Bernie DeViveiros explained

Bernie DeViveiros
Position:	Shortstop
Birth Date:	April 19, 1901
Birth Place:	Oakland, California, United States
Death Place:	Oakland, California, United States
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Debutdate:	September 13
Debutteam:	Chicago White Sox
Finaldate:	September 14
Finalteam:	Detroit Tigers
Stat1label:	Batting average
Stat1value:	.217
Stat2label:	Home runs
Stat2value:	0
Stat3label:	Runs batted in
Stat3value:	2
Teams:	Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers

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

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.

Notes and References

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