Damon Berryhill

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: December 3, 1963 in South Laguna, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the 1983 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA) and the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th) of the 1984 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA).

High School: Laguna Beach HS (Laguna Beach, CA)

School: Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA)

Debut: September 5, 1987 (Age 23-276d, 15,390th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1997 (Age 33-299d)
vs. SDP 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Alan Meersand

Full Name: Damon Scott Berryhill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

2030

488

.240

175

RBI

257

OBP

.288

SLG

.368

OPS

.656

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 47 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 1 tying, 14 go ahead

5 Tms
CHC	18
ATL	18
BOS	6
SFG	3
CIN	2

Platoon
vs RHP	37
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Home	30
Away	17

Outs
1	25
2	12
0	10

19 Opps
HOU	8
NYM	5
SFG	4
MON	4
STL	3
PIT	3
PHI	3
COL	2
SDP	2
CIN	2
LAD	2
FLA	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CAL	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
NYY	1
CLE	1

46 Pitchers
Pete Harnisch	2
Paul McClellan	1
Darryl Kile	1
Richie Lewis	1
Rod Beck	1
Melido Perez	1
John Smiley	1
Bob Walk	1
Doug Drabek	1
Heathcliff Slocumb	1
Mike LaCoss	1
Fernando Valenzuela	1
David Cone	1
Eric Show	1
Dwight Gooden	1
Omar Daal	1
Roger Bailey	1
Dave Fleming	1
Jim Deshaies	1
José Rijo	1
Héctor Fajardo	1
Dave Meads	1
Bob Tewksbury	1
Dave Telgheder	1
Rick Mahler	1
Salomé Barojas	1
Rheal Cormier	1
Tim Scott	1
Mike Scott	1
Jeff Robinson	1
Joaquín Andújar	1
José Bautista	1
Brian Williams	1
Luis Aquino	1
Bruce Ruffin	1
Mike Birkbeck	1
Rob Murphy	1
John Burke	1
Larry Andersen	1
Julián Tavárez	1
Wally Whitehurst	1
Dennis Martínez	1
José Paniagua	1
Phil Leftwich	1
Terry Mulholland	1
Tim Belcher	1

15 Parks
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	12
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	11
3Com Park (SFO)	4
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	15
7	12
89	11
8	5
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	11
2	8
3	7
4	7
5	5
6	3
Unk	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	10
12-	6
1-3	3
123	1
--3	1
-2-	1

80 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	25
1 on	12
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	22

Inning
1	2
2	8
3	5
4	5
5	3
6	7
7	6
8	6
9	2
Extra	3

1-3	15
4-6	15
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	2
+2	7
+1	5
Tied	10
-1	5
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	3

Ahead	22
Tied	10
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	11
1-0	6
2-2	6
3-2	4
2-1	4
2-0	4
0-2	3
Unk	3
1-2	2
0-1	2
1-1	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	45
PH	2

OrderPos
7th	21
8th	10
6th	10
9th	4
5th	2

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1988-06-02	CHC	@	NYM	David Cone	tied 0-0	t 10	0	---	3,(0-2) SCX	1	7	2	0.360	86%		Home Run (CF-RF)
2	2	2	1	1988-07-22	CHC		SDP	Eric Show	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	6,(2-2) BCFFBX	1	8	2	0.071	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	1988-08-22	CHC		HOU	Mike Scott	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	7	2	0.194	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Palmeiro Scores
4	4	4	2	1988-08-22	CHC		HOU	Joaquín Andújar	behind 3-4	b 8	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	2	0.554	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Palmeiro Scores; V. Law Scores/unER
5	5	5	1	1988-08-23	CHC		HOU	Dave Meads	ahead 6-2	b 7	1	1--	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	2	7	2	0.019	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); V. Law Scores
6	6	6	1	1988-09-13	CHC	@	PHI	Salomé Barojas	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	123	4,(2-1) BBFX	4	7	2	0.075	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Dawson Scores; R. Palmeiro Scores; V. Law Scores
7	7	7	1	1988-09-30	CHC		PIT	Jeff Robinson	behind 4-7	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.057	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1989-05-01	CHC	@	SFG	Mike LaCoss	tied 3-3	t 12	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	7	2	0.356	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
9	9	2	1	1989-07-09	CHC		LAD	Fernando Valenzuela	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	7,(3-2) BFBSFBX	2	7	2	0.206	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); V. Law Scores
10	10	3	1	1989-07-29	CHC		NYM	Wally Whitehurst	ahead 3-2	b 3	2	---	5,(2-2) FBFBX	1	6	2	0.108	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	4	1	1989-07-31 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	Terry Mulholland	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	6	2	0.087	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	5	1	1989-08-03	CHC	@	PHI	Bruce Ruffin	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.114	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1990-09-18	CHC		PIT	John Smiley	ahead 3-1	b 1	1	12-	4,(0-2) SFFX	3	7	2	0.142	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Salazar Scores; S. Dunston Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1991-04-14	CHC		PIT	Bob Walk	tied 3-3	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	0.186	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Berryhill Scores
15	15	2	1	1991-05-08	CHC	@	HOU	Pete Harnisch	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.104	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Berryhill Scores
16	16	3	1	1991-05-21	CHC	@	NYM	Dwight Gooden	behind 5-8	t 6	1	---	7,(3-2) CBSBFBX	1	8	2	0.074	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Berryhill Scores
17	17	4	1	1991-05-25	CHC		MON	Rick Mahler	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1-3	2,(0-1) FX	3	6	2	0.216	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Sandberg Scores; A. Dawson Scores; D. Berryhill Scores
18	18	5	1	1991-09-07	CHC		SFG	Paul McClellan	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	5,(2-2) SB1SBX	2	6	2	0.188	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); G. Bell Scores; D. Berryhill Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1992-04-24	ATL		HOU	Darryl Kile	behind 1-4	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.089	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Berryhill Scores
20	20	2	1	1992-04-26	ATL		HOU	Pete Harnisch	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	0.143	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Berryhill Scores
21	21	3	1	1992-04-29	ATL		CHC	Heathcliff Slocumb	ahead 5-0	b 8	1	1-3	6,(2-2) FBBSFX	3	7	2	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Justice Scores; S. Bream Scores; D. Berryhill Scores
22	22	4	1	1992-05-09	ATL	@	STL	Rheal Cormier	ahead 5-0	t 3	1	1-3	3,(1-1) LBX	3	7	2	0.039	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Justice Scores; B. Hunter Scores; D. Berryhill Scores/unER
23	23	5	1	1992-05-19	ATL		STL	Bob Tewksbury	behind 0-3	b 6	1	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	2	0.177	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Justice Scores; D. Berryhill Scores
24	24	6	1	1992-05-22	ATL	@	MON	Dennis Martínez	behind 0-7	t 8	1	---	5,(2-2) SBCBX	1	5	2	0.002	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Berryhill Scores
25	25	7	1	1992-08-05	ATL		CIN	Tim Belcher	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.032	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Berryhill Scores
26	26	8	1	1992-08-13	ATL		SDP	Larry Andersen	tied 3-3	b 9	1	---	5,(2-2) .FBSBX	1	9	PH	0.426	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Berryhill Scores
27	27	9	1	1992-08-31 (2)	ATL	@	NYM	Mike Birkbeck	ahead 4-2	t 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	6	2	0.086	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Berryhill Scores
28	28	10	1	1992-09-12	ATL	@	HOU	Brian Williams	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	7	2	0.225	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Bream Scores; D. Berryhill Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1993-04-29	ATL		FLA	Richie Lewis	behind 4-6	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.122	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
30	30	2	1	1993-04-30	ATL		STL	Rob Murphy	tied 2-2	b 11	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.420	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	3	1	1993-06-11	ATL		CIN	José Rijo	behind 2-4	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.117	40%		Home Run (Line Drive)
32	32	4	1	1993-06-14	ATL		NYM	Dave Telgheder	behind 1-7	b 8	1	1--	4,(1-2) FBFX	2	7	2	0.017	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Justice Scores
33	33	5	1	1993-07-03	ATL		FLA	Luis Aquino	behind 1-2	b 4	1	12-		3	7	2	0.296	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Justice Scores; R. Gant Scores
34	34	6	1	1993-08-25	ATL	@	SFG	Rod Beck	ahead 7-1	t 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball); F. McGriff Scores
35	35	7	1	1993-09-08	ATL	@	LAD	Omar Daal	ahead 6-0	t 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.018	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Pendleton Scores
36	36	8	1	1993-09-29	ATL		HOU	Doug Drabek	behind 0-1	b 2	1	12-		3	7	2	0.250	73%		Home Run (CF-RF); F. McGriff Scores; T. Pendleton Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1994-05-22	BOS	@	MIN	Jim Deshaies	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	8	2	0.106	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
38	38	2	1	1994-05-26	BOS		CLE	Julián Tavárez	ahead 3-2	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.084	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	3	1	1994-05-27	BOS	@	TEX	Héctor Fajardo	behind 1-2	t 7	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.335	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Greenwell Scores/unER; D. Berryhill Scores/unER
40	40	4	1	1994-06-28	BOS		NYY	Melido Perez	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.075	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
41	41	5	1	1994-07-20	BOS	@	CAL	Phil Leftwich	behind 0-4	t 3	1	1--	10,(3-2) FCBBFFFBF>X	2	9	2	0.117	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); W. Chamberlain Scores
42	42	6	1	1994-07-23 (1)	BOS		SEA	Dave Fleming	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	---	4,(1-2) BSFX	1	9	2	0.074	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1995-06-18	CIN		MON	Tim Scott	ahead 8-6	b 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0.091	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Lewis Scores
44	44	2	1	1995-07-04	CIN		SFG	José Bautista	ahead 7-6	b 7	2	12-	4,(2-1) .BBFX	3	9	PH	0.183	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Santiago Scores; M. Lewis Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1997-06-29	SFG	@	COL	Roger Bailey	ahead 4-0	t 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.046	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
46	46	2	1	1997-07-06	SFG		COL	John Burke	ahead 6-0	b 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.011	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Berryhill Scores
47	47	3	1	1997-08-17	SFG		MON	José Paniagua	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	12-		3	8	2	0.128	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Snow Scores; S. Javier Scores

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HOU	8
NYM	5
SFG	4
MON	4
STL	3
PIT	3
PHI	3
COL	2
SDP	2
CIN	2
LAD	2
FLA	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CAL	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
NYY	1
CLE	1

HOU	8
NYM	5
SFG	4
MON	4
STL	3
PIT	3
PHI	3
COL	2
SDP	2
CIN	2
LAD	2
FLA	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CAL	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
NYY	1
CLE	1

HOU	8
NYM	5
SFG	4
MON	4
STL	3
PIT	3
PHI	3
COL	2
SDP	2
CIN	2
LAD	2
FLA	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CAL	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
NYY	1
CLE	1