Player Report for #18 Yogi Berra

10-15-1953

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C Yogi Berra #18

MLB Pittsburgh Pirates

Age: 28

Bats: L

Throws: R

Morale: Normal


	94-60, .610, 5.0 GB

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
128	482	121	16	1	19	87	34	16	.251	.310	.407	0

	Overall	Potential
Contact
Gap
Power
Eye
Avoid K's

Batting Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Contact	7	6	7	8
Gap	6	5	6	6
Power	7	6	7	7
Eye	6	5	6	6
Avoid K's	10	10	10	10

Fielding Ratings
	Catcher	Infield	Outfield
Range:	-	1	3
Errors:	-	1	3
Arm:	5	1	3
Turn DP:	-	1	-
Ability:	5	-	-

Position Ratings
Pitcher:	-	Shortstop:	-
Catcher:	6	Left Field:	1
1st Base:	-	Center Field:	-
2nd Base:	-	Right Field:	1
3rd Base:	-

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	4
Stealing Ability:	6
Baserunning Inst.:	4
Sacrifice Bunt:	1
Bunt for Hit:	2

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
09-27-1953	NY (N)	Win, 5-2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
09-26-1953	NY (N)	Win, 11-1	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
09-25-1953	NY (N)	Win, 7-4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
09-23-1953	@ CHI (N)	Loss, 1-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-22-1953	@ CHI (N)	Loss, 5-6	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
09-21-1953	@ NY (N)	Loss, 1-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-20-1953	@ NY (N)	Win, 7-1	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
09-19-1953	@ NY (N)	Loss, 4-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-16-1953	@ MIL	Loss, 0-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-15-1953	@ MIL	Win, 10-5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	1
Loyalty:	3
Desire for Winning:	3
Greed:	7
Intelligence:	2
Work Ethic:	9

Yogi Berra
Birthday:	05-12-1925
Born in:	St. Louis (Missouri)
Nationality:	American
Height:	5' 8"
Weight:	184 lbs
Local Popularity:	Fair
National Pop.:	Fair

Status
Contract:	Major League Contract
Salary:	$547,800
Signed Through:	1953 Season
Major Service:	10 Years, 95 Days
Service This Yr:	169 Days
40-Man Service:	10 Years, 95 Days
Pro Service:	10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	3 option years left
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1943, 2nd Pick in Round 1

