Joseph Howard Berry, Sr. (September 20, 1872 – March 13, 1961) was an American

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player who appeared in one

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game with the

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in . He was a

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and threw right-handed. Berry's son, Joseph Howard Berry, Jr., had a brief career with the

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from 1921 to 1922.

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