| Bill Bergen | ||
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Full Name: William Aloysius Bergen Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6'0" Weight: 184 lbs. Born: Jun 13, 1878 in N.Brookfield, MA Major League Debut: May 06, 1901 Died: Dec 19, 1943 in Worcester, MA |
| Bill Bergen | ||
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Full Name: William Aloysius Bergen Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6'0" Weight: 184 lbs. Born: Jun 13, 1878 in N.Brookfield, MA Major League Debut: May 06, 1901 Died: Dec 19, 1943 in Worcester, MA |
CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 |
TM Cin Cin Cin Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro |
LG NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
POS C C C C C C C C C C C |
G 87 89 58 96 79 103 51 99 112 89 84 |
AB 308 322 207 329 247 353 138 302 346 249 227 |
R 15 19 21 17 12 9 2 8 16 11 8 |
H 55 58 47 60 47 56 22 53 48 40 30 |
2B 6 8 4 4 3 3 3 8 1 2 3 |
3B 4 3 2 2 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 |
HR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 |
RBI 17 36 19 12 22 19 14 15 15 14 10 |
TB 72 72 55 68 54 65 25 65 54 44 35 |
BB 8 14 7 9 7 7 1 5 10 6 14 |
IBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Totals | G 947 |
AB 3028 |
R 138 |
H 516 |
2B 45 |
3B 21 |
HR 2 |
RBI 193 |
TB 609 |
BB 88 |
IBB 0 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 |
TM Cin Cin Cin Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro |
LG NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
K 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 42 |
HBP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
SH 10 6 4 9 11 12 4 13 16 18 9 |
SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
GDP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
SB 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 4 0 2 |
CS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
SB% 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 -.--- 1.000 |
AVG .179 .180 .227 .182 .190 .159 .159 .175 .139 .161 .132 |
OBP .199 .214 .252 .204 .213 .175 .165 .189 .163 .180 .183 |
SLG .234 .224 .266 .207 .219 .184 .181 .215 .156 .177 .154 |
AB/HR 308.0 --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- 346.0 --.- --.- |
AB/K --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- 6.4 5.4 |
| Totals | K 81 |
HBP 0 |
SH 112 |
SF 0 |
GDP 0 |
SB 23 |
CS 0 |
SB% 1.000 |
BAVG .170 |
OBP .194 |
SLG .201 |
AB/HR 1,514.0 |
AB/K 37.4 |
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| TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEARS 1901-1903 1904-1910 1911 |
TM Cin Bro Bro |
LG NL NL NL |
TEAM NAME Cincinnati Reds Brooklyn Superbas Brooklyn Dodgers |
LEAGUE NAME National League National League National League |
Baseball's all-time Lowest Career Batting Average (.170) player who qualifies as a regular career player. However, he is ranked as one of the Top 10 defensive catchers ever by many writers and researchers. Bill's older brother, Marty Bergen, also was a big league catcher. (see Marty's page) but, unfortunately, known more for his tragic death than his baseball career.
For a complete story on Bill Bergen see SABR Member Al Pepper's Web Page on Bill Bergen which contains extensive information on this Mendoza Hero who just missed a career Mendoza Line Trifecta (batting average, on-base average, and slugging average) all below .200. His career slugging percentage of .201 spoiled the record.