Ben Steiner

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: July 28, 1921 in Alexandria, VA us

Died: October 27, 1988 in Venice, FL

Buried: Cremated

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: April 17, 1945 (Age 23-263d, 9,884th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: April 21, 1947 (Age 25-267d)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Benjamin Saunders Steiner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

308

.257

RBI

OBP

.327

SLG

.331

OPS

.658

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
3	3	Apr 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
4	4	Apr 20	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
6	6	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
9	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	0	13.0	4	5	1	10	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
13	13	May 2	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
14	14	May 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
15	15	May 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
16	16	May 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
17	17	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	1	0	1	2	0
18	18	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
19	19	May 13 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
20	20	May 13 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	21	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
22	22	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
23	23	May 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
24	24	May 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
25	25	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
26	26	May 24	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
27	27	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	28	May 26	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	29	May 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
30	30	May 27 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
31	31	May 28	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	4	5	1	10	3
32	32	May 29	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
33	33	May 30 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
34	34	May 30 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	35	May 31	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
37	37	Jun 2	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
38	38	Jun 3 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
39	39	Jun 3 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
40	40	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
41	41	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
42	42	Jun 7	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	1	4	0	5	1
43	43	Jun 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
44	44	Jun 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-13	CG	47	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
45	45	Jun 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
46	47 (1)	Jun 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
47	48	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	55	14.0	2	5	0	7	3
48	49	Jun 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG	50	13.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS	26	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
50	51	Jun 17 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
51	52	Jun 17 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	53	Jun 19	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	54	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	GS	0		1	4	0	5	1
54	55	Jun 22	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	56	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
56	57	Jun 24 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
57	58	Jun 24 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	59	Jun 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
59	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
60	61	Jun 30	BOS	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG	25	6.1	3	2	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	62	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
62	63	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
63	64	Jul 2 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	65	Jul 2 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
65	67 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	68	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	69	Jul 5	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	5	5	0	10	2
68	70	Jul 6 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	2
69	71	Jul 6 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
70	72	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
71	73	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
72	74	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	84 (9)	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	85	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
75	86	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
76	87	Jul 24	BOS		SLB	W,6-0	GS	21	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
77	88	Jul 27	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	4	3	1	8	3
							77gm		672.0	202	213	14	429	63