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Charlie Berry
Full name Charles Francis Berry Born October 18, 1902, Phillipsburg, New Jersey Died September 6, 1972, Evanston, Illinois Buried at Belvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, New Jersey First Game: June 15, 1925 ; Final Game: September 8, 1938 Umpired First Game: September 10, 1942 ; Umpired Final Game: October 3, 1970 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 185 Son of Charlie Berry Ejections as player: 1928 (2), 1929 (1), 1930 (1), 1932 (1). Total: 5 Ejections as coach: 1939 (2) Ejections as umpire: 1944 (1), 1946 (1), 1947 (3), 1948 (1), 1949 (5), 1950 (1), 1951 (2), 1952 (8), 1953 (6), 1954 (4), 1955 (4), 1956 (9), 1957 (2), 1958 (1), 1959 (1), 1960 (3), 1961 (4), 1962 (6). Total: 62 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1925 PHI A Daily Splits 10 14 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .286 -0.3 1925 PHI A
1928 BOS A Daily Splits 80 177 18 46 7 3 1 19 21 2 19 1 0 3 0 5 3 1 1 .260 .337 .350 -0.7 1928 BOS A
1929 BOS A Daily Splits 77 207 19 50 11 4 1 21 15 0 29 3 2 2 0 4 4 2 6 .242 .300 .348 -0.3 1929 BOS A
1930 BOS A Daily Splits 88 256 31 74 9 6 6 35 16 1 22 0 1 9 0 7 9 2 0 .289 .320 .441 1.4 1930 BOS A
1931 BOS A Daily Splits 111 357 41 101 16 2 6 49 29 7 38 0 1 0 4 13 4 0 .283 .337 .389 0.6 1931 BOS A
1932 BOS A Daily Splits 10 32 0 6 3 0 0 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .188 .257 .281 -0.3 1932 BOS A
1932 CHI A Daily Splits 72 226 33 69 15 6 4 31 21 4 23 0 3 0 6 9 3 0 .305 .364 .478 1.1 1932 CHI A
1932 TOT A 82 258 33 75 18 6 4 37 24 4 25 0 3 0 7 9 3 0 .291 .351 .453 0.8 1932 TOT A
1933 CHI A Daily Splits 86 271 25 69 8 3 2 28 17 1 16 1 2 0 2 13 0 0 .255 .301 .328 -1.8 1933 CHI A
1934 PHI A Daily Splits 99 269 14 72 10 2 0 34 22 6 23 0 9 0 7 5 1 0 .268 .323 .320 -0.7 1934 PHI A
1935 PHI A Daily Splits 62 190 14 48 7 3 3 29 10 1 20 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 .253 .290 .368 -0.9 1935 PHI A
1936 PHI A Daily Splits 13 17 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 .304 .118 -0.2 1936 PHI A
1938 PHI A Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1938 PHI A
Total (11 Years) Splits 709 2018 196 539 88 29 23 256 160 23 196 5 20 14 0 37 61 13 7 .267 .320 .374 -2.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1925 PHI A Daily Splits C 4 1 0 18.2 9 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 .900
1928 BOS A Daily Splits C 61 49 35 418.2 153 34 8 2 0 0 30 27 2 .959
1929 BOS A Daily Splits C 72 64 51 541.2 236 51 5 8 0 5 32 29 2 .983
1930 BOS A Daily Splits C 85 74 67 659.1 279 56 4 4 0 6 22 31 3 .988
1931 BOS A Daily Splits C 102 99 85 848.1 312 78 6 8 0 6 41 40 1 .985
1932 BOS A Daily Splits C 10 10 8 80 28 6 2 3 0 0 4 2 0 .944
1932 CHI A Daily Splits C 70 63 55 559.1 212 52 5 5 0 4 23 30 1 .981
1932 TOT A C 80 73 63 639.1 240 58 7 8 0 4 27 32 1 .977
1933 CHI A Daily Splits C 84 72 60 645.1 260 39 4 1 0 5 32 21 1 .987
1934 PHI A Daily Splits C 99 94 59 736 339 48 5 9 0 5 43 28 1 .987
1935 PHI A Daily Splits C 56 49 40 440.2 189 37 3 7 0 2 23 21 2 .987
1936 PHI A Daily Splits C 12 4 4 55 29 4 1 0 0 2 9 4 0 .971
