Charlie Berry (second baseman)

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|name=Charlie Berry

|image=

|position=Second baseman

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1860|9|6}}

|birth_place=Elizabeth, New Jersey

|death_date={{death date and age|1940|1|22|1860|9|6}}

|death_place=Phillipsburg, New Jersey

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 30

|debutyear=1884

|debutteam=Altoona Mountain City

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 27

|finalyear=1884

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Stogies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.224

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs scored

|stat3value=21

|teams=

|highlights=

}}

Charles Joseph Berry (September 6, 1860 – January 22, 1940) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball whose career consisted of one season in the Union Association. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

In his one-season, Berry batted .224 (38-for-170) with one home run and 21 runs in 43 games played. After the conclusion of his professional sports career, he worked for the Ingersoll Rand Company.[http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Berry.CharlesSr.Obit.html "The Obit for Charles J. Berry"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113000641/http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Berry.CharlesSr.Obit.html |date=November 13, 2006 }}. TheDeadBallEra.com. Accessed October 29, 2006. (Note that age of death is incorrect according to birth/death information at [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/berrych01.shtml Baseball-Reference])

Berry died in Phillipsburg, New Jersey at the age of 79, and was buried at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Elizabeth, New Jersey.[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=berrych01 "Charlie Berry Stats"]. Baseball-Almanac.com. Accessed October 29, 2006.

His son, Charlie Jr., was more successful in professional sports. He played both baseball and football on a major league level and later became an American League umpire and a head linesman for the NFL.