Benny Kauff

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Full Name: Benjamin Michael Kauff	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/157	First Game: April 20, 1912
Birthdate: January 5, 1890	Final Game: July 2, 1920
Birthplace: Pomeroy, Ohio	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: November 17, 1961
Deathplace: Columbus, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Benny Kauff (Benjamin Michael Kauff) was born on January 5, 1890 in Pomeroy, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1912 for the New York Highlanders. In 1914, his rookie year, he hit .370 with 8 home runs and 95 RBI. Kauff played for the New York Highlanders, Newark Peppers, Brooklyn Tip-Tops and New York Giants over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Benny Kauff's best season was 1914, when he stole 75 bases, hit for a .370 average and knocked in 95 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1912	NY	A	5	11	4	3	0	2	.273	.429	.273	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
1914	IND	F	154	571	120	211	8	95	.370	.447	.534	44	13	72	55	8	16	75	0	0
1915	BRO	F	136	483	92	165	12	83	.342	.446	.509	23	11	85	50	6	7	55	0	0
1916	NY	N	154	552	71	146	9	74	.264	.348	.408	22	15	68	65	3	9	40	0	0
1917	NY	N	153	559	89	172	5	68	.308	.379	.388	22	4	59	54	5	21	30	0	0
1918	NY	N	67	270	41	85	2	39	.315	.355	.437	19	4	16	30	1	7	9	0	0
1919	NY	N	135	491	73	136	10	67	.277	.334	.422	27	7	39	45	3	11	21	0	0
1920	NY	N	55	157	31	43	3	26	.274	.380	.446	12	3	25	14	2	4	3	0	0
Total	NL		564	2029	305	582	29	274	.287	.357	.413	102	33	207	208	14	52	103	0	0
Total	FL		290	1054	212	376	20	178	.357	.447	.523	67	24	157	105	14	23	130	0	0
Total	AL		5	11	4	3	0	2	.273	.429	.273	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			859	3094	521	961	49	454	.311	.389	.450	169	57	367	313	28	75	234	0	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1912	NY	A	OF	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1914	IND	F	OF	154	0	0	310	31	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1915	BRO	F	OF	136	0	0	317	32	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1916	NY	N	OF	154	0	0	329	22	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1917	NY	N	OF	153	0	0	357	12	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1918	NY	N	OF	67	0	0	147	11	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1919	NY	N	OF	134	0	0	306	18	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1920	NY	N	OF	51	0	0	111	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.960
Total			OF	853	0	0	1881	136	85	29	0	0	0	0	0	.960

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Brooklyn Tip-Tops to New York Giants for $35000 (December 23, 1915).
Traded by New York Giants with cash to Toronto (International) in exchange for Vern Spencer (July 2, 1920).

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