Johnny Bero

American baseball player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican baseball player
PlacesUnited States of America
wasAthlete Baseball player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth22 December 1922, Gary
Death11 May 1985 (aged 62 years)
The details

Biography

John George Bero (December 22, 1922 – May 11, 1985) was an American professional baseball player, a shortstop who played a total of 65 games in the Major Leagues for the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Browns during 1948 and 1951. Bero was a native of Gary, West Virginia, who attended Western Michigan University. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg).
He played 61 games as a shortstop and second baseman for the 1951 Browns, batting .213 with all of his 34 MLB hits. He played his final game with the Browns on July 22 and two days later was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers. He spent the rest of his career in minor league baseball.

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