Major League Baseball 1953 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO	VORP
Overall	128	482	121	16	1	19	87	67	34	16	.251	.310	.407	.717	.644	.156	8.4
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	128	536	11	1	0	13	1	8	196	36	0	0	0.0	61.5	4.33
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		148	35	8	0	3	26	16	9	8	4	1	1	.236	.278	.351	.629
Versus Right		334	86	8	1	16	61	51	25	8	4	0	10	.257	.324	.431	.756
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
April		11	2	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.455	.762
May		104	24	3	0	3	17	11	7	3	2	1	2	.231	.287	.346	.633
June		95	28	4	0	2	19	15	7	3	2	0	3	.295	.355	.400	.755
July		100	29	4	0	4	25	17	10	1	3	0	0	.290	.345	.450	.795
August		100	27	4	1	5	18	13	5	5	1	0	5	.270	.333	.480	.813
September		72	11	1	0	4	7	8	3	4	0	0	1	.153	.197	.333	.531
Spring Training		41	12	2	0	1	7	6	2	2	1	0	0	.293	.318	.415	.733
Last Year		535	159	32	1	27	121	91	53	17	5	0	12	.297	.370	.512	.882
2 Years Ago		582	164	31	5	26	128	88	47	19	6	0	9	.282	.342	.486	.828
Career		5591	1609	238	26	200	948	807	455	215	69	2	70	.288	.345	.447	.792
Home		239	59	8	1	11	41	32	18	6	0	0	3	.247	.308	.427	.734
Road		243	62	8	0	8	46	35	16	10	8	1	8	.255	.313	.387	.700
Grass		482	121	16	1	19	87	67	34	16	8	1	11	.251	.310	.407	.717
Day		302	80	10	0	14	61	48	26	9	6	1	8	.265	.333	.437	.770
Night		180	41	6	1	5	26	19	8	7	2	0	3	.228	.269	.356	.625
Close/Late		117	39	6	1	6	19	23	9	6	2	1	3	.333	.389	.556	.945
Inning 1-3		140	29	4	0	6	23	18	8	3	1	0	4	.207	.268	.364	.632
Inning 4-6		178	37	5	0	5	34	16	12	5	2	0	4	.208	.270	.320	.591
Inning 7-9		151	52	7	0	8	29	32	12	8	5	1	3	.344	.392	.550	.941
Extra Innings		13	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.385	.718
0 Outs		157	41	7	0	8	22	34	17	4	3	1	3	.261	.339	.459	.797
1 Outs		145	41	2	1	4	34	23	11	8	5	0	5	.283	.343	.393	.736
2 Outs		180	39	7	0	7	31	10	6	4	0	0	3	.217	.254	.372	.626
Scoring Position		156	39	5	0	5	67	16	8	5	8	0	3	.250	.286	.378	.664
Bases Empty		215	48	7	1	10	10	32	16	9	0	0	6	.223	.295	.405	.700
Runner on 1st		111	34	4	0	4	10	19	10	2	0	1	2	.306	.374	.450	.824
Runner on 2nd		35	10	1	0	1	7	4	3	1	0	0	0	.286	.342	.400	.742
Runner on 3rd		12	4	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.308	.417	.724
Runner on 1st & 2nd		39	7	1	0	2	9	3	0	0	0	0	2	.179	.220	.359	.578
Runner on 1st & 3rd		15	4	1	0	0	6	2	2	0	2	0	1	.267	.350	.333	.683
Runner on 2nd & 3rd		26	5	0	0	1	15	3	2	1	2	0	0	.192	.233	.308	.541
Bases Loaded		29	9	1	0	1	24	4	1	3	3	0	0	.310	.303	.448	.751
Two Strikes		156	38	3	0	6	29	24	13	16	3	0	8	.244	.328	.378	.706
First Pitch		99	26	4	0	4	17	9	0	0	1	1	1	.263	.267	.424	.692
Count 0-1		40	8	0	0	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.275	.475
Count 0-2		26	9	0	0	2	5	6	0	2	1	0	1	.346	.357	.577	.934
Count 1-0		61	19	2	1	3	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.311	.525	.836
Count 1-1		60	16	4	0	0	8	4	0	0	1	0	2	.267	.286	.333	.619
Count 1-2		44	11	2	0	1	4	6	0	4	1	0	4	.250	.306	.364	.670
Count 2-0		16	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.063	.059	.125	.184
Count 2-1		34	8	1	0	3	12	5	0	0	2	0	0	.235	.222	.529	.752
Count 2-2		44	10	1	0	3	11	6	0	4	1	0	2	.227	.255	.455	.710
Count 3-0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Count 3-1		16	5	1	0	2	5	10	15	0	0	0	0	.313	.645	.750	1.395
Full Count		42	8	0	0	0	9	6	13	6	0	0	1	.190	.393	.190	.583
Behind in Count		110	28	2	0	4	12	17	0	6	2	0	5	.255	.282	.382	.664
Ahead in Count		127	33	5	1	8	30	25	21	0	3	0	0	.260	.358	.504	.862

