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Benny Bengough
Bernard Oliver Bengough

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 168 lb.
School Niagara University

Debut May 18, 1923
Final Game September 24, 1932
Born July 27, 1898 in Niagara Falls, NY
Died December 22, 1968 in Philadelphia, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 24 NYY AL  19   53    1    7   2  0   0    3   0  0   4   2  .132  .193  .170   -5    9   1           0    
 1924 25 NYY AL  11   16    4    5   1  1   0    3   0  0   2   0  .313  .389  .500  128    8   1           0    
 1925 26 NYY AL  95  283   17   73  14  2   0   23   0  2  19   9  .258  .305  .322   60   91   6           0     MVP-24
 1926 27 NYY AL  36   84    9   32   6  0   0   14   1  0   7   4  .381  .435  .452  132   38   3           1    
 1927 28 NYY AL  31   85    6   21   3  3   0   10   0  3   4   4  .247  .281  .353   66   30   1           0    
 1928 29 NYY AL  58  161   12   43   3  1   0    9   0  0   7   8  .267  .302  .298   60   48   1           1    
 1929 30 NYY AL  23   62    5   12   2  1   0    7   0  0   0   2  .194  .194  .258   18   16   0           0    
 1930 31 NYY AL  44  102   10   24   4  2   0   12   1  0   3   8  .235  .257  .314   46   32   4           0    
 1931 32 SLB AL  40  140    6   35   4  1   0   12   0  3   4   4  .250  .271  .293   46   41   0           0    
 1932 33 SLB AL  54  139   13   35   7  1   0   15   0  1  12   4  .252  .311  .317   59   44   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     411 1125   83  287  46 12   0  108   2  9  62  45  .255  .295  .317   59  357  17   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        443   33  113  18  5   0   43   1  4  24  18  .255  .295  .317   59  141   7   0   0   1   0
 Career High     95  283   17   73  14  3   0   23   1  3  19   9  .258  .305  .322   60   91   6   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 24 NYY AL   58   47    2   1.1   109| .132  .292| .193  .363| .170  .404| .363  .767|  -5  .070  -8.3  -0.8   0%
 1924 25 NYY AL   19   12    3   6.6   112| .313  .298| .389  .368| .500  .409| .889  .776| 128  .639   0.6   0.1   0%
 1925 26 NYY AL  308  218   27   3.3   114| .258  .297| .305  .367| .322  .416| .627  .783|  60  .311 -17.5  -1.6   0%
 1926 27 NYY AL   95   55   17   8.2   109| .381  .289| .435  .360| .452  .405| .887  .765| 132  .737   4.5   0.4 100%
 1927 28 NYY AL   90   68    7   2.7   108| .247  .289| .281  .357| .353  .406| .634  .763|  66  .260  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1928 29 NYY AL  170  119   14   3.1   106| .267  .285| .302  .349| .298  .405| .600  .754|  60  .320  -9.5  -0.9   0%
 1929 30 NYY AL   62   50    3   1.6   107| .194  .284| .194  .350| .258  .410| .452  .760|  18  .112  -7.7  -0.7   0%
 1930 31 NYY AL  109   82    8   2.6   112| .235  .290| .257  .354| .314  .426| .571  .780|  46  .215  -8.6  -0.8 100%
 1931 32 SLB AL  144  108   10   2.5   110| .250  .290| .271  .358| .293  .415| .564  .772|  46  .222 -11.6  -1.1   0%
 1932 33 SLB AL  151  105   13   3.3   116| .252  .293| .311  .364| .317  .430| .628  .794|  59  .319  -8.7  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1206  864  104   3.2   111| .255  .291| .295  .359| .317  .414| .612  .774|  59  .313 -71.6  -6.7  18%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1923 24 NYY AL C 19 58 14 2 2 .973 .976 3.79 4.20 0 1924 25 NYY AL C 11 34 3 0 3 1.000 .971 3.36 4.02 1 1925 26 NYY AL C 94 325 83 3 12 .993 .977 4.34 3.82 3 1926 27 NYY AL C 35 107 36 4 2 .973 .979 4.09 3.95 3 1927 28 NYY AL C 30 114 31 2 0 .986 .974 4.83 3.91 0 1928 29 NYY AL C 58 206 37 2 7 .992 .976 4.19 4.03 2 1929 30 NYY AL C 23 47 8 1 1 .982 .975 2.39 4.04 1 1930 31 NYY AL C 44 171 18 2 2 .990 .984 4.30 4.19 2 1931 32 SLB AL C 37 119 26 2 6 .986 .981 3.92 4.34 0 1932 33 SLB AL C 47 153 30 2 7 .989 .982 3.89 4.23 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1923 24 NYY AL C 19 58 14 2 2 .973 .976 3.79 4.20 0 1924 25 NYY AL C 11 34 3 0 3 1.000 .971 3.36 4.02 1 1925 26 NYY AL C 94 325 83 3 12 .993 .977 4.34 3.82 3 1926 27 NYY AL C 35 107 36 4 2 .973 .979 4.09 3.95 3 1927 28 NYY AL C 30 114 31 2 0 .986 .974 4.83 3.91 0 1928 29 NYY AL C 58 206 37 2 7 .992 .976 4.19 4.03 2 1929 30 NYY AL C 23 47 8 1 1 .982 .975 2.39 4.04 1 1930 31 NYY AL C 44 171 18 2 2 .990 .984 4.30 4.19 2 1931 32 SLB AL C 37 119 26 2 6 .986 .981 3.92 4.34 0 1932 33 SLB AL C 47 153 30 2 7 .989 .982 3.89 4.23 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 398 1334 286 20 42 .988 .978 4.07 4.04 15 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 398 1334 286 20 42 .988 .978 4.07 4.04
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1927   WS    NYY PIT     W   2   4   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .200  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1928   WS    NYY STL     W   4  13   1   3  0  0  0   1   1   1  .231  .286  .231   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   6  17   2   3  0  0  0   1   2   1  .176  .263  .176   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1925-AL-24-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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