John George Bero (December 22, 1922May 11, 1985) was an American

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, a

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who played a total of 65 games in the Major Leagues for the Detroit Tigers and the

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during 1948 and 1951. Bero was a native of

Gary, West Virginia Gary is a city located along the Tug Fork River in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. According to the 2020 census, the city had a population of 762. It was named for Elbert Henry Gary, one of the founders of U.S. Steel. The forme ...

, who attended

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. He batted

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, threw

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, stood tall and weighed . He played 61 games as a shortstop and second baseman for the 1951 Browns,

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.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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