Dale Berra
[edit] Biography
Dale Berra (Dale Anthony Berra) was born on December 13, 1956 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on August 22, 1977 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1978, his rookie year, he hit .207 with 6 home runs and 14 RBI. Berra played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees and Houston Astros over the course of his 11 year career.
Most people believe that Dale Berra's best season was 1982, when he knocked in 61 runs.
Dale is the son of Yogi Berra.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1977
| PIT
| N
| 17
| 40
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .175
| .195
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| PIT
| N
| 56
| 135
| 16
| 28
| 6
| 14
| .207
| .285
| .356
| 2
| 0
| 13
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2
|
| 1979
| PIT
| N
| 44
| 123
| 11
| 26
| 3
| 15
| .211
| .272
| .325
| 5
| 0
| 11
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1980
| PIT
| N
| 93
| 245
| 21
| 54
| 6
| 31
| .220
| .269
| .343
| 8
| 2
| 16
| 52
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 6
| 6
|
| 1981
| PIT
| N
| 81
| 232
| 21
| 56
| 2
| 27
| .241
| .302
| .319
| 12
| 0
| 17
| 34
| 3
| 2
| 11
| 4
| 3
|
| 1982
| PIT
| N
| 156
| 529
| 64
| 139
| 10
| 61
| .263
| .306
| .386
| 25
| 5
| 33
| 83
| 4
| 8
| 6
| 12
| 15
|
| 1983
| PIT
| N
| 161
| 537
| 51
| 135
| 10
| 52
| .251
| .327
| .358
| 25
| 1
| 61
| 84
| 0
| 7
| 8
| 19
| 10
|
| 1984
| PIT
| N
| 136
| 450
| 31
| 100
| 9
| 52
| .222
| .273
| .318
| 16
| 0
| 34
| 78
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 8
| 11
|
| 1985
| NY
| A
| 48
| 109
| 8
| 25
| 1
| 8
| .229
| .276
| .321
| 5
| 1
| 7
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| 42
| 108
| 10
| 25
| 2
| 13
| .231
| .294
| .352
| 7
| 0
| 9
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| HOU
| N
| 19
| 45
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .178
| .296
| .244
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 763
| 2336
| 218
| 553
| 46
| 257
| .237
| .295
| .344
| 97
| 8
| 194
| 388
| 11
| 29
| 31
| 57
| 52
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 90
| 217
| 18
| 50
| 3
| 21
| .230
| .285
| .336
| 12
| 1
| 16
| 34
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 853
| 2553
| 236
| 603
| 49
| 278
| .236
| .294
| .344
| 109
| 9
| 210
| 422
| 12
| 33
| 32
| 57
| 54
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1977
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 14
| 10
| 96.1
| 14
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1978
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 55
| 35
| 360.1
| 28
| 80
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .908
|
| 1978
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 2
| 2
| 17
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 22
| 15
| 170.1
| 25
| 53
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1979
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 22
| 16
| 156.2
| 18
| 33
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .879
|
| 1980
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 45
| 33
| 325
| 59
| 98
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1980
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 4
| 1
| 17.1
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 48
| 29
| 302.1
| 23
| 69
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1981
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 30
| 21
| 196
| 42
| 62
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1981
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 18
| 14
| 115
| 26
| 43
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 42
| 26
| 278.1
| 21
| 62
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1982
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 6
| 2
| 31
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 153
| 150
| 1314.2
| 238
| 498
| 30
| 77
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1983
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 161
| 160
| 1433.1
| 286
| 505
| 30
| 103
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1984
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1984
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 135
| 134
| 1196
| 186
| 449
| 30
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1985
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 41
| 33
| 272
| 20
| 68
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1985
| NY
| A
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 10.2
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| SS
| 19
| 15
| 131
| 29
| 40
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 18
| 16
| 113.1
| 11
| 27
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| DH
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1987
| HOU
| N
| SS
| 18
| 16
| 119.1
| 13
| 39
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1987
| HOU
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 247
| 167
| 1613.1
| 138
| 368
| 34
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 25
| 15
| 136.1
| 33
| 48
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 591
| 546
| 4913.1
| 883
| 1754
| 114
| 296
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (20th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1975).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Alfonso Pulido and Jay Buhner to New York Yankees in exchange for Steve Kemp, Tim Foli and cash (December 20, 1984).
- Released by New York Yankees (July 27, 1986).
- Signed by Houston Astros (August 4, 1986).
- Released by Houston Astros (October 13, 1987).
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