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Benny Kauff

Benjamin Michael Kauff

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 157 lb.

Born: January 5, 1890 in Pomeroy, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1912
Teams (by GP): Giants/Hoosiers/Tip-Tops/Highlanders 1912-1920

Final Game: July 2, 1920
Died: November 17, 1961 in Columbus, OH
Buried: Union Cemetery, Columbus, OH
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Standard Batting

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
1912 22 NYY AL 5 14 11 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 .273 .429 .273 .701 97 3 0 0 /O
1914 24 IND FL 154 667 571 120 211 44 13 8 95 75 72 55 .370 .447 .534 .981 168 305 8 16 *O
1915 25 BTT FL 136 581 483 92 165 23 11 12 83 55 85 50 .342 .446 .509 .955 180 246 6 7 *O
1916 26 NYG NL 154 632 552 71 146 22 15 9 74 40 26 68 65 .264 .348 .408 .756 138 225 3 9 *O
1917 27 NYG NL 153 644 559 89 172 22 4 5 68 30 59 54 .308 .379 .388 .767 138 217 5 21 *O
1918 28 NYG NL 67 294 270 41 85 19 4 2 39 9 16 30 .315 .355 .437 .792 142 118 1 7 8O
1919 29 NYG NL 135 543 491 73 136 27 7 10 67 21 39 45 .277 .334 .422 .756 126 207 3 11 *8O
1920 30 NYG NL 55 188 157 31 43 12 3 3 26 3 7 25 14 .274 .380 .446 .826 137 70 2 4 8O
8 Yrs 859 3563 3094 521 961 169 57 49 454 234 33 367 313 .311 .389 .450 .838 149 1391 28 75
162 Game Avg. 162 672 584 98 181 32 11 9 86 44 69 59 .311 .389 .450 .838 149 262 5 14
NYG (5 yrs) 564 2301 2029 305 582 102 33 29 274 103 33 207 208 .287 .357 .413 .769 136 837 14 52
IND (1 yr) 154 667 571 120 211 44 13 8 95 75 72 55 .370 .447 .534 .981 168 305 8 16
BTT (1 yr) 136 581 483 92 165 23 11 12 83 55 85 50 .342 .446 .509 .955 180 246 6 7
NYY (1 yr) 5 14 11 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 .273 .429 .273 .701 97 3 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 564 2301 2029 305 582 102 33 29 274 103 33 207 208 .287 .357 .413 .769 136 837 14 52
FL (2 yrs) 290 1248 1054 212 376 67 24 20 178 130 157 105 .357 .447 .523 .969 174 551 14 23
AL (1 yr) 5 14 11 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 .273 .429 .273 .701 97 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1912 22 NYY AL 5 14 0 0 0 -1 -0 -0 -0.1 0 0 0.0 .490 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /O
1914 24 IND FL 154 667 52 9 0 9 -7 64 7.0 8 71 7.8 .544 .542 6.6 0.4 62 $ *O
1915 25 BTT FL 136 581 49 4 0 3 -4 53 6.0 7 60 6.7 .544 .537 6.3 -0.0 57 $6,000 *O
1916 26 NYG NL 154 632 23 1 0 -4 -4 16 2.0 18 34 3.7 .513 .512 4.2 -1.0 38 $8,500 *O
1917 27 NYG NL 153 644 25 -0 0 1 -4 22 2.7 18 40 4.5 .517 .517 4.4 -0.4 39 $8,500 *O
1918 28 NYG NL 67 294 12 -0 0 -1 -2 8 1.0 8 17 1.8 .515 .506 2.0 -0.4 18 $ 8O
1919 29 NYG NL 135 543 15 0 0 -1 -4 10 1.1 15 25 2.6 .509 .508 2.8 -0.7 26 $ *8O
1920 30 NYG NL 55 188 8 -2 0 -2 -1 3 0.3 6 9 0.9 .506 .502 1.1 -0.4 11 $ 8O
8 Seasons 859 3563 185 12 0 4 -25 176 19.9 80 255 28.0 .523 .515 27.5 -2.5 251 $23,000
NYG (5 yrs) 564 2301 83 -1 0 -7 -15 60 7.0 65 124 13.5 .513 .509 14.5 -2.8 131 $17,000
IND (1 yr) 154 667 52 9 0 9 -7 64 7.0 8 71 7.8 .544 .542 6.6 0.4 62 $
BTT (1 yr) 136 581 49 4 0 3 -4 53 6.0 7 60 6.7 .544 .537 6.3 -0.0 57 $6,000
NYY (1 yr) 5 14 0 0 0 -1 -0 -0 -0.1 0 0 0.0 .490 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $

