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Ben Houser
Benjamin Franklin Houser

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

Born: November 30, 1883 in Shenandoah, PA
High School: Girard Preparatory (Philadelphia, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1910
Final Game: October 5, 1912
Died: January 15, 1952 in Augusta, ME
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1910	26	PHA	AL	34	79	69	9	13	3	2	0	7	0	7		.188	.263	.290	.553	74	20	0	3	3
1911	27	BSN	NL	20	79	71	11	18	1	0	1	9	2	8	6	.254	.329	.310	.639	74	22	0	0	3
1912	28	BSN	NL	108	360	332	38	95	17	3	8	52	1	22	29	.286	.332	.428	.760	107	142	1	5	3
3 Seasons				162	518	472	58	126	21	5	9	68	3	37	35	.267	.322	.390	.711	98	184	1	8
162 Game Avg.				162	518	472	58	126	21	5	9	68	3	37		.267	.322	.390	.711	98	184	1	8

BSN (2 yrs)				128	439	403	49	113	18	3	9	61	3	30	35	.280	.332	.407	.739	101	164	1	5
PHA (1 yr)				34	79	69	9	13	3	2	0	7	0	7		.188	.263	.290	.553	74	20	0	3

NL (2 yrs)				128	439	403	49	113	18	3	9	61	3	30	35	.280	.332	.407	.739	101	164	1	5
AL (1 yr)				34	79	69	9	13	3	2	0	7	0	7		.188	.263	.290	.553	74	20	0	3

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1910	26	PHA	AL	79	59	5	2.3	74	.188	.188	.249	.263	.315	.290	.321	.553	.636	74	.350	-2.2	-0.3	.482	.203	.101
1911	27	BSN	NL	79	53	7	3.5	101	.266	.254	.276	.329	.355	.310	.381	.639	.736	74	.445	-2.5	-0.3	.604	.197	.056	1.3
1912	28	BSN	NL	360	242	47	5.2	100	.295	.286	.280	.332	.350	.428	.382	.760	.732	107	.589	1.8	0.2	.700	.211	.142	1.8
3 Seasons				518	354	59	4.5	96	.273	.267	.275	.322	.346	.390	.373	.711	.718	98	.544	-2.9	-0.4	.650	.208	.123	4.5
162 Game Avg.				518	354	59	4.5	96	.273	.267	.275	.322	.346	.390	.373	.711	.718	98	.544	-2.9	-0.4	.650	.208	.123	5

BSN (2 yrs)				439	295	54	4.9	100	.290	.280	.280	.332	.351	.407	.381	.739	.732	101	.568	-0.7	-0.1	.683	.208	.127	4.5
PHA (1 yr)				79	59	5	2.3	74	.188	.188	.249	.263	.315	.290	.321	.553	.636	74	.350	-2.2	-0.3	.482	.203	.101

NL (2 yrs)				439	295	54	4.9	100	.290	.280	.280	.332	.351	.407	.381	.739	.732	101	.568	-0.7	-0.1	.683	.208	.127	4.5
AL (1 yr)				79	59	5	2.3	74	.188	.188	.249	.263	.315	.290	.321	.553	.636	74	.350	-2.2	-0.3	.482	.203	.101

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1910	26	34	79	69	9	13	3	2	0	7	0	7		.188	.263	.290	.553	74	20	0	3
1911	27	54	158	140	20	31	4	2	1	16	2	15	6	.221	.297	.300	.597	74	42	0	3
1912	28	162	518	472	58	126	21	5	9	68	3	37	35	.267	.322	.390	.711	98	184	1	8

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1910	26	35	80	72	11	14	3	2	0	8	0	8	0	.194	.275	.292	.567	6	34
1911	27	21	81	73	11	18	1	0	1	9	2	8	6	.247	.321	.301	.622	7	20
1912	28	114	373	349	39	98	18	3	8	53	1	23	31	.281	.327	.418	.745	48	108
3 Seasons		170	534	494	61	130	22	5	9	70	3	39	37	.263	.318	.383	.701	61	162
162 Game Avg.		162	509	471	58	124	21	5	9	67	3	37		.263	.318	.383	.701	58	162

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1912 NL 8 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1912 NL 41.5 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50