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

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

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	IND	@	SLM	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 17	IND	@	SLM	L,4-5	CG	0	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 18	IND	@	SLM	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 19	IND	@	SLM	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	8 (3)	Apr 23	IND		SLM	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	9	Apr 25	IND		SLM	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	10	Apr 26	IND		SLM	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
8	11	Apr 28	IND		PBS	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	12	Apr 29	IND		PBS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	13	Apr 30	IND		PBS	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 1	IND		BUF	L,10-11	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
12	15	May 2	IND		BUF	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	16	May 3	IND		BUF	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	17	May 7	IND		BAL	T,0-0	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	18	May 9	IND		BAL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	19	May 10	IND		KCP	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	20	May 11	IND		KCP	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
18	21	May 14	IND	@	BAL	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	22	May 15	IND	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	23	May 16	IND	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	24	May 18	IND	@	BTT	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	25	May 19	IND	@	BTT	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	26	May 20	IND	@	BTT	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	27	May 21	IND	@	BUF	L,5-6	CG	0	9.1	1	1	0	2	0
25	28	May 23	IND	@	BUF	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
26	29	May 24	IND		SLM	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
27	30	May 25	IND	@	PBS	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	31	May 26	IND	@	PBS	L,4-5	CG	0	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
29	32	May 30 (1)	IND	@	CHI	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	33	May 30 (2)	IND	@	CHI	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	34	May 31	IND	@	CHI	L,0-1	CG	0	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	35	Jun 1	IND	@	SLM	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
33	36	Jun 2	IND	@	SLM	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	37	Jun 3	IND	@	SLM	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
35	38	Jun 4	IND	@	SLM	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	39	Jun 5	IND		CHI	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	40	Jun 6	IND		CHI	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	41	Jun 7	IND		CHI	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	42	Jun 8	IND		BAL	W,15-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	43	Jun 9	IND		BAL	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
41	44	Jun 11 (1)	IND		BAL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	45	Jun 11 (2)	IND		BAL	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	46	Jun 12	IND		PBS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	47	Jun 13	IND		PBS	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	48	Jun 14	IND		PBS	W,11-4	GS	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	49	Jun 15	IND		PBS	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	50	Jun 16	IND		BUF	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	51	Jun 17	IND		BUF	W,11-8	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	52	Jun 18	IND		BUF	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	53	Jun 20 (1)	IND		BTT	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	54	Jun 20 (2)	IND		BTT	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	55	Jun 22 (1)	IND		BTT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	56	Jun 22 (2)	IND		BTT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	57	Jun 23	IND		BTT	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
55	58	Jun 24	IND		KCP	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	59	Jun 25	IND		KCP	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	60	Jun 27	IND		KCP	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	61	Jun 28 (1)	IND		KCP	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	62	Jun 28 (2)	IND		KCP	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	63	Jul 2	IND		CHI	L,2-7	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	64	Jul 3	IND		CHI	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	65	Jul 4 (1)	IND		CHI	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	66	Jul 4 (2)	IND		CHI	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	67	Jul 5	IND		SLM	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	68	Jul 7	IND		SLM	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	69	Jul 8	IND		SLM	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	70	Jul 9	IND	@	CHI	L,3-4	CG	0	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
68	71	Jul 11	IND	@	CHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	72	Jul 12 (1)	IND	@	CHI	L,5-6	CG	0	12.2	1	0	0	1	0
70	73	Jul 12 (2)	IND	@	CHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
71	74	Jul 13	IND	@	KCP	W,5-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
72	75	Jul 14	IND	@	KCP	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	76	Jul 15	IND	@	KCP	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	77	Jul 16	IND	@	KCP	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	78	Jul 17	IND	@	SLM	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	79	Jul 18	IND	@	SLM	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	80	Jul 19	IND	@	SLM	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	81	Jul 22	IND	@	PBS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	82	Jul 23	IND	@	PBS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