Advanced Batting

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
1912 22 NYY AL 14 8 2 6.6 96 .273 .273 .280 .429 .349 .273 .368 .701 .717 97 .733 0.2 0.0 .875 .364 .000 .0
1914 24 IND FL 667 376 134 9.5 99 .400 .370 .282 .447 .349 .534 .381 .981 .730 168 .836 59.6 6.2 1.278 .422 .165 14.5
1915 25 BTT FL 581 325 108 8.9 86 .363 .342 .262 .446 .329 .509 .351 .955 .681 180 .838 56.3 6.1 1.233 .458 .168 19.7
1916 26 NYG NL 632 441 75 4.6 74 .287 .264 .247 .348 .305 .408 .330 .756 .635 138 .635 25.4 2.9 .718 .292 .143 14.7
1917 27 NYG NL 644 408 81 5.4 76 .334 .308 .253 .379 .310 .388 .334 .767 .644 138 .703 27.9 3.2 .804 .240 .081 8.6
1918 28 NYG NL 294 192 42 5.9 79 .349 .315 .260 .355 .317 .437 .336 .792 .653 142 .730 13.1 1.5 .778 .215 .122 3.3
1919 29 NYG NL 543 366 68 5.0 82 .289 .277 .264 .334 .318 .422 .347 .756 .666 126 .653 15.5 1.7 .761 .267 .145 13.5
1920 30 NYG NL 188 125 24 5.2 90 .286 .274 .277 .380 .330 .446 .368 .826 .698 137 .635 8.8 0.9 .769 .306 .172 3.0
8 Yrs 3563 2241 534 6.4 84 .334 .311 .262 .389 .323 .450 .349 .838 .671 149 .745 206.7 22.5 .917 .323 .139 81.0
162 Game Avg. 672 423 101 6.4 84 .334 .311 .262 .389 .323 .450 .349 .838 .671 149 .745 39 4 .917 .323 .139 15
NYG (5 yrs) 2301 1532 290 5.1 78 .309 .287 .257 .357 .313 .413 .339 .769 .652 136 .672 90.6 10.2 .762 .262 .126 45.3
IND (1 yr) 667 376 134 9.5 99 .400 .370 .282 .447 .349 .534 .381 .981 .730 168 .837 59.6 6.2 1.278 .422 .165 14.5
BTT (1 yr) 581 325 108 8.9 86 .363 .342 .262 .446 .329 .509 .351 .955 .681 180 .838 56.3 6.1 1.233 .458 .168 19.7
NYY (1 yr) 14 8 2 6.6 96 .273 .273 .280 .429 .349 .273 .368 .701 .717 97 .733 0.2 0.0 .875 .364 .000 .0
NL (5 yrs) 2301 1532 290 5.1 78 .309 .287 .257 .357 .313 .413 .339 .769 .652 136 .672 90.6 10.2 .762 .262 .126 45.3
FL (2 yrs) 1248 701 242 9.2 93 .383 .357 .273 .447 .340 .523 .367 .969 .707 174 .837 115.8 12.3 1.257 .438 .166 34.7
AL (1 yr) 14 8 2 6.6 96 .273 .273 .280 .429 .349 .273 .368 .701 .717 97 .733 0.2 0.0 .875 .364 .000 .0

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
1917 27 NYG NL WS CHW L 6 25 25 2 4 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 2 .160 .160 .440 .600 11 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 25 25 2 4 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 2 .160 .160 .440 .600 11 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 28 NYG NL 294 0.7% 10.2% 5.4% 8.5% 29% 1.88 9.0 135.0 6.9 81%
1919 29 NYG NL 543 1.8% 8.3% 7.2% 8.1% 32% 1.15 10.9 49.1 7.3 80%
1920 30 NYG NL 188 1.6% 7.5% 13.3% 9.6% 42% 0.56 11.2 52.3 6.0 74%
8 Yrs 1025 4.8% 30.5% 35.8% 26.8% 29% 0.85 9.9 63.1 6.8 267%
MLB Averages 1.7% 33.8% 27.4% 18.2% 23% 1.23 9.3 186.1 10.0 278%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1912 22 5 14 11 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 .273 .429 .273 .701 97 3 0 0
1913 23 5 14 11 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 .273 .429 .273 .701 97 3 0 0
1914 24 159 681 582 124 214 44 13 8 97 76 0 75 55 .368 .447 .529 .976 167 308 8 16
1915 25 295 1262 1065 216 379 67 24 20 180 131 0 160 105 .356 .446 .520 .967 173 554 14 23
1916 26 449 1894 1617 287 525 89 39 29 254 171 26 228 170 .325 .414 .482 .895 162 779 17 32
1917 27 602 2538 2176 376 697 111 43 34 322 201 26 287 224 .320 .405 .458 .863 156 996 22 53
1918 28 669 2832 2446 417 782 130 47 36 361 210 26 303 254 .320 .400 .455 .855 155 1114 23 60
1919 29 804 3375 2937 490 918 157 54 46 428 231 26 342 299 .313 .389 .450 .839 150 1321 26 71
1920 30 859 3563 3094 521 961 169 57 49 454 234 33 367 313 .311 .389 .450 .838 149 1391 28 75

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1912 22 5 14 11 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 .273 .429 .273 .701 1 5
1914 24 160 691 592 123 218 45 13 8 98 77 74 57 .368 .445 .529 .974 138 154
1915 25 142 631 520 110 188 26 13 14 99 63 97 52 .362 .468 .542 1.010 130 136
1916 26 160 703 605 101 183 28 19 11 105 50 85 68 .302 .392 .466 .858 110 154
1917 27 159 712 612 120 210 27 5 6 91 37 72 56 .343 .417 .433 .850 109 153
1918 28 85 392 359 64 123 27 6 3 61 13 23 38 .343 .384 .476 .860 65 67
1919 29 156 656 588 103 177 35 9 13 94 27 51 52 .301 .361 .457 .818 96 135
1920 30 58 202 168 36 48 13 3 3 30 3 28 15 .286 .394 .452 .846 31 55
8 Yrs 925 4001 3455 660 1150 201 68 58 580 271 433 338 .333 .412 .481 .893 680 859
162 Game Avg. 162 701 605 116 201 35 12 10 102 47 76 59 .333 .412 .481 .893 119 859

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1914 FL  7.8 (1st)
1915 FL  6.7 (2nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1914 FL  7.8 (1st)
1915 FL  6.7 (1st)
1917 NL  4.5 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1914 FL  6.6 (1st)
1915 FL  6.3 (1st)
1916 NL  4.2 (5th)
1917 NL  4.4 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1914 FL  .370 (1st)
1915 FL  .342 (1st)
1917 NL  .308 (4th)
Career  .311 (105th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1914 FL  .447 (1st)
1915 FL  .446 (1st)
1917 NL  .379 (5th)
Career  .389 (108th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1914 FL  .534 (2nd)
1915 FL  .509 (1st)
1916 NL  .408 (9th)
1919 NL  .422 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1914 FL  .981 (1st)
1915 FL  .955 (1st)
1916 NL  .756 (8th)
1917 NL  .767 (7th)
1919 NL  .756 (10th)
Career  .838 (214th)

Games Played s c a p y
1914 FL  154 (7th)
1916 NL  154 (6th)
1917 NL  153 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1914 FL  571 (5th)
1917 NL  559 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1914 FL  667 (1st)
1916 NL  632 (10th)
1917 NL  644 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1914 FL  120 (1st)
1915 FL  92 (4th)
1917 NL  89 (3rd)
1919 NL  73 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1914 FL  211 (1st)
1915 FL  165 (4th)
1917 NL  172 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1914 FL  305 (1st)
1915 FL  246 (4th)
1916 NL  225 (6th)
1917 NL  217 (9th)
1919 NL  207 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1914 FL  44 (1st)
1919 NL  27 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1914 FL  13 (4th)
1915 FL  11 (10th)
1916 NL  15 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1914 FL  8 (9th)
1915 FL  12 (3rd)
1916 NL  9 (4th)
1917 NL  5 (7th)
1919 NL  10 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1914 FL  95 (3rd)
1915 FL  83 (4th)
1916 NL  74 (4th)
1917 NL  68 (7th)
1919 NL  67 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1914 FL  72 (3rd)
1915 FL  85 (2nd)
1916 NL  68 (4th)
1917 NL  59 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1916 NL  65 (7th)
1919 NL  45 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1914 FL  75 (1st)
1915 FL  55 (1st)
1916 NL  40 (2nd)
1917 NL  30 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1914 FL  146 (1st)
1917 NL  141 (1st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1914 FL  166 (2nd)
1915 FL  182 (1st)
1916 NL  137 (7th)
1917 NL  138 (7th)
1919 NL  126 (9th)
Career  149 (34th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1914 FL  134 (1st)
1915 FL  108 (1st)
1916 NL  75 (9th)
1917 NL  81 (6th)
1919 NL  68 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1914 FL  58 (1st)
1915 FL  57 (1st)
1916 NL  25 (6th)
1917 NL  28 (6th)
1919 NL  15 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1914 FL  6.1 (1st)
1915 FL  6.1 (1st)
1916 NL  2.8 (6th)
1917 NL  3.2 (6th)
1919 NL  1.7 (10th)
Career  22.5 (222nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1914 FL  65 (3rd)
1915 FL  46 (5th)
1916 NL  46 (3rd)
1919 NL  44 (1st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1914 FL  291 (1st)
1915 FL  256 (1st)
1916 NL  217 (6th)
1917 NL  236 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1914 FL  .836 (1st)
1915 FL  .838 (1st)
1917 NL  .703 (7th)
Career  .745 (28th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1914 FL  8 (6th)
1915 FL  6 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1917 NL  21 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1916 NL  26 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1914 FL  14.5 (4th)
1915 FL  19.7 (1st)
1916 NL  14.7 (2nd)
1917 NL  8.6 (5th)
1919 NL  13.5 (1st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1914 FL  71.4 (10th)
1915 FL  40.3 (3rd)
1916 NL  61.3 (6th)
1919 NL  49.1 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1916 NL  441 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 23 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 113 (184), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 51 (386), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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