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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-9	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	14 (10)	May 10	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	15	May 11	SLB		WSH	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	17 (1)	May 14	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	18	May 15	SLB		DET	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
6	19	May 16	SLB		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
7	22 (2)	May 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	52	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
8	23	May 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
9	28 (4)	May 26	SLB	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	36 (7)	Jun 4 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
11	39 (2)	Jun 6 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
12	41 (1)	Jun 7	SLB		BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
13	42	Jun 10	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
14	43	Jun 11	SLB		NYY	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	45 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,9-16	CG	54	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
16	47 (1)	Jun 15	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	48	Jun 16	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
18	49	Jun 18	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	50	Jun 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	51	Jun 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	53 (1)	Jun 23	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
22	54	Jun 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	56 (1)	Jun 26	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
24	57	Jun 27 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
25	60 (2)	Jun 30	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	61	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
27	62	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	67 (4)	Jul 9	SLB	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	68	Jul 10	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
30	70 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	72 (1)	Jul 15	SLB		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	76 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	GS	32	6.0	3	1	1	5	1
33	84 (7)	Jul 25 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,10-16	GF	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	91 (6)	Aug 1	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-14	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	102 (10)	Aug 14 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-16	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	106 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
37	109 (2)	Aug 21	SLB		DET	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	110	Aug 22 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-11	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	122 (11)	Sep 2	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	123	Sep 3	SLB		CLE	L,3-15	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	125 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,3-3	CG	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	131 (5)	Sep 9	SLB		CHW	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							42gm		334.0	140	20	5	165	4