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Charlie Bennett
Charles Wesley Bennett

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 1, 1878
Final Game September 30, 1893
Born November 21, 1854 in New Castle, PA
Died February 24, 1927 in Detroit, MI

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1878 23 MLG NL  49  184   16   45   9  0   1   12         10  26  .245  .284  .310   90   57                    
 1880 25 WOR NL  51  193   20   44   9  3   0   18         10  30  .228  .266  .306   87   59                    
 1881 26 DTN NL  76  299   44   90  18  7   7   64         18  37  .301  .341  .478  149  143                    
 1882 27 DTN NL  84  342   43  103  16 10   5   51         20  33  .301  .340  .450  151  154                    
 1883 28 DTN NL  92  371   56  113  34  7   5   55         26  59  .305  .350  .474  152  176                    
 1884 29 DTN NL  90  341   37   90  18  6   3   40         36  40  .264  .334  .378  130  129                    
 1885 30 DTN NL  91  349   49   94  24 13   5   60         47  37  .269  .356  .456  161  159                    
 1886 31 DTN NL  72  235   37   57  13  5   4   34   4     48  29  .243  .371  .391  129   92                    
 1887 32 DTN NL  46  160   26   39   6  5   3   20   7     30  22  .244  .363  .400  108   64               0    
 1888 33 DTN NL  74  258   32   68  12  4   5   29   4     31  40  .264  .347  .399  137  103               2    
 1889 34 BSN NL  82  247   42   57   8  2   4   28   7     21  43  .231  .296  .328   70   81               2    
 1890 35 BSN NL  85  281   59   60  17  2   3   40   6     72  56  .214  .377  .320   97   90               2    
 1891 36 BSN NL  75  256   35   55   9  3   5   39   3     42  61  .215  .332  .332   85   85               3    
 1892 37 BSN NL  35  114   19   23   4  0   1   16   6     27  23  .202  .355  .263   81   30               0    
 1893 38 BSN NL  60  191   34   40   6  0   4   27   5     40  36  .209  .352  .304   69   58               2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1062 3821  549  978 203 67  55  533  42  0 478 572  .256  .340  .387  118 1480   0   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        583   84  149  31 10   8   81   6  0  73  87  .256  .340  .387  118  226   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High     92  371   59  113  34 13   7   64   7  0  72  61  .305  .377  .478  161  176   0   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1878 23 MLG NL  194  139   16   3.1    71| .245  .272| .284  .291| .310  .335| .594  .626|  90  .455  -1.4  -0.2     
 1880 25 WOR NL  203  149   16   2.9    67| .228  .255| .266  .278| .306  .336| .572  .614|  87  .454  -2.4  -0.3     
 1881 26 DTN NL  317  209   49   6.3    78| .301  .269| .341  .300| .478  .353| .819  .653| 149  .726  17.0   1.8     
 1882 27 DTN NL  362  239   52   5.8    70| .301  .254| .340  .282| .450  .346| .790  .627| 151  .702  19.2   2.1     
 1883 28 DTN NL  397  258   62   6.4    77| .305  .262| .350  .289| .474  .361| .824  .651| 152  .703  24.3   2.5     
 1884 29 DTN NL  377  251   43   4.5    69| .264  .244| .334  .283| .378  .338| .712  .621| 130  .595  13.2   1.4     
 1885 30 DTN NL  396  255   57   5.9    69| .269  .247| .356  .290| .456  .330| .812  .620| 161  .736  25.2   2.8     
 1886 31 DTN NL  283  178   34   4.9    82| .243  .261| .371  .311| .391  .357| .762  .668| 129  .630  11.0   1.2     
 1887 32 DTN NL  190  121   23   5.0   100| .244  .279| .363  .338| .400  .398| .763  .736| 108  .552   2.6   0.3     
 1888 33 DTN NL  291  190   35   4.8    72| .264  .246| .347  .293| .399  .337| .746  .630| 137  .675  12.1   1.4     
 1889 34 BSN NL  270  190   24   3.3   100| .231  .280| .296  .352| .328  .382| .624  .734|  70  .384 -10.9  -1.1     
 1890 35 BSN NL  355  221   34   4.1    94| .214  .268| .377  .346| .320  .363| .697  .709|  97  .513   3.6   0.4     
 1891 36 BSN NL  301  201   28   3.7    97| .215  .273| .332  .349| .332  .372| .664  .721|  85  .469  -4.3  -0.5     
 1892 37 BSN NL  141   91   11   3.2    88| .202  .261| .355  .336| .263  .350| .618  .686|  81  .437  -1.0  -0.1     
