Wally Berger

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Wally Berger was an American Major League Baseball center fielder best known as a power hitter for the Boston Braves in the 1930s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball player
center fielder
human
AllStarSelection 1933
1934
1935
1936
1939
bats right
battingAverage .300 (career MLB batting average)
battingHand right-handed
birthName Walter Anton Berger NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1905-10-10
dateOfDeath 1988-11-30
era 1930s
familyName Berger NERFINISHED
finalMLBGameDate 1940-09-20
finalMLBTeam Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED
fullName Walter Anton Berger NERFINISHED
givenName Walter
hallOfFameStatus not inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame
homeRuns 242 (career MLB home runs)
jerseyNumber 4 (Boston Braves)
league National League NERFINISHED
MLBDebutDate 1930-04-15
MLBDebutTeam Boston Braves NERFINISHED
notableFor power hitting
occupation baseball player
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Redondo Beach, California, United States NERFINISHED
positionPlayed center fielder
rookieHomeRunRecord 38 home runs in 1930
rookieRBIRecord 119 RBIs in 1930
runsBattedIn 898 (career MLB runs batted in)
singleSeasonHomeRunHigh 38 (1930)
singleSeasonRBIHigh 130 (1935)
sport baseball
team Boston Bees NERFINISHED
Boston Braves NERFINISHED
Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED
New York Giants NERFINISHED
throwingHand right-handed
throws right

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Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States hasNotablePerson Wally Berger
subject surface form: Greenfield, Massachusetts