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Benn Karr

Benjamin Joyce Karr (Baldy)

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 28, 1893 in Mount Pleasant, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1920
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians 1920-1927

Final Game: July 3, 1927
Died: December 8, 1968 in Memphis, TN
Buried: Crittendon Memorial Park, Marion, AR
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:27AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1920 26 BOS AL 3 8 .273 4.81 26 2 19 0 0 1 91.2 109 55 49 3 24 21 1 0 1 384 76 1.451 10.7 0.3 2.4 2.1 0.88
1921 27 BOS AL 8 7 .533 3.67 26 7 18 5 0 0 117.2 123 53 48 8 38 37 1 0 1 499 116 1.368 9.4 0.6 2.9 2.8 0.97
1922 28 BOS AL 5 12 .294 4.47 41 13 20 7 0 1 183.1 212 115 91 10 45 41 5 0 2 784 91 1.402 10.4 0.5 2.2 2.0 0.91
1925 31 CLE AL 11 12 .478 4.78 32 24 7 12 1 0 197.2 248 127 105 8 80 41 6 0 4 898 93 1.659 11.3 0.4 3.6 1.9 0.51
1926 32 CLE AL 5 6 .455 5.00 30 7 17 4 0 1 113.1 137 72 63 9 41 23 6 0 3 535 81 1.571 10.9 0.7 3.3 1.8 0.56
1927 33 CLE AL 3 3 .500 5.05 22 5 6 1 0 2 76.2 92 49 43 5 32 17 1 0 0 341 84 1.617 10.8 0.6 3.8 2.0 0.53
6 Seasons 35 48 .422 4.60 177 58 87 29 1 5 780.1 921 471 399 43 260 180 20 0 11 3441 90 1.513 10.6 0.5 3.0 2.1 0.69
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .422 4.60 51 17 25 8 0 1 226 267 136 115 12 75 52 6 0 3 996 90 1.513 10.6 0.5 3.0 2.1 0.69
BOS (3 yrs) 16 27 .372 4.31 93 22 57 12 0 2 392.2 444 223 188 21 107 99 7 0 4 1667 94 1.403 10.2 0.5 2.5 2.3 0.93
CLE (3 yrs) 19 21 .475 4.90 84 36 30 17 1 3 387.2 477 248 211 22 153 81 13 0 7 1774 88 1.625 11.1 0.5 3.6 1.9 0.53

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1920 26 BOS AL 91.2 2 55 55 1 1.0 0 -0.4 $
1921 27 BOS AL 117.2 7 53 76 2 1.0 23 1.9 $
1922 28 BOS AL 183.1 13 115 110 0 1.0 -5 -0.3 $
1925 31 CLE AL 197.2 24 127 130 -1 1.0 3 0.5 $
1926 32 CLE AL 113.1 7 72 68 2 1.0 -4 -0.5 $
1927 33 CLE AL 76.2 5 49 48 -1 1.0 -1 0.1 $
6 Seasons 780.1 58 471 487 3 1.0 16 1.3 $
BOS (3 yrs) 392.2 22 223 241 3 1.0 18 1.2 $
CLE (3 yrs) 387.2 36 248 246 0 1.0 -2 0.1 $

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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
1920 26 BOS AL 57 82 75 8 21 5 0 1 15 0 0 6 18 .280 .333 .387 .720 94 29 0 1 1
1921 27 BOS AL 43 69 62 7 16 2 0 0 9 1 0 3 16 .258 .292 .290 .583 51 18 0 4 1
1922 28 BOS AL 66 103 98 7 21 2 0 0 4 1 0 4 7 .214 .245 .235 .480 26 23 0 1 1
1925 31 CLE AL 46 106 92 11 24 5 0 1 17 0 0 7 8 .261 .313 .348 .661 67 32 0 7 1
1926 32 CLE AL 31 49 45 8 10 5 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .222 .271 .333 .604 56 15 0 1 1
1927 33 CLE AL 22 25 20 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 .200 .333 .250 .583 52 5 0 1 1
6 Seasons 265 434 392 43 96 20 0 2 49 3 0 27 59 .245 .294 .311 .605 57 122 0 15
162 Game Avg. 162 265 240 26 59 12 0 1 30 2 0 17 36 .245 .294 .311 .605 57 75 0 9
BOS (3 yrs) 166 254 235 22 58 9 0 1 28 2 0 13 41 .247 .286 .298 .584 54 70 0 6
CLE (3 yrs) 99 180 157 21 38 11 0 1 21 1 0 14 18 .242 .304 .331 .635 62 52 0 9

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
1920 26 BOS AL 82 -1 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1921 27 BOS AL 69 -5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1922 28 BOS AL 103 -10 0 0 0 0 6 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1925 31 CLE AL 106 -5 0 0 0 0 6 3 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ 1
1926 32 CLE AL 49 -3 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1927 33 CLE AL 25 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
6 Seasons 434 -25 0 0 0 0 22 14 11 1.2 11 1.1 0.1 $
BOS (3 yrs) 254 -16 0 0 0 0 11 8 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $
CLE (3 yrs) 180 -9 0 0 0 0 11 6 8 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1920 BOS AL 26 P 26 2 0 91.2 25 5 18 2 0 .920 2.26 0.88 .949 2.70 2.68
1921 BOS AL 27 P 26 7 5 117.2 34 2 30 2 0 .941 2.45 1.23 .956 2.70 2.68
1922 BOS AL 28 P 41 13 7 183.1 58 9 44 5 3 .914 2.60 1.29 .963 2.60 2.59
1925 CLE AL 31 P 32 24 12 197.2 75 14 57 4 5 .947 3.23 2.22 .960 2.66 2.64
1926 CLE AL 32 P 30 7 4 113.1 43 6 35 2 0 .953 3.26 1.37 .957 2.66 2.63
1927 CLE AL 33 P 22 5 1 76.2 35 4 29 2 0 .943 3.87 1.50 .959 2.62 2.59
6 Seasons P 177 58 29 780.1 270 40 213 17 8 .937 2.92 1.43 .958 2.65 2.63
6 Seasons TOT 177 58 29 780.1 270 40 213 17 8 .937 2.92 1.43 .958 2.65 2.63
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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.
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  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1922 AL  41 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1926 AL  6 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1920 AL  19 (1st)
1921 AL  18 (4th)
1922 AL  20 (3rd)
1926 AL  17 (8th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1922 AL  5 (3rd)
1925 AL  4 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Benjamin Baldy Benn Joyce Karr

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