Ben Huffman

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: July 18, 1914 in Rileyville, VA us

Died: February 22, 2005 in Luray, VA

Buried: Beahm's Chapel Cemetery, Luray, VA

High School: Luray HS (Luray, VA)

School: Bridgewater College (Bridgewater, VA)

Debut: April 23, 1937 (Age 22-279d, 8,235th in major league history)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1937 (Age 23-076d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Benjamin Franklin Huffman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

176

.273

RBI

OBP

.323

SLG

.341

OPS

.664

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-59 / in Starts: 15-20
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	45 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 189 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	117 (58-37-22) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 189 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	127 (64-40-22)

Most Driven In
B Bell	7
B Knickerbocker	4
H Clift	3
J Vosmik	3
R Hornsby	1
E Allen	1
G Lipscomb	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
T Carey	6
H Davis	2
R Barkley	2
E Allen	1
Self	1
H Clift	1
G Lipscomb	1
O Hildebrand	0

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 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	3 (2)	Apr 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-9	5-GF	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	9	.25	0.002	.61	0.00%	0.38	PH C
2	2	6 (2)	Apr 28	SLB	@	DET	L,5-11	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	9	1.11	-0.033	2.60	-0.05%	-0.48	PH
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	14 (7)	May 10	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.625	1.000	7	.38	-0.029	.51	-0.02%	-0.32	C
4	4	15	May 11	SLB		WSH	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.545	.583	.727	1.311	7	2.18	0.254	2.99	0.21%	1.60	C
5	5	17 (1)	May 14	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.571	.625	.714	1.339	7	1.14	0.045	1.70	0.04%	0.75	C
6	6	18	May 15	SLB		DET	W,11-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.556	.600	.722	1.322	7	.81	0.061	1.35	0.06%	1.05	C
7	7	19	May 16	SLB		DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.542	.636	1.178	7	1.95	-0.103	3.52	-0.11%	-0.60	C
8	8	21 (1)	May 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,8-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.478	.520	.609	1.129	9	.46	-0.011	.67	-0.01%	-0.39	PH
9	9	22	May 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.467	.536	1.002	7	1.34	-0.165	1.75	-0.13%	-1.02	C
10	10	23	May 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.387	.441	.484	.925	7	2.09	-0.061	2.62	-0.05%	-0.08	C
11	11	28 (4)	May 26	SLB	@	BOS	L,9-11	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.421	.441	.862	8	.68	-0.027	.53	-0.01%	-0.60	C
12	12	30 (1)	May 28 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.410	.429	.839	9	.09	-0.002	.05	0.00%	-0.20	PH
13	13	32 (1)	May 30	SLB	@	DET	L,3-18	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.417	.817	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
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
14	14	36 (3)	Jun 4 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.378	.390	.768	8	2.01	-0.094	.61	-0.02%	-1.31	C
15	15	39 (2)	Jun 6 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1	0	.333	.388	.400	.788	7						C
16	16	41 (1)	Jun 7	SLB		BOS	W,9-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.377	.388	.765	7	.90	-0.057	.14	-0.01%	-0.62	C
17	17	42	Jun 10	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.368	.396	.765	7	1.41	0.231	.25	0.02%	1.72	C
18	18	43	Jun 11	SLB		NYY	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.350	.375	.725	7	.72	-0.058	.22	-0.01%	-0.88	C
19	19	45 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,9-16	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.359	.383	.743	7	.63	0.039	.16	0.01%	0.52	C
20	20	47 (1)	Jun 15	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.353	.375	.728	7	2.44	-0.148	.44	-0.02%	-0.64	C
21	21	48	Jun 16	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.347	.382	.730	7	1.57	-0.192	.27	-0.02%	-1.21	C
22	22	49	Jun 18	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.342	.375	.717	7	.56	-0.048	.13	-0.01%	-0.94	C
23	23	50	Jun 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.338	.368	.706	7	1.70	0.013	.43	0.00%	-0.38	C
24	24	51	Jun 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.313	.345	.388	.733	7						C
25	25	52	Jun 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.341	.383	.724	8	.88	-0.024	.16	0.00%	-0.28	PH
26	26	53	Jun 23	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.337	.388	.725	7	1.28	-0.075	.16	-0.01%	-0.41	C
27	27	54	Jun 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.323	.371	.693	7	1.16	-0.124	.21	-0.01%	-1.17	C
28	28	55	Jun 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.319	.367	.686	9	.61	-0.017	.06	0.00%	-0.13	PH
29	29	56	Jun 26	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.316	.362	.678	7	.65	-0.027	.06	0.00%	-0.69	C
30	30	57	Jun 27 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.307	.351	.657	7	.76	-0.062	.09	0.00%	-0.54	C
31	31	58	Jun 27 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,7-11	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.314	.357	.671	9	.17	0.007	.01	0.00%	0.14	PH
32	32	59	Jun 29	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.311	.354	.664	9	.85	-0.023	.04	0.00%	-0.27	PH
33	33	60	Jun 30	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.327	.350	.677	7	.58	0.071	.02	0.00%	-0.36	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
34	34	61	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.333	.356	.689	8	1.19	0.031	.02	0.00%	0.87	C
35	35	62	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.339	.361	.700	8	.64	0.038	.03	0.00%	0.54	C
36	36	66 (3)	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,4-15	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.336	.358	.694	9	.02	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
37	37	67	Jul 9	SLB	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.333	.354	.687	7	.90	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.26	C
