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.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BTT		BUF	W,13-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
2	2	Apr 12	BTT		BUF	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 13	BTT		BUF	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
4	4	Apr 14	BTT		NEW	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
5	5	Apr 15	BTT		NEW	W,17-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 17	BTT	@	BUF	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 19	BTT	@	BUF	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 20	BTT	@	BUF	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 21	BTT	@	NEW	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 22	BTT	@	NEW	L,0-3	GS	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 23	BTT	@	NEW	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
12	12	Apr 24	BTT	@	NEW	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 26	BTT		BAL	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 27	BTT		BAL	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	22 (7)	May 8	BTT		KCP	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
16	23	May 10	BTT		KCP	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
17	24	May 11	BTT		CHI	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	25	May 13	BTT		CHI	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	26	May 14	BTT	@	BAL	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	27	May 15	BTT	@	BAL	L,6-10	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
21	28	May 17	BTT	@	KCP	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
22	29	May 21	BTT	@	CHI	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	30	May 22	BTT	@	CHI	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	31	May 25 (1)	BTT	@	PBS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	32	May 25 (2)	BTT	@	PBS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
26	33	May 26	BTT	@	PBS	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	34	May 29 (1)	BTT	@	SLM	L,0-11	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	35	May 29 (2)	BTT	@	SLM	T,4-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	36	May 31 (1)	BTT	@	NEW	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	37	May 31 (2)	BTT		NEW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	38	Jun 1	BTT		NEW	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
32	39	Jun 3 (1)	BTT	@	BUF	W,10-7	GS	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	40	Jun 3 (2)	BTT	@	BUF	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	41	Jun 4 (1)	BTT	@	BUF	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	42	Jun 4 (2)	BTT	@	BUF	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	43	Jun 5	BTT		BAL	L,5-7	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	44	Jun 7 (1)	BTT		BAL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	45	Jun 7 (2)	BTT		BAL	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	46	Jun 8	BTT		BAL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	47	Jun 9	BTT		NEW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	48	Jun 10 (1)	BTT		NEW	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	49	Jun 10 (2)	BTT		NEW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	50	Jun 11	BTT		NEW	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	51	Jun 12	BTT		NEW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	52	Jun 15	BTT		PBS	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	53	Jun 16	BTT		PBS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	54	Jun 17	BTT		PBS	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	55	Jun 18	BTT		PBS	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	56	Jun 19 (1)	BTT		SLM	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
50	57	Jun 19 (2)	BTT		SLM	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	58	Jun 21	BTT		SLM	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	59	Jun 22	BTT		SLM	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	60	Jun 23	BTT		SLM	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	61	Jun 24	BTT		CHI	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	62	Jun 25	BTT		CHI	W,12-4	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	63	Jun 26 (1)	BTT		CHI	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
57	64	Jun 26 (2)	BTT		CHI	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	65	Jun 28	BTT		CHI	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	66	Jun 29	BTT		KCP	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	67	Jun 30	BTT		KCP	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	78 (10)	Jul 12	BTT	@	BUF	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	79	Jul 13	BTT	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	80	Jul 14 (1)	BTT	@	BAL	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
64	81	Jul 14 (2)	BTT	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	2	0	1	3	0
65	82	Jul 15	BTT	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	83	Jul 17 (1)	BTT	@	CHI	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
67	84	Jul 17 (2)	BTT	@	CHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	85	Jul 19	BTT	@	CHI	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	86	Jul 20	BTT	@	CHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
70	87	Jul 21 (1)	BTT	@	CHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	88	Jul 21 (2)	BTT	@	CHI	W,9-8	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	89	Jul 22	BTT	@	SLM	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	90	Jul 23	BTT	@	SLM	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
74	91	Jul 24 (1)	BTT	@	SLM	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
75	92	Jul 24 (2)	BTT	@	SLM	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	93	Jul 26	BTT	@	SLM	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
77	94	Jul 27 (1)	BTT	@	KCP	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	95	Jul 27 (2)	BTT	@	KCP	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	96	Jul 28 (1)	BTT	@	KCP	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	97	Jul 28 (2)	BTT	@	KCP	L,2-3	GS	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	98	Jul 29	BTT	@	KCP	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	99	Jul 31	BTT	@	PBS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	100	Aug 3 (1)	BTT	@	PBS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	101	Aug 3 (2)	BTT	@	PBS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	102	Aug 4	BTT	@	PBS	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	103	Aug 5	BTT		CHI	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	104	Aug 7 (1)	BTT		CHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	105	Aug 7 (2)	BTT		CHI	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	106	Aug 9	BTT		CHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	107	Aug 10	BTT		KCP	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	108	Aug 11	BTT		KCP	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	109	Aug 12	BTT		KCP	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	110	Aug 13	BTT		KCP	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	111	Aug 14	BTT	@	PBS	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
95	112	Aug 16	BTT	@	PBS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	113	Aug 17	BTT	@	PBS	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	114	Aug 18	BTT	@	PBS	L,5-12	CG	0	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
98	115	Aug 19	BTT		SLM	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	116	Aug 20	BTT		SLM	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	117	Aug 21 (1)	BTT		SLM	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	118	Aug 21 (2)	BTT		SLM	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	119	Aug 23	BTT	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	120	Aug 24	BTT	@	BAL	W,14-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
104	121	Aug 25 (1)	BTT	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
105	122	Aug 25 (2)	BTT	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
106	123	Aug 26	BTT	@	BAL	W,11-9	CG	0	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	124	Aug 28	BTT	@	BUF	L,2-7	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	125	Aug 30	BTT	@	BUF	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	126	Sep 1	BTT		BAL	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	127	Sep 2	BTT		BAL	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	128	Sep 3	BTT		BAL	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	129	Sep 4	BTT		BAL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	130	Sep 6 (1)	BTT		NEW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	131	Sep 6 (2)	BTT	@	NEW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
115	132	Sep 7	BTT	@	NEW	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	133	Sep 8 (1)	BTT	@	NEW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	134	Sep 8 (2)	BTT	@	NEW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
118	135	Sep 10	BTT		PBS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	136	Sep 11 (1)	BTT		PBS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
120	137	Sep 11 (2)	BTT		PBS	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
121	138	Sep 13	BTT		PBS	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
122	139	Sep 15	BTT	@	SLM	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
123	140	Sep 16	BTT	@	SLM	W,8-6	CG	0	11.0	5	2	0	7	0
124	141	Sep 17	BTT	@	SLM	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
125	142	Sep 18 (1)	BTT	@	SLM	L,3-4	CG	0	11.1	4	0	0	4	0
126	143	Sep 18 (2)	BTT	@	SLM	L,2-5	CG	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	144	Sep 20	BTT	@	KCP	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	145	Sep 21	BTT	@	KCP	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	146	Sep 22 (1)	BTT	@	KCP	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	147	Sep 22 (2)	BTT	@	KCP	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	148	Sep 23	BTT	@	KCP	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	149	Sep 24	BTT	@	CHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	150	Sep 25	BTT	@	CHI	L,6-12	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	151	Sep 27	BTT	@	CHI	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
135	152	Sep 29	BTT		BUF	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	153	Sep 30	BTT		BUF	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							136gm			317	32	15	364	6