1938 PHI A Daily Splits C 1 0 0 2.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total (11 Years) Splits C 656 579 464 5005.1 2047 406 44 48 0 35 267 234 13 .982
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1936 PHI A 4-14 9-27
1937 PHI A 4-19 10- 3
1938 PHI A 4-18 10- 2
1939 PHI A 4-20 9-30
1940 PHI A 4-16 9-29
Total ( 5 Years)
Umpiring Record
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1942 AL Daily 7 2 2 0 3 0 0
1943 AL Daily 158 53 58 0 47 0 0
1944 AL Daily 157 52 51 3 51 0 0
1945 AL Daily 145 52 49 2 42 0 0
1946 AL Daily 148 53 52 0 43 0 0
1947 AL Daily 151 45 50 11 45 0 0
1948 AL Daily 155 47 48 13 47 0 0
1949 AL Daily 150 47 49 7 47 0 0
1950 AL Daily 148 44 39 22 43 0 0
1951 AL Daily 157 43 39 30 45 0 0
1952 AL Daily 153 44 43 29 38 0 0
1953 AL Daily 152 39 42 35 36 0 0
1954 AL Daily 154 43 39 33 39 0 0
1955 AL Daily 151 38 38 37 38 0 0
1956 AL Daily 152 38 38 39 37 0 0
1957 AL Daily 155 40 38 39 38 0 0
1958 AL Daily 159 40 44 38 37 0 0
1959 AL Daily 155 39 39 38 39 0 0
1960 AL Daily 152 39 38 37 39 0 0
1961 AL Daily 168 43 41 42 42 0 0
1962 AL Daily 153 40 38 36 39 0 0
Total (21 Years) 3080 881 875 491 835 0 0
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
League Championship Series Umpiring Record
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1970 AL Daily 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1946 ML Daily 7 1 2 2 2 0 0
1950 ML Daily 4 1 1 1 1 0 0
1954 ML Daily 4 1 1 1 1 0 0
1958 ML Daily 7 2 2 1 2 0 0
1962 ML Daily 7 2 2 1 2 0 0
Total ( 5 Years) 29 7 8 6 8 0 0
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
All-Star Game Umpiring Record
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1944 ML Daily 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
1948 ML Daily 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
1952 ML Daily 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
1956 ML Daily 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
1959 ML Daily 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Total ( 5 Years) 5 2 3 3 2 0 0
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
7-16-1928(2) BOX BOS A George Hildebrand Balls and strikes
9- 8-1928(2) BOX BOS A Bill Guthrie Call at HP
6-13-1929 BOX BOS A Bill McGowan Call at 1B
6-24-1930(2) BOX BOS A Harry Geisel Balls and strikes
9-23-1932 BOX CHI A George Moriarty Bench jockeying
As coach:
Date Team Umpire Reason
7-15-1939 BOX PHI A Bill Summers Call at 3B
8- 6-1939(2) BOX PHI A Harry Geisel Home run call
As umpire:
Date Team Ejected Reason
6-11-1944(2) BOX STL A Luke Sewell Call from Game 1 before Game 2
7-17-1946 BOX WAS A Stan Spence Called third strike (Threw bat)
5-29-1947 BOX STL A Jeff Heath Balls and strikes (Threw bat)
6- 5-1947 BOX DET A Fred Hutchinson Fighting
6- 5-1947 BOX NY A Ralph Houk Fighting
5-29-1948 BOX CLE A Pat Seerey Called third strike (Threw resin bag at umpire)
5-19-1949 BOX CHI A Bing Miller Balls and strikes
6-30-1949 BOX WAS A Joe Haynes Balk call
7-19-1949 BOX WAS A Joe Kuhel Timing of third out
8-11-1949 BOX CHI A Jack Onslow Fan interference non-call
9-28-1949 BOX PHI A Eddie Joost Called third strike
8-28-1950 BOX STL A Zack Taylor Call at HP
4-18-1951 BOX DET A Red Rolfe Balls and strikes
6-15-1951(1) BOX CHI A Saul Rogovin Call at HP
