Ben Steiner

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: July 28, 1921 in Alexandria, VA us

Died: October 27, 1988 in Venice, FL

Buried: Cremated

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: April 17, 1945 (Age 23-263d, 9,884th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: April 21, 1947 (Age 25-267d)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Benjamin Saunders Steiner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

308

.257

RBI

OBP

.327

SLG

.331

OPS

.658

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-38 / in Starts: 38-37
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	18 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 344 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	175 (98-62-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 344 PAs	34
Avg. Runners on Base	227 (118-73-36)

Most Driven In
Self	3
D Ferriss	3
G Metkovich	2
S Newsome	2
L Culberson	2
B Garbark	2
E Lake	1
J Lazor	1

Most Driven In By
B Johnson	10
P Fox	8
Self	3
T McBride	3
G Metkovich	2
J Lazor	2
J Tobin	1
D Camilli	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 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	1	1	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	1	.64	0.086	1.56	0.13%	0.89	2B
2	2	2	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1	.45	0.015	1.05	0.02%	0.88	2B
3	3	3	Apr 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.417	.750	1.167	1	1.76	-0.130	3.75	-0.17%	-0.85	2B
4	4	4	Apr 20	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.375	.412	.625	1.037	1						2B
5	5	5	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.409	.550	.959	2	.75	0.049	1.32	0.05%	-0.15	2B
6	6	6	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.348	.423	.522	.945	2						2B
7	7	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.370	.433	.519	.952	2	1.20	0.008	1.55	0.01%	0.54	2B
8	8	8	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	1	.333	.412	.467	.878	2						2B
9	9	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.436	.471	.906	2	.96	-0.001	1.03	0.00%	0.41	2B
10	10	10	Apr 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.324	.405	.432	.837	2	.89	-0.082	1.09	-0.06%	-1.07	2B
11	11	11	Apr 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG(13)	6	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.357	.438	.452	.890	2						2B
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
12	12	12	May 1	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.423	.422	.845	2	.72	-0.031	1.14	-0.03%	-0.63	2B
13	13	13	May 2	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.393	.388	.781	2	1.60	-0.164	2.60	-0.16%	-1.11	2B
14	14	14	May 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.393	.407	.801	2	.86	0.077	1.65	0.09%	1.19	2B
15	15	15	May 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.328	.409	.414	.823	2	.81	-0.063	1.33	-0.06%	0.23	2B
16	16	16	May 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.414	.410	.824	2	1.15	-0.055	2.12	-0.06%	-0.43	2B
17	17	17	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.313	.405	.391	.796	2						2B
18	18	18	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.309	.405	.382	.787	2						2B
19	19	19	May 13 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.301	.393	.370	.763	2	.88	-0.108	1.56	-0.12%	-0.79	2B
20	20	20	May 13 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.386	.355	.742	2	1.02	-0.014	1.92	-0.02%	-0.07	2B
21	21	21	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.275	.370	.338	.707	2	1.57	-0.123	2.67	-0.13%	-0.70	2B
22	22	22	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	.274	.365	.333	.698	2	.89	0.060	1.71	0.07%	0.66	2B
23	23	23	May 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.354	.322	.675	2	1.09	-0.082	2.15	-0.10%	-0.98	2B
24	24	24	May 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.340	.308	.647	2	.58	-0.058	.97	-0.06%	-0.99	2B
25	25	25	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.346	.309	.654	2	.95	0.065	1.25	0.05%	0.38	2B
26	26	26	May 24	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	5	5	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.366	.364	.730	2	1.09	0.411	1.61	0.36%	2.88	2B
27	27	27	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.362	.359	.721	2	.80	-0.033	1.28	-0.03%	-0.37	2B
28	28	28	May 26	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	.278	.355	.352	.707	2	.82	0.116	1.15	0.10%	1.17	2B
29	29	29	May 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.277	.352	.348	.700	2	.38	0.003	.44	0.00%	-0.55	2B
30	30	30	May 27 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.278	.352	.348	.699	2	1.10	-0.041	1.50	-0.03%	-0.39	2B
31	31	31	May 28	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.353	.345	.698	2	.99	-0.015	1.43	-0.01%	-0.12	2B
32	32	32	May 29	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.358	.339	.697	2						2B
33	33	33	May 30 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.366	.344	.710	2	1.50	0.124	2.00	0.10%	1.24	2B
34	34	34	May 30 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	CG	5	5	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.300	.381	.369	.750	2	2.28	0.479	2.82	0.36%	1.65	2B
35	35	35	May 31	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.291	.375	.358	.733	2	.77	-0.072	1.08	-0.06%	-1.24	2B
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
