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Benny Kauff
Benjamin Michael Kauff
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 157 lb.

Born: January 5, 1890 in Pomeroy, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1912
Final Game: July 2, 1920
Died: November 17, 1961 in Columbus, OH
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Standard Batting

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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
1912 22 NYY AL 5 14 11 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 .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 .981 166 305 8 16 *O
1915 25 BTT FL 136 581 483 92 165 23 11 12 83 55 85 50 .342 .446 .509 .955 182 246 6 7 *O
1916 26 NYG NL 154 632 552 71 146 22 15 9 74 40 26 68 65 .264 .348 .408 .756 137 225 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 .792 143 118 1 7 O
1919 29 NYG NL 135 544 491 73 136 27 7 10 67 21 39 45 .277 .334 .422 .756 127 207 3 11 *O
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 O
8 Seasons 859 3564 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 .311 .389 .450 .838 149 262 5 14
NYG (5 yrs) 564 2302 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 .981 166 305 8 16
BTT (1 yr) 136 581 483 92 165 23 11 12 83 55 85 50 .342 .446 .509 .955 182 246 6 7
NYY (1 yr) 5 14 11 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 .273 .429 .273 .701 97 3 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 564 2302 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 .969 173 551 14 23
AL (1 yr) 5 14 11 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 .273 .429 .273 .701 97 3 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1912 NYY AL 22 OF 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.98 0-4-0
1914 IND FL 24 OF 154 358 310 31 17 5 .953 2.21 .951 1.87 33-54-68
1915 BTT FL 25 OF 136 364 317 32 15 7 .959 2.57 .963 1.99 0-136-0
1916 NYG NL 26 OF 154 365 329 22 14 6 .962 2.28 .967 2.00 0-154-0
1917 NYG NL 27 OF 153 378 357 12 9 4 .976 2.41 .962 2.08 3-150-0
1918 NYG NL 28 OF 67 166 147 11 8 4 .952 2.36 .963 2.13 0-67-0
1919 NYG NL 29 OF 134 341 306 18 17 3 .950 2.42 .965 2.18 0-134-0
1920 NYG NL 30 OF 51 126 111 10 5 0 .960 2.37 .964 2.21 0-51-0
8 Seasons OF 853 2102 1881 136 85 29 .960 2.36 .962 2.04 36-750-68
8 Seasons TOT 853 2102 1881 136 85 29 .960 2.36 .921 2.04 36-750-68

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1914 FL  .370 (1st)
1915 FL  .342 (1st)
1917 NL  .308 (4th)
Career  .311 (104th)

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 (204th)

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  127 (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  16 (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  1.8 (10th)
Career  22.5 (211th)

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  .746 (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 (85), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 113 (182), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 50 (374), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (480), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Johnny Moore (942)
  2. Harvey Hendrick (940)
  3. Pete Reiser (930)
  4. George Watkins (928)
  5. Taffy Wright (925)
  6. Ed Morgan (925)
  7. Bug Holliday (924)
  8. George Harper (924)
  9. Johnny Frederick (922)
  10. Freddy Leach (921)
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  1. Dave Orr (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dan Brouthers (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Charlie Hickman (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Demaree (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chick Stahl (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ken Griffey (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Harry Rice (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September 1, 1910: Drafted by the New York Highlanders from Parkersburg (Virginia Valley) in the 1910 rule 5 draft.

December 23, 1915: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Tip-Tops for $35,000.

July 2, 1920: Traded by the New York Giants with cash to Toronto (International) for Vern Spencer.

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