Heinie Berger
{{short description|American baseball player (1882-1954)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Heinie Berger
|position=Pitcher
|image=File:Heinie Berger 1921.jpg
|caption=Berger at an old-timers' game in 1921
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1882|1|7|mf=y}}
|birth_place=LaSalle, Illinois, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1954|2|10|1882|1|7}}
|death_place=Lakewood, Ohio, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 6
|debutyear=1907
|debutteam=Cleveland Naps
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 22
|finalyear=1910
|finalteam=Cleveland Naps
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=32–29
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=337
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=2.60
|teams=
- Cleveland Naps ({{baseball year|1907}}–{{baseball year|1910}})
}}
Charles Carl "Heinie" Berger (January 7, 1882 – February 10, 1954) was an American professional baseball pitcher. Berger played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four seasons for the Cleveland Naps from 1907 to 1910.
Biography
Berger, a native of Greenfield, Indiana, started his professional baseball career with the Spring Lake Park semi-pro team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/103594686/|title = The Daily Reporter from Greenfield, Indiana on August 20, 1954 · Page 1}} In 1905 and 1906 he won 25 and 28 games respectively with the Columbus Senators of the American Association before coming to the majors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=berger001cha|title=Heinie Berger Minor Leagues Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=June 8, 2024}}
He made his major league debut May 6, 1907, and played his final game on July 22, 1910. His best years were 1908 and 1909, with Berger winning 13 games in each of those seasons. He started 68 games for the Naps and ended his career with a 32–29 win loss record and a 2.60 earned run average. In 1909, he led all American League pitchers, striking out an average of 5.90 batters per 9-innings pitched. He struck out a total of 162 batters in 1909, 3rd in the American League. Berger also led the league in wild pitches in 1909 with 13.{{cite web|title=Heinie Berger|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=July 8, 2023|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bergehe01.shtml}}{{cite news|title=Berger|newspaper=The Hancock Democrat|date=June 24, 1909|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hancock-democrat-heinie-berger/127943595/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Beginnings of H. Berger|newspaper=The Piqua Daily Call|date=March 6, 1908|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-piqua-daily-call-berger/127943989/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Berger died of a heart attack in 1954 in Cleveland.{{cite news|title=Chas. Heinie Berger Dies At Cleveland|newspaper=Greenfield Daily Reporter|date=February 15, 1954|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-reporter-heinie-berger/127941769/|via=Newspapers.com}} He was buried at Lake View Cemetery Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
References
External links
{{Baseballstats|br=b/bergehe01|brm=berger001cha}}
- {{Find a Grave|4331}}
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Category:People from LaSalle, Illinois
Category:Baseball players from LaSalle County, Illinois
Category:Cleveland Naps players
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Sportspeople from Lakewood, Ohio
Category:Baseball players from Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Category:Columbus Senators players
Category:Mobile Sea Gulls players
Category:Nashville Vols players
Category:Burials at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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