 1893 38 BSN NL  233  151   20   3.5   113| .209  .296| .352  .375| .304  .402| .656  .777|  69  .351  -7.5  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     4310 2843  504   4.7    82| .256  .263| .340  .311| .387  .355| .727  .667| 118  .596 100.7  11.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1878 23 MLG NL C 35 176 31 42 4 .831 .891 5.91 6.54 25 OF 20 21 2 9 0 .719 .833 1.15 1.72 0 16 4 1880 25 WOR NL C 46 280 45 31 3 .913 .894 7.07 6.37 30 OF 6 11 2 1 1 .929 .855 2.17 1.77 0 3 3 1881 26 DTN NL C 70 418 85 20 6 .962 .912 7.19 5.94 38 3B 5 9 17 5 2 .839 .861 5.20 3.52 OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .877 1.67 2.00 1 2 0 1882 27 DTN NL C 65 446 70 30 8 .945 .909 7.94 6.48 41 3B 11 24 23 7 2 .870 .842 4.27 3.50 2B 7 18 18 2 2 .947 .896 5.14 6.06 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 5.00 10.30 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 1883 28 DTN NL C 72 333 88 25 11 .944 .884 5.85 5.85 45 2B 15 37 36 11 6 .869 .890 4.87 6.00 OF 12 12 0 2 0 .857 .851 1.00 1.86 1 4 7 1884 29 DTN NL C 80 454 97 50 9 .917 .895 6.89 7.02 49 OF 5 3 1 1 0 .800 .870 0.80 1.76 1 0 4 SS 4 4 10 7 0 .667 .864 3.50 4.25 1B 1 4 1 2 0 .714 .962 5.00 10.30 2B 1 2 5 1 1 .875 .886 7.00 5.70 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.10 1885 30 DTN NL C 62 347 87 38 10 .919 .893 7.00 6.36 18 OF 19 10 2 2 0 .857 .882 0.63 1.82 17 0 2 3B 10 22 17 9 3 .813 .867 3.90 3.22 1886 31 DTN NL C 69 425 84 24 13 .955 .918 7.38 6.74 25 OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .893 1.25 1.70 3 0 1 SS 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .870 4.00 4.20 1887 32 DTN NL C 45 197 57 13 9 .951 .906 5.64 5.91 9 1B 1 4 1 0 2 1.000 .980 5.00 10.40 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1888 33 DTN NL C 73 424 94 18 10 .966 .912 7.10 6.72 14 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 10.50 1889 34 BSN NL C 82 419 74 23 9 .955 .910 6.01 5.71 22 1890 35 BSN NL C 85 448 90 23 8 .959 .926 6.33 6.04 9 1891 36 BSN NL C 75 383 75 19 10 .960 .926 6.11 5.45 12 1892 37 BSN NL C 35 169 31 11 3 .948 .935 5.71 5.58 5 1893 38 BSN NL C 60 204 40 12 1 .953 .936 4.07 4.51 10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1882 27 DTN NL 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 5.00 10.30 1884 29 DTN NL 1B 1 4 1 2 0 .714 .962 5.00 10.30 1887 32 DTN NL 1B 1 4 1 0 2 1.000 .980 5.00 10.40 1888 33 DTN NL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 10.50 1882 27 DTN NL 2B 7 18 18 2 2 .947 .896 5.14 6.06 1883 28 DTN NL 2B 15 37 36 11 6 .869 .890 4.87 6.00 1884 29 DTN NL 2B 1 2 5 1 1 .875 .886 7.00 5.70 1881 26 DTN NL 3B 5 9 17 5 2 .839 .861 5.20 3.52 1882 27 DTN NL 3B 11 24 23 7 2 .870 .842 4.27 3.50 1884 29 DTN NL 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.10 1885 30 DTN NL 3B 10 22 17 9 3 .813 .867 3.90 3.22 1878 23 MLG NL C 35 176 31 42 4 .831 .891 5.91 6.54 25 1880 25 WOR NL C 46 280 45 31 3 .913 .894 7.07 6.37 30 1881 26 DTN NL C 70 418 85 20 6 .962 .912 7.19 5.94 38 1882 27 DTN NL C 65 446 70 30 8 .945 .909 7.94 6.48 41 1883 28 DTN NL C 72 333 88 25 11 .944 .884 5.85 5.85 45 1884 29 DTN NL C 80 454 97 50 9 .917 .895 6.89 7.02 49 1885 30 DTN NL C 62 347 87 38 10 .919 .893 7.00 6.36 18 1886 31 DTN NL C 69 425 84 24 13 .955 .918 7.38 6.74 25 1887 32 DTN NL C 45 197 57 13 9 .951 .906 5.64 5.91 9 1888 33 DTN NL C 73 424 94 18 10 .966 .912 7.10 6.72 14 1889 34 BSN NL C 82 419 74 23 9 .955 .910 6.01 5.71 22 1890 35 BSN NL C 85 448 90 23 8 .959 .926 6.33 6.04 9 1891 36 BSN NL C 75 383 75 19 10 .960 .926 6.11 5.45 12 1892 37 BSN NL C 35 169 31 11 3 .948 .935 5.71 5.58 5 1893 38 BSN NL C 60 204 40 12 1 .953 .936 4.07 4.51 10 1878 23 MLG NL OF 20 21 2 9 0 .719 .833 1.15 1.72 0 16 4 1880 25 WOR NL OF 6 11 2 1 1 .929 .855 2.17 1.77 0 3 3 1881 26 DTN NL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .877 1.67 2.00 1 2 0 1883 28 DTN NL OF 12 12 0 2 0 .857 .851 1.00 1.86 1 4 7 1884 29 DTN NL OF 5 3 1 1 0 .800 .870 0.80 1.76 1 0 4 1885 30 DTN NL OF 19 10 2 2 0 .857 .882 0.63 1.82 17 0 2 1886 31 DTN NL OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .893 1.25 1.70 3 0 1 1887 32 DTN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1882 27 DTN NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 1884 29 DTN NL SS 4 4 10 7 0 .667 .864 3.50 4.25 1886 31 DTN NL SS 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .870 4.00 4.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 954 5123 1048 379 114 .942 .909 6.47 6.09 352 OF 70 67 7 15 1 .831 .856 1.06 1.79 24 25 21 3B 27 56 57 22 7 .837 .855 4.19 3.39 2B 23 57 59 14 9 .892 .892 5.04 6.00 SS 6 6 12 7 1 .720 .865 3.00 4.27 1B 4 17 2 2 2 .905 .969 4.75 10.38 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1084 5326 1185 439 134 .937 .907 6.01 5.75
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1887   WS    DTN STL     W  11  42   6  11  2  1  0   9   3   5  .262  .311  .357   5                
 1892   CS    BSN CLV     W   2   7   2   2  0  0  1   1   0   2  .286  .286  .714   1                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