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1943 Brooklyn - MLB	18	101	204	45	4	1	9	30	26	14	2	4	13	1	0	.221	.272	.382	.655	0.3
1944 Brooklyn - MLB	19	142	543	147	19	7	14	81	71	35	4	4	36	2	5	.271	.317	.409	.726	9.0
1945 Brooklyn - MLB	20	140	472	123	19	2	7	62	48	34	2	5	14	1	1	.261	.310	.354	.664	4.6
1946 Brooklyn - MLB	21	135	544	169	27	5	15	78	85	49	9	6	17	4	2	.311	.373	.461	.835	44.8
1947 Brooklyn - MLB	22	132	538	174	16	1	21	73	74	51	4	4	16	3	3	.323	.384	.474	.858	47.2
1948 Los Angeles - MLB	23	136	581	181	27	0	26	95	103	32	3	9	18	1	4	.312	.346	.492	.838	31.0
1949 Los Angeles - MLB	24	138	561	168	22	2	14	83	67	45	3	9	16	1	3	.299	.350	.421	.770	45.8
1950 Pittsburgh - MLB	25	143	549	158	25	1	22	110	87	61	11	9	33	1	0	.288	.365	.457	.822	30.9
1951 Pittsburgh - MLB	26	144	582	164	31	5	26	128	88	47	9	6	19	0	0	.282	.342	.486	.828	36.3
1952 Pittsburgh - MLB	27	137	535	159	32	1	27	121	91	53	12	5	17	1	0	.297	.370	.512	.882	42.6
1953 Pittsburgh - MLB	28	128	482	121	16	1	19	87	67	34	11	8	16	0	0	.251	.310	.407	.717	8.4
Total MLB		1476	5591	1609	238	26	200	948	807	455	70	69	215	15	18	.288	.345	.447	.792	300.9

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1943 Nashville - A	18	38	73	27	7	2	3	25	15	10	1	1	3	1	0	.370	.447	.644	1.091	13.1
Total MLBA		38	73	27	7	2	3	25	15	10	1	1	3	1	0	.370	.447	.644	1.091	13.1

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1948 Los Angeles - MLB	23	5	19	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.368	.400	.368	.768	0.0
1950 Pittsburgh - MLB	25	11	43	12	1	0	2	7	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	.279	.360	.442	.802	0.0
1952 Pittsburgh - MLB	27	12	50	14	3	0	1	4	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.321	.400	.721	0.0
Total MLB		28	112	33	4	0	3	11	12	9	1	1	2	0	0	.295	.350	.411	.760	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1943 Brooklyn - ML	C	46	39	131	21	2	157	5	.968	355.0	3.85	2	30	12	40.0
1943 Brooklyn - ML	LF	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00
1943 Brooklyn - ML	RF	6	2	6	0	0	7	1	.857	24.0	2.25
1944 Brooklyn - ML	C	132	131	502	71	6	583	10	.983	1150.0	4.48	9	101	33	32.7
1944 Brooklyn - ML	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.1	0.00
1944 Brooklyn - ML	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00
1944 Brooklyn - ML	RF	6	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	17.2	0.51
1945 Brooklyn - ML	C	116	115	460	92	4	561	9	.984	1005.1	4.94	14	128	59	46.1
1945 Brooklyn - ML	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00
1945 Brooklyn - ML	SS	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50
1945 Brooklyn - ML	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00
1945 Brooklyn - ML	RF	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	3.0	3.00
1946 Brooklyn - ML	C	134	134	552	83	2	651	16	.975	1214.1	4.71	11	87	39	44.8
1946 Brooklyn - ML	LF	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50
1947 Brooklyn - ML	C	132	132	518	65	1	604	21	.965	1192.0	4.40	10	81	34	42.0
1947 Brooklyn - ML	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.00
1948 Los Angeles - ML	C	136	136	602	63	7	675	10	.985	1217.1	4.92	14	42	20	47.6
1948 Los Angeles - ML	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00
1948 Los Angeles - ML	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00
1949 Los Angeles - ML	C	138	138	526	57	4	595	12	.980	1213.2	4.32	11	104	23	22.1
1949 Los Angeles - ML	LF	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50
1949 Los Angeles - ML	RF	7	0	10	0	0	12	2	.833	14.0	6.43
1950 Pittsburgh - ML	C	143	143	772	59	4	838	7	.992	1285.1	5.82	10	60	26	43.3
1951 Pittsburgh - ML	C	144	144	678	80	1	775	17	.978	1282.0	5.32	5	104	47	45.2
1952 Pittsburgh - ML	C	137	136	776	58	4	843	9	.989	1195.1	6.28	11	72	39	54.2
1952 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	13	0	3	0	0	4	1	.750	15.2	1.72
1952 Pittsburgh - ML	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00
1953 Pittsburgh - ML	C	128	128	650	74	1	732	8	.989	1140.2	5.71	8	72	36	50.0
1953 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	6.2	1.35

