Benny Kauff

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-8, 157lb (173cm, 71kg)

Born: January 5, 1890 in Pomeroy, OH us

Died: November 17, 1961 in Columbus, OH

Buried: Union Cemetery, Columbus, OH

Debut: April 20, 1912 (Age 22-106d, 3,654th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 2, 1920 (Age 30-179d)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1914 season

Full Name: Bennie Michael Kauff

Pronunciation: \cowf\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.0

3094

961

.311

521

RBI

455

234

OBP

.389

SLG

.450

OPS

.838

OPS+

149

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

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	NYG		BSN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	3	Apr 18	NYG		PHI	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	4	Apr 19	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	5	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	6	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-4	GF	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	7	Apr 25	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	33	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
7	10 (2)	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	28	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	12 (1)	May 3	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	13	May 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	15 (1)	May 6	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	16	May 7	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	17	May 9	NYG		BSN	L,0-7	GF	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	18	May 11	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	19	May 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	20	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	21	May 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	41	9.2	5	0	0	5	0
17	22	May 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	56	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	23	May 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,17-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	24	May 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	26 (1)	May 22	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	44	9.1	4	0	0	4	0
21	27	May 23	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	29 (1)	May 25	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	30	May 27 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-5	GS	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	31	May 27 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	33 (1)	May 29	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	34	May 30	NYG		PHI	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	35	May 31 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	36	May 31 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	37	Jun 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,9-10	GF	29	4.2	1	0	0	1	0
30	38	Jun 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
31	39	Jun 3 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
32	40	Jun 3 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-5	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	41	Jun 4	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	42	Jun 6	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	44 (1)	Jun 8	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
36	45	Jun 9	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	48 (2)	Jun 12	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	49	Jun 13	NYG		STL	L,3-5	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	51 (1)	Jun 15	NYG		STL	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	52	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	53	Jun 19	NYG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	54	Jun 20	NYG		PIT	W,8-0	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	55	Jun 22	NYG		CHC	L,4-10	GF	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	56	Jun 23	NYG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	57	Jun 24	NYG		CHC	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	59 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-6	GS	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
47	60	Jun 26 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	62 (1)	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,18-3	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	65 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	67 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,7-9	CG	50	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	68	Jul 2 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							51gm			109	11	4	124	0