Charlie Bennett

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: November 21, 1854 in New Castle, PA us

Died: February 24, 1927 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, MI

Debut: May 1, 1878 (Age 23-161d, 374th in major league history)

Last Game: September 30, 1893 (Age 38-313d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1878 season

Full Name: Charles Wesley Bennett

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1887 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.8

3821

978

.256

549

RBI

533

OBP

.340

SLG

.387

OPS

.728

OPS+

119

Summary of 55 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 55 lacking some details

3 Tms
DTN	37
BSN	17
MLG	1

Platoon
vs RHP	49
vs LHP	5
vs ?HP	1

Home/Road
Home	34
Away	21

Outs
Unk	55

15 Opps
CHC	9
NYG	6
PHI	6
BSN	5
PRO	4
PIT	4
CLV	4
BUF	3
IND	3
TRO	2
SLM	2
CLV	2
BRO	2
WHS	2
WOR	1

40 Pitchers
Mickey Welch	6
John Clarkson	4
Pud Galvin	3
Charlie Sweeney	2
Bill Hutchison	2
Jim McCormick	2
Bobby Mathews	2
Lev Shreve	2
Doc Leitner	1
Dan Casey	1
Cy Young	1
Brickyard Kennedy	1
Al Maul	1
Hank O'Day	1
Tommy Bond	1
Old Hoss Radbourn	1
Jack Lynch	1
Fred Goldsmith	1
Pat Luby	1
Gus Weyhing	1
Egyptian Healy	1
George Keefe	1
Hugh Daily	1
John Ward	1
Jack Neagle	1
Lee Richmond	1
Phenomenal Smith	1
Kid Madden	1
Ed Crane	1
John Harkins	1
John Coleman	1
Ted Kennedy	1
George Haddock	1
Charlie Ferguson	1
Adonis Terry	1
Tim Keefe	1
Lee Viau	1
Kirtley Baker	1
Jim Whitney	1
Henry Boyle	1

15 Parks
RecreationPk (DET)	19
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	16
WestSide Pk (CHI)	4
7th St Pk 3 (IND)	2
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	2
MesserSt Grd (PRO)	2
Swampoodle G (WAS)	2
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	1
AgCountyFG (WOR)	1
Polo Grnds 3 (NYC)	1
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	1
RecreationPk (PHI)	1
7th St Pk 2 (IND)	1
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	1
Union Grnds (STL)	1

