Ray Berres
Full Name: Raymond Frederick Berres
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height: 5-9 Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: Aug 31, 1907 in Kenosha, WI
College: ?
Major League Debut: Apr 24, 1934
Died:


CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
  BATTING
Year Team Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
1934 BRO .215 39 79 7 17 4 0 0 3 1 16 -- .266 --
1936 BRO .240 105 267 16 64 10 1 1 13 14 35 -- .296 --
1937 PIT .167 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- .167 --
1938 PIT .230 40 100 7 23 2 0 0 6 8 10 -- .250 --
1939 PIT .229 81 231 22 53 6 1 0 16 11 25 -- .264 --
1940 PIT .188 21 32 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 -- .188 --
1940 BOS .192 85 229 12 44 4 1 0 14 18 19 -- .218 --
1940 Total .192 106 261 14 50 4 1 0 16 19 20 -- .215 --
1941 BOS .201 120 279 21 56 10 0 1 19 17 20 -- .247 --
1942 NYG .188 12 32 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 3 -- .188 --
1943 NYG .143 20 28 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 -- .179 --
1944 NYG .471 16 17 4 8 0 0 1 2 1 0 -- .647 --
1945 NYG .167 20 30 4 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 -- .167 --
  AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
Totals .216 561 1330 96 287 37 3 3 78 76 134 .000 .255 .000


  BATTING BASERUNNING MISC
Year Team HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1934 BRO 0 1 21 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0.0 4.9
1936 BRO 1 8 79 0 1 0 1 0 .000 267.0 7.6
1937 PIT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1938 PIT 0 5 25 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0.0 10.0
1939 PIT 1 9 61 0 8 0 1 0 .000 0.0 9.2
1940 PIT 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 32.0
1940 BOS 0 6 50 0 9 0 0 0 .000 0.0 12.1
1940 Total 0 7 56 0 9 0 0 0 .000 0.0 13.1
1941 BOS 0 12 69 0 6 0 2 0 .000 279.0 14.0
1942 NYG 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0.0 10.7
1943 NYG 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0.0 14.0
1944 NYG 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 .000 17.0 0.0
1945 NYG 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 10.0
  HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
Totals 3 46 339 0 30 0 4 0 1.000 443.3 9.9


CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
Year Team POS G PO A E DP FPCT
1934 BRO C 37 79 14 3 0 .969
1936 BRO C 105 436 59 6 7 .988
1937 PIT C 2 9 2 0 0 1.000
1938 PIT C 40 128 21 1 0 .993
1939 PIT C 80 269 36 2 4 .993
1940 PIT C 21 40 9 1 2 .980
1940 BOS C 85 254 56 6 6 .981
1940 Total   106 294 65 7 8 .981
1941 BOS C 120 356 64 2 13 .995
1942 NYG C 12 34 2 1 1 .973
1943 NYG C 17 43 9 1 1 .981
1944 NYG C 12 13 4 0 1 1.000
1945 NYG C 20 43 2 0 0 1.000
  G PO A E DP FPCT
Totals 551 1704 278 23 35 .989



Ray Berres' defense kept him in the majors for eleven seasons even though he had a weak bat. His role was primarily that of a backup catcher. His best season was with Boston in 1941. He was a coach for the Chicago White Sox for more than 20 seasons.


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