Ken Berry (baseball)
| Ken Berry | |||
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| Center fielder | |||
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Born: May 10, 1941 Kansas City, Missouri |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 9, 1962, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 31, 1975, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .255 | ||
| Home runs | 58 | ||
| Runs batted in | 343 | ||
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Allen Kent Berry (born May 10, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a former Major League Baseball center fielder. He was signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before the 1961 season. He played for the White Sox from 1962 until he was traded in 1970 to the California Angels. He also played for the Milwaukee Brewers and finished his career with the Cleveland Indians. Ken won two Gold Glove Awards for his play in the outfield in 1970 and 1972. He played his final Major League Baseball game on May 31, 1975.
Berry is a 1959 graduate of Washburn Rural High School where he starred in football, basketball and track and field. He continued to play football and basketball as a freshman while attending Wichita State University. Berry also played one year in a work/play program for the McPherson (Kansas) BJs in the Ban Johnson League. That year McPherson went to the National Ban Johnson League tournament finals played in Wichita.
Berry was named to the American League All-Star team in 1967, when his White Sox battled the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Minnesota Twins for the pennant all the way down to the last few days of the season.
He led league outfielders in putouts once (1965) and in fielding percentage three times (1970, 1972, and 1973). He tied for the league lead once each in assists and double plays, both in 1972.
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