Dale Berra
Pittsburgh Pirates 1977–1984; New York Yankees 1985–1986; Houston Astros 1987
Percentile snapshot
1983 season — qualified batters
of 131 qualified 1983 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 17 | 41 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .195 | .200 | .395 | -3.1 | 6.2 | .184 | -0.4 |
| 1978 | 56 | 151 | 135 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .207 | .285 | .356 | .640 | 70.7 | 76.2 | .292 | 0.1 |
| 1979 | 44 | 138 | 123 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .272 | .325 | .597 | 53.5 | 60.2 | .271 | -0.2 |
| 1980 | 93 | 268 | 245 | 21 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 16 | 52 | 2 | 0 | .220 | .269 | .343 | .612 | 59.4 | 69.0 | .273 | -0.1 |
| 1981 | 81 | 254 | 232 | 21 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 34 | 11 | 1 | .241 | .302 | .319 | .621 | 70.0 | 73.9 | .290 | 0.2 |
| 1982 | 156 | 583 | 529 | 64 | 139 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 33 | 83 | 6 | 6 | .263 | .306 | .386 | .692 | 83.6 | 90.0 | .310 | 1.6 |
| 1983 | 161 | 607 | 537 | 51 | 135 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 52 | 61 | 84 | 8 | 5 | .251 | .327 | .358 | .684 | 83.1 | 88.5 | .310 | 1.6 |
| 1984 | 136 | 500 | 450 | 31 | 100 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 52 | 34 | 78 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .273 | .318 | .591 | 59.2 | 66.4 | .269 | -0.1 |
| 1985 | 48 | 118 | 109 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .229 | .276 | .321 | .597 | 65.5 | 65.7 | .272 | 0.0 |
| 1986 | 42 | 121 | 108 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .294 | .352 | .646 | 77.2 | 77.0 | .293 | 0.2 |
| 1987 | 19 | 54 | 45 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .296 | .244 | .541 | 37.6 | 48.8 | .238 | -0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-05-30 | ATL @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1983-06-20 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1982-09-08 | NYM @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1980-06-01 | NYM @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 1982-06-12 | PIT @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.