Bernie DeViveiros

American baseball player (1901-1994)

Baseball player

Bernie DeViveiros
High school yearbook photo of DeViveiros
Shortstop
Born: (1901-04-19)April 19, 1901 Oakland, California, United States
Died: July 5, 1994(1994-07-05) (aged 93) Oakland, California, United States
Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
September 13, 1924, for the Chicago White Sox
Last appearance
September 14, 1927, for the Detroit Tigers
Career statistics
Batting average	.217
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	2

Teams
Chicago White Sox (1924) Detroit Tigers (1927)

Bernard John DeViveiros (April 19, 1901 – July 5, 1994) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Chicago White Sox in 1924 and the Detroit Tigers in 1927.

In 1951, DeViveiros wrote a section on base running in The Sporting News publication How to Play Baseball."^[1]

Sources

Lodi News-Sentinel - Apr 15, 1954: Newspaper article citing Bernie's efforts to teach and demonstrate sliding and bunting, which he did for 70 years up and down the West Coast of the United States of America.
The Spokesman-Review - Feb 9, 1976: Newspaper article citing Bernie's commitment to teaching safe sliding techniques, like the bent-leg slide, and his never-ending fight against players like Darryl Strawberry.
Portland Tribune - January 31, 2008: Jack Dunn states in this newspaper article that Bernie deViveiros signed Mickey Lolich.

References

^ "How to Play Baseball by Larry Jansen; Ray Schalk; Rogers Hornsby; Bernie deViveiros; George Sisler; Honus Wagner; George Kell; Joe DiMaggio; George Barr - 1951".