In 2002 he played in the Futures Game & Pacific Coast All Star Games. By 2003 he was given the job as the Kansas City Royals everyday shortstop replacing Neifi Perez, starting out by making 19 errors in the first two months and was batting under .200 in the ninth spot. Manager Tony Pena moved him to the leadoff spot and Berroa turned his season around.

He became the fourth Royal to win the ROY Award joining the likes of Lou Pinella (1969) Bob Hamelin (1994) & Carlos Beltran (1999). In 2003 Berroa helped the Royals to one of their best seasons in years as they went 83-79 finishing third, after making a good summer playoff run.
In 2004 he hit a HR with two hits & drove in three runs helping the Royals beat the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, in an interleague game. Berroa dropped to .264 that year & never matched his rookie numbers again. In four more seasons in Kansas City he hit a best .270 with 11 HRs 55 RBIs in 2005.

He started 2008 at AAA then got traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Juan Rivera. He hit .230 there and was released at the end of the season. He was signed by the AL New York club in 2009 but was released after 21 games batting just .136.
The New York Mets signed him as a free agent when Jose Reyes, Alex Cora and anyone else who could play short stop got hurt in 2009. Berroa played in 14 games for the ’09 Mets going only 4-27 (.148 batting average) with two RBIs.

The Dodgers signed him to a minor league contract for 2010 but was released in March & then he was signed by the San Francisco Giants. That season he batted .205 in just 26 games at AAA Fresno in the Pacific Coast League. In July 2011 he signed with the Arizona D-backs, playing briefly in their AAA Reno team.
He completed his career with stints in both the Mexican League (2015) & the Independent New Jersey Jackals in 2012.

In a nine year career he hit .258 with 665 hits 118 doubles 21 trriples 46 HRs 254 RBIs 50 steals & a .303 on base % with 329 runs scored.
Family: He is the son in law of former Kansas City Royal player (1978) Luis Silverio, who played in just eight games at the MLB level but has spent over 30 years in their organization.
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