36	36	36	Jun 1	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.290	.376	.355	.731	2	.93	0.020	1.56	0.02%	-0.28	2B
37	37	37	Jun 2	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	.296	.379	.359	.738	2	.74	0.035	1.36	0.04%	0.50	2B
38	38	38	Jun 3 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.382	.363	.745	2	.96	0.057	2.02	0.07%	0.64	2B
39	39	39	Jun 3 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.379	.360	.739	2	1.43	0.099	3.37	0.14%	0.32	2B
40	40	40	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.385	.370	.755	2	.63	0.109	1.15	0.12%	1.22	2B
41	41	41	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.304	.382	.380	.762	2						2B
42	42	42	Jun 7	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.301	.377	.374	.751	2						2B
43	43	43	Jun 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.293	.369	.365	.734	2	.97	-0.091	3.06	-0.17%	-1.03	2B
44	44	44	Jun 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-13	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.370	.366	.736	2	.69	0.018	2.22	0.03%	0.12	2B
45	45	45	Jun 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.362	.358	.720	2	.74	-0.072	2.21	-0.13%	-0.60	2B
46	46	47 (1)	Jun 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	1	.289	.360	.356	.716	2						2B
47	47	48	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG(14)	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	.285	.357	.349	.707	2	1.50	-0.153	3.49	-0.21%	-0.28	2B
48	48	49	Jun 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG(13)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.347	.339	.686	2	2.12	-0.305	5.63	-0.49%	-1.38	2B
49	49	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.347	.338	.686	2	.98	-0.038	2.75	-0.07%	-0.34	2B
50	50	51	Jun 17 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.281	.350	.342	.692	2	.82	0.060	2.07	0.09%	0.54	2B
51	51	52	Jun 17 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.278	.345	.341	.687	2	.44	0.169	1.11	0.25%	1.05	2B
52	52	53	Jun 19	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.348	.341	.689	2	.79	0.051	2.87	0.11%	0.56	2B
53	53	54	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	GS-0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	1	0	.276	.348	.338	.686	2						2B
54	54	55	Jun 22	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		2	0	1	0	.274	.345	.335	.679	2	.59	0.166	1.68	0.28%	1.77	2B
55	55	56	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.274	.346	.338	.684	2	1.86	-0.051	5.51	-0.09%	-0.27	2B
56	56	57	Jun 24 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.340	.332	.672	2	.75	-0.076	2.14	-0.13%	-0.70	2B
57	57	58	Jun 24 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.265	.339	.327	.666	2	1.44	-0.094	4.20	-0.17%	-0.91	2B
58	58	59	Jun 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	CG	6	6	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.342	.341	.683	2	1.19	0.087	2.86	0.13%	1.18	2B
59	59	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.271	.341	.339	.680	2	.81	-0.071	2.25	-0.12%	-0.59	2B
60	60	61	Jun 30	BOS	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.337	.335	.672	2	1.37	-0.151	3.91	-0.26%	-1.21	2B
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
61	61	62	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.267	.336	.333	.669	2						2B
62	62	63	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	.268	.338	.341	.680	2	1.27	0.039	3.47	0.06%	-0.19	2B
63	63	64	Jul 2 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.337	.337	.674	2	.46	-0.009	1.32	-0.02%	-0.26	2B
64	64	65	Jul 2 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.336	.336	.672	2	.76	-0.054	2.05	-0.09%	-0.54	2B
65	65	67 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.268	.338	.342	.680	2	1.06	0.081	4.08	0.19%	0.85	2B
66	66	68	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.337	.352	.689	2	.58	0.010	2.56	0.03%	0.42	2B
67	67	69	Jul 5	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.340	.351	.691	2	.88	0.035	3.40	0.08%	0.40	2B
68	68	70	Jul 6 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.338	.352	.690	2	1.54	-0.098	3.74	-0.14%	-0.93	2B
69	69	71	Jul 6 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	1	0	.270	.340	.354	.694	2						2B
70	70	72	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.267	.339	.350	.689	7	.84	-0.068	1.77	-0.09%	-0.82	2B
71	71	73	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.337	.348	.684	2	.49	-0.039	1.13	-0.05%	-0.75	2B
72	72	74	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.262	.332	.343	.675	2						2B
73	73	79 (4)	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.331	.341	.673	8	1.66	-0.041	6.58	-0.10%	-0.09	PH
74	74	84 (4)	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.326	.336	.662	2	1.57	-0.174	4.87	-0.33%	-1.63	2B
75	75	85	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.330	.336	.666	2	1.22	0.095	3.03	0.14%	0.51	2B
76	76	86	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.329	.334	.664	2	.28	-0.013	.81	-0.02%	-0.26	2B
77	77	87	Jul 24	BOS		SLB	W,6-0	GS-5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.258	.329	.334	.664	2	.71	0.003	1.96	0.00%	1.00	2B
78	78	88	Jul 27	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.257	.327	.332	.660	2	1.09	-0.061	3.61	-0.12%	-0.51	2B
							38-38		344	304	39	78	8	3	3	20	31	0	29	1	8		11	4	10	6	.257	.327	.332	.660		1.02	-0.104	2.29	-0.74%	-0.80

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