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Bill Bergen
William Aloysius Bergen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 184 lb.

Debut May 6, 1901
Final Game September 20, 1911
Born June 13, 1878 in North Brookfield, MA
Died December 19, 1943 in Worcester, MA

Brother of Marty Bergen

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1901 23 CIN NL  87  308   15   55   6  4   1   17   2      8      .179  .199  .234   29   72  10           0    
 1902 24 CIN NL  89  322   19   58   8  3   0   36   2     14      .180  .214  .224   30   72   6           0    
 1903 25 CIN NL  58  207   21   47   4  2   0   19   2      7      .227  .252  .266   41   55   4           0    
 1904 26 BRO NL  96  329   17   60   4  2   0   12   3      9      .182  .204  .207   28   68   9           0    
 1905 27 BRO NL  79  247   12   47   3  2   0   22   4      7      .190  .213  .219   32   54  11           0    
 1906 28 BRO NL 103  353    9   56   3  3   0   19   2      7      .159  .175  .184   16   65  12           0    
 1907 29 BRO NL  51  138    2   22   3  0   0   14   1      1      .159  .165  .181   12   25   4           0    
 1908 30 BRO NL  99  302    8   53   8  2   0   15   1      5      .175  .189  .215   31   65  13           0    
 1909 31 BRO NL 112  346   16   48   1  1   1   15   4     10      .139  .163  .156    1   54  16           0    
 1910 32 BRO NL  89  249   11   40   2  1   0   14   0      6  39  .161  .180  .177    6   44  18           0    
 1911 33 BRO NL  84  227    8   30   3  1   0   10   2     14  42  .132  .183  .154   -4   35   9           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     947 3028  138  516  45 21   2  193  23  0  88  81  .170  .194  .201   21  609 112   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        518   24   88   8  4   0   33   4  0  15  14  .170  .194  .201   21  104  19   0   0   0   0
 Career High    112  353   21   60   8  4   1   36   4  0  14  42  .227  .252  .266   41   72  18   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1901 23 CIN NL  326  263   14   1.4    84| .179  .268| .199  .323| .234  .350| .433  .673|  29  .133 -28.3  -3.1     
 1902 24 CIN NL  342  270   15   1.5    84| .180  .277| .214  .333| .224  .340| .438  .673|  30  .176 -28.2  -3.3     
 1903 25 CIN NL  218  164   14   2.2   101| .227  .290| .252  .355| .266  .378| .518  .733|  41  .262 -17.4  -1.9     
 1904 26 BRO NL  347  278   14   1.3    75| .182  .254| .204  .312| .207  .329| .411  .641|  28  .159 -28.3  -3.3     
 1905 27 BRO NL  265  211   11   1.4    78| .190  .257| .213  .317| .219  .335| .432  .652|  32  .154 -20.6  -2.4     
 1906 28 BRO NL  372  309   11   0.9    70| .159  .244| .175  .309| .184  .310| .359  .619|  16  .099 -34.8  -4.2     
 1907 29 BRO NL  143  120    4   0.9    69| .159  .243| .165  .307| .181  .309| .346  .616|  12  .093 -13.9  -1.7     
 1908 30 BRO NL  320  262   12   1.2    69| .175  .242| .189  .303| .215  .312| .404  .615|  31  .164 -24.0  -3.0     
 1909 31 BRO NL  372  314    9   0.8    74| .139  .248| .163  .315| .156  .319| .319  .634|   1  .067 -40.8  -4.9     
 1910 32 BRO NL  273  227    8   0.9    85| .161  .259| .180  .333| .177  .344| .357  .677|   6  .077 -30.6  -3.5     
 1911 33 BRO NL  250  206    6   0.8    92| .132  .263| .183  .340| .154  .363| .337  .703|  -4  .048 -31.8  -3.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3228 2624  118   1.2    79| .170  .258| .194  .321| .201  .334| .395  .655|  21  .126 -298.5 -34.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 23 CIN NL C 87 406 117 16 8 .970 .971 6.01 5.90 4 1902 24 CIN NL C 89 406 137 23 13 .959 .965 6.10 5.82 13 1903 25 CIN NL C 58 251 85 7 3 .980 .967 5.79 5.82 10 1904 26 BRO NL C 93 414 151 24 10 .959 .964 6.08 5.74 8 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.40 1905 27 BRO NL C 76 371 127 24 8 .954 .963 6.55 5.91 12 1906 28 BRO NL C 103 485 149 15 9 .977 .970 6.16 5.83 10 1907 29 BRO NL C 51 175 67 8 3 .968 .971 4.75 5.68 4 1908 30 BRO NL C 99 470 137 7 9 .989 .971 6.13 5.46 7 1909 31 BRO NL C 112 536 202 18 18 .976 .965 6.59 5.79 5 1910 32 BRO NL C 89 373 151 10 15 .981 .973 5.89 5.63 5 1911 33 BRO NL C 84 346 121 9 10 .981 .966 5.56 5.56 6
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1904 26 BRO NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.40 1901 23 CIN NL C 87 406 117 16 8 .970 .971 6.01 5.90 4 1902 24 CIN NL C 89 406 137 23 13 .959 .965 6.10 5.82 13 1903 25 CIN NL C 58 251 85 7 3 .980 .967 5.79 5.82 10 1904 26 BRO NL C 93 414 151 24 10 .959 .964 6.08 5.74 8 1905 27 BRO NL C 76 371 127 24 8 .954 .963 6.55 5.91 12 1906 28 BRO NL C 103 485 149 15 9 .977 .970 6.16 5.83 10 1907 29 BRO NL C 51 175 67 8 3 .968 .971 4.75 5.68 4 1908 30 BRO NL C 99 470 137 7 9 .989 .971 6.13 5.46 7 1909 31 BRO NL C 112 536 202 18 18 .976 .965 6.59 5.79 5 1910 32 BRO NL C 89 373 151 10 15 .981 .973 5.89 5.63 5 1911 33 BRO NL C 84 346 121 9 10 .981 .966 5.56 5.56 6
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 941 4233 1444 161 106 .972 .968 6.03 5.74 84 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 942 4234 1444 161 106 .972 .968 6.03 5.74
An Important note about our fielding stats


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Transactions 

January 16, 1904: Purchased by the Brooklyn Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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