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Ben Steiner

Benjamin Saunders Steiner

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 28, 1921 in Alexandria, VA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1945 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers 1945-1947

Final Game: April 21, 1947 (Age 25)
Died: October 27, 1988 in Venice, FL
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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
1945 23 BOS AL 78 344 304 39 78 8 3 3 20 10 6 31 29 .257 .327 .332 .660 90 101 4 1 8 4
1946 24 BOS AL 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 1 0 0 0 /5
1947 25 DET AL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 82 348 308 41 79 8 3 3 20 10 6 31 29 .256 .326 .331 .658 89 102 4 1 8
162 Game Avg. 162 688 608 81 156 16 6 6 40 20 12 61 57 .256 .326 .331 .658 89 202 8 2 16
BOS (2 yrs) 81 348 308 40 79 8 3 3 20 10 6 31 29 .256 .326 .331 .658 89 102 4 1 8
DET (1 yr) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1945 23 BOS AL 78 344 -4 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.1 10 10 1.0 .500 .500 0.9 0.4 9 $5,000 4
1946 24 BOS AL 3 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .488 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $6,000 /5
1947 25 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $6,000
3 Seasons 82 348 -4 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 10 9 0.9 .499 .500 0.9 0.4 9 $17,000
BOS (2 yrs) 81 348 -4 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 10 9 0.9 .499 .500 0.9 0.4 9 $11,000
DET (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $6,000

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
1945 BOS AL 23 2B 77 77 72 429 202 213 14 63 .967 5.39 .970 5.62
1946 BOS AL 24 3B 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 .948 3.10
1 Season 2B 77 77 72 429 202 213 14 63 .967 5.39 .970 5.62
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 .948 3.10
3 Seasons TOT 78 77 72 433 204 214 15 63 .965 5.36 .970 5.59
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1945 AL  10 (9th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1945 AL  5.39 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2173), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS Second Base (433rd), 0.9 career WAR/0.9 7yr-peak WAR/0.9 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.6 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
194523Boston Red Sox$5,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194624Boston Red Sox$6,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194725Detroit Tigers$6,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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