Boze Berger

Boze Berger
Boze Berger
	Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
	Born: May 13, 1910; Baltimore, Maryland
	Died: November 3, 1992 (aged 82); Bethesda, Maryland
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	August 17, 1932, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
	September 30, 1939, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average	.236
Home runs	13
Runs batted in	97
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Cleveland Indians (1932), (1935–1936); Chicago White Sox (1937–1938); Boston Red Sox (1939);

Louis William "Boze" Berger (May 13, 1910 – November 3, 1992) was an infielder who played for the Cleveland Indians (1932, 1935–1936), Chicago White Sox (1938) and Boston Red Sox (1939). Berger batted and threw right-handed.

In a six-season career, Berger was a .236 hitter with 13 home runs and 97 RBI in 343 games played.

He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was also a two-time All-American forward for the University of Maryland basketball team from 1929–1932, where he led the Southern Conference in scoring in 1931 with 19.1 points per game. His #6 jersey has been honored by the university.

Berger died in Bethesda, Maryland, at the age of 82. He was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982.^[1]

Best season (baseball)

1935: 119 hits, 27 doubles, five triples, 62 runs, 43 RBI, 124 games – all career-highs

References

^ University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame: All-Time Inductees Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, University of Maryland, retrieved June 12, 2009.

External links

Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Retrosheet
Boze Berger at Find a Grave
UMTerps.com Basketball Media Guide^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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