Where Hit

5 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	55

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

96 RBI

Inning
1	7
2	5
3	8
4	6
5	4
6	4
7	8
8	6
9	5
Extra	2

1-3	20
4-6	14
7-end	21

RelScore
Unk	55

Unk	55

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	49
LF	2
2B	2
3B	2

OrderPos
Unk	18
4th	14
7th	7
5th	5
8th	5
3rd	4
6th	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1878	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
1	1	1	1	1878-07-25	MLG	@	PRO	John Ward		t 9		1	6	2		IPHR
1881	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
2	2	1	1	1881-05-02	DTN		BUF	Jack Lynch		t 9		1	6	2
3	3	2	1	1881-05-20	DTN		PRO	Old Hoss Radbourn		t 4		1	4	2
4	4	3	1	1881-05-25	DTN		BSN	Tommy Bond		t 1		3	4	2
5	5	4	1	1881-06-18	DTN	@	PRO	Bobby Mathews		t 5		3	7	2		IPHR
6	6	5	1	1881-07-13	DTN		BSN	Jim Whitney		b 4		1	5	2
7	7	6	1	1881-07-28	DTN		BUF	Pud Galvin		t 7		3	5	5
8	8	7	1	1881-08-02	DTN		CLV	Jim McCormick		t 4		3	5	2
1882	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
9	9	1	1	1882-06-07	DTN	@	BSN	Bobby Mathews		t 1		2	4	2
10	10	2	1	1882-06-09	DTN	@	WOR	Lee Richmond		b 3		1	4	2		IPHR
11	11	3	1	1882-07-03	DTN		TRO	Mickey Welch		b 5		1	3	2
12	12	4	1	1882-07-18	DTN		CLV	Jim McCormick		t 3		1	4	2		Bounced
13	13	5	1	1882-08-31	DTN		TRO	Mickey Welch		b 9		3	4	2
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
14	14	1	1	1883-05-01	DTN		CHC	Fred Goldsmith		b 4		2	4	2		IPHR
15	15	2	1	1883-05-17	DTN		PHI	Jack Neagle		b 3		3	4	2
16	16	3	1	1883-06-01	DTN	@	NYG	Mickey Welch		t 6		1	4	4
17	17	4	1	1883-08-24	DTN		CLV	Hugh Daily		b 7		1	5	2
18	18	5	1	1883-09-01	DTN		BUF	Pud Galvin		b 8		3	5	4
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
19	19	1	1	1884-06-05	DTN		CLV	John Harkins		b 3		2	4	2
20	20	2	1	1884-06-23	DTN		PRO	Charlie Sweeney		b 3		2	4	2
21	21	3	1	1884-07-09	DTN		PHI	John Coleman		b 1		3	4	2
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
22	22	1	1	1885-05-16	DTN	@	PHI	Charlie Ferguson		t 1		3	3	5
23	23	2	1	1885-06-12	DTN	@	CHC	Ted Kennedy		t 7		1	3	2
24	24	3	1	1885-06-15	DTN	@	CHC	John Clarkson		t 9		1	3	2
25	25	4	1	1885-07-28	DTN	@	NYG	Tim Keefe		t 1		1	4	7
26	26	5	1	1885-09-01	DTN	@	SLM	Henry Boyle		t 1		4	4	7
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
27	27	1	1	1886-05-06	DTN	@	CHC	John Clarkson		t 3		1	7	2
28	28	2	1	1886-06-12	DTN		SLM	Charlie Sweeney		b 6		3	7	2
29	29	3	1	1886-09-01	DTN		NYG	Mickey Welch		b 7		1	8	2
30	30	4	1	1886-09-09	DTN	@	CHC	John Clarkson		t 7		3	8	2
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
31	31	1	1	1887-08-20	DTN	@	IND	Doc Leitner		t 4		1	8	2
32	32	2	1	1887-08-24	DTN	@	WHS	George Keefe		t 3		1	7	2
33	33	3	1	1887-08-26	DTN	@	PHI	Dan Casey		t 2		1	7	2
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
34	34	1	1	1888-04-26	DTN	@	IND	Lev Shreve		t 8		1	7	2
35	35	2	1	1888-06-08	DTN	@	BSN	John Clarkson		t 15		3	8	2
36	36	3	1	1888-06-29	DTN	@	IND	Lev Shreve		t 2		3	8	2
37	37	4	1	1888-07-17	DTN		BSN	Kid Madden		b 8		1	7	2		IPHR
38	38	5	1	1888-08-06	DTN	@	WHS	Hank O'Day		t 4		1		2
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
39	39	1	1	1889-05-16	BSN		PIT	Al Maul		b 2		1		2
40	40	2	1	1889-07-12	BSN		PIT	Pud Galvin		b 3		1		2
41	41	3	1	1889-07-18	BSN		CHC	Egyptian Healy		b 2		2		2
42	42	4	1	1889-08-21	BSN		NYG	Ed Crane		b 7		1		2
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
43	43	1	1	1890-06-05	BSN	@	NYG	Mickey Welch		t 1		2		2
44	44	2	1	1890-07-09	BSN		PIT	Kirtley Baker		b 6		2		2
45	45	3	1	1890-08-12	BSN		PHI	Phenomenal Smith		b 12		1		2
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
46	46	1	1	1891-06-09	BSN		CHC	Pat Luby		b 2		2		2
47	47	2	1	1891-08-06	BSN		CHC	Bill Hutchison		b 5		1		2
48	48	3	1	1891-08-13	BSN		CLV	Lee Viau		b 7		1		2
49	49	4	1	1891-08-19	BSN	@	NYG	Mickey Welch		t 6		2		2
50	50	5	1	1891-09-16	BSN		CHC	Bill Hutchison		b 8		1		2
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
51	51	1	1	1892-06-17	BSN		PHI	Gus Weyhing		b 7		1		2
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
52	52	1	1	1893-05-18	BSN		BRO	George Haddock		b 9		2		2
53	53	2	1	1893-05-20	BSN		BRO	Brickyard Kennedy		b 8		3		2
54	54	3	1	1893-06-03	BSN		CLV	Cy Young		b 8		1		2
55	55	4	1	1893-06-10	BSN		PIT	Adonis Terry		b 5		1		2