Player History
01-01-1943	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (9); Power: 5 (7); Eye: 4 (6).
03-01-1943	Drafted in the 1943 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 2, 2nd overall Pick) by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
04-20-1943	Named the #46 prospect in the MLB
11-14-1943	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $6,992 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1944	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 4 (6).
04-18-1944	Named the #5 prospect in the MLB
05-22-1944	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
11-14-1944	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $7,406 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1945	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 5 (6).
11-13-1945	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $7,844 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1946	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (6).
07-19-1946	Goes 0-3 against the Cincinnati Reds, ending his hitting streak at 20 games.
11-09-1946	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $138,063 through arbitration.
01-01-1947	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (6).
05-01-1947	Wins the MLB NL Batter of the Month Award.
05-05-1947	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
05-16-1947	Goes 5-5 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with 1 HR, 1 RBI and 3 R.
07-10-1947	Goes 5-6 against the Chicago Cubs, with 2 HR, 5 RBI and 2 R.
08-04-1947	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
11-04-1947	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $171,823 through arbitration.
01-01-1948	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (6).
11-11-1948	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $340,000 through arbitration.
01-01-1949	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (6).
11-14-1949	Became a free agent.
01-01-1950	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (6).
03-26-1950	Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $250,000 with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
10-20-1950	Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $1,466,700 with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
01-01-1951	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 5 (6).
04-23-1951	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
10-28-1951	Wins the 1951 MLB NL Gold Glove Award at C.
01-01-1952	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (6).
06-02-1952	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
10-17-1952	Won the 1952 Major League Baseball Round 2 with the Pittsburgh Pirates!
01-01-1953	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (9); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (6).
03-25-1953	Injured (fractured foot), out for 4 weeks.
04-08-1953	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 3 weeks.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	H	Rank
1946	169	7
1947	174	5

Year	TB	Rank
1946	251	6
1947	255	5
1948	286	8
1951	283	9

Year	2B	Rank
1951	31	7

Year	HR	Rank
1946	15	6
1947	21	6
1948	26	2
1950	22	9
1951	26	6
1952	27	8

Year	RBI	Rank
1946	78	7
1949	83	10
1950	110	2
1951	128	1
1952	121	2

Year	R	Rank
1946	85	8
1948	103	4

Year	IBB	Rank
1950	10	2
1952	5	10

Year	HP	Rank
1944	4	8
1946	9	1
1947	4	6
1948	3	10
1950	11	3
1951	9	4
1952	12	3
1953	11	3

Year	SF	Rank
1945	5	10
1946	6	8
1948	9	4
1949	9	4
1950	9	3
1951	6	8
1953	8	2

Year	EBH	Rank
1946	47	8
1951	62	6
1952	60	9

Year	AVG	Rank
1946	.311	2
1947	.323	1
1948	.312	10

Year	OBP	Rank
1946	.373	10
1947	.384	5

Year	SLG	Rank
1946	.461	2
1947	.474	3
1948	.492	5
1951	.486	10
1952	.512	7

Year	RC	Rank
1946	92.66	8
1947	95.71	5

Year	RC/27	Rank
1946	6.24	5
1947	6.66	4

Year	ISO	Rank
1946	.151	6
1948	.181	9
1951	.204	9
1952	.215	4

Year	TAVG	Rank
1946	.787	5
1947	.807	7

Year	OPS	Rank
1946	.835	3
1947	.858	4
1952	.882	8

Year	VORP	Rank
1946	44.8	2
1947	47.2	3
1949	45.8	6
1952	42.6	10