Benny Bengough

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 168lb (170cm, 76kg)

Born: July 27, 1898 in Niagara Falls, NY us

Died: December 22, 1968 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: St. Dominic's Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

School: Niagara University (Lewiston, NY)

Debut: May 18, 1923 (Age 24-295d, 5,744th in major league history)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1932 (Age 34-059d)
vs. DET 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Bernard Oliver Bengough

Pronunciation: \ben-goff\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

1125

287

.255

RBI

108

OBP

.295

SLG

.317

OPS

.613

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-5 / in Starts: 9-5
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 58 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	45 (20-15-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 58 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	38 (19-12-7)

Most Driven In
B Ruth	1
A Ward	1
E Smith	1
E Scott	0
B Meusel	0

Most Driven In By
B Bush	1

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 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	27 (26)	May 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	.59	-0.092	2.87	-0.27%	-1.78	C
2	2	28	May 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	6	2.01	-0.138	10.18	-0.42%	-1.06	C
3	3	37 (8)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	4-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.200	.382	6	.90	-0.026	4.54	-0.08%	0.04	C
4	4	38	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.200	.388	6	.49	-0.017	2.45	-0.05%	-0.76	C
5	5	39	May 31	NYY		BOS	W,8-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.190	.158	.348	6	.76	-0.056	3.65	-0.16%	-1.50	C
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
6	6	40	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	L,0-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.136	.303	6	.74	-0.060	3.40	-0.17%	-0.54	C
7	7	41	Jun 2	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.154	.125	.279	8	.36	-0.019	1.73	-0.06%	-0.37	C
8	8	43 (1)	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.185	.125	.310	8	5.05	0.010	25.12	0.03%	0.40	C
9	9	64 (20)	Jun 30	NYY		PHA	W,6-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.185	.125	.310	8						C
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
10	10	75 (10)	Jul 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.207	.154	.361	8	.61	-0.019	1.26	-0.02%	-0.07	C
11	11	76	Jul 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.133	.315	8	.59	-0.069	1.09	-0.08%	-1.89	C
12	12	77	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.171	.125	.296	8	.78	-0.041	1.18	-0.04%	-0.36	C
13	13	78	Jul 14 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.086	.158	.114	.272	8	.58	-0.045	1.39	-0.06%	-0.54	C
14	14	79	Jul 14 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.105	.190	.132	.322	8	.91	0.082	2.80	0.15%	0.60	C
15	15	80	Jul 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.196	.143	.339	8	.64	-0.054	1.57	-0.08%	-0.98	C
16	16	82 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.128	.196	.149	.345	8	.54	-0.064	1.22	-0.09%	-0.67	C
17	17	83	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-13	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.204	.180	.384	8	.37	-0.018	.61	-0.02%	0.06	C
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
18	18	100 (16)	Aug 6	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.204	.180	.384	8						C
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
19	19	133 (32)	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.193	.170	.363	7	1.97	-0.148	.00	0.00%	-1.44	C
							14-5		58	53	1	7	2	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.132	.193	.170	.363		.86	-0.774	2.92	-1.40%	-10.83

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