Dale Berra

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Dale Berra
Shortstop, Third Baseman
Born: December 13, 1956 (1956-12-13) (age 51)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 22, 1977
for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Final game
October 4, 1987
for the Houston Astros
Career statistics
AVG     .236
HR     49
RBI     278
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Led N.L. in Intentional Walks (19) in 1983

Dale Anthony Berra, aka Boo Boo, (born December 13, 1956 in Ridgewood, New Jersey), is a former Major League Baseball player who primarily played as an infielder from 1977 through 1987. The son of former Yankee great Yogi Berra, Dale was a highly sought prospect in the 1975 draft. Although he had a promising baseball future ahead of him, the younger Berra never lived up to his father's greatness. Lost in obscurity and tarnished with drug problems, Berra's career quickly diminished after 1986 when Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth fined him 10 percent of his annual salary for admitting in the Pittsburgh drug trials that he was a drug user. He played more games than any son of a Hall-of-Famer, topping Dick Sisler.

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