.2
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
1930 24 CAL AL CF 139 133 1183.0 397 11 11 4 .974 3.10   5.4
    LF 14 12 109.0 41 1 3 0 .933 3.47    
    SS 1 1 8.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1931 25 CAL AL CF 145 143 1267.0 357 11 3 2 .992 2.61   7.4
    LF 8 0 20.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1932 26 SLC NL CF 139 139 1233.7 335 12 21 3 .943 2.53   5.1
    LF 7 0 16.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.69    
1933 27 NYG NL CF 96 92 820.0 257 15 6 3 .978 2.99   5.0
    LF 51 47 423.7 91 7 2 1 .980 2.08    
1934 28 NYG NL LF 80 78 714.7 149 6 5 1 .969 1.95   4.9
    CF 68 63 565.7 184 8 4 2 .980 3.05    
1935 29 NYG NL CF 147 143 1277.3 333 18 8 5 .978 2.47   4.9
    LF 7 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
1936 30 NYG NL CF 146 144 1300.0 369 8 17 1 .957 2.61   5.0
    LF 4 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1937 31 NYG NL CF 144 141 1265.0 401 12 8 2 .981 2.94   5.7
    LF 10 0 20.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1938 32 NYG NL CF 149 146 1308.7 362 17 13 1 .967 2.61   4.8
    LF 6 0 9.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00    
1939 33 NYG NL CF 147 146 1310.0 394 10 8 2 .981 2.78   2.9
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1940 34 NYG NL CF 150 144 1309.3 340 16 16 3 .957 2.45   3.8
    LF 4 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1941 35 CLE AL CF 146 144 1270.3 360 11 22 1 .944 2.63   3.4
    LF 7 0 18.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50    
1942 36 PIT NL CF 55 55 466.3 118 5 7 1 .946 2.37   1.0
    LF 19 18 161.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.68   0.0
  DET AL CF 55 55 501.7 127 5 7 1 .950 2.37   2.4
    LF 19 18 173.3 32 0 1 0 .970 1.66   0.0
  TOT   CF 110 110 968.0 245 10 14 2 .948 2.37   3.4
      LF 38 36 334.3 62 0 1 0 .984 1.67   0.0
1943 37 NYG NL CF 53 48 421.7 110 4 5 1 .958 2.43   1.7
    LF 43 38 337.7 50 2 3 0 .945 1.39    
1944 38 NYG NL LF 58 56 450.7 75 4 2 1 .975 1.58   0.9
    CF 6 3 32.0 15 0 1 0 .938 4.22    
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  CF 1785 1739 15531.6 4459 163 157 32 .967 2.68   58.6
  LF 341 267 2496.9 488 21 17 3 .968 1.83   5.8
  SS 1 1 8.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
Career Totals   2128 2007 18037.6 4948 186 174 35 .967 2.56   64.4
Career Highs   155 146 1320.3 438 22 22 5 .992 3.13    
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
1931 25 CAL AL 6 26 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 4 .192 .276 .308 .584
1934 28 NYG NL 8 32 8 10 2 0 4 9 0 0 2 5 .313 .353 .750 1.103
1935 29 NYG NL 12 50 10 19 3 1 3 12 1 0 6 6 .380 .446 .660 1.106
1936 30 NYG NL 6 25 6 8 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 .320 .346 .560 .906
1937 31 NYG NL 14 54 9 18 2 1 3 10 0 0 9 6 .333 .429 .574 1.003
1938 32 NYG NL 7 31 7 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 4 .290 .324 .355 .678
1939 33 NYG NL 10 45 7 19 4 0 3 8 0 0 1 2 .422 .426 .711 1.137
1940 34 NYG NL 6 24 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .250 .259 .292 .551
Career Post-Season Batting 69 287 52 94 14 2 16 56 1 0 25 32 .328 .377 .557 .934
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
1934-4-.332
1937-9-.320
1938-3-.344
1939-9-.320
1940-5-.320
On-Base Pct
1934-4-.406
1936-10-.380
1937-6-.386
1938-4-.413
1939-9-.380
1940-8-.382
Slugging Pct
1931-7-.543
1932-3-.526
1934-1-.618
1935-5-.548
1936-2-.639
1937-4-.511
1938-1-.647
1939-2-.547
1940-2-.525
1941-6-.511
CAR-15-.536
OPS
1932-10-.866
1934-1-1.024
1935-7-.930
1936-2-1.019
1937-5-.897
1938-1-1.060
1939-2-.927
1940-3-.907
CAR-23-.900
XR
1932-7-94.7
1934-1-125.9
1935-2-114.3
1936-2-131.8
1937-3-104.9
1938-1-140.1
1939-1-114.6
1940-2-114.2
CAR-26-1491.9
Games
1932-3-150
1933-6-151
1934-7-149
1935-8-156
1936-8-155
1937-1-158
1939-9-153
1940-1-160
At-Bats
1932-8-576
1934-10-576
1935-3-606
1936-4-615
1937-5-593
1938-4-604
1939-2-612
1940-2-621
1941-5-591
CAR-47-8332
Runs
1931-6-112
1932-1-120
1934-1-116
1935-3-110
1936-1-137
1937-1-115
1938-1-129
1939-2-107
1940-3-96
1941-4-112
CAR-19-1523
Hits
1934-4-191
1935-5-194
1936-7-198
1937-2-190
1938-2-208
1939-2-196
1940-2-199
CAR-30-2526
Total Bases
1931-8-312
1932-3-303
1933-9-265
1934-1-356
1935-2-332
1936-1-393
1937-3-303
1938-1-391
1939-1-335
1940-1-326
1941-7-302
CAR-20-4470
Singles
1937-6-128
1940-5-135
Doubles
1938-8-35
1939-2-43
Triples
1934-2-11
1937-3-9
1940-5-7
Homeruns
1930-3-30
1931-2-35
1932-1-37
1933-2-30
1934-1-38
1935-2-35
1936-1-52
1937-4-21
1938-1-46
1939-2-30
1940-2-28
1941-2-31
CAR-16-459
RBIs
1931-5-121
1932-6-102
1933-3-110
1934-2-114
1935-1-122
1936-1-145
1937-3-105
1938-1-143
1939-1-114
1940-2-112
1941-9-99
CAR-14-1620
Caught Stealing
1933-4-11
Walks
1932-9-60
1934-6-73
Strikeouts
1932-6-58
1933-3-82
1934-9-60
1935-7-61
1936-9-60
1937-9-69
1938-10-77
1939-4-87
1941-10-80
 