80	83	Jul 24	IND	@	PBS	L,4-5	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	84	Jul 25 (1)	IND	@	PBS	L,1-2	CG	0	12.1	1	0	0	1	0
82	85	Jul 25 (2)	IND	@	PBS	L,5-6	CG	0	11.2	2	0	0	2	0
83	86	Jul 26	IND		KCP	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	87	Jul 27	IND	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	0	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	88	Jul 28	IND	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	89	Jul 29	IND	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
87	90	Jul 31	IND	@	BTT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	91	Aug 1	IND	@	BTT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	92	Aug 3	IND	@	BTT	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
90	93	Aug 4	IND	@	BUF	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	94	Aug 5	IND	@	BUF	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	95	Aug 6 (1)	IND	@	BUF	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
93	96	Aug 6 (2)	IND	@	BUF	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
94	97	Aug 8 (1)	IND		BAL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	98	Aug 8 (2)	IND		BAL	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	99	Aug 9	IND		BAL	W,4-3	CG	0	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	100	Aug 10	IND		BAL	T,1-1	CG	0	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	101	Aug 11 (1)	IND		BAL	W,7-3	GS	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
99	102	Aug 11 (2)	IND		BAL	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	103	Aug 12	IND		BUF	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	104	Aug 13	IND		BUF	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
102	105	Aug 15 (1)	IND		BUF	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	106	Aug 15 (2)	IND		BUF	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	107	Aug 16	IND		PBS	W,21-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	108	Aug 17	IND		PBS	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	109	Aug 18	IND		PBS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	110	Aug 19	IND		PBS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
108	111	Aug 21 (1)	IND		BTT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	112	Aug 21 (2)	IND		BTT	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
110	113	Aug 22 (1)	IND		BTT	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	114	Aug 22 (2)	IND		BTT	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	115	Aug 24 (1)	IND		BTT	W,7-6	CG	0	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	116	Aug 24 (2)	IND		BTT	W,5-1	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	117	Aug 26	IND	@	KCP	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
115	118	Aug 29	IND	@	KCP	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
116	119	Aug 30 (1)	IND	@	KCP	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
117	120	Aug 30 (2)	IND	@	KCP	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	121	Sep 1	IND	@	CHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	122	Sep 2	IND	@	CHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
120	123	Sep 3	IND	@	CHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	124	Sep 4	IND	@	CHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
122	125	Sep 5	IND		CHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	126	Sep 6	IND		CHI	L,9-13	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
124	127	Sep 7 (1)	IND		CHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
125	128	Sep 7 (2)	IND		CHI	T,3-3	CG	0	7.0	3	0	2	5	0
126	129	Sep 9 (1)	IND	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	130	Sep 9 (2)	IND	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	131	Sep 10 (1)	IND	@	BAL	W,12-6	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
129	132	Sep 10 (2)	IND	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	133	Sep 12 (1)	IND	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	2	5	0
131	134	Sep 12 (2)	IND	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	0	6.0	2	0	1	3	0
132	135	Sep 14	IND	@	BTT	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
133	136	Sep 15	IND	@	BTT	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
134	137	Sep 16	IND	@	BTT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	138	Sep 17	IND	@	BTT	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
136	139	Sep 18	IND	@	BTT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	140	Sep 19	IND	@	BUF	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	141	Sep 20	IND		BUF	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	142	Sep 21	IND	@	BUF	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	143	Sep 22	IND	@	BUF	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	144	Sep 24	IND	@	BUF	L,0-1	CG	0	13.1	3	0	0	3	0
142	145	Sep 25	IND	@	PBS	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
143	146	Sep 26	IND	@	PBS	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	147	Sep 28	IND	@	PBS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
145	148	Sep 29	IND	@	PBS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	149	Sep 30	IND		CHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
147	150	Oct 1	IND		KCP	T,3-3	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	151	Oct 3	IND		KCP	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
149	152	Oct 4 (1)	IND		KCP	W,6-5	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
150	153	Oct 4 (2)	IND		KCP	W,4-0	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
151	154	Oct 5	IND		SLM	W,15-8	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
152	155	Oct 6	IND		SLM	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
153	156	Oct 7	IND		SLM	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
154	157	Oct 8	IND		SLM	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
							155gm			310	31	17	358	5