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Ben Koehler

Bernard James Koehler

Positions: Centerfielder, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 26, 1877 in Schoerndorn, Germany (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1905
Team: Browns 1905-1906

Final Game: October 7, 1906
Died: May 21, 1961 in South Bend, IN
Buried: Highland Cemetery, South Bend, IN
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1905 SLB AL 28 OF 124 259 227 24 8 11 .969 2.02 .953 1.86 0-124-0
1905 SLB AL 28 1B 12 117 111 5 1 6 .991 9.67 .982 10.78
1905 SLB AL 28 2B 6 22 9 12 1 1 .955 3.50 .952 5.00
1906 SLB AL 29 OF 52 93 81 8 4 4 .957 1.71 .963 1.90 1-34-17
1906 SLB AL 29 2B 7 30 12 15 3 3 .900 3.86 .954 5.30
1906 SLB AL 29 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .920 3.20
1906 SLB AL 29 SS 1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 4.00 .934 5.60
2 Seasons OF 176 352 308 32 12 15 .966 1.93 .956 1.87 1-158-17
2 Seasons 2B 13 52 21 27 4 4 .923 3.69 .953 5.16
1 Season 1B 12 117 111 5 1 6 .991 9.67 .982 10.78
1 Season 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .920 3.20
1 Season SS 1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 4.00 .934 5.60
2 Seasons TOT 203 528 442 68 18 25 .966 2.51 .961 2.63 1-158-17
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1905 SLB AL 28 142 142 0 0 12 6 0 0 0 124 0 124 0
1906 SLB AL 29 66 66 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 34 17 52 0
2 Seasons 208 208 0 0 12 13 1 1 1 158 17 176 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as OF s c a p y
1905 AL  24 (1st)

                                         

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