Benny Kauff

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-8, 157lb (173cm, 71kg)

Born: January 5, 1890 in Pomeroy, OH us

Died: November 17, 1961 in Columbus, OH

Buried: Union Cemetery, Columbus, OH

Debut: April 20, 1912 (Age 22-106d, 3,654th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 2, 1920 (Age 30-179d)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1914 season

Full Name: Bennie Michael Kauff

Pronunciation: \cowf\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.0

3094

961

.311

521

RBI

455

234

OBP

.389

SLG

.450

OPS

.838

OPS+

149

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-31 / in Starts: 20-22
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 188 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	132 (62-43-27)
Avg. MLBer w/ 188 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	120 (58-39-23)

Most Driven In
R Youngs	8
A Fletcher	6
L Doyle	4
Self	3
D Bancroft	2
G Burns	1
F Frisch	1
L King	1

Most Driven In By
G Kelly	13
E Smith	4
Self	3
E Sicking	2
F Lear	2
F Frisch	1
L Doyle	1
D Bancroft	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	805	2 (1)	Apr 15	NYG		BSN	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	5	1.26	-0.048	3.03	-0.07%	-0.07	CF
2	806	3	Apr 18	NYG		PHI	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	5	1.19	-0.150	2.43	-0.18%	-1.73	CF
3	807	4	Apr 19	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.333	.111	.444	5	.90	-0.018	1.70	-0.02%	-0.19	CF
4	808	5	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,0-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.308	.100	.408	5	.56	-0.013	1.16	-0.02%	-0.14	PH CF
5	809	6	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-4	3-GF	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.353	.154	.507	5	.25	0.003	.49	0.00%	-0.27	PH CF
6	810	7	Apr 25	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.333	.235	.569	5	.79	0.003	1.71	0.00%	0.50	CF
7	811	10 (2)	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG(6)	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.250	.375	.350	.725	5	1.04	0.103	2.02	0.12%	0.76	CF
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
8	812	12 (1)	May 3	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.393	.417	.810	5	1.29	0.108	2.19	0.11%	1.98	CF
9	813	13	May 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-8	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.469	.417	.885	5	1.97	0.207	2.90	0.18%	1.56	CF
10	814	14	May 5	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.455	.400	.855	5	2.40	-0.057	3.97	-0.06%	-0.14	PH
11	815	15	May 6	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	1	.286	.444	.393	.837	5	.75	0.073	1.09	0.06%	0.60	CF
12	816	16	May 7	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	9-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.459	.393	.852	5	1.72	-0.031	2.77	-0.03%	-0.09	CF
13	817	17	May 9	NYG		BSN	L,0-7	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.425	.355	.780	5	.34	-0.025	.63	-0.03%	-0.63	PH CF
14	818	18	May 11	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.386	.314	.701	5	.52	-0.052	.90	-0.05%	-1.13	CF
15	819	19	May 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.367	.300	.667	5	.65	-0.069	1.01	-0.06%	-1.43	CF
16	820	20	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.340	.273	.612	5	.94	-0.105	1.49	-0.10%	-1.02	CF
17	821	21	May 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	6-GF(15)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.188	.316	.250	.566	5	2.26	0.226	4.02	0.24%	1.03	CF
18	822	22	May 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG(12)	6	5	2	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.349	.321	.670	5	1.21	0.513	2.01	0.51%	2.54	CF
19	823	23	May 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,17-2	CG	5	4	3	2	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.246	.368	.368	.736	5	.74	0.118	1.32	0.13%	2.96	CF
20	824	24	May 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.347	.344	.691	5	1.69	-0.142	3.27	-0.17%	-0.96	CF
21	825	26 (1)	May 22	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.333	.328	.661	5	1.06	-0.035	2.00	-0.04%	-0.62	CF
22	826	27	May 23	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-6	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.224	.333	.343	.677	5	1.41	0.141	2.57	0.16%	1.84	CF
23	827	29 (1)	May 25	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.337	.347	.685	5	.64	0.018	1.17	0.02%	0.57	CF
24	828	30	May 27 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-5	GS-6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.341	.365	.706	5	.76	0.052	1.52	0.06%	0.47	CF
