Bernie DeViveiros

{{Short description|American baseball player (1901–1994)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Bernie DeViveiros | image = Bernie DeViveiros - DPLA - 814dd26a10132628125213c33bdad9e9.jpg | image_size = 200 | alt = | caption = | team = | number = | position = Shortstop | birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|4|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1994|7|5|1901|4|19}} | death_place = Oakland, California, U.S. | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = | debutdate = September 13 | debutyear = {{mlby|1924}} | debutteam = Chicago White Sox | finaldate = September 14 | finalyear = {{mlby|1927}} | finalteam = Detroit Tigers | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .217 | stat2label = Home runs | stat2value = 0 | stat3label = Runs batted in | stat3value = 2 | teams = *Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1924}}) *Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1927}}) | highlights = | update = }} '''Bernard John DeViveiros''' (April 19, 1901 – July 5, 1994) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Chicago White Sox in {{mlby|1924}} and the Detroit Tigers in {{mlby|1927}}.

In 1951, DeViveiros wrote a section on base running in The Sporting News publication ''How to Play Baseball''."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biblio.com/book/how-play-baseball-larry-jansen-ray/d/17124523|title=How to Play Baseball by Larry Jansen; Ray Schalk; Rogers Hornsby; Bernie deViveiros; George Sisler; Honus Wagner; George Kell; Joe DiMaggio; George Barr - 1951}}</ref>

DeViveiros died on July 5, 1994. He was interred at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.<ref>[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=devivbe01 Bernie DeViveiros]</ref>

==Sources== *[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19540415&id=NKUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6656,4716052 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.] *[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19760209&id=q_BLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4877,3771892 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.] *[http://cni.pmgnews.com/component/content/article?id=62644 Portland Tribune - January 31, 2008: Jack Dunn states in this newspaper article that Bernie deViveiros signed Mickey Lolich.] ==References== {{Reflist}}

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