Benn Karr

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: November 28, 1893 in Mount Pleasant, MS us

Died: December 8, 1968 in Memphis, TN

Buried: Crittendon Memorial Park, Marion, AR

High School: Mount Pleasant HS (Mount Pleasant, MS)

Debut: April 20, 1920 (Age 26-144d, 5,031st in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1927 (Age 33-217d)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: Benjamin Joyce Karr

Nicknames: Baldy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

4.60

177

780.1

180

WHIP

1.513

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-44 / in Starts: 0-2
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 83 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	74 (41-19-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 83 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	53 (25-17-10)

Most Driven In
W Schang	3
E Foster	2
M McNally	2
E Scott	1
M Menosky	1
H Hooper	1
T Hendryx	1
S McInnis	1

Most Driven In By
M Menosky	2
M McNally	1
W Schang	1
Self	1
O Vitt	1
B Bush	0

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	5 (4)	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.93	-0.071	9.73	-0.14%	-0.30	PH
2	2	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-8	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	3	17 (10)	May 4	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-6	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.21	-0.011	.82	-0.03%	-0.38	P
4	4	20 (2)	May 7	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	4-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	1.22	-0.045	4.82	-0.11%	-0.13	PH P
5	5	32 (11)	May 27	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	.09	-0.002	.42	-0.01%	-0.16	P
6	6	34 (1)	May 29 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	9	5.40	0.388	24.26	1.05%	1.10	PH
7	7	37 (2)	May 31 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,4-9	3-GF	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	9	.48	-0.006	1.59	-0.01%	0.32	PH P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	8	40 (2)	Jun 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.385	.417	.801	7	2.82	0.062	7.62	0.10%	0.21	PH
9	9	45 (4)	Jun 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	9	2.85	-0.082	8.37	-0.15%	-0.24	PH
10	10	46	Jun 12	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-15	2-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.313	.607	9	.29	-0.024	.65	-0.03%	-1.16	PH P
11	11	49 (2)	Jun 15	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-12	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.294	.572	9	1.22	-0.019	2.00	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
12	12	51 (1)	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.316	.333	.649	9	2.89	0.115	4.47	0.11%	0.39	PH
13	13	53 (1)	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-9	3-8	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.409	.400	.809	9	1.83	0.150	3.93	0.19%	1.36	P
14	14	58 (4)	Jun 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-14	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.391	.381	.772	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
15	15	59	Jun 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.375	.364	.739	9	1.03	-0.027	1.48	-0.02%	-0.18	PH
16	16	61 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.360	.348	.708	8	3.17	-0.091	1.99	-0.03%	-0.36	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	17	63 (1)	Jul 1	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.346	.333	.679	8	3.50	-0.090	1.51	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
18	18	64	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	W,10-9	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.320	.653	2	6.47	-0.194	1.73	-0.03%	-0.81	PH P
19	19	69 (4)	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.308	.629	9	.74	-0.019	.34	-0.01%	-0.17	P
20	20	73 (3)	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.310	.296	.607	9	.04	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.16	P
21	21	74	Jul 12	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.300	.286	.586	9	4.11	-0.053	.35	0.00%	-0.31	PH
22	22	76 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		DET	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.290	.276	.566	9	5.49	0.257	.29	0.01%	0.18	PH
23	23	78 (1)	Jul 16	BOS		DET	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.233	.281	.267	.548	8	3.50	0.135	.20	0.01%	0.39	PH
24	24	79	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.273	.258	.531	9	.93	-0.024	.07	0.00%	-0.24	PH
25	25	80	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.281	.575	8	.51	0.028	.02	0.00%	0.26	PH
26	26	82 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.286	.273	.558	6	7.24	0.103	.10	0.00%	0.04	PH
27	27	83	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-9	3-GF(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.216	.256	.243	.500	9	1.87	-0.110	.04	0.00%	-1.21	PH P
28	28	86 (2)	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	L,7-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.275	.263	.538	9	2.49	0.098	.02	0.00%	0.39	P
29	29	87	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.268	.256	.525	9	.51	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
30	30	88	Jul 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.262	.250	.512	9	.16	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
31	31	90 (1)	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-8	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.250	.238	.488	9	.27	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	32	95 (4)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	4-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.238	.505	9	.94	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.39	P
33	33	96	Aug 2 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.283	.256	.538	8	4.98	0.329	.00	0.00%	0.94	PH
34	34	103 (6)	Aug 9	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.298	.295	.593	7	.47	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.23	PH
35	35	104	Aug 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	5-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.300	.362	.662	9	.68	0.008	.00	0.00%	1.45	PH P
36	36	106 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.354	.648	1	2.90	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH
37	37	108 (1)	Aug 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-3	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.308	.367	.675	8	2.62	0.158	.00	0.00%	1.34	PH
38	38	111 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	BOS		DET	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.302	.360	.662	2	2.62	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.33	PH
39	39	112	Aug 18	BOS		DET	W,6-5	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.296	.353	.649	8	2.27	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
40	40	117 (4)	Aug 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	7-GF(13)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.298	.352	.650	9	2.10	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.05	PH P
41	41	121 (3)	Aug 27	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.310	.352	.662	9	1.81	0.064	.00	0.00%	0.39	P
42	42	122	Aug 28	BOS		SLB	L,0-7	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.305	.345	.651	9	.39	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	43	127 (4)	Sep 3	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.295	.333	.628	8	3.37	-0.145	.00	0.00%	-1.01	PH P
44	44	128	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.306	.345	.651	8	2.61	0.124	.00	0.00%	1.66	PH
45	45	129	Sep 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.302	.339	.641	8	4.91	-0.184	.00	0.00%	-0.46	PH
46	46	130	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	9	1.88	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.42	P
47	47	133 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	3-GF	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.319	.359	.678	9	.69	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.10	PH P
48	48	134	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	8-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.329	.359	.688	8	3.77	0.110	.00	0.00%	0.66	PH
49	49	135	Sep 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.338	.369	.707	8	.71	0.034	.00	0.00%	1.61	PH
50	50	137 (1)	Sep 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-7	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.347	.394	.741	9	1.42	0.099	.00	0.00%	1.10	P
51	51	140 (2)	Sep 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-7	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.356	.403	.759	8	1.59	0.072	.00	0.00%	1.07	PH
52	52	141	Sep 15	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-18	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.351	.397	.748	9	.92	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.32	P
53	53	142	Sep 16	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.290	.347	.391	.738	8						PH
54	54	143	Sep 17	BOS	@	DET	L,13-14	0-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.282	.338	.380	.718	9						PH P
55	55	145 (1)	Sep 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.333	.375	.708	2	2.48	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.47	PH
56	56	149 (3)	Sep 24	BOS		PHA	L,9-10	6-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.338	.392	.729	9	2.87	0.102	.00	0.00%	1.53	P
57	57	151 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.387	.720	8	5.60	0.166	.00	0.00%	-0.08	PH
58	58	154 (2)	Sep 28 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.276	.329	.382	.711	9						PH
							14-44		83	76	8	21	5	0	1	15	6	0	18	0	1		1		0	0	.276	.329	.382	.711		1.91	1.139	1.28	0.85%	6.58

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