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	15-39 / in Starts: 13-19
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 151 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	82 (40-24-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 151 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	100 (50-31-18)

Most Driven In
O Melillo	5
G Goslin	4
A Scharein	3
L Storti	1
B Campbell	1

Most Driven In By
J Levey	6
F Schulte	4
J Burns	1

1932 Batting Game Log

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1932 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	358	27 (26)	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					5						C
2	359	33 (5)	May 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-11	5-GF	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	5	.29	0.024	.51	0.03%	0.82	C
3	360	38 (4)	May 27	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250	5	1.12	-0.007	2.21	-0.01%	-0.07	C
4	361	41 (2)	May 29 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	7	1.59	-0.136	2.64	-0.14%	-0.97	C
5	362	43 (1)	May 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.364	.125	.489	7	1.01	-0.073	1.27	-0.06%	-0.96	C
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
6	363	51 (7)	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	L,4-12	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.417	.125	.542	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.14	C
7	364	52	Jun 12 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	7	.57	0.028	.68	0.02%	-0.30	C
8	365	54 (1)	Jun 14	SLB		WSH	W,17-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.353	.154	.507	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
9	366	58 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.381	.294	.675	7	1.36	0.013	1.47	0.01%	-0.38	C
10	367	59	Jun 19 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.409	.389	.798	5	.63	0.047	.84	0.04%	0.90	C
11	368	60	Jun 20	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.360	.333	.693	7	1.29	-0.074	1.75	-0.06%	-0.64	C
12	369	61	Jun 21	SLB		NYY	L,8-11	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.345	.360	.705	7	1.24	0.101	1.13	0.06%	-0.22	C
13	370	62	Jun 22	SLB		NYY	W,17-10	CG	5	4	3	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.382	.448	.831	7	.78	0.203	.55	0.09%	2.31	C
14	371	63	Jun 23	SLB		NYY	W,14-10	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.359	.441	.800	7	.57	-0.048	.53	-0.03%	-1.00	C
15	372	66 (2)	Jun 29	SLB		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.263	.349	.421	.770	7	.38	0.010	.21	0.00%	0.69	C
16	373	67	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.340	.429	.769	7	.49	0.026	.29	0.01%	0.41	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
17	374	68	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	L,5-15	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.320	.400	.720	7	.72	-0.059	.49	-0.02%	-1.12	C
18	375	69	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,4-7	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.315	.388	.703	7	.94	-0.065	.52	-0.02%	-0.65	C
19	376	70	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.298	.365	.664	7	1.09	-0.088	.43	-0.02%	-0.69	C
20	377	71	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.293	.358	.652	9	.04	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.28	PH
21	378	72	Jul 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.290	.351	.641	7	1.01	-0.056	.34	-0.01%	-0.93	C
22	379	73	Jul 7	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.328	.387	.715	7	.41	0.092	.10	0.01%	0.98	C
23	380	74	Jul 8	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.324	.394	.718	7	.53	0.104	.17	0.02%	0.60	C
24	381	75	Jul 9	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.324	.391	.716	7	1.54	-0.024	.58	-0.01%	-0.05	C
25	382	76	Jul 10 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,10-9	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.297	.342	.405	.747	7						C
26	383	77	Jul 10 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.293	.338	.400	.738	9						PH
27	384	78	Jul 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-15	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.333	.395	.728	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
28	385	83 (4)	Jul 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-11	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.333	.395	.728	5						C
29	386	84	Jul 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.329	.390	.719	5	.06	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.82	C
30	387	85	Jul 18	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-8	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.337	.390	.727	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.15	PH
31	388	86	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,8-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.333	.385	.718	9	3.29	0.000	.08	0.00%	-0.11	PH
32	389	87	Jul 19 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-16	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.341	.390	.731	7	.28	-0.022	.01	0.00%	0.09	C
33	390	88	Jul 20	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-8	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.348	.410	.758	9	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.24	PH
34	391	91 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	SLB		DET	L,4-9	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.348	.407	.755	7	.82	0.029	.01	0.00%	0.08	C
35	392	93 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		DET	W,10-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.311	.354	.411	.765	7						C
36	393	95 (1)	Jul 27	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.351	.407	.757	7	.05	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
37	394	97 (1)	Jul 29	SLB		WSH	L,6-10	8-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.343	.398	.741	7	.35	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-1.06	C
38	395	98	Jul 30	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.286	.327	.378	.704	7	2.26	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-1.37	C
39	396	100 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.275	.315	.363	.678	7						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
40	397	106 (5)	Aug 7 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.267	.313	.352	.665	7						C
41	398	114 (7)	Aug 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.310	.349	.659	5	.33	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.25	C
42	399	121 (6)	Aug 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-15	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.307	.346	.653	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
43	400	122	Aug 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.313	.346	.659	9	3.98	0.108	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
44	401	125 (2)	Aug 30	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.310	.343	.653	9	.57	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
45	402	126	Aug 31	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.308	.339	.647	9	2.96	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
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
46	403	128 (1)	Sep 3	SLB		CHW	L,8-13	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.311	.336	.647	5	.49	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
47	404	130 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.309	.327	.636	7	.94	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.25	C
48	405	132 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.299	.316	.615	7	1.65	-0.219	.00	0.00%	-1.86	C
49	406	134 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.313	.331	.644	7	.71	0.056	.00	0.00%	1.17	C
50	407	139 (4)	Sep 11 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.256	.311	.328	.639	7						C
51	408	146 (6)	Sep 18 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.250	.309	.320	.630	7						C
52	409	148 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.318	.626	7	.53	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.67	C
53	410	151 (2)	Sep 23 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-12	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.308	.313	.622	8	.27	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.07	C
54	411	153 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.311	.317	.628	7	1.31	0.092	.00	0.00%	1.20	C
							15-39		151	139	13	35	7	1	0	15	12	0	4	0	0		2		0	0	.252	.311	.317	.628		.89	-0.327	.43	-0.09%	-6.25

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