5- 4-1952(1) BOX CHI A Paul Richards Ordering pitch while batter out of box
5- 4-1952(1) BOX CHI A Saul Rogovin Ordering pitch while batter out of box
7-22-1952 BOX CHI A Paul Richards Balk non-call
9- 9-1952 BOX PHI A Allie Clark Called third strike
9- 9-1952 BOX PHI A Jimmy Dykes Called third strike
9- 9-1952 BOX PHI A Eddie Joost Called third strike
Date Team Ejected Reason
9-14-1952 BOX DET A Walt Dropo Call at 3B (Threw mud)
9-15-1952 BOX DET A Fred Hutchinson Balk call
4-17-1953 BOX PHI A Allie Clark Fighting
4-17-1953 BOX BOS A Sammy White Fighting
5-27-1953 BOX DET A Joe Ginsberg Balls and strikes
6-25-1953 BOX CHI A Ferris Fain Called third strike
8-29-1953 BOX DET A Ted Lyons Balls and strikes
8-30-1953(2) BOX CLE A Al Rosen Call at 2B
5- 6-1954 BOX CHI A Paul Richards Balls and strikes
6-24-1954 BOX WAS A George Myatt Called third strike
6-24-1954 BOX WAS A Tom Wright Called third strike
6-25-1954 BOX CHI A Paul Richards Call at 3B
5-13-1955 BOX KC A Lou Boudreau Condition of field
6-22-1955 BOX DET A Billy Hitchcock Balls and strikes
8-16-1955 BOX CHI A Marty Marion Fair/foul call
9-10-1955 BOX DET A Bud Black Balls and strikes (Pushed umpire)
5- 4-1956 BOX CLE A Al Rosen Interference non-call
5-12-1956 BOX BAL A Paul Richards Balls and strikes
5-16-1956 BOX DET A Billy Hitchcock Fair/foul call
6- 1-1956 BOX KC A Lou Boudreau Call at 3B
Date Team Ejected Reason
6-14-1956 BOX CHI A Marty Marion Called third strike
6-14-1956 BOX CHI A Dave Philley Called third strike
7-14-1956 BOX DET A Bucky Harris Balls and strikes
8- 9-1956 BOX BAL A Paul Richards Called third strike
9-26-1956 BOX BAL A Al Vincent Failure to call time
4-21-1957 BOX KC A Lou Boudreau Balls and strikes
6-29-1957 BOX DET A Jack Tighe Balls and strikes (Threw towel)
5-31-1958 BOX NY A Casey Stengel Call at 1B (Threw equipment)
9- 2-1959(1) BOX DET A Red Wilson Fair/Foul call
7-17-1960(1) BOX WAS A Earl Battey Fighting
7-17-1960(1) BOX CLE A Vic Power Fighting
7-31-1960(2) BOX CHI A Minnie Minoso Call at 2B
5- 4-1961 BOX LA A Albie Pearson Call at 1B
5-15-1961 BOX LA A Del Rice Balls and strikes
5-23-1961 BOX DET A Rocky Colavito Called third strike
5-24-1961 BOX DET A Phil Cavarretta Call at 1B
4-22-1962 BOX DET A Rocky Colavito Call at 2B
6-11-1962 BOX BAL A Cal Ermer Interference call
6-11-1962 BOX BAL A Billy Hitchcock Fighting
6-11-1962 BOX NY A Ralph Houk Fighting
Date Team Ejected Reason
8-14-1962(2) BOX BAL A Billy Hitchcock Call at 1B
9- 1-1962 BOX CHI A Al Lopez Call at 2B
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (June, 1925).
Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Dallas (Texas) (December, 1926).
Sold by Dallas (Texas) to Boston Red Sox (September 14, 1927 ).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Jack Rothrock to Chicago White Sox in exchange for
Bennie Tate , Smead Jolley , Johnny Watwood and $7500 (April 29, 1932 ).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with $20000 to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for
George Earnshaw and Johnny Pasek (December 12, 1933 ).
Released by Philadelphia Athletics (January 10, 1935 ).
Signed by Philadelphia Athletics (February 4, 1935 ).
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