   Black Ink Test: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 221    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by California in 1930
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1930, off Ted Lyons (NYM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1930, off Charley Root (CLE)
Drove in 7 runs against Montreal on 5/10/1930
Won Player of the Week award on 8/10/1931, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Chicago (N) on 9/3/1931
Won Player of the Week award on 9/7/1931, hitting .519 with 5 HR, 15 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1932, hitting .400 with 6 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,871,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis (C) to New York (G) on 2/14/1933 (Going to NYG: CF Wally Berger. Going to SLC: P Walter Beall, P Willis Hudlin, P Chief Hogsett, CF Pid Purdy)
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,871,429 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1934, hitting .345 with 8 HR, 19 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1934, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
9/20/1934: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $12,100,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 10/7/1934 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Won Silver Slugger in 1934, hitting .332 with 38 HR, 114 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 5/25/1935
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/22/1935
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1935, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1935, hitting .394 with 9 HR, 30 RBI
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
Won Silver Slugger in 1935, hitting .320 with 35 HR, 122 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1936, hitting .362 with 7 HR, 27 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1936, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1936, hitting .545 with 6 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1936, hitting .327 with 17 HR, 34 RBI
Sets a new season NL-Record for HR with 48 on 9/17/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1936, hitting .625 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Sets a new season NL-Record for HR with 50 on 9/25/1936
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1936, hitting .384 with 7 HR, 30 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1936, hitting .322 with 52 HR, 145 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1937, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1937, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1937, hitting .484 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1937, hitting .391 with 4 HR, 21 RBI
Injured on 10/21/1937 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1937
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1938, hitting .317 with 9 HR, 25 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis (C) on 6/7/1938
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1938, hitting .390 with 12 HR, 31 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1938, hitting .519 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 9/13/1938
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1938, hitting .377 with 7 HR, 24 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1938, hitting .344 with 46 HR, 143 RBI
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1939, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1939, hitting .405 with 7 HR, 25 RBI
9/1/1939: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $14,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Silver Slugger in 1939, hitting .320 with 30 HR, 114 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1939
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1940, hitting .333 with 3 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1940, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Montreal on 9/7/1940
Had 2000th career hit on 9/29/1940, off Alex Carrasquel (PIT)
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland on 2/3/1941 (Going to NYG: CF Dom Dimaggio, P Red Embree. Going to CLE: CF Wally Berger)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (N) on 7/28/1941
Traded from Cleveland to Pittsburgh on 3/3/1942 (Going to PIT: CF Wally Berger. Going to CLE: CF Terry Moore)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1942, hitting .361 with 3 HR, 17 RBI
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 7/1/1942 (Going to PIT: P Hugh Casey. Going to DET: CF Wally Berger)
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1942, hitting .380 with 5 HR, 29 RBI
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 2/1/1943 (Going to NYG: CF Wally Berger. Going to DET: P Pat Simmons)
10/22/1943: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,950,000 per year, for 1 years
3/3/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)