Johnny Berardino
[edit] Biography
Johnny Berardino (John Berardino) was born on May 1, 1917 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1939 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .256 with 5 home runs and 58 RBI. Berardino played for the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 11 year career.
Most people believe that Johnny Berardino's best season was 1940, when he slugged 16 home runs and knocked in 85 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 126
| 468
| 42
| 120
| 5
| 58
| .256
| .314
| .361
| 24
| 5
| 37
| 36
| 2
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 10
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 142
| 523
| 71
| 135
| 16
| 85
| .258
| .301
| .424
| 31
| 4
| 32
| 46
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 11
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 128
| 469
| 48
| 127
| 5
| 89
| .271
| .332
| .384
| 30
| 4
| 41
| 27
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 17
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| 29
| 74
| 11
| 21
| 1
| 10
| .284
| .329
| .405
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| STL
| A
| 144
| 582
| 70
| 154
| 5
| 68
| .265
| .306
| .357
| 29
| 5
| 34
| 58
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 16
|
| 1947
| STL
| A
| 90
| 306
| 29
| 80
| 1
| 20
| .261
| .358
| .350
| 22
| 1
| 44
| 26
| 2
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 9
|
| 1948
| CLE
| A
| 66
| 147
| 19
| 28
| 2
| 10
| .190
| .328
| .279
| 5
| 1
| 27
| 16
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1949
| CLE
| A
| 50
| 116
| 11
| 23
| 0
| 13
| .198
| .295
| .267
| 6
| 1
| 14
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1950
| PIT
| N
| 40
| 131
| 12
| 27
| 1
| 12
| .206
| .307
| .267
| 3
| 1
| 19
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1950
| CLE
| A
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| .400
| .500
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| Total
|
| 44
| 136
| 13
| 29
| 1
| 15
| .213
| .314
| .272
| 3
| 1
| 20
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 39
| 119
| 13
| 27
| 0
| 13
| .227
| .324
| .303
| 7
| 1
| 17
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1952
| PIT
| N
| 19
| 56
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .143
| .200
| .214
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 32
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .094
| .310
| .094
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| Total
|
| 54
| 88
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 6
| .125
| .245
| .170
| 4
| 0
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 59
| 187
| 14
| 35
| 1
| 16
| .187
| .276
| .251
| 7
| 1
| 23
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 853
| 2841
| 320
| 720
| 35
| 371
| .253
| .319
| .362
| 160
| 22
| 261
| 251
| 13
| 30
| 27
| 0
| 73
|
| Total
|
|
| 912
| 3028
| 334
| 755
| 36
| 387
| .249
| .316
| .355
| 167
| 23
| 284
| 268
| 13
| 32
| 27
| 0
| 80
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1939
| STL
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .733
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 114
| 0
| 0
| 315
| 339
| 29
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 28
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| SS
| 112
| 0
| 0
| 250
| 336
| 38
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 35
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| SS
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 261
| 305
| 27
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 8
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1946
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 143
| 0
| 0
| 374
| 414
| 23
| 96
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1947
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 242
| 221
| 11
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1948
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 22
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1948
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 46
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1948
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 144
| 14
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 28
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1949
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 39
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1950
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 84
| 106
| 7
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1950
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1950
| Total
|
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| Total
|
| 2B
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 91
| 109
| 7
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 44
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 58
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| Total
|
| 2B
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 76
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 191
| 16
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 453
| 0
| 0
| 1166
| 1284
| 80
| 297
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 266
| 0
| 0
| 540
| 684
| 72
| 171
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 151
| 17
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1937).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to Washington Senators in exchange for Jerry Priddy (November 22, 1947); trade voided (November 22, 1947).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to Cleveland Indians in exchange for George Metkovich and $50000 (December 9, 1947); George Metkovich returned to Cleveland Indians (@April 20, 1948); Cleveland Indians sent $15000 (@April 20, 1948) to complete trade. Released by Cleveland Indians (August 9, 1950).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (August 13, 1950).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 13, 1950).
- Signed by St. Louis Browns (January 20, 1951).
- Released by St. Louis Browns (July 18, 1951).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (1952).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Charlie Ripple and $50000 to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for George Strickland and Ted Wilks (August 18, 1952).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (September 29, 1952).
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Video Gallery
Add Videos
[edit] Picture Gallery
Add Pictures
[edit] See Also
[edit] Categories