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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-10	GF	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	8	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	25 (16)	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	40 (14)	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	43 (2)	Jun 2	NYY		WSH	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	44	Jun 3	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	GS	45	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
7	45	Jun 4	NYY		WSH	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
8	46	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	47	Jun 6	NYY		SLB	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	48	Jun 7	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	49	Jun 8	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
12	50	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	51	Jun 11	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
14	52	Jun 12	NYY		CLE	L,2-5	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	54 (1)	Jun 14	NYY		DET	W,8-3	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	55	Jun 16	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
17	57 (1)	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
18	58	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	62 (3)	Jun 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	66 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	69 (2)	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	70	Jul 2	NYY		PHA	L,3-6	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	71	Jul 3	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	GS	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	74 (1)	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	75	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
27	77 (1)	Jul 8	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	78	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	80 (1)	Jul 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
30	81	Jul 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	82	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
32	83	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
33	84	Jul 15 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	85	Jul 15 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-4	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	86	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-17	CG	51	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	87	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
37	88	Jul 18	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	89	Jul 19	NYY	@	DET	L,12-18	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
39	91 (1)	Jul 21	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	22	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	92	Jul 23	NYY		WSH	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
41	94 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
42	95	Jul 28	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
43	96	Jul 29	NYY		SLB	W,8-7	GS	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	98 (1)	Aug 1	NYY		CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	99	Aug 2	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
46	100	Aug 3	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	102 (1)	Aug 6	NYY		DET	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	104 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	108 (3)	Aug 12	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	109	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
51	110	Aug 15	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-6	GF	18	4.0	3	1	0	4	0
52	111	Aug 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	112	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	113	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	114	Aug 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	5	1	0	6	0
56	116 (1)	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	117	Aug 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	118	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	119	Aug 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
60	120	Aug 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	35	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
61	121	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	122	Aug 29	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	123	Aug 30	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	124	Sep 1	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	125	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
66	126	Sep 5	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	127	Sep 6	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
68	128	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	129	Sep 8 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	130	Sep 8 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	131	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
72	132	Sep 10 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	133	Sep 10 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5		27	6.1	3	0	0	3	0
74	134	Sep 11	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	135	Sep 12 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
76	137 (1)	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
77	138	Sep 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
78	139	Sep 16 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	141 (1)	Sep 17	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	142	Sep 18	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	143	Sep 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,6-9	GS	30	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
82	144	Sep 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,3-4	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	145	Sep 20	NYY		SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
84	146	Sep 22 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
85	147	Sep 22 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
86	148	Sep 23	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
87	149	Sep 24	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	5	3	0	8	0
88	150	Sep 26	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
89	151	Sep 27 (1)	NYY		DET	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	2
90	152	Sep 27 (2)	NYY		DET	T,1-1	CG	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	153	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	154	Sep 28 (2)	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
93	155	Oct 2	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
94	156	Oct 3	NYY		PHA	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
							94gm		724.0	325	83	3	411	12