Benny Kauff

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-8, 157lb (173cm, 71kg)

Born: January 5, 1890 in Pomeroy, OH us

Died: November 17, 1961 in Columbus, OH

Buried: Union Cemetery, Columbus, OH

Debut: April 20, 1912 (Age 22-106d, 3,654th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 2, 1920 (Age 30-179d)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1914 season

Full Name: Bennie Michael Kauff

Pronunciation: \cowf\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.0

3094

961

.311

521

RBI

455

234

OBP

.389

SLG

.450

OPS

.838

OPS+

149

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	40-27 / in Starts: 40-27
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	17 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	13

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 294 PAs	39
Actual Runners on Base	172 (95-47-30) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 294 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	180 (86-60-33)

Most Driven In
R Youngs	13
G Burns	6
P Perritt	3
L McCarty	2
B Niehoff	2
B Rariden	2
J Tesreau	2
J RodrÃguez	2

Most Driven In By
H Zimmerman	13
G Burns	10
A Fletcher	4
L Doyle	4
J RodrÃguez	2
Self	2
W Holke	2
B Rariden	1

1918 Batting Game Log

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1918 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	603	1	Apr 16	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	2	.76	0.099	1.81	0.14%	0.66	CF
2	604	2	Apr 17	NYG		BRO	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	2	.92	0.179	2.52	0.29%	1.29	CF
3	605	3	Apr 19	NYG		BRO	W,7-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.364	.364	.364	.727	2	.43	0.069	1.24	0.12%	0.75	CF
4	606	4	Apr 20	NYG		BSN	W,5-0	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.375	.375	.438	.813	2	.24	0.026	.77	0.05%	0.68	CF
5	607	5	Apr 22	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.316	.350	.368	.718	2	1.14	-0.013	4.10	-0.03%	-0.22	CF
6	608	6	Apr 23	NYG		BSN	W,9-2	GS-8	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.348	.375	.435	.810	2	.51	0.079	1.83	0.17%	0.28	CF
7	609	7	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.357	.379	.464	.844	2	1.05	0.187	3.97	0.43%	1.12	CF
8	610	8	Apr 25	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		1		.323	.364	.419	.783	2	1.09	-0.071	4.15	-0.16%	-0.57	CF
9	611	9	Apr 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.314	.351	.400	.751	2	.44	0.045	1.89	0.12%	-0.15	CF
10	612	10	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.316	.350	.447	.797	2	1.18	0.115	5.03	0.29%	1.07	CF
11	613	11	Apr 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.372	.400	.512	.912	2	.49	0.119	2.43	0.35%	2.70	CF
12	614	12	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,15-0	GS-7	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		1		0		.370	.408	.522	.930	2	.72	0.205	3.79	0.65%	3.23	CF
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
13	615	13	May 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		0		.360	.407	.520	.927	2	.56	0.197	3.09	0.65%	0.74	CF
14	616	14	May 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.364	.407	.545	.952	2	.63	0.130	3.15	0.39%	1.93	CF
15	617	15	May 4	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.383	.422	.550	.972	2	.60	-0.033	3.04	-0.10%	-0.01	CF
16	618	16	May 6	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.385	.420	.554	.974	2	1.07	0.084	5.50	0.26%	1.13	CF
17	619	17	May 7	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0		.388	.438	.552	.991	2	.89	0.255	5.00	0.86%	0.93	CF
18	620	18	May 8	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.366	.416	.521	.937	2	.74	-0.040	4.28	-0.14%	-0.38	CF
19	621	19	May 9	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.392	.444	.554	.998	2	.95	0.178	5.16	0.58%	1.90	CF
20	622	20	May 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.372	.424	.526	.949	2	.76	-0.032	4.41	-0.11%	-0.31	CF
21	623	21	May 11	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.366	.416	.512	.928	2	1.31	-0.051	7.70	-0.18%	-0.45	CF
22	624	22	May 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.372	.419	.523	.943	2	.52	0.047	3.15	0.17%	0.58	CF
23	625	23	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.367	.412	.511	.923	2	.81	-0.042	4.72	-0.15%	-0.43	CF
24	626	24	May 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.362	.406	.500	.906	2	1.11	-0.018	6.84	-0.07%	-0.32	CF
25	627	25	May 17	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.357	.400	.490	.890	2	.93	-0.026	5.78	-0.10%	-0.01	CF
26	628	26	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.359	.400	.485	.885	2	.56	-0.014	3.62	-0.06%	-0.26	CF
27	629	27	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.364	.404	.505	.908	2	.67	-0.045	4.20	-0.17%	-0.10	CF
28	630	28	May 20	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				0		.357	.395	.491	.886	2						CF
29	631	29	May 21	NYG	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.362	.398	.491	.890	2	.75	-0.009	4.00	-0.03%	0.03	CF
30	632	30	May 23	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG(14)	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		0		0		.341	.377	.463	.840	2	1.48	-0.239	7.99	-0.77%	-1.41	CF