25	829	31	May 27 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.348	.372	.720	5	.89	-0.024	1.61	-0.03%	-0.02	CF
26	830	33 (1)	May 29	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.355	.370	.725	5	1.85	0.112	3.12	0.11%	0.18	CF
27	831	34	May 30	NYG		PHI	W,10-6	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.262	.361	.369	.730	5	.72	0.140	1.09	0.13%	1.50	CF
28	832	35	May 31 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.261	.356	.364	.720	5	.90	-0.066	1.69	-0.08%	-0.79	CF
29	833	36	May 31 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.264	.362	.363	.725	5	1.54	0.104	2.54	0.10%	0.47	CF
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
30	834	37	Jun 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,9-10	5-GF	3	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.380	.404	.784	5	1.05	0.284	1.61	0.26%	1.81	PH CF
31	835	38	Jun 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-9	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.384	.396	.780	5	.86	0.046	.99	0.03%	0.23	CF
32	836	39	Jun 3 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	5	5	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.393	.436	.829	5	.88	0.231	.88	0.14%	0.79	CF
33	837	40	Jun 3 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-5	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.398	.436	.834	5	.91	0.012	1.03	0.01%	0.21	CF
34	838	41	Jun 4	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-8	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.390	.419	.809	5	.72	-0.078	.98	-0.06%	-0.84	CF
35	839	42	Jun 6	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.378	.404	.782	5	.42	-0.041	.72	-0.04%	-1.04	CF
36	840	43	Jun 7	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.375	.400	.775	9	.86	-0.021	1.40	-0.02%	-0.14	PH
37	841	44	Jun 8	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.377	.402	.779	5	1.14	0.080	1.35	0.06%	0.90	CF
38	842	45	Jun 9	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	4	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	1	.289	.396	.456	.852	5	.43	0.150	.61	0.13%	2.91	CF
39	843	46	Jun 10	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.396	.456	.852	9	4.88	0.206	8.52	0.22%	0.52	PR
40	844	48 (1)	Jun 12	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.391	.458	.849	5	2.96	-0.173	4.94	-0.17%	-0.88	CF
41	845	49	Jun 13	NYG		STL	L,3-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.383	.446	.829	5	1.47	-0.104	2.06	-0.09%	-1.11	CF
42	846	51 (1)	Jun 15	NYG		STL	L,7-8	CG	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.390	.456	.846	5	1.24	0.021	1.31	0.01%	0.53	CF
43	847	52	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.388	.452	.840	5	.47	-0.011	.33	-0.01%	-0.21	CF
44	848	53	Jun 19	NYG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.387	.457	.844	5	.82	-0.014	.68	-0.01%	-0.14	CF
45	849	54	Jun 20	NYG		PIT	W,8-0	GS-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.384	.454	.838	6	.92	0.021	.67	0.01%	0.23	CF
46	850	55	Jun 22	NYG		CHC	L,4-10	1-GF	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.284	.385	.448	.832	6	.86	-0.004	.82	0.00%	-0.49	PH CF
47	851	56	Jun 23	NYG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.281	.386	.444	.831	6	1.43	0.055	.99	0.02%	-0.05	CF
48	852	57	Jun 24	NYG		CHC	W,3-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.384	.441	.825	6	.32	-0.007	.29	0.00%	-0.33	PH CF
49	853	59 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-6	GS-10	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.271	.374	.429	.803	6	1.93	-0.194	2.16	-0.13%	-1.90	CF
50	854	60	Jun 26 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.273	.377	.427	.804	6	.82	-0.068	1.03	-0.05%	0.41	CF
51	855	62 (1)	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,18-3	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.373	.421	.793	6	.49	-0.024	.71	-0.02%	-0.24	CF
52	856	64 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.376	.425	.801	7	.06	0.003	.12	0.00%	0.91	PH
53	857	65	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.368	.413	.781	6	1.14	-0.115	2.03	-0.12%	-0.76	CF
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
54	858	67 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,7-9	CG(11)	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.374	.435	.809	6	.86	0.104	.97	0.07%	1.26	CF
55	859	68	Jul 2 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,13-4	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.274	.380	.452	.833	6	.64	0.086	.63	0.05%	0.02	CF
							24-31		188	157	31	43	13	3	3	26	25	1	14	2	1		3		3	8	.274	.380	.452	.833		1.07	1.531	1.67	1.29%	10.32

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