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	17-23 / in Starts: 17-20
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 144 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	90 (51-24-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 144 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	97 (49-30-17)

Most Driven In
R Kress	3
J Burns	2
O Melillo	2
L Bettencourt	1
T Jenkins	1
B Stanton	1

Most Driven In By
F Schulte	4
B Cooney	1
J Levey	0

1931 Batting Game Log

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1931 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	318	85 (84)	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	5	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	1		1	0	0				0	0	.500	.600	1.000	1.600	7						C
2	319	87 (1)	Jul 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.556	.750	1.306	8	.68	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
3	320	88	Jul 22	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.692	.917	1.609	8	.98	0.205	.00	0.00%	2.67	C
4	321	89	Jul 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.563	.588	.750	1.338	8	.73	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.83	C
5	322	90	Jul 25	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.474	.500	.632	1.132	8	.74	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.99	C
6	323	91	Jul 26	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.391	.417	.522	.938	8	.63	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-1.19	C
7	324	92	Jul 27	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.407	.500	.907	8	1.26	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.01	C
8	325	93	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.367	.387	.500	.887	8	1.71	-0.196	.00	0.00%	-1.29	C
9	326	94	Jul 29	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.353	.455	.807	8	.93	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
10	327	95	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.342	.432	.775	7	.54	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.75	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
11	328	96	Aug 1	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.317	.400	.717	7	1.08	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.71	C
12	329	97	Aug 2 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.311	.386	.697	7	.87	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.63	C
13	330	101 (3)	Aug 7	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.304	.378	.682	9	1.50	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
14	331	102	Aug 8 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.300	.367	.667	7	.76	0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
15	332	105 (2)	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.283	.296	.358	.655	7	.98	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-1.00	C
16	333	106	Aug 11	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.291	.352	.643	9	2.49	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
17	334	109 (2)	Aug 14	SLB		BOS	W,12-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.263	.288	.333	.621	7	.60	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.79	C
18	335	111 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.262	.286	.328	.614	7						C
19	336	113 (1)	Aug 18	SLB		WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.284	.323	.607	7	.59	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.94	C
20	337	117 (3)	Aug 22	SLB		NYY	L,6-8	CG(11)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.288	.324	.612	7	2.93	0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.60	C
21	338	118	Aug 23 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.289	.324	.614	7	.73	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.00	C
22	339	122 (3)	Aug 26	SLB		PHA	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.288	.321	.608	7	1.57	-0.165	.00	0.00%	-1.72	C
23	340	123	Aug 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.268	.286	.317	.603	7	.22	0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.17	C
24	341	125 (1)	Aug 29	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.284	.314	.598	7	.76	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.34	C
25	342	127 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.293	.333	.627	7	.71	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.20	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
26	343	130 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.281	.319	.600	7	.61	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-1.19	C
27	344	131	Sep 3	SLB		CLE	W,11-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.280	.327	.607	7	.78	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.93	C
28	345	133 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.284	.298	.343	.641	7	1.63	0.203	.00	0.00%	1.57	C
29	346	135 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.290	.333	.623	7	1.69	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-0.96	C
30	347	140 (4)	Sep 12 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.295	.336	.631	8	.51	0.097	.00	0.00%	0.29	C
31	348	142 (1)	Sep 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.284	.325	.609	7	2.05	-0.224	.00	0.00%	-1.35	C
32	349	143	Sep 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.294	.333	.627	7	1.32	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.21	C
33	350	144	Sep 17 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-17	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.293	.325	.618	7	.40	0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.48	C
34	351	146 (1)	Sep 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-14	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.290	.322	.613	9	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.81	PH
35	352	147	Sep 19	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.283	.315	.598	7	.84	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.55	C
36	353	148	Sep 21 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.277	.307	.584	7	.83	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
37	354	150 (1)	Sep 22	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.271	.300	.571	7	1.13	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.82	C
38	355	151	Sep 26 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	GS-11	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.270	.293	.563	7	1.66	-0.188	.00	0.00%	-1.28	C
39	356	152	Sep 26 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,13-3	CG(8)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.255	.277	.299	.576	7	.29	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.01	C
40	357	154 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.250	.271	.293	.564	7						C
							17-23		144	140	6	35	4	1	0	12	4	0	4	0	0		2		0	3	.250	.271	.293	.564		1.02	-1.098	.00	0.00%	-15.04

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