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Benn
Karr		  
Nickname: Baldy
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 28, 1893 in Usa, MS, MOUNT PLEASAN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1920 26 BSN NL   9 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 9 9
1921 27 BSN NL   9 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 9
1922 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 6 7 6 10 10 10
1923 29 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 10 10 10
1924 30 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10
1925 31 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10
1926 32 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10
1927 33 BSN NL $ 350,000 8 3 3 3 5 6 5 10 10 10
1928 34 BSN NL $ 350,000 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 9 10 10
1929 35 BSN NL $ 350,000 8 2 2 2 4 5 5 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 2 2 2 4 5 5 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 9 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1920 26 BSN NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1921 27 BSN NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1922 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1923 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1924 30 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1925 31 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1926 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1927 33 BSN NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1928 34 BSN NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1929 35 BSN NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1920 26 AAA   10 12 .455 25 25 13 2 0 199.7 200 67 5 78 143 3.02 .258 .326 .344 .670  
1921 27 AAA   5 13 .278 22 22 8 0 0 147.3 171 78 7 72 103 4.76 .296 .374 .394 .768  
1922 28 BSN NL 7 4 .636 13 11 6 1 0 89.7 121 60 3 44 18 6.02 .338 .406 .402 .808 3.1
    AAA   1 1 .500 4 4 2 0 0 33.0 24 8 0 12 13 2.18 .197 .269 .230 .498  
1923 29 BSN NL 0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 0 15.7 31 15 0 6 0 8.62 .408 .447 .487 .934 0.0
    AAA   6 2 .750 10 10 4 1 0 81.0 77 31 0 31 37 3.44 .252 .321 .311 .633  
1924 30 BSN NL 7 7 .500 74 0 0 0 3 96.0 113 41 2 45 18 3.84 .297 .369 .367 .736 7.7
1925 31 BSN NL 0 1 .000 7 3 0 0 0 24.0 25 20 1 15 4 7.50 .278 .381 .444 .825 0.0
    AAA   10 8 .556 19 19 9 2 0 139.0 154 69 1 56 53 4.47 .279 .346 .354 .700  
1926 32 BSN NL 3 2 .600 44 0 0 0 0 48.3 72 32 1 20 11 5.96 .355 .412 .507 .919 0.4
1927 33 BSN NL 0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 0 13.3 28 16 0 7 1 10.80 .431 .486 .569 1.055 0.0
1928 34 BSN NL 4 9 .308 21 16 3 1 0 115.0 114 55 8 58 17 4.30 .256 .344 .363 .708 4.6
1929 35 BSN NL 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 1 18.3 26 12 1 13 4 5.89 .342 .433 .461 .894 0.1
8 Years Sim 21 24 .467 203 30 9 2 4 420.3 530 251 16 208 73 5.37 .313 .387 .412 .798 15.9
5 Years AAA 32 36 .471 80 80 36 5 0 600.0 626 253 13 249 349 3.80 .269 .339 .348 .688  
Season Average 2 3 .400 25 3 1 0 0 52.5 66 31 2 26 9 5.37 .313 .387 .412 .798  
Career Highs 7 9 .636 74 16 6 1 3 115.0 121 60 8 58 18 10.80 .431 .486 .569 1.055  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   253 118 7 80 41   .309 .371 .422 .793
vs LH   277 133 9 128 32   .316 .403 .403 .805
Home 13 14 .481 115 16 4 1 1 234.3 315 150 7 121 36 5.76 .328 .403 .423 .826
Away 8 10 .444 88 14 5 1 3 186.0 215 101 9 87 37 4.89 .293 .367 .397 .765
Mar/Apr 1 2 .333 19 3 0 0 0 45.3 39 21 1 27 6 4.17 .236 .344 .364 .707
May 1 2 .333 30 0 0 0 0 37.3 49 18 2 13 10 4.34 .320 .373 .438 .811
June 4 4 .500 39 6 1 1 1 80.3 118 60 0 43 17 6.72 .362 .436 .426 .863
July 9 8 .529 51 15 7 1 1 157.6 181 86 7 72 24 4.91 .288 .361 .384 .745
August 4 6 .400 33 6 1 0 1 64.3 98 53 6 33 13 7.42 .351 .420 .480 .900
Sep/Oct 2 2 .500 31 0 0 0 1 35.3 45 13 0 20 3 3.31 .313 .396 .396 .792
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 28 BSN NL 13 30 4 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 6 .267 .353 .300 .653 3.7 0.4
1923 29 BSN NL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1924 30 BSN NL 74 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1925 31 BSN NL 7 7 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .571 .625 .714 1.339 2.3 0.6
1926 32 BSN NL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1928 34 BSN NL 21 40 3 6 1 1 0 7 0 0 3 4 .150 .209 .225 .434 1.7 0.0
1929 35 BSN NL 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
7 Years Sim 190 83 8 19 3 1 0 14 0 0 8 10 .229 .297 .289 .586 7.9 1.1
162 Game Average 70 6 16 2 0 0 11 0 0 6 8 .229 .297 .289 .586 6.7  
Career Highs 74 40 4 8 1 1 0 7 0 0 4 6 .571 .625 .714 1.339 3.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   55 5 10 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 7 .182 .237 .255 .492 3.0
vs LH   28 3 9 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 3 .321 .406 .357 .763 4.3
Home 108 44 1 7 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 3 .159 .213 .227 .440 1.7
Away 50 39 7 12 2 0 0 9 0 0 5 7 .308 .386 .359 .745 5.5
RISP   22 0 8 1 1 0 14 0 0 3 3 .364 .440 .500 .940 4.4
Close/Late   7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5
Mar/Apr 6 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .556 .625 1.181 2.2
May 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 11 14 1 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 .214 .267 .357 .624 1.3
July 22 43 6 11 2 0 0 9 0 0 6 6 .256 .347 .302 .649 4.9
August 8 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
Sep/Oct 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1922 28 BSN NL P 13 11 89.7 5 11 0 0 1.000 1.61    
1923 29 BSN NL P 16 0 15.7 1 4 1 0 .833 2.87    
1924 30 BSN NL P 74 0 96.0 9 16 2 0 .926 2.34    
1925 31 BSN NL P 7 3 24.0 0 9 1 2 .900 3.38    
1926 32 BSN NL P 44 0 48.3 2 6 2 2 .800 1.49    
1927 33 BSN NL P 13 0 13.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1928 34 BSN NL P 21 16 115.0 12 35 0 4 1.000 3.68    
1929 35 BSN NL P 15 0 18.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.98    
Career Totals   203 30 420.3 31 83 6 8 .950 2.44    
Career Highs   74 16 115.0 12 35 2 4 1.000 3.68    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1924-1-74
1926-2-44
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  5. Bill Popp (955)
  6. Ole Olsen (950)
  7. Frank Woodward (949)
  8. Jack Powell (947)
  9. Chick Fraser (943)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 37th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1920
Injured on 8/23/1920 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 5/9/1921 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 5/30/1921 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Earned first career win on 6/17/1922
Had first career hit on 6/21/1922, off Syl Johnson (PIT)
Injured on 9/2/1922 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/29/1924 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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