| SIGNER: Lou Berberet APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3"x5" MARKS / STAMPING: Hand-signed by Lou Berberet ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original COMMENTS / CONDITION: As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for signature quality and photo condition. BIO: Louis Joseph Berberet was born in 1929 in Long Beach, CA and died in 2004 in Las Vegas, NV. He went to college at Santa Clara University. He played major league baseball from 1954 to 1960 as catcher for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers. Longtime Washington Senators announcer Bob Wolff tells of the time Berberet, the team's catcher, settled under a pop fly, threw away the glove and attempted to make the catch with his mask but never touched the ball. In another instance, he was catching and chewing a chaw of tobacco when a player came down the line and collided with him. Berberet swallowed the tobacco and almost choked. He had to be revived on the field. Aside from the humor in Lou's career, he was an outstanding defensive receiver who made just one error in 59 games in 1956. He then became one of the few catchers to field 1.000 with no errors in 77 games in 1957, and is one of the most efficient catchers in history in throwing out would-be base stealers (51%). After his playing days, Berberet spent several years as a sales manager for a liquor distributor in Long Beach, CA. He then moved to Las Vegas in the mid-seventies where he was a general manager for the Nevada Liquor Company. SKU: CL01366
Item: CL01366
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