Here’s
a 1976 “not so missing” career-capper for former Gold-Glove
centerfielder Ken Berry, who wrapped up a nice 14-year Major League
career in 1975 with the Cleveland Indians:
Berry appeared in 25 games for the Tribe during his last taste of Big
League ball, batting an even .200 with eight hits over 40 at-bats,
scoring six runs with one run batted in.
He twice was awarded a Gold Glove for his work in the outfield, in 1970
during his final season with the Chicago White Sox, the team he came up
with in 1962, and again in 1972 in his second season with the California
Angels, for whom he played between 1971 and 1973.
He’d spend the 1974 season with the Milwaukee Brewers, where he hit .240 over 98 games, before that last year with the Indians.
By the time he retired, he finished with a .255 batting average, with
1053 hits over 4136 at-bats in 1384 games, with 422 runs scored and 343
runs batted in, and an All-Star nod back in 1967.