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Ben Houser
Benjamin Franklin Houser

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut May 2, 1910
Final Game October 5, 1912
Born November 30, 1883 in Shenandoah, PA
Died January 15, 1952 in Augusta, ME

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1910 26 PHA AL  34   69    9   13   3  2   0    7   0      7      .188  .263  .290   74   20   3           0    
 1911 27 BSN NL  20   71   11   18   1  0   1    9   2      8   6  .254  .329  .310   74   22   0           0    
 1912 28 BSN NL 108  332   38   95  17  3   8   52   1     22  29  .286  .332  .428  107  142   5           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      162  472   58  126  21  5   9   68   3  0  37  35  .267  .322  .390   98  184   8   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        472   58  126  21  5   9   68   3  0  37  35  .267  .322  .390   98  184   8   0   0   1   0
 Career High    108  332   38   95  17  3   8   52   2  0  22  29  .286  .332  .428  107  142   5   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1910 26 PHA AL   79   59    5   2.3    74| .188  .249| .263  .315| .290  .321| .553  .636|  74  .350  -2.2  -0.3     
 1911 27 BSN NL   79   53    7   3.5   101| .254  .276| .329  .355| .310  .381| .639  .736|  74  .445  -2.5  -0.3     
 1912 28 BSN NL  360  242   47   5.2   100| .286  .280| .332  .350| .428  .382| .760  .732| 107  .589   1.8   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       518  354   59   4.5    96| .267  .275| .322  .346| .390  .373| .712  .718|  98  .544  -2.9  -0.4     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1910 26 PHA AL 1B 26 160 7 0 10 1.000 .983 6.42 10.73 1911 27 BSN NL 1B 20 160 11 2 13 .988 .985 8.55 9.90 1912 28 BSN NL 1B 83 759 37 11 48 .986 .988 9.59 9.99
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1910 26 PHA AL 1B 26 160 7 0 10 1.000 .983 6.42 10.73 1911 27 BSN NL 1B 20 160 11 2 13 .988 .985 8.55 9.90 1912 28 BSN NL 1B 83 759 37 11 48 .986 .988 9.59 9.99
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 129 1079 55 13 71 .989 .987 8.79 10.13 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 129 1079 55 13 71 .989 .987 8.79 10.13
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Home Runs
1912 NL-8-8

At Bats per Home Run
1912 NL-41.5-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1792) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2479) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

September 1, 1911: Drafted by the Boston Rustlers from the Indianapolis (American Association) in the 1911 rule 5 draft.


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