Moe Berg
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About
Baseball catcher became better known as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor of the CIA.
Before Fame
Able to speak Japanese, he was chosen to the 1934 U.S. All-Star team that played in Tokyo; and during the trip took footage of the city skyline that later was used in the WW II Doolittle bombing raid.
Trivia
He was a brilliant student, able to speak multiple languages, and was said to be able to speak seven languages, but his lifetime batting average was .243; how me made the All-Star team was never formally disclosed.
Family Life
He was born to a Russian-Jewish family in Manhattan, New York. His father was a pharmacist.
Associated With
He was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, along with other notable baseball players like Shawn Green.
