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Benny Bengough

Bernard Oliver Bengough

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: July 27, 1898 in Niagara Falls, NY
School: Niagara University (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1923
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Browns 1923-1932

Final Game: September 24, 1932
Died: December 22, 1968 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: St. Dominic's Cemetery, Torresdale, PA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:24AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1923 24 NYY AL 19 58 53 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 .132 .193 .170 .363 -5 9 0 1 2
1924 25 NYY AL 11 19 16 4 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 .313 .389 .500 .889 128 8 0 1 2
1925 26 NYY AL 95 308 283 17 73 14 2 0 23 0 2 19 9 .258 .305 .322 .626 60 91 0 6 2 MVP-24
1926 27 NYY AL 36 95 84 9 32 6 0 0 14 1 0 7 4 .381 .435 .452 .887 133 38 1 3 2
1927 28 NYY AL 31 90 85 6 21 3 3 0 10 0 3 4 4 .247 .281 .353 .634 65 30 0 1 2
1928 29 NYY AL 58 170 161 12 43 3 1 0 9 0 0 7 8 .267 .302 .298 .600 59 48 1 1 2
1929 30 NYY AL 23 62 62 5 12 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 2 .194 .194 .258 .452 18 16 0 0 2
1930 31 NYY AL 44 109 102 10 24 4 2 0 12 1 0 3 8 .235 .257 .314 .571 46 32 0 4 2
1931 32 SLB AL 40 144 140 6 35 4 1 0 12 0 3 4 4 .250 .271 .293 .564 46 41 0 0 2
1932 33 SLB AL 54 151 139 13 35 7 1 0 15 0 1 12 4 .252 .311 .317 .628 60 44 0 0 2
10 Seasons 411 1206 1125 83 287 46 12 0 108 2 9 62 45 .255 .295 .317 .613 59 357 2 17
162 Game Avg. 162 475 443 33 113 18 5 0 43 1 4 24 18 .255 .295 .317 .613 59 141 1 7
NYY (8 yrs) 317 911 846 64 217 35 10 0 81 2 5 46 37 .257 .296 .322 .618 60 272 2 17
SLB (2 yrs) 94 295 279 19 70 11 2 0 27 0 4 16 8 .251 .292 .305 .596 53 85 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1923 24 NYY AL 58 -8 0 0 0 0 1 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 2
1924 25 NYY AL 19 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 2
1925 26 NYY AL 308 -19 -2 0 0 3 3 10 -5 -0.4 -8 -0.8 0.4 $ 2 MVP-24
1926 27 NYY AL 95 5 0 0 0 -1 1 3 8 0.8 9 0.9 -0.1 $ 2
1927 28 NYY AL 90 -5 -1 0 0 0 1 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $8,000 2
1928 29 NYY AL 170 -9 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ 2
1929 30 NYY AL 62 -8 0 0 0 0 1 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 2
1930 31 NYY AL 109 -10 0 0 0 0 1 4 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 2
1931 32 SLB AL 144 -11 -2 0 0 1 1 5 -6 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $ 2
1932 33 SLB AL 151 -8 -1 0 0 1 2 5 -1 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ 2
10 Seasons 1206 -72 -6 0 0 7 13 41 -17 -1.4 -24 -2.4 1.0 $8,000
NYY (8 yrs) 911 -53 -3 0 0 5 10 31 -10 -0.9 -15 -1.5 0.6 $8,000
SLB (2 yrs) 295 -19 -3 0 0 2 3 10 -7 -0.5 -9 -0.9 0.4 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1927 28 NYY AL WS PIT W 2 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
1928 29 NYY AL WS STL W 4 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .231 .286 .231 .516 3 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 19 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .176 .263 .176 .440 3 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 19 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .176 .263 .176 .440 3 1 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1923 NYY AL 24 C 19 14 10 74 58 14 2 2 .973 3.79 .975 4.82 0 10 12 55%
1924 NYY AL 25 C 11 6 4 37 34 3 0 3 1.000 3.36 .972 4.61 1 2 2 50%
1925 NYY AL 26 C 94 84 66 411 325 83 3 12 .993 4.34 .977 4.60 3 39 45 54% MVP-24
1926 NYY AL 27 C 35 25 17 147 107 36 4 2 .973 4.09 .979 4.66 3 21 14 40%
1927 NYY AL 28 C 30 25 19 147 114 31 2 0 .986 4.83 .974 4.63 0 18 12 40%
1928 NYY AL 29 C 58 50 29 245 206 37 2 7 .992 4.19 .976 4.71 2 23 23 50%
1929 NYY AL 30 C 23 20 8 56 47 8 1 1 .982 2.39 .976 4.69 1 9 5 36%
1930 NYY AL 31 C 44 29 16 191 171 18 2 2 .990 4.30 .984 4.88 2 20 9 31%
1931 SLB AL 32 C 37 37 33 147 119 26 2 6 .986 3.92 .981 4.92 0 14 16 53%
1932 SLB AL 33 C 47 32 29 185 153 30 2 7 .989 3.89 .982 4.90 3 18 8 31%
10 Seasons C 398 322 231 1640 1334 286 20 42 .988 4.07 .978 4.74 15 174 146 46%
10 Seasons TOT 398 322 231 1640 1334 286 20 42 .988 4.07 .978 4.74 15 174 146 46%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 AL (24, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1925 AL  325 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1925 AL  83 (4th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1925 AL  49 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1925 AL  43 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1926 AL  56.3 (2nd)
Career  45.6 (77th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1925 AL  4.34 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1925 AL  .993 (1st)

Similarity Scores

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  6. Frank Grube (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
192728New York Yankees$8,0005/23/27 AL letter at HOF library
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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