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Benny
Kauff		  
Nickname: Little Ben
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 172
 
Born: January 5, 1890 in Usa, OH, POMEROY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1919    1923    1927   
Gold Glove Award 1913   
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
1912 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 9 9
1913 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 8 9 9
1914 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1915 25 CIN NL $ 2,928,571   8 8 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
1916 26 CIN NL $ 2,928,571   8 8 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1917 27 CIN NL $ 2,928,571   8 8 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1918 28 CIN NL $ 5,800,000   8 8 8 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1919 29 CIN NL $ 5,800,000   8 8 8 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1920 30 CIN NL $ 5,800,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
1921 31 CIN NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
1922 32 CIN NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
1923 33 CIN NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 4 8 9 9
1924 34 BRO NL $ 5,550,003   8 8 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
1925 35 BRO NL $ 5,550,003   8 8 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 9 9 9
1926 36 BRO NL $ 5,550,003   8 8 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 7 8 8
1927 37 WAS AL $ 792,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,800,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 5 9 9 9
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
1912 22 CIN NL 112 402 58 120 22 8 2 41 42 9 38 40 .299 .361 .408 .769 59.7 13.6
1913 23 CIN NL 142 576 95 165 22 11 0 61 65 23 58 49 .286 .352 .363 .714 76.5 16.8
1914 24 CIN NL 111 386 59 116 9 7 0 57 42 12 42 38 .301 .371 .360 .731 54.5 11.0
1915 25 CIN NL 83 252 42 70 6 0 2 33 26 12 22 30 .278 .335 .325 .660 27.8 4.9
1916 26 CIN NL 107 329 44 100 4 4 2 50 38 14 32 25 .304 .372 .359 .730 43.8 9.0
1917 27 CIN NL 138 517 67 136 17 12 1 30 41 17 54 39 .263 .336 .348 .684 63.1 12.8
1918 28 CIN NL 142 565 91 152 14 5 3 43 52 16 61 45 .269 .339 .327 .666 71.4 15.5
1919 29 CIN NL 131 531 93 154 18 5 3 47 53 14 53 29 .290 .358 .360 .718 73.4 16.1
1920 30 CIN NL 132 491 89 149 18 3 5 41 47 10 41 28 .303 .357 .383 .740 71.9 14.9
1921 31 CIN NL 142 575 114 183 23 7 5 86 47 16 63 20 .318 .386 .409 .794 90.8 13.7
1922 32 CIN NL 133 455 87 156 23 8 3 57 35 14 31 16 .343 .392 .448 .840 73.9 12.8
1923 33 CIN NL 149 596 95 166 27 10 3 55 36 11 49 21 .279 .341 .372 .713 79.2 10.3
1924 34 BRO NL 128 483 84 151 20 2 3 47 62 21 33 15 .313 .363 .381 .744 67.3 11.3
1925 35 BRO NL 140 512 70 138 11 11 4 54 47 20 46 14 .270 .330 .357 .688 64.3 9.7
1926 36 BRO NL 65 74 18 22 0 2 0 10 18 3 12 3 .297 .400 .351 .751 13.4 2.6
1927 37 WAS AL 67 95 22 32 1 0 2 12 10 7 6 9 .337 .382 .411 .793 14.0 2.5
16 Years Sim 1922 6839 1128 2010 235 95 38 724 661 219 641 421 .294 .357 .373 .730 945.0 177.5
162 Game Average 576 95 169 19 8 3 61 55 18 54 35 .294 .357 .373 .730 79.6  
Career Highs 149 596 114 183 27 12 5 86 65 23 63 49 .343 .400 .448 .840 90.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5439 900 1630 184 72 35 573 542 182 545 336 .300 .367 .379 .746 786.2
vs LH   1400 228 380 51 23 3 151 119 37 96 85 .271 .319 .347 .666 160.8
Home 962 3383 571 986 115 43 21 368 324 117 297 219 .291 .350 .369 .720 453.0
Away 960 3456 557 1024 120 52 17 356 337 102 344 202 .296 .364 .376 .740 494.0
RISP   1600 0 491 46 22 8 647 0 0 164 103 .307 .366 .378 .744 224.3
Pinch Hitting   124 16 35 3 0 1 26 3 3 15 4 .282 .364 .331 .694 15.2
Close/Late   754 154 246 30 11 8 92 0 5 82 46 .326 .395 .427 .822 120.6
Mar/Apr 185 617 113 188 27 6 3 64 60 17 54 47 .305 .364 .382 .747 88.5
May 352 1222 203 369 33 22 4 136 128 50 122 74 .302 .368 .375 .743 174.0
June 340 1266 200 376 45 16 11 139 114 35 113 69 .297 .356 .384 .740 179.2
July 379 1388 229 378 37 18 5 135 142 41 126 79 .272 .335 .336 .670 169.9
August 321 1132 180 338 47 16 6 124 105 41 108 67 .299 .361 .384 .746 159.9
Sep/Oct 345 1214 203 361 46 17 9 126 112 35 118 85 .297 .365 .386 .751 175.5
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   DWS
1912 22 CIN NL CF 94 92 825.0 203 3 11 1 .949 2.25   2.1
    RF 5 3 29.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1913 23 CIN NL CF 139 139 1237.0 377 14 13 6 .968 2.84   3.1
1914 24 CIN NL RF 70 69 614.7 140 3 13 0 .917 2.09   1.3
    CF 35 34 304.3 85 3 4 2 .957 2.60    
    LF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1915 25 CIN NL CF 28 25 229.7 60 2 4 1 .939 2.43   1.9
    RF 25 18 179.3 47 0 1 0 .979 2.36    
    LF 18 18 159.0 40 1 2 1 .953 2.32    
1916 26 CIN NL LF 48 48 426.3 84 1 5 0 .944 1.79   1.8
