Benn Karr

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: November 28, 1893 in Mount Pleasant, MS us

Died: December 8, 1968 in Memphis, TN

Buried: Crittendon Memorial Park, Marion, AR

High School: Mount Pleasant HS (Mount Pleasant, MS)

Debut: April 20, 1920 (Age 26-144d, 5,031st in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1927 (Age 33-217d)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: Benjamin Joyce Karr

Nicknames: Baldy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

4.60

177

780.1

180

WHIP

1.513

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	10-33 / in Starts: 3-4
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 69 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	52 (22-16-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 69 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	45 (22-14-8)

Most Driven In
E Scott	6
M Ruel	1
M Menosky	1
S Collins	1
R Walters	0

Most Driven In By
D Pratt	2
N Leibold	2
M Menosky	1
E Foster	1
C Pittenger	1

1921 Batting Game Log

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1921 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	59	2 (1)	Apr 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.64	-0.017	1.83	-0.03%	-0.25	PH
2	60	3	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.16	-0.027	3.02	-0.04%	-0.38	PH
3	61	5 (1)	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.54	-0.041	4.17	-0.07%	-0.27	PH
4	62	6	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.08	0.004	.20	0.01%	1.00	PH
5	63	8 (1)	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	3.98	0.114	9.27	0.16%	0.67	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
6	64	12 (3)	May 3	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	2.64	-0.062	7.38	-0.11%	-0.38	PH
7	65	16 (3)	May 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	2.82	0.216	7.28	0.34%	0.91	PH
8	66	20 (3)	May 15	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-7	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	3.00	-0.081	8.49	-0.14%	-0.28	PH
9	67	22 (1)	May 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	9	1.77	0.045	5.82	0.09%	0.26	PH
10	68	24 (1)	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	1	3.62	-0.086	13.04	-0.19%	-0.51	PH
11	69	28 (3)	May 23	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	9						P
12	70	31 (2)	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-6	5-GF(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	9						P
13	71	32	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-8	4-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	9	.41	-0.003	.71	0.00%	-0.34	P
14	72	33	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	2.96	-0.079	4.48	-0.07%	-0.27	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
15	73	38 (4)	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	9	1.40	-0.042	3.08	-0.06%	-0.59	PH
16	74	43 (4)	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	10.90	-0.283	23.40	-0.37%	-0.81	PH
17	75	56 (12)	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.235	.133	.369	9	.21	-0.006	.60	-0.01%	-0.07	P
18	76	59 (2)	Jun 24	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	1.41	-0.038	2.77	-0.05%	0.13	P
19	77	62 (2)	Jun 27	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9						P
20	78	64 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	4-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.238	.158	.396	9	.49	0.010	.78	0.01%	-0.12	P
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
21	79	66 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.238	.158	.396	8	1.15	-0.031	1.48	-0.02%	0.12	PH
22	80	67	Jul 2 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	1-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.292	.227	.519	9	.75	0.094	.78	0.06%	1.51	P
23	81	68	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.292	.227	.519	9						P
24	82	70 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.280	.217	.497	9	1.80	-0.047	.60	-0.01%	-0.26	PH P
25	83	77 (6)	Jul 12 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.250	.192	.442	9	.47	-0.037	.21	-0.01%	-0.86	P
26	84	85 (7)	Jul 18 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	2-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.258	.207	.465	9	.89	-0.011	.09	0.00%	0.03	P
27	85	87 (1)	Jul 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,9-10	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	9	3.17	-0.081	.14	0.00%	-0.34	P
28	86	91 (3)	Jul 26	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.242	.194	.436	9	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.18	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
29	87	96 (4)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,5-8	6-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	9	2.49	-0.136	.03	0.00%	-1.16	P
30	88	108 (11)	Aug 18 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	7-GF(11)	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.265	.542	9	2.17	0.168	.00	0.00%	0.65	P
31	89	110 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,12-8	6-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.282	.270	.552	9	1.94	0.082	.01	0.00%	0.26	PH P
32	90	116 (5)	Aug 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,11-12	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.300	.289	.589	9	2.44	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.41	P
33	91	119 (2)	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-5	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.256	.293	.282	.575	9	2.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.44	P
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
34	92	121 (1)	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.286	.275	.561	8	1.68	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
35	93	123 (1)	Sep 3	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.302	.293	.595	9	2.51	0.096	.00	0.00%	0.40	P
36	94	125 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.298	.273	.571	9	.57	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.89	P
37	95	132 (6)	Sep 11 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.280	.255	.535	9	.80	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
38	96	135 (2)	Sep 15	BOS		DET	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.269	.245	.514	9	.95	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
39	97	139 (3)	Sep 19 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.245	.286	.264	.550	9	1.03	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.85	P
40	98	142 (2)	Sep 22	BOS		CLE	L,8-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.281	.259	.540	9	2.21	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-0.83	PH
41	99	144 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,10-5	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.263	.300	.281	.581	9	1.47	0.195	.00	0.00%	1.82	P
42	100	147 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.246	.281	.262	.544	9						P
43	101	153 (5)	Oct 1 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,1-6	GS-4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.292	.290	.583	9	.66	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.43	P
							10-33		69	62	7	16	2	0	0	9	3	0	16	0	1		2		1	0	.258	.292	.290	.583		1.52	-0.221	1.61	-0.51%	-0.24

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