Joe Berry (second baseman)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1894–1976)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Joe Berry

|image=1916 Penn Quakers backfield.jpg

|caption=Berry (right) with Bert Bell (left) and Ben Derr in 1916 as a member of the Penn Quakers.

|position=Second baseman

|bats=Switch

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|12|31}}

|birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1976|4|29|1894|12|31}}

|death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 18

|debutyear=1921

|debutteam=New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 16

|finalyear=1922

|finalteam=New York Giants

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.333

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• New York Giants ({{baseball year|1921}}–{{baseball year|1922}})

}}

Joseph Howard Berry Jr. (December 31, 1894 – April 29, 1976) was a professional baseball second baseman and pinch runner, and an All-American football halfback.

Berry was an All-American halfback for the University of Pennsylvania in 1916 and 1917. He later played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1921 and 1922, for the New York Giants. In 1921, he appeared in seven games as a second baseman. During 1922, he appeared in six games, exclusively as a pinch runner.

Berry's father, Joseph Howard Berry, Sr., was also a major leaguer, playing for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1902.