31	633	31	May 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.352	.385	.477	.862	2	1.09	0.147	7.82	0.64%	1.39	CF
32	634	32	May 26	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		1		.348	.381	.477	.859	2	.52	-0.027	3.82	-0.12%	0.05	CF
33	635	33	May 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.346	.378	.478	.856	2	1.47	0.016	10.89	0.07%	0.26	CF
34	636	34	May 29	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.350	.381	.486	.867	2	.80	0.037	4.62	0.13%	0.30	CF
35	637	35	May 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.359	.388	.490	.878	2	.61	0.174	3.40	0.58%	2.11	CF
36	638	36	May 31	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.356	.385	.483	.868	2	.71	-0.021	3.96	-0.07%	-0.43	CF
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
37	639	37	Jun 1	NYG		PIT	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.349	.381	.474	.855	2	.58	0.017	3.49	0.06%	-0.02	CF
38	640	38	Jun 3	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.346	.378	.468	.846	2	1.39	0.037	8.48	0.14%	0.73	CF
39	641	39	Jun 4	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.344	.375	.481	.856	2	1.31	0.371	7.46	1.26%	1.01	CF
40	642	40	Jun 5	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.341	.372	.488	.860	2	1.32	-0.010	7.82	-0.03%	-0.04	CF
41	643	41	Jun 6	NYG		STL	L,6-12	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0		1		.345	.379	.494	.873	2	.79	0.092	4.21	0.30%	1.14	CF
42	644	42	Jun 8 (1)	NYG		STL	W,8-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.341	.374	.486	.859	2	.93	0.112	4.83	0.35%	0.91	CF
43	645	43	Jun 8 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.331	.364	.472	.836	2	1.57	-0.091	8.56	-0.30%	-0.68	CF
44	646	44	Jun 11	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.330	.361	.473	.834	2	1.16	0.076	9.97	0.39%	0.11	CF
45	647	45	Jun 12	NYG		CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1		.326	.361	.467	.828	2	.50	-0.001	4.18	-0.01%	0.00	CF
46	648	46	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.324	.359	.463	.821	2	.95	-0.062	8.37	-0.33%	-0.94	CF
47	649	47	Jun 14	NYG		CHC	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.328	.361	.464	.825	4	.30	0.060	2.48	0.30%	1.66	CF
48	650	48	Jun 15	NYG		CIN	W,8-7	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.369	.482	.851	4	1.00	0.451	5.57	1.51%	3.11	CF
49	651	49	Jun 17	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.337	.371	.482	.854	4	.92	-0.067	5.02	-0.22%	-0.55	CF
50	652	50	Jun 18	NYG		CIN	W,7-1	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1		0		.337	.374	.480	.854	4	.55	0.112	3.14	0.39%	1.33	CF
51	653	51	Jun 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG(13)	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		0		0		.335	.377	.476	.853	4	2.41	0.034	12.88	0.11%	0.23	CF
52	654	52	Jun 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.330	.375	.469	.844	4	.60	-0.017	3.19	-0.05%	-0.55	CF
53	655	53	Jun 21	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.325	.370	.462	.832	4	1.41	-0.099	7.81	-0.33%	-0.57	CF
54	656	54	Jun 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.324	.368	.463	.831	4	.65	0.084	3.57	0.28%	0.55	CF
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
55	657	107 (52)	Aug 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.321	.364	.457	.821	3	.93	-0.010	2.16	-0.01%	-0.50	CF
56	658	108	Aug 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.324	.367	.462	.829	3	1.24	0.173	2.08	0.17%	1.96	CF
57	659	109	Aug 17	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.317	.359	.452	.811	3	1.41	-0.058	1.57	-0.04%	-0.35	CF
58	660	110	Aug 19 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.316	.357	.449	.806	3	.67	-0.028	.19	-0.01%	-0.37	CF
59	661	111	Aug 19 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.312	.356	.443	.799	3	.75	0.008	.12	0.00%	-0.08	CF
60	662	112	Aug 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.307	.350	.436	.786	3	1.10	-0.101	.19	-0.01%	-0.99	CF
61	663	113	Aug 21	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.306	.349	.433	.781	3	.71	0.004	.03	0.00%	0.44	CF
62	664	114	Aug 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.305	.347	.430	.777	3	1.22	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.07	CF
63	665	115	Aug 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.304	.346	.431	.777	3	1.33	0.225	.01	0.00%	1.42	CF
64	666	116	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.307	.350	.432	.782	3	.90	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.40	CF
65	667	117	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.309	.351	.431	.783	3	.84	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.31	CF
66	668	118	Aug 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.312	.353	.436	.789	3	1.20	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.27	CF
67	669	119	Aug 29	NYG		BRO	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.315	.355	.437	.792	3	.70	0.114	.00	0.00%	0.82	CF
							40-27		294	270	41	85	19	4	2	39	16	1	30	1	3		8		9		.315	.355	.437	.792		.91	3.115	4.11	8.60%	28.16

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