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Dave Bergman

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b. June 6, 1953 · New York Yankees 1975, 1977, Houston Astros 1978–1981, San Francisco Giants 1981–1983, Detroit Tigers 1984–1992

Bergman rarely held an everyday job, but he remained useful for seventeen seasons. His largest workload did not come until 1989, at thirty-six, when he played 137 games for Detroit and collected career highs of 103 hits and 44 walks while hitting .268.

His career produced 690 hits, 100 doubles, 54 home runs, 289 runs batted in and a .258 average across 1,349 games. He played 866 games at first base and 106 in the outfield. Only once did he reach 300 at bats in a season.

Bergman began with the Yankees, played four seasons for Houston and moved to San Francisco during 1981. Detroit acquired him in 1984 and kept him through 1992, a nine-season stay that accounted for more than half his career. He played 87 games in his final year and died in 2015, at sixty-one.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1975 NYY 71700 000 0240 .000
1977 NYY 5411 000 1000 .250
1978 HOU 1041861543 510 1239322 .231
1979 HOU 131546 001 2030 .400
1980 HOU 90781220 610 310101 .256
1981 HOU/SFG 691511738 904 1419182 .252
1982 SFG 1001212233 314 1418113 .273
1983 SFG 901401640 416 2424212 .286
1984 DET 1202714274 857 4433403 .273
1985 DET 69140825 203 714150 .179
1986 DET 651301430 611 921160 .231
1987 DET 911722547 736 2230230 .273
1988 DET 1162893785 1405 3538340 .294
1989 DET 13738538103 1317 3744441 .268
1990 DET 1002052157 1012 2633173 .278
1991 DET 861942346 1017 2935401 .237
1992 DET 871811742 301 1020191 .232
Career 13492679312690 1001654 28938034719 .258

On this day & linked events

1953

Born June 6, 1953

Evanston, IL, USA

2015

Died February 2, 2015

1975

Major-league debut: Dave Bergman

Dave Bergman made a major-league debut on August 26, 1975.

1992

Final major-league game: Dave Bergman

Dave Bergman played a final major-league game on October 4, 1992.

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