On-base %
1882 NL-.340-7
1883 NL-.350-8
1885 NL-.356-7

Slugging %
1881 NL-.478-4
1882 NL-.450-6
1883 NL-.474-7
1885 NL-.456-6

OPS
1881 NL-.819-3
1882 NL-.790-7
1883 NL-.825-7
1885 NL-.812-5

Games
1882 NL-84-4

Total Bases
1881 NL-143-8

Doubles
1883 NL-34-5
1885 NL-24-6

Triples
1881 NL-7-9
1882 NL-10-9
1885 NL-13-3

Home Runs
1878 NL-1-5
1881 NL-7-2
1882 NL-5-4
1883 NL-5-6
1885 NL-5-10

RBI
1881 NL-64-2
1882 NL-51-8
1885 NL-60-10

Bases on Balls
1878 NL-10-8
1883 NL-26-6
1884 NL-36-9
1885 NL-47-5
1886 NL-48-10
1890 NL-72-10

Strikeouts
1878 NL-26-10
1881 NL-37-5
1883 NL-59-6
1890 NL-56-4
1891 NL-61-5
1893 NL-36-10

Adjusted OPS+
1881 NL-149-5
1882 NL-151-6
1883 NL-152-4
1885 NL-161-4

Runs Created
1881 NL-49-6
1882 NL-52-8
1883 NL-62-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1881 NL-17-5
1882 NL-19-7
1883 NL-24-4
1885 NL-25-7

Batting Wins
1881 NL-1.8-5
1882 NL-2.1-7
1883 NL-2.5-4
1885 NL-2.8-7

Extra-Base Hits
1881 NL-32-4
1882 NL-31-10
1883 NL-46-4
1885 NL-42-4

Offensive Win%
1881 NL-.726-6
1882 NL-.702-7
1883 NL-.703-8
1885 NL-.736-7

At Bats per Home Run
1878 NL-184.0-6
1881 NL-42.7-2
1882 NL-68.4-5
1883 NL-74.2-6
1885 NL-69.8-7

Oldest Player
1887 NL-32-10
1888 NL-33-7
1889 NL-34-5
1890 NL-35-3
1891 NL-36-4
1892 NL-37-3
1893 NL-38-3

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 64 (379) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.9 (755) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

October 16, 1888: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Detroit Wolverines for $30000 (estimate).


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Uniforms 
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