Benny Bengough

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 168lb (170cm, 76kg)

Born: July 27, 1898 in Niagara Falls, NY us

Died: December 22, 1968 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: St. Dominic's Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

School: Niagara University (Lewiston, NY)

Debut: May 18, 1923 (Age 24-295d, 5,744th in major league history)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1932 (Age 34-059d)
vs. DET 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Bernard Oliver Bengough

Pronunciation: \ben-goff\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

1125

287

.255

RBI

108

OBP

.295

SLG

.317

OPS

.613

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-22 / in Starts: 34-16
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	54 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 170 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	108 (60-31-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 170 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	112 (56-35-21)

Most Driven In
T Lazzeri	6
B Meusel	3
G Robertson	1

Most Driven In By
E Combs	4
M Koenig	4
W Hoyt	1
B Ruth	1
L Durocher	1

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 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	193	25 (24)	May 14	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.51	-0.055	2.33	-0.15%	-1.68	C
2	194	28 (2)	May 20	NYY		SLB	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.18	-0.031	5.65	-0.09%	-0.37	C
3	195	31 (2)	May 22	NYY		BOS	W,14-4	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.385	.385	.385	.769	8	.51	0.095	2.42	0.27%	1.85	C
4	196	34 (2)	May 24 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.313	.625	8	1.06	-0.087	7.02	-0.34%	-0.76	C
5	197	37 (2)	May 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.316	.316	.316	.632	8	.62	0.063	3.88	0.24%	0.97	C
6	198	39 (1)	May 29 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.261	.261	.522	8	.65	-0.072	2.63	-0.18%	-1.06	C
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
7	199	78 (38)	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,6-12	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.280	.280	.560	8	.09	0.004	.09	0.00%	0.22	C
8	200	79	Jul 11 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.62	-0.047	.82	-0.04%	-0.45	C
9	201	83 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.281	.281	.563	8	.29	0.021	.38	0.02%	0.11	C
10	202	84	Jul 16 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	8	.08	-0.002	.10	0.00%	-0.37	C
11	203	85	Jul 16 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.50	0.003	.49	0.00%	-0.61	C
12	204	87 (1)	Jul 18	NYY		CHW	W,9-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	8	.31	-0.025	.26	-0.01%	-0.52	C
13	205	89 (1)	Jul 21	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	8	1.06	-0.113	.87	-0.06%	-1.12	C
14	206	92 (2)	Jul 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.217	.217	.435	8	.87	-0.041	.85	-0.02%	-0.26	C
15	207	94 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,7-10	4-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.213	.213	.426	8	1.25	-0.054	1.14	-0.03%	-0.56	C
16	208	95	Jul 26 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,12-1	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.58	-0.046	.87	-0.04%	-0.41	C
17	209	96	Jul 26 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,10-13	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8						C
18	210	97	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8						C
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
19	211	103 (5)	Aug 2	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	9-GF(15)	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.226	.264	.491	8	2.56	0.288	8.73	0.59%	1.28	C
20	212	107 (3)	Aug 6	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	15-GF(15)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.226	.264	.491	8						C
21	213	110 (2)	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.211	.246	.456	8	.51	-0.043	2.15	-0.11%	-0.72	C
22	214	111	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.246	.279	.525	8	1.31	0.035	5.23	0.08%	0.05	C
23	215	112	Aug 12	NYY		BOS	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.246	.277	.523	8	.53	-0.032	2.06	-0.08%	-0.07	C
24	216	113	Aug 14	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.279	.529	8	1.04	-0.063	4.14	-0.15%	-0.45	C