38	38	68	Jul 10	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.328	.347	.675	7	1.59	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.17	C
39	39	70 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.287	.326	.344	.670	7						C
40	40	71	Jul 14	SLB		BOS	L,6-15	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.331	.350	.680	9	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
41	41	72	Jul 15	SLB		BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.321	.339	.659	7	.98	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-1.55	C
42	42	73	Jul 16	SLB		BOS	L,4-6	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.326	.344	.670	9	1.07	0.048	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
43	43	76 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.326	.338	.665	7	1.33	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
44	44	84 (7)	Jul 25 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,10-16	0-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.284	.324	.336	.660	9						C
45	45	85	Jul 25 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,5-15	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.281	.322	.333	.655	9						PH
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
46	46	91 (5)	Aug 1	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-14	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.326	.360	.687	9	.01	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.56	PH C
47	47	92	Aug 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.324	.358	.682	8	2.40	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
48	48	97 (4)	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.329	.362	.691	9	.83	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.62	PH
49	49	99 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.288	.327	.360	.686	9	.29	0.012	.00	0.00%	1.27	PH
50	50	100	Aug 12	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-7	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.288	.331	.360	.691	9	1.54	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
51	51	102 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-16	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.329	.357	.686	8	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
52	52	105 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.327	.355	.681	8	.81	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
53	53	106	Aug 18 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,11-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.329	.356	.685	7	.76	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-1.22	C
54	54	107	Aug 19	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.333	.361	.694	9	.63	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
55	55	109 (1)	Aug 21	SLB		DET	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.333	.361	.694	8						C
56	56	110	Aug 22 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.331	.358	.689	9	.94	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.39	PH C
57	57	112 (1)	Aug 24	SLB		WSH	L,6-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.329	.356	.685	9	1.68	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
Sep/Oct		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
58	58	122 (9)	Sep 2	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.333	.362	.695	6	.96	0.099	.00	0.00%	0.98	C
59	59	123	Sep 3	SLB		CLE	L,3-15	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.331	.365	.697	6	.81	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-1.18	C
60	60	124	Sep 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.329	.363	.692	9	.54	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
61	61	125	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,3-3	CG(6)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.288	.329	.363	.692	6	.85	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.32	C
62	62	129 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.327	.360	.688	9	1.72	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.49	PH
63	63	130	Sep 8	SLB		CHW	L,1-10	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.286	.331	.360	.692	9	.44	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.28	PH
64	64	131	Sep 9	SLB		CHW	L,8-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.328	.355	.683	7	1.90	-0.077	.00	0.00%	0.06	C
65	65	134 (2)	Sep 12 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-6	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0	0	.287	.331	.359	.691	8						PH
66	66	135	Sep 12 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.330	.357	.687	9	.33	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
67	67	137 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.328	.355	.683	9	1.63	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.99	PH
68	68	139 (1)	Sep 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.326	.353	.679	7	2.97	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
69	69	140	Sep 18 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.330	.353	.683	6	3.15	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH
70	70	143 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.328	.351	.679	9	.45	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
71	71	144	Sep 22 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.326	.349	.675	9	1.00	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
72	72	148 (3)	Sep 26 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.324	.347	.671	7	2.98	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
73	73	149	Sep 26 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.323	.345	.667	9	.84	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.39	PH
74	74	152 (2)	Sep 30	SLB		DET	W,10-3	7-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.276	.326	.345	.671	7	2.95	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
75	75	153	Oct 1	SLB		DET	L,4-14	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.324	.343	.667	9	.36	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.56	PH
76	76	154	Oct 2	SLB		CHW	L,2-8	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.323	.341	.664	9	1.06	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.49	PH
							16-59		189	176	18	48	9	0	1	24	10	0	7	3	0		2		1	0	.273	.323	.341	.664		1.14	-1.086	.49	-0.14%	-8.26

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