Benny Zientara

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: February 14, 1918 in Chicago, IL us

Died: April 16, 1985 in Lake Elsinore, CA

Buried: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA

Debut: September 11, 1941 (Age 23-209d, 9,110th in major league history)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1948 (Age 30-222d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Benedict Joseph Zientara

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

906

230

.254

106

RBI

OBP

.293

SLG

.304

OPS

.596

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-44 / in Starts: 22-27
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	64 games
Most Games w/o RBI	21 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 203 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	125 (70-39-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 203 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	137 (70-44-22)

Most Driven In
R Lamanno	2
V Stallcup	2
J Wyrostek	1
H Wehmeier	1
F Baumholtz	1
C Corbitt	0
T Kluszewski	0
J Vander Meer	0

Most Driven In By
H Sauer	4
J Wyrostek	3
T Kluszewski	2
D Litwhiler	1
E Blackwell	1
G Hatton	1
A Galan	1
B Young	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 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	205	9 (8)	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,2-7	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.74	0.033	2.07	0.06%	0.38	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
2	206	14 (4)	May 2	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	2.11	0.078	5.54	0.12%	0.39	PH
3	207	15	May 3	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.750	.800	.750	1.550	7	.70	0.035	1.54	0.05%	0.23	2B
4	208	16	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.571	.625	.571	1.196	7	.27	-0.016	.57	-0.02%	-0.27	2B
5	209	17	May 7	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.500	.545	.500	1.045	7	1.43	0.040	3.07	0.05%	0.20	2B
6	210	19 (1)	May 9 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,2-14	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.455	.500	.455	.955	9	.26	-0.007	.38	-0.01%	-0.77	PH
7	211	20	May 9 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.333	.708	2	.36	-0.038	.48	-0.03%	-0.96	2B
8	212	21	May 11	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.263	.563	2	1.49	-0.126	1.84	-0.09%	-1.01	2B
9	213	22	May 12	CIN		BRO	L,7-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.261	.581	2	1.50	-0.144	1.50	-0.09%	-0.71	2B
10	214	23	May 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	2	.62	-0.015	.57	-0.01%	-0.16	2B
11	215	25 (1)	May 15	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.207	.465	2	.96	-0.113	.64	-0.05%	-1.53	2B
12	216	26	May 16	CIN	@	CHC	W,13-11	CG(10)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.200	.243	.200	.443	2	.63	-0.074	.50	-0.04%	-0.06	2B
13	217	27	May 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.220	.179	.399	2	.98	-0.102	1.01	-0.06%	-1.07	2B
14	218	28	May 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.190	.418	2	.79	-0.020	.70	-0.01%	-0.14	2B
15	219	29	May 20	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.174	.382	2	.89	-0.055	.56	-0.02%	-0.82	2B
16	220	30	May 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	5	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.245	.216	.461	2	.60	0.026	.47	0.01%	0.76	2B
17	221	31	May 23	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.222	.472	2	1.11	-0.046	.89	-0.02%	-0.35	2B
18	222	32	May 24	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.246	.220	.466	2	.91	-0.050	.85	-0.03%	-0.67	2B
19	223	34 (1)	May 28	CIN		CHC	L,8-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.246	.220	.466	2						2B
20	224	37 (2)	May 30 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,8-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.242	.217	.459	3	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.10	2B
21	225	38	May 31 (1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.242	.217	.459	2						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
22	226	46 (7)	Jun 9	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.254	.217	.471	9	1.77	0.051	1.84	0.03%	0.12	PH
23	227	49 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,11-9	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.239	.203	.442	7	.61	-0.060	.80	-0.05%	-1.37	2B
24	228	50	Jun 13 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,7-8	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.212	.257	.242	.500	8	1.07	-0.085	1.64	-0.08%	0.09	2B
25	229	51	Jun 13 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,5-10	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.264	.250	.514	8	1.19	-0.012	1.48	-0.01%	-0.10	2B
26	230	52	Jun 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.274	.250	.524	9	1.35	0.032	1.39	0.02%	0.13	2B
27	231	53	Jun 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.243	.510	3	1.59	-0.087	1.21	-0.04%	-0.48	2B
28	232	54	Jun 17	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.266	.257	.523	8	1.08	-0.011	.80	-0.01%	-0.19	2B
29	233	55	Jun 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.262	.253	.515	2	1.65	-0.067	1.57	-0.04%	-0.12	2B
30	234	56	Jun 19	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.250	.241	.491	7	.51	-0.053	.40	-0.03%	-0.85	2B
31	235	57	Jun 20 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.253	.244	.497	8	.76	0.016	.43	0.01%	0.05	2B
32	236	58	Jun 20 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.245	.236	.481	7	1.73	-0.134	.84	-0.04%	-1.23	2B
33	237	59	Jun 21	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.235	.226	.461	2	.45	-0.044	.13	-0.01%	-0.70	2B
34	238	60	Jun 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.228	.219	.446	2	.99	-0.095	.36	-0.02%	-0.93	2B
35	239	61	Jun 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.229	.220	.449	2	.91	-0.061	.47	-0.02%	-0.56	2B