25	217	114	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.243	.271	.514	8	.76	-0.036	3.03	-0.09%	-0.48	C
26	218	115	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,11-1	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.260	.288	.548	8	.20	0.018	.76	0.04%	0.16	C
27	219	116	Aug 18	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	GS-7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.263	.273	.289	.562	8	.57	0.003	2.24	0.01%	-0.03	C
28	220	117	Aug 19 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.266	.282	.548	8	1.73	-0.095	6.03	-0.20%	-0.68	C
29	221	119 (1)	Aug 21	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.268	.284	.552	8	.83	0.064	2.40	0.11%	0.20	C
30	222	120	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.274	.289	.563	8	.83	0.028	3.09	0.06%	0.28	C
31	223	123 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.276	.291	.567	8	.39	-0.024	2.31	-0.09%	-0.23	C
32	224	124	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.267	.281	.548	8	2.35	-0.181	13.05	-0.60%	-1.41	C
33	225	126 (1)	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.261	.275	.536	8	1.59	-0.059	9.68	-0.21%	-0.53	C
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
34	226	128 (1)	Sep 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.266	.280	.546	8	.90	0.020	5.56	0.07%	0.22	C
35	227	129	Sep 3 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.276	.274	.549	8	.55	0.023	3.91	0.10%	0.06	C
36	228	130	Sep 3 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.276	.274	.549	8						C
37	229	131	Sep 5 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.280	.278	.558	8	1.31	0.091	9.13	0.38%	0.60	C
38	230	134 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.275	.273	.547	8	.88	-0.048	6.85	-0.23%	-0.41	C
39	231	135	Sep 8	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.292	.284	.577	8	1.01	0.058	9.46	0.33%	0.81	C
40	232	136	Sep 9 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.291	.283	.574	8	.88	-0.128	19.08	-1.67%	-1.05	C
41	233	137	Sep 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.286	.278	.563	8	1.19	-0.062	25.49	-0.79%	-0.49	C
42	234	138	Sep 11	NYY		PHA	W,5-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.281	.273	.553	8	1.10	-0.053	21.81	-0.63%	-0.48	C
43	235	139	Sep 12	NYY		PHA	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.284	.277	.561	8	1.88	0.094	31.08	0.93%	0.59	C
44	236	140	Sep 15	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.254	.280	.272	.552	8	.83	-0.011	9.00	-0.07%	0.02	C
45	237	141	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.287	.280	.567	8	.62	-0.018	8.12	-0.14%	-1.23	C
46	238	142	Sep 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.299	.293	.592	8	.30	-0.033	4.15	-0.27%	1.12	C
47	239	143	Sep 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-11	GS-5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.302	.304	.606	8	1.39	0.039	17.85	0.30%	0.65	C
48	240	144	Sep 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.303	.305	.608	8	1.18	-0.009	11.67	-0.06%	-0.05	C
49	241	145	Sep 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.280	.301	.303	.605	8	1.32	0.056	18.44	0.47%	0.34	C
50	242	146	Sep 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.309	.311	.620	8	.86	0.059	8.78	0.36%	0.53	C
51	243	147	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.308	.304	.612	8	.69	-0.081	7.08	-0.50%	-0.22	C
52	244	148	Sep 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.308	.300	.608	8	1.02	-0.095	10.50	-0.58%	-0.67	C
53	245	149	Sep 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.271	.305	.292	.596	8	.27	0.019	2.67	0.11%	-0.83	C
54	246	150	Sep 27 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.303	.291	.594	8	.93	-0.124	7.95	-0.64%	-1.21	C
55	247	151	Sep 27 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-5	CG(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.304	.287	.590	8	.80	0.005	3.34	0.01%	0.19	C
56	248	152	Sep 28	NYY	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.301	.284	.584	8	.35	0.045	.82	0.06%	-0.09	C
57	249	153	Sep 29	NYY	@	DET	L,10-19	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.301	.285	.586	8	.23	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.16	C
58	250	154	Sep 30	NYY	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.302	.298	.600	8	1.33	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
							36-22		170	161	13	43	3	1	0	10	7	1	8	1	0		5		0	0	.267	.302	.298	.600		.82	-0.628	5.76	-3.50%	-9.15

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