Benny Kauff stats

Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 1920

Age 136

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Benny Kauff played 8 MLB seasons, 1912 to 1920.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
859
AB
3,094
R
521
H
961
HR
49
RBI
26
SB
234
AVG
.311
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1912NYY51143001.273
1914—1545711202118075.370
1915—1364839216512055.342
1916SF154552711469040.264
1917SF153559891725030.308
1918SF672704185209.315
1919SF1354917313610021.277
1920SF5515731433263.274

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
6
AB
25
R
2
H
4
HR
2
RBI
0
SB
1
AVG
.160

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
3,564
TB
1,391
XBH
275
HBP
28
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1912NYY14300000
1914—667305658000
1915—581246466000
1916SF632225463000
1917SF644217315000
1918SF294118251000
1919SF544207443000
1920SF18870182000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
28.0
RC
600.0
RC/27
7.20
ISOP
.139
SECA
.323
BB/K
1.17
AB/HR
63.1
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1912NYY0.026.7.0000.4000
1914—7.8150.310.8.1650.41.371.40
1915—6.7124.210.3.1680.51.740.30
1916SF3.782.15.1430.31.161.30
1917SF4.594.96.3.0810.21.1111.80
1918SF1.844.66.3.1220.20.51350
1919SF2.676.45.6.1450.30.949.10
1920SF0.926.75.8.1720.31.852.30

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
136 yearsJan 5, 1890
Debut
1912

What were Benny Kauff's career stats?

Benny Kauff played 8 seasons for the Yankees and the Giants. He was a career .311 hitter with 961 hits, 49 home runs and 26 RBI. His best season was 1914: a .370 batting average, 8 home runs and 0 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

8 seasons, 1 postseason, 1912 to 1920

All-time career rank

  • 268th in stolen bases (234)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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