36	240	62	Jun 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.222	.214	.436	2	.55	-0.042	.26	-0.01%	-0.43	2B
37	241	63	Jun 26	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.181	.225	.210	.435	2	.56	0.041	.21	0.01%	0.19	2B
38	242	64	Jun 27	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.228	.206	.434	2	1.09	-0.067	.49	-0.02%	-0.68	2B
39	243	65	Jun 29	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	.191	.239	.218	.457	2	1.58	0.104	.92	0.04%	1.05	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
40	244	66	Jul 1	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.231	.211	.442	2	1.20	-0.126	.89	-0.06%	-1.01	2B
41	245	67	Jul 2	CIN		STL	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.186	.232	.212	.444	2	.53	0.038	.30	0.01%	-0.56	2B
42	246	69 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.230	.210	.440	9	.21	-0.005	.16	0.00%	-0.10	PH
43	247	70	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.228	.208	.437	9	.12	-0.003	.09	0.00%	-0.16	PH
44	248	71	Jul 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.187	.231	.211	.442	2	1.15	0.020	.61	0.01%	-0.02	2B
45	249	72	Jul 6	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.231	.211	.442	6						3B
46	250	73	Jul 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.231	.211	.442	5						3B
47	251	74	Jul 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-0	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.185	.229	.210	.439	2	.15	-0.001	.13	0.00%	0.51	PH 2B
48	252	75	Jul 9	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.188	.230	.227	.456	2	1.40	0.005	1.50	0.00%	0.29	2B
49	253	76	Jul 10	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.223	.220	.443	2	.55	-0.009	.52	-0.01%	0.10	2B
50	254	77	Jul 11	CIN	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.224	.221	.444	2	.93	-0.041	.97	-0.03%	-0.41	2B
51	255	84 (6)	Jul 19	CIN		NYG	L,2-14	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.228	.225	.452	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.03	SS
52	256	88 (3)	Jul 24	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.228	.225	.452	9						2B
53	257	94 (5)	Jul 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.230	.221	.451	7	1.25	-0.034	.07	0.00%	-0.10	2B
54	258	96 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.227	.218	.445	7	.83	-0.042	.02	0.00%	-0.39	2B
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	259	104 (7)	Aug 9	CIN		STL	L,2-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.225	.217	.442	9	.31	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
56	260	105	Aug 11	CIN		STL	L,4-9	6-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.181	.229	.215	.444	9	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.03	PH 2B
57	261	106	Aug 13	CIN		CHC	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.223	.209	.432	2	.51	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.84	2B
58	262	107	Aug 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.219	.205	.424	2	.79	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.82	2B
59	263	108	Aug 15 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.169	.220	.201	.421	2	.60	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-1.26	2B
60	264	109	Aug 16	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.171	.220	.203	.423	2	1.20	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.67	2B
61	265	110	Aug 17	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.215	.198	.413	2	.88	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.68	2B
62	266	111	Aug 18	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.216	.199	.415	8	1.10	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.05	2B
63	267	112	Aug 19	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.213	.196	.410	8	1.09	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.42	2B
64	268	113	Aug 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.221	.205	.426	8	1.08	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.27	2B
65	269	114	Aug 21	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.178	.223	.207	.430	8	1.70	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.73	2B
66	270	118 (3)	Aug 26	CIN		BRO	L,1-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.222	.206	.427	9	1.09	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
67	271	121 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.222	.206	.427	3						3B
68	272	122	Aug 29 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG(5)	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.229	.213	.442	2	.91	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.43	2B
69	273	123	Aug 31	CIN		BSN	L,1-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.228	.212	.440	9	1.12	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH 2B
Sept		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
70	274	134 (10)	Sep 12	CIN	@	STL	L,6-7	8-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.232	.212	.444	9	.92	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH SS
71	275	138 (3)	Sep 17	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-3	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.236	.217	.452	3	.50	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.39	2B
72	276	139	Sep 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.234	.215	.450	8	.16	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
73	277	143 (3)	Sep 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	4-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.237	.219	.456	2	.66	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.19	2B
74	278	144	Sep 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.187	.232	.214	.446	8	1.10	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-1.66	2B
							30-44		203	187	17	35	1	2	0	7	11	0	11	0	5		1	8	0	1	.187	.232	.214	.446		.92	-1.785	.63	-0.51%	-21.26

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