    CF 19 18 156.7 40 3 3 0 .935 2.47    
    RF 24 15 150.3 32 2 2 0 .944 2.04    
    1B 3 3 27.0 33 1 0 5 1.000 11.33   0.0
1917 27 CIN NL LF 126 125 1095.7 255 4 30 2 .896 2.13   1.3
    RF 3 2 18.0 6 0 1 0 .857 3.00    
    CF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1918 28 CIN NL LF 138 138 1247.0 263 5 24 2 .918 1.93   2.5
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25    
1919 29 CIN NL LF 118 117 1045.3 238 4 22 1 .917 2.08   3.0
    CF 11 11 100.0 27 1 1 1 .966 2.52    
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1920 30 CIN NL CF 75 71 634.7 211 3 11 1 .951 3.03   4.2
    LF 45 42 380.0 84 0 6 0 .933 1.99    
    RF 5 0 3.3 1 0 1 0 .500 2.70    
1921 31 CIN NL CF 94 94 810.7 239 6 18 1 .932 2.72   5.2
    LF 48 44 411.3 109 2 14 1 .888 2.43    
1922 32 CIN NL CF 74 71 589.0 171 2 12 1 .935 2.64   2.4
    LF 33 33 289.3 71 1 11 1 .867 2.24    
    RF 13 0 22.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
1923 33 CIN NL CF 109 104 909.0 268 2 20 1 .931 2.67   4.0
    LF 39 38 316.0 66 0 5 0 .930 1.88    
1924 34 BRO NL RF 73 70 591.0 108 2 6 1 .948 1.68   1.5
    LF 48 47 378.3 70 1 8 1 .899 1.69    
    CF 2 1 16.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1925 35 BRO NL RF 119 117 1006.3 237 0 17 0 .933 2.12   2.5
    LF 13 11 96.0 22 0 2 0 .917 2.06    
    CF 2 2 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
1926 36 BRO NL CF 11 11 91.0 34 0 1 0 .971 3.36   0.4
    LF 6 4 28.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.49    
    RF 11 0 22.7 3 0 2 0 .600 1.19    
1927 37 WAS AL CF 14 13 112.0 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.73   0.7
    RF 13 8 82.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.09    
    LF 6 0 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84    
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25   0.0
  CF 708 687 6038.0 1755 40 98 15 .948 2.68   24.0
  LF 688 667 5905.3 1318 19 129 9 .912 2.04   8.6
  RF 365 302 2725.6 614 7 44 1 .934 2.05   5.2
  1B 3 3 27.0 33 1 0 5 1.000 11.33   0.0
  3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   1765 1659 14699.9 3720 68 272 30 .933 2.32   37.9
Career Highs   148 142 1251.0 377 14 32 6 .983 3.04    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1919 29 CIN NL 6 23 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 .304 .280 .391 .671
1921 31 CIN NL 7 27 1 12 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .444 .464 .519 .983
1923 33 CIN NL 14 58 10 22 4 0 0 8 4 0 2 1 .379 .400 .448 .848
1927 37 WAS AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 32 109 15 41 8 0 0 12 5 2 3 4 .376 .386 .450 .836
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1922-7-.338*
 XR
1919-10-73.4
CAR-38-945.0
 Games
1921-3-142
1923-6-149
CAR-30-1922
 At-Bats
1913-9-576
1918-7-565
1919-9-531
1921-2-575
1923-3-596
CAR-41-6839
 Runs
1913-9-95
1918-7-91
1919-1-93
1920-8-89
1921-2-114
CAR-27-1128
 Hits
1921-8-183
CAR-37-2010
Total Bases
CAR-50-2549
 Singles
1918-9-130
1919-10-128
1921-3-148
1923-10-126
CAR-26-1642
 Triples
1917-5-12
 Stolen Bases
1912-9-42
1913-3-65
1914-10-42
1916-9-38
1917-5-41
1918-3-52
1919-3-53
1920-4-47
1921-2-47
1922-7-35
1923-5-36
1924-1-62
1925-5-47
CAR-16-661
 Caught Stealing
1913-9-23
1921-9-16
1924-6-21
1925-4-20
CAR-30-219
 Walks
1919-10-53
CAR-48-641
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  4. Johnny Bates (910)
  5. Edd Roush (908)
  6. Fred Snodgrass (892)
  7. Birdie Cree (884)
  8. Ray Demmitt (883)
  9. Topsy Hartsel (881)
  10. Larry Gardner (881)
History
Had first career hit on 4/22/1912, off Lew Richie (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 7/2/1912, off Walter Johnson (BRO)
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1913
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 6/17/1915
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
8/15/1917: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $5,800,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1919
6/1/1920: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/28/1922
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 9/23/1922
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1923
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/22/1924 to a 3-year deal worth $5,550,003 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis (N) on 6/20/1925
Won Player of the Week award on 6/22/1925, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Injured on 4/24/1926 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/15/1927 to a 1-year deal worth $792,000 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 9/17/1927, off Hod Lisenbee (CLE)
Won World Series with Washington in 1927
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/13/1928 to a minor league contract
Released by Washington on 4/10/1928
 
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