Ken Berry

Education

He also played for the Milwaukee Brewers and finished his career with the Cleveland Indians.

Career

He was signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before the 1961 season. He played for the White Sox from 1962 until he was traded in 1970 to the California Angels. He played his final Major League Baseball game on May 31, 1975.

Berry is a 1959 graduate of Washburn Rural High School where he starred in football, basketball and track and field

He continued to play football and basketball as a freshman while attending Wichita State University. Berry also played one year in a work/play program for the McPherson (Kansas) BJs in the Ban Johnson League.

That year McPherson went to the National Ban Johnson League tournament finals played in Wichita. Berry was named to the American League All-Star team in 1967, when his White Sox battled the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Minnesota Twins for the pennant all the way down to the last few days of the season.

He led league outfielders in putouts once (1965) and in fielding percentage three times (1970, 1972, and 1973).

He tied for the league lead once each in assists and double plays, both in 1972. Career batting totals for 1,383 games played include 1,053 hits, 58 home runs, 343 Reserve Bank of India, and a lifetime batting average of.255. Career highlights include:

a 20-consecutive-game hitting streak (May 28, 1967 – June 15, 1967)

eight 4-hit games..the most impressive being three singles and a home run versus the New York Yankees (June 7, 1970)

thirty-nine 3-hit games

one 5-Reserve Bank of India game, including a grand slam against Detroit Tigers right-hander Joe Sparma (June 15, 1968)

three 4-Reserve Bank of India games, including a pair of two-run homers versus the Kansas City Royals (May 15, 1970)

Berry served as the baseball coach for the movie Eight Men Out (1988).

In 2012, Berry---now a grandfather---published two children"s books, Artie the Awesome Apple and Clyde the Clumsy Camel.

Berry was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.

Achievements

• Ken won two Gold Glove Awards for his play in the outfield in 1970 and 1972.