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Don Newcombe League
9-18-2165
Lou "Ras" Berry Center Field
Retired (1976, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .798 Status Deceased (2010) Option Years 0  
H 2575 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 10-18-1939
HR 184 Drafted Round 2, Pick 30
(1957)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(151 games)
RBI 926
SB 662
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B- Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A  WS Rings 0
1B C- (28.9%) LF C  (40.0%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF B+ (75.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1957 Minors 18 57.00 8 / 9 8 / 8 4 / 7 8 / 13 3 / 9 7 / 7 4 / 4 42 / 57
1957 Pos (LF) 18 23.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 16 / 23
1958 Minors 19 64.00 8 / 9 6 / 8 8 / 9 6 / 10 0 / 7 9 / 11 10 / 10 47 / 64
1958 Pos (LF) 19 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 3
1958 Pos (RF) 19 28.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 15 / 28
1959 Minors 20 69.00 11 / 15 13 / 14 5 / 10 1 / 6 0 / 8 6 / 8 7 / 8 43 / 69
1959 Pos (1B) 20 84.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 14 / 84
1959 Pos (RF) 20 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 5
1960 Minors 21 8.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 1 4 / 8
1960 Majors 21 47.81 2 / 8 2 / 10 0 / 4 4 / 10 0 / 5 2 / 6 3 / 4 13 / 47
1960 Pos (1B) 21 14.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 14
1961 Majors 22 47.46 4 / 7 2 / 5 3 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 5 5 / 10 5 / 9 19 / 47
1962 Majors 23 44.83 5 / 8 4 / 6 2 / 4 3 / 5 1 / 8 4 / 8 2 / 5 21 / 44
1963 Majors 24 37.21 3 / 8 2 / 3 3 / 5 2 / 4 1 / 7 1 / 6 2 / 4 14 / 37
1964 Majors 25 47.69 2 / 9 0 / 2 3 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 9 1 / 6 4 / 11 10 / 47
1965 Majors 26 59.68 1 / 10 2 / 8 1 / 8 3 / 9 0 / 9 2 / 6 2 / 9 11 / 59
1966 Majors 27 54.50 1 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 3 3 / 14 7 / 54
1967 Majors 28 64.03 1 / 9 1 / 10 2 / 7 2 / 13 0 / 11 1 / 6 2 / 8 9 / 64
1968 Majors 29 53.15 80 69 14 0 / 11 1 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 11 3 / 7 0 / 4 4 / 53
1969 Majors 30 61.39 162 139 0 0 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 12 2 / 13 2 / 10 5 / 61
1970 Majors 31 62.29 162 139 0 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 62
1971 Majors 32 56.59 145 125 17 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 56
1972 Majors 33 55.52 139 119 23 1 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 12 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 55
1973 Majors 34 64.47 162 139 0 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 17 1 / 64
1974 Majors 35 64.41 162 135 0 -2 / 9 -2 / 9 -3 / 8 -3 / 10 -4 / 7 -2 / 8 -2 / 13 -18 / 64
1975 Majors 36 64.41 162 135 0 0 / 7 0 / 13 -1 / 11 -6 / 11 -7 / 10 -4 / 8 -3 / 4 -21 / 64
1976 Majors 37 56.44 150 104 12 -1 / 7 -3 / 5 -2 / 6 -4 / 7 0 / 10 -2 / 12 -1 / 9 -13 / 56
Total 1324 1104 66 45 / 165 39 / 157 25 / 145 17 / 169 -6 / 171 38 / 159 41 / 166 254 / 1289
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Lou "Ras" Berry has retired from the Baltimore Black Birds
1976-07-27Lou Ras Berry of the Baltimore Black Birds is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1972-07-28Lou Ras Berry of the Baltimore Black Birds is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1971-07-22Lou Ras Berry of the Baltimore Black Birds is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1968-06-22Lou Ras Berry of the Baltimore Black Birds is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1963-04-19Lou Ras Berry of the Baltimore Black Birds is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
1960-06-01A trade has been completed between the New York Red Foxx and the Baltimore Black Birds. The Baltimore Black Birds receive Lou "Ras" Berry, Fred Rusch from the New York Red Foxx in exchange for Junior Burkhart.
1960-05-25The New York Red Foxx have sent Lou "Ras" Berry down to the minors.
1960-04-28The New York Red Foxx have promoted Lou "Ras" Berry to the major league team. The New York Red Foxx have sent Ed "Maury" Willis to the minors.
1957-04-01The New York Red Foxx have renamed Lou Berry to Lou "Ras" Berry.