Charles Joseph Berry (September 6, 1860 – January 22, 1940) was an American
second baseman in
Major League Baseball whose career consisted of one season in the
Union Association
The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for just the 1884 season. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season.
Seven of the twelve teams who were in the Association at some poi ...
. He was born in
.
In his one season, Berry
batted .224 (38-for-170) with one
home run and 21
runs in 43
games played
Games played (GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.
Basebal ...
. After the conclusion of his professional sports career, he worked for the
Ingersoll Rand Company.
["The Obit for Charles J. Berry"](_blank)
. TheDeadBallEra.com. Accessed October 29, 2006. (Note that age of death is incorrect according to birth/death information a
Baseball-Reference
Berry died in
Phillipsburg, New Jersey at the age of 79,
and was buried at the
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
"Charlie Berry Stats"
Baseball-Almanac.com. Accessed October 29, 2006.
His son, Charlie Jr., was more successful in professional sports. He played both baseball and football
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on a major league level and later became an American League umpire and a head linesman for the NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...
.
See also
* List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
References
External links
RetrosheetThe Baseball Page
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1860 births
1940 deaths
Major League Baseball second basemen
19th-century baseball players
Altoona Mountain Citys players
Kansas City Cowboys (UA) players
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies players
Baseball players from New Jersey
Sportspeople from Warren County, New Jersey
Haverhill (minor league baseball) players
Burials in New Jersey
Sportspeople from Elizabeth, New Jersey
People from Phillipsburg, New Jersey