Moe Berg Stats

Moe Berg was born on Sunday, March 2, 1902, in New York, New York. Berg was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 27, 1923, with the Brooklyn Robins. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Moe Berg baseball stats page.

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"Moe (Berg), I don't care how many of them college degrees you got. They ain't learned you to hit that curveball no better than me." - White Sox Catcher Buck Crouse in Baseball Digest (May 1975)

Moe Berg



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Birth Name:   Morris Berg
Nickname:   Moe
Born On:   03-02-1902  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New York, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-29-1972 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Belleville, New Jersey
Cemetery:   B'Nai Jeshurun Cemetery, Elizabeth, New Jersey
High School:   Barringer High School (Newark, NJ)
College:   Princeton University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   06-27-1923 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-01-1939
Draft:   Not Applicable

Moe Berg

Moe Berg Pitching Stats

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Moe Berg

Moe Berg Hitting Stats

1923 21 Robins 49 129 9 24 3 2 0 0 6 2 0 5 7 0 0 7 .186 .198 .240
1926 24 White Sox 41 113 4 25 6 0 0 0 7 6 0 9 5 0 0 2 .221 .261 .274
1927 25 White Sox 35 69 4 17 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 10 4 0 0 2 .246 .288 .304
1928 26 White Sox 76 224 25 55 16 0 0 0 29 14 2 25 13 0 4 3 .246 .302 .317
1929 27 White Sox 107 352 32 101 7 0 0 0 47 17 3 16 12 0 2 13 .287 .323 .307
1930 28 White Sox 20 61 4 7 3 0 0 0 7 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 .115 .129 .164
1931 29 Indians 10 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .077 .143 .154
1932 30 Senators 75 195 16 46 8 1 1 0 26 8 0 13 5 0 0 7 .236 .266 .303
1933 31 Senators 40 65 8 12 3 0 2 0 9 4 0 5 3 0 0 2 .185 .232 .323
1934 32 Senators 33 86 5 21 4 0 0 0 6 6 1 4 2 0 1 0 .244 .301 .291
1934 32 Indians 29 97 4 25 3 1 0 0 9 1 0 7 2 0 0 4 .258 .265 .309
1935 33 Red Sox 38 98 13 28 5 0 2 0 12 5 0 3 2 0 0 5 .286 .320 .398
1936 34 Red Sox 39 125 9 30 4 1 0 0 19 2 0 6 4 0 2 3 .240 .264 .288
1937 35 Red Sox 47 141 13 36 3 1 0 0 20 5 0 4 2 0 0 4 .255 .281 .291
1938 36 Red Sox 10 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
1939 37 Red Sox 14 33 3 9 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 .273 .314 .394
15 Years 663 1,813 150 441 71 6 6 0 206 78 6 117 61 0 9 55 .243 .278 .299

Moe Berg

Moe Berg Fielding Stats

1923 Robins 2B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1923 Robins SS 47 38 795 234 5.0 212 86 126 22 20 n/a n/a n/a .906 7.20
1926 White Sox 2B 2 1 24 4 2.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1926 White Sox 3B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1926 White Sox SS 31 30 628 153 4.9 145 59 86 8 21 n/a n/a n/a .948 6.23
1927 White Sox 2B 11 4 78 21 1.9 20 4 16 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .952 6.92
1927 White Sox 3B 3 0 6 6 2.0 5 2 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 22.50
1927 White Sox C 10 5 134 29 2.9 28 23 5 1 0 0 0 0 .966 5.64
1927 White Sox SS 6 4 51 29 4.8 23 10 13 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .793 12.18
1928 White Sox C 73 69 1,475 311 4.3 308 256 52 3 8 5 0 0 .990 5.64
1929 White Sox C 106 103 2,285 383 3.6 376 290 86 7 12 6 0 0 .982 4.44
1930 White Sox C 20 18 267 70 3.5 69 55 14 1 1 2 0 0 .986 6.98
1931 Indians C 8 3 54 18 2.3 16 12 4 2 0 1 0 0 .889 8.00
1932 Senators C 75 60 978 264 3.5 264 229 35 0 9 2 0 0 1.000 7.29
1933 Senators C 35 13 216 86 2.5 86 76 10 0 3 3 0 0 1.000 10.75
1934 Senators C 31 26 398 86 2.8 85 77 8 1 1 0 0 0 .988 5.77
1934 Indians C 28 25 597 153 5.5 150 137 13 3 1 3 0 0 .980 6.78
1935 Red Sox C 37 25 498 115 3.1 114 99 15 1 2 1 0 0 .991 6.18
1936 Red Sox C 39 31 697 207 5.3 204 175 29 3 3 4 0 0 .986 7.90
1937 Red Sox C 47 36 867 237 5.0 232 208 24 5 2 5 0 0 .979 7.22
1938 Red Sox 1B 1 0 9 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1938 Red Sox C 7 3 27 12 1.7 12 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
1939 Red Sox C 13 11 153 57 4.4 55 45 10 2 1 1 0 0 .965 9.71
C Totals 529 428 8,646 2,028 3.8 1,999 1,693 306 29 44 33 0 0 .986 6.24
SS Totals 84 72 1,474 416 5.0 380 155 225 36 43 n/a n/a n/a .913 6.96
2B Totals 14 5 102 25 1.8 24 5 19 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .960 6.35
3B Totals 4 0 6 6 1.5 5 2 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 22.50
1B Totals 1 0 9 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
15 Years 632 505 10,237 2,478 3.9 2,411 1,858 553 67 90 33 0 0 .973 6.36

Moe Berg

Moe Berg Miscellaneous Stats

1923 Robins 1 0 1.000 0 1 n/a 0.0 25.8 21.5 - - -
1926 White Sox 0 2 .000 7 0 n/a 0.0 12.6 16.1 - - -
1927 White Sox 0 0 .000 6 0 n/a 0.0 6.9 17.3 - - -
1928 White Sox 2 1 .667 3 0 n/a 0.0 9.0 7.7 - - -
1929 White Sox 5 1 .833 1 0 n/a 0.0 22.0 7.5 - - -
1930 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 12.2 8.7 - - -
1931 Indians 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 0.0 13.0 0.0 - - -
1932 Senators 1 1 .500 0 0 n/a 195.0 15.0 7.5 - - -
1933 Senators 0 0 .000 5 1 n/a 32.5 13.0 7.2 - - -
1934 Senators 2 0 1.000 2 0 n/a 0.0 21.5 14.3 - - -
1934 Indians 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 13.9 10.8 - - -
1935 Red Sox 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 49.0 32.7 8.2 - - -
1936 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 20.8 6.6 - - -
1937 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 35.3 7.1 - - -
1938 Red Sox 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 0.0 12.0 0.0 - - -
1939 Red Sox 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 33.0 11.0 6.6 - - -
15 Years 11 5 .688 32 2 n/a 302.2 15.5 8.8 - - -

Moe Berg

Moe Berg Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1923 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 Chicago White Sox n/a $4,500.00 n/a -
1927 Chicago White Sox n/a $5,000.00 n/a -
1928 Chicago White Sox n/a $6,000.00 n/a -
1929 Chicago White Sox n/a $7,500.00 n/a -
1930 Chicago White Sox n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1931 Cleveland Indians 19 $7,500.00 n/a -
1932 Washington Senators 9 $5,500.00 n/a -
1933 Washington Senators 10 $4,500.00 - -
1934 Washington Senators 10 $4,000.00 - -
1934 Cleveland Indians 31 "     "     - -
1935 Boston Red Sox 19 $4,000.00 - -
1936 Boston Red Sox 22 $4,000.00 - -
1937 Boston Red Sox 22 $4,000.00 - -
1938 Boston Red Sox 22 $4,000.00 - -
1939 Boston Red Sox 22 $4,000.00 - -

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