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Reno Bertoia

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: January 8, 1935 in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy it

Died: April 15, 2011 in Windsor, Canada

Buried: Heavenly Rest Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, ON

High School: Assumption HS (Windsor, ON)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: September 22, 1953 (Age 18-257d, 11,066th in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 28, 1962 (Age 27-110d)
vs. LAA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Pierino Peter Bertoia

Pronunciation: \bur-TOY-ah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

1745

425

.244

204

RBI

171

OBP

.303

SLG

.336

OPS

.639

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
2	2	Apr 14	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 15	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
4	4	Apr 16 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 16 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 18	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 21	MIN		WSA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 22	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 23	MIN		WSA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 24	MIN	@	KCA	W,10-6	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
11	11	Apr 25	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-20	CG	50	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 27	MIN	@	LAA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 28	MIN	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	50	11.2	0	4	0	4	0	3B
14	14	Apr 29	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
15	15	Apr 30	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	CG	51	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
17	17	May 2	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
18	18	May 3	MIN		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
19	19	May 4	MIN		NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
20	20	May 5	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	21	May 7	MIN		BOS	L,9-11	GS	32	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
22	25 (3)	May 12	MIN		LAA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	26	May 13	MIN		LAA	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
24	27	May 14	MIN		LAA	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
25	28	May 15	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B
26	29	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
27	30	May 18	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	GS	26	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
28	37 (6)	May 24	MIN		DET	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	38	May 25	MIN		DET	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
30	39	May 26	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	GS	20	5.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
31	40	May 27	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-14	CG	46	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
32	43 (2)	May 30 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to Kansas City Athletics
33	42	Jun 3	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
34	43	Jun 4	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
35	44	Jun 5 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS	21	5.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
36	45	Jun 5 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
37	46	Jun 6	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
38	47	Jun 7	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
39	48	Jun 8 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
40	49	Jun 8 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
41	50	Jun 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
42	51	Jun 10	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
43	52	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
44	53	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	54	Jun 12	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	55	Jun 13	KCA	@	MIN	L,6-8	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	56	Jun 14	KCA	@	MIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
48	57	Jun 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	3B
49	58	Jun 16	KCA		LAA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	59	Jun 17	KCA		LAA	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
51	60	Jun 18	KCA		LAA	L,3-5	CG	46	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	61	Jun 19	KCA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
53	62	Jun 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
54	63	Jun 21	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
55	64	Jun 22	KCA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
56	65	Jun 23	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
57	66	Jun 24	KCA		BOS	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
58	67	Jun 25 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
59	68	Jun 25 (2)	KCA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
60	69	Jun 27 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
61	70	Jun 27 (2)	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
62	71	Jun 28	KCA		BAL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
63	73 (1)	Jun 30	KCA		MIN	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	74	Jul 1	KCA		MIN	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
65	84 (9)	Jul 9	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	97 (12)	Jul 26	KCA		CLE	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
67	98	Jul 27	KCA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Detroit Tigers
68	106	Aug 3	DET		WSA	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	107	Aug 4	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
70	108	Aug 5	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
71	109	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
72	110	Aug 6 (2)	DET		CLE	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
73	111	Aug 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
74	112	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
75	113	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
76	118 (4)	Aug 15 (2)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR 2B
77	124 (5)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	132 (7)	Aug 29	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
79	133	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	134	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	136 (1)	Sep 2	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
82	139 (2)	Sep 4 susp	DET	@	BAL	L,1-4	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
83	140	Sep 5	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B SS
84	141	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	29	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
85	144 (2)	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
86	145	Sep 12	DET		KCA	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
87	148 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
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