Ben Houser

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Full Name: Benjamin Franklin Houser	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: May 2, 1910
Birthdate: November 30, 1883	Final Game: October 5, 1912
Birthplace: Shenandoah, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 3 years
Died: January 15, 1952
Deathplace: Augusta, Maine
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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Ben Houser (Benjamin Franklin Houser) was born on November 30, 1883 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on May 2, 1910 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1912, his rookie year, he hit .286 with 8 home runs and 52 RBI. Houser played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Rustlers and Boston Braves over the course of his 3 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1910	PHI	A	34	69	9	13	0	7	.188	.263	.290	3	2	7	0	0	3	0	0	0
1911	BOS	N	20	71	11	18	1	9	.254	.329	.310	1	0	8	6	0	0	2	0	1
1912	BOS	N	108	332	38	95	8	52	.286	.332	.428	17	3	22	29	1	5	1	0	0
Total	NL		128	403	49	113	9	61	.280	.332	.407	18	3	30	35	1	5	3	0	1
Total	AL		34	69	9	13	0	7	.188	.263	.290	3	2	7	0	0	3	0	0	0
Total			162	472	58	126	9	68	.267	.322	.390	21	5	37	35	1	8	3	0	1

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1910	PHI	A	1B	26	0	0	160	7	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1911	BOS	N	1B	20	20	149	160	11	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1912	BOS	N	1B	83	0	0	759	37	11	48	0	0	0	0	0	.986
Total			1B	129	20	149	1079	55	13	71	0	0	0	0	0	.989

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Selected by Boston Rustlers from Indianapolis (American Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 1, 1911).

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