Reno Bertoia
1953–1962 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Minnesota Twins, Washington Senators (1901-60)
612G
.244AVG
.303OBP
.336SLG
More career statistics
425H
27HR
171RBI
16SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 15 | 17 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 252 | 255 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,957 | 1,958 |
| Batting · RBI | 171 | 170 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 612 | 1,957 | 1,745 | 204 | 425 | 60 | 10 | 27 | 171 | 142 | 252 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 586 | .244 | .303 | .336 | .639 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1956-09-11 to 1957-04-27
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1957-07-19 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1958-09-17 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1960-07-27 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 304 | 942 | 217 | 16 | 86 | 67 | 121 | .257 | .301 | .363 |
| Away | 308 | 1016 | 208 | 11 | 84 | 75 | 134 | .231 | .279 | .310 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 79 | 294 | 71 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 37 | .271 | .330 | .385 |
| May | 131 | 458 | 99 | 7 | 44 | 30 | 58 | .243 | .282 | .312 |
| June | 119 | 359 | 79 | 2 | 32 | 30 | 50 | .250 | .304 | .304 |
| July | 91 | 256 | 52 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 26 | .227 | .266 | .354 |
| August | 98 | 326 | 65 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 42 | .221 | .261 | .313 |
| September | 93 | 261 | 59 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 42 | .252 | .303 | .380 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 95 | 319 | 62 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 41 | .220 | .263 | .266 |
| boston-red-sox | 93 | 289 | 67 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 37 | .258 | .298 | .346 |
| new-york-yankees | 83 | 278 | 51 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 41 | .211 | .273 | .281 |
| baltimore-orioles | 82 | 253 | 55 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 32 | .237 | .273 | .405 |
| chicago-white-sox | 76 | 249 | 50 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 26 | .225 | .277 | .329 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 76 | 259 | 66 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 32 | .287 | .336 | .396 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 37 | 81 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | .256 | .284 | .359 |
| detroit-tigers | 36 | 140 | 40 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | .323 | .343 | .411 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |  Detroit Tigers | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 54 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .162 | – | – |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 10 | – | .206 | – | – |
| 1956 | Detroit Tigers | 22 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 5 | – | .182 | – | – |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers | 97 | 295 | 81 | 4 | 28 | 2 | .275 | – | – |
| 1958 | Detroit Tigers | 86 | 240 | 56 | 6 | 27 | 5 | .233 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 90 | 308 | 73 | 8 | 29 | 2 | .237 | – | – |
| 1960 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 121 | 460 | 122 | 4 | 44 | 3 | .265 | – | – |
| 1961 | Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Minnesota Twins | 98 | 270 | 61 | 2 | 25 | 3 | .226 | – | – |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |