Bill Bergen

Catcher

1901—1911

Player LeveL
Journeyman
Top 100 Rank
NR
Catcher RANK
NR

Player Detail

William Aloysius
GIVEN NAME
Bergen
SURNAME
June 13, 1878, in North Brookfield, MA
BORN
December 19, 1943, in Worcester, MA, USA
DIED
1901—1911
Playing Career
Played from 23-33
PLAYING AGE
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Teams Played For
Catcher
PRIMARY POSITION
Brooklyn Superbas
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#8 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 184
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
May 6, 1901
Major League Debut
September 20, 1911
FINAL GAME

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20

HITTING

20

POWER

30

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

70

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
947
516
2
193
.170

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
-9.8
43.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.395
.602
65.6

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.170
.194
.201

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Red Dooin
Johnny Kling

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Bill Bergen Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bergen
563
96
26
8
4
36
16
78
4
113
112
.170
.194
.201
395
AVG C
542
130
51
18
6
2
39
54
12
165
174
.240
.297
.305
.602

Bill Bergen Rankings

AT Catcher BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Catcher BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Bill Bergen PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
-13.5
-6.2
-2.0
-1.9
-2.30
53.0
34.7
25.3
17.3
4.40
BLUE = Bill Bergen
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
52.0
41.1
27.8
20.5
8.8
307.6
181.0
130.7
87.6
24.8
BLUE = Bill Bergen
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C