Bernie DeViveiros

Bernard John DeViveiros (April 19, 1901 – July 5, 1994) was an American 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."

DeViveiros died on July 5, 1994. He was interred at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.

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• 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.

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