Reno Bertoia
[edit] Biography
Reno Bertoia (Reno Peter Bertoia) was born on January 8, 1935 in St. Vito Udine, Italy. He made his Major League debut on September 22, 1953 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1957, his rookie year, he hit .275 with 4 home runs and 28 RBI. Bertoia played for the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 10 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| DET
| A
| 54
| 37
| 13
| 6
| 1
| 2
| .162
| .262
| .297
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| DET
| A
| 38
| 68
| 13
| 14
| 1
| 10
| .206
| .253
| .309
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1956
| DET
| A
| 22
| 66
| 7
| 12
| 1
| 5
| .182
| .260
| .258
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 97
| 295
| 28
| 81
| 4
| 28
| .275
| .326
| .383
| 16
| 2
| 19
| 43
| 4
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 7
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| 86
| 240
| 28
| 56
| 6
| 27
| .233
| .290
| .333
| 6
| 0
| 20
| 35
| 2
| 4
| 5
| 2
| 4
|
| 1959
| WAS
| A
| 90
| 308
| 33
| 73
| 8
| 29
| .237
| .302
| .347
| 10
| 0
| 29
| 48
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 10
|
| 1960
| WAS
| A
| 121
| 460
| 44
| 122
| 4
| 45
| .265
| .313
| .359
| 17
| 7
| 26
| 58
| 8
| 13
| 3
| 2
| 11
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| 35
| 104
| 17
| 22
| 1
| 8
| .212
| .333
| .260
| 2
| 0
| 20
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 39
| 120
| 12
| 29
| 0
| 13
| .242
| .286
| .258
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| 1961
| DET
| A
| 24
| 46
| 6
| 10
| 1
| 4
| .217
| .265
| .304
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| TOT
| A
| 98
| 270
| 35
| 61
| 2
| 25
| .226
| .302
| .267
| 5
| 0
| 32
| 35
| 0
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 9
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 612
| 1745
| 204
| 425
| 27
| 171
| .244
| .303
| .336
| 60
| 10
| 142
| 252
| 16
| 31
| 16
| 11
| 46
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1954
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| DET
| A
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1954
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 36
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1955
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 22
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1955
| DET
| A
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 24
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1956
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 51
| 57
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| SS
| 7
| 0
| 16.2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 2
| 1
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 83
| 79
| 690.1
| 76
| 125
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| SS
| 7
| 2
| 28
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 66
| 64
| 561
| 70
| 139
| 11
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1959
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 71
| 69
| 611.2
| 139
| 198
| 10
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1959
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 5
| 5
| 40.2
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 112
| 109
| 960.1
| 94
| 227
| 13
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1960
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 21
| 3
| 72
| 26
| 20
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| 3B
| 32
| 31
| 272.2
| 22
| 59
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 3B
| 29
| 29
| 244.1
| 27
| 70
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 2B
| 6
| 6
| 43
| 12
| 13
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 7
| 2
| 21
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| DET
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1961
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 13
| 10
| 93
| 10
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1961
| TOT
| A
| 2B
| 13
| 8
| 64
| 19
| 20
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| TOT
| A
| 3B
| 74
| 70
| 610
| 59
| 146
| 17
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 365
| 327
| 2864.1
| 321
| 676
| 54
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 25
| 2
| 47.2
| 7
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 148
| 81
| 759.2
| 271
| 355
| 17
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by Detroit Tigers (August 31, 1953).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Ron Samford and Jim Delsing to Washington Senators in exchange for Eddie Yost, Rocky Bridges and Neil Chrisley (December 6, 1958).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins with Paul Giel and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Bill Tuttle and a player to be named later (June 1, 1961); Minnesota Twins received Paul Giel (June 10, 1961) and Kansas City Athletics received cash (June 10, 1961).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Gerry Staley to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ozzie Virgil and Bill Fischer (August 2, 1961).
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