Bennie Daniels
1957–1965 · bats L / throws R · Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1961-71)
233G
.170AVG
.238OBP
.240SLG
More career statistics
51H
5HR
26RBI
1SB
45–76W–L
997.0IP
471K
4.44ERA
139GS
5SV
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 · Strikeouts | 134 | 136 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 348 | 346 |
| Batting · Walks | 26 | 24 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,288 | 4,283 |
| Pitching · p er | 492 | 490 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,991 | 2,990 |
| Pitching · p k | 471 | 472 |
| Pitching · p w | 383 | 384 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 233 | 348 | 300 | 25 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72 | .170 | .238 | .240 | .478 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 997.0 | 230 | 139 | 26 | 45 | 76 | 5 | 1,004 | 553 | 492 | 99 | 383 | 471 | 0 | 0 | 4.44 | 1.391 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1959-05-23 to 1959-06-08
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1964-09-19 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1963-05-12 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 12 strikeouts | 1963-07-07 | 1 in 426 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 111 | 158 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 62 | .183 | .234 | .221 |
| Away | 122 | 188 | 27 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 74 | .160 | .202 | .254 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | .167 | .222 | .167 |
| May | 48 | 78 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 30 | .147 | .205 | .265 |
| June | 41 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .152 | .173 | .152 |
| July | 38 | 68 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | .259 | .309 | .414 |
| August | 43 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 26 | .167 | .232 | .208 |
| September | 38 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | .120 | .143 | .160 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 23 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .107 | .129 | .214 |
| chicago-white-sox | 23 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 | .188 | .250 | .312 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 22 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .161 | .231 | .161 |
| cleveland-guardians | 21 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .130 | .179 | .174 |
| detroit-tigers | 21 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | .074 | