Benn Karr
1920–1927 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians
266G
.245AVG
.294OBP
.311SLG
More career statistics
96H
2HR
49RBI
3SB
35–48W–L
780.1IP
180K
4.60ERA
58GS
5SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 392 | 393 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 59 | 66 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 434 | 435 |
| Batting · RBI | 49 | 50 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,441 | 3,455 |
| Pitching · p er | 399 | 392 |
| Pitching · p h | 921 | 923 |
| Pitching · p hr | 43 | 44 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,341 | 2,368 |
| Pitching · p k | 180 | 182 |
| Pitching · p r | 471 | 472 |
| Pitching · p w | 260 | 256 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266 | 434 | 392 | 43 | 96 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 27 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | .245 | .294 | .311 | .605 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 780.3 | 177 | 58 | 29 | 35 | 48 | 5 | 921 | 471 | 399 | 43 | 260 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 | 1.513 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1921-10-01 to 1922-05-10
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1926-04-25 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1925-09-12 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1925-06-01 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 135 | 222 | 52 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 27 | .259 | .288 | .318 |
| Away | 131 | 213 | 44 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 39 | .229 | .277 | .302 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 22 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .324 | .333 | .432 |
| May | 55 | 83 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | .270 | .337 | .351 |
| June | 50 | 72 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | .246 | .278 | .304 |
| July | 53 | 91 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 | .214 | .231 | .238 |
| August | 43 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | .219 | .267 | .312 |
| September | 42 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 11 | .219 | .268 | .266 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 50 | 81 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | .178 | .235 | .219 |
| st-louis-browns | 40 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | .333 | .333 | .479 |
| new-york-yankees | 38 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | .196 | .246 | .250 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 36 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | .244 | .327 | .293 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 35 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | .226 | .268 | .283 |
| chicago-white-sox | 35 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .269 | .293 | .308 |
| cleveland-guardians | 20 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .179 | .195 | .179 |
| boston-red-sox | 12 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .419 | .429 | .613 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  Boston Red Sox | 58 | 76 | 21 | 1 | 15 | – | .276 | 91 | 23 |
| 1921 | Boston Red Sox | 43 | 62 | 16 | – | 9 | 1 | .258 | 117 | 38 |
| 1922 | Boston Red Sox | 66 | 99 | 21 | – | 5 | 1 | .212 | 180 | 41 |
| 1925 |  Cleveland Guardians | 46 | 92 | 24 | 1 | 17 | – | .261 | 202 | 42 |
| 1926 | Cleveland Guardians | 31 | 44 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .227 | 119 | 21 |
| 1927 | Cleveland Guardians | 22 | 20 | 4 | – | – | 1 | .200 | 77 | 17 |