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b. March 9, 1942 · Kansas City Athletics 1964–1967, Oakland Athletics 1968–1976, Texas Rangers 1977–1979, California Angels 1979–1981, New York Yankees 1983

Bert Campaneris played shortstop for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics for his first 13 seasons before moving to Texas, California and, for one final year, the Yankees, retiring in 1983.

He stole 649 bases, one of the higher totals in this database, batting .259 with 2,249 hits over 2,328 games and scoring 1,181 runs across two decades in the majors. He also pitched once, working an inning without a decision.

He took the Babe Ruth Award in 1973 and was a Sporting News All-Star twice, a recognition that ran alongside six genuine All-Star selections between 1968 and 1977.

Pueblo Nuevo, Cuba produced him on March 9, 1942; he batted and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	6	1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977
The Sporting News All-Star	2	1973, 1974
Babe Ruth Award	1	1973
Player of the Week	1	1976

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1964	KCA	67	269	27	69	14	3	4	22	15	41	10	.257
1965	KCA	144	578	67	156	23	12	6	42	41	71	51	.270
1966	KCA	142	573	82	153	29	10	5	42	25	72	52	.267
1967	KCA	147	601	85	149	29	6	3	32	36	82	55	.248
1968	OAK	159	642	87	177	25	9	4	38	50	69	62	.276
1969	OAK	135	547	71	142	15	2	2	25	30	62	62	.260
1970	OAK	147	603	97	168	28	4	22	64	36	73	42	.279
1971	OAK	134	569	80	143	18	4	5	47	29	64	34	.251
1972	OAK	149	625	85	150	25	2	8	32	32	88	52	.240
1973	OAK	151	601	89	150	17	6	4	46	50	79	34	.250
1974	OAK	134	527	77	153	18	8	2	41	47	81	34	.290
1975	OAK	137	509	69	135	15	3	4	46	50	71	24	.265
1976	OAK	149	536	67	137	14	1	1	52	63	80	54	.256
1977	TEX	150	552	77	140	19	7	5	46	47	86	27	.254
1978	TEX	98	269	30	50	5	3	1	17	20	36	22	.186
1979	CAL/TEX	93	248	29	57	4	4	0	15	20	35	13	.230
1980	CAL	77	210	32	53	8	1	2	18	14	33	10	.252
1981	CAL	55	82	11	21	2	1	1	10	5	10	5	.256
1983	NYY	60	143	19	46	5	0	0	11	8	9	6	.322
Career	—	2328	8684	1181	2249	313	86	79	646	618	1142	649	.259

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1965	KCA	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	2	1	9.00
Career	—	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	2	1	9.00

On this day & linked events

1942

Born March 9, 1942

Pueblo Nuevo, Matanzas, Cuba

1964

Major-league debut: Bert Campaneris

Bert Campaneris made a major-league debut on July 23, 1964.

1983

Final major-league game: Bert Campaneris

Bert Campaneris played a final major-league game on October 1, 1983.

Image: Dan Lindsey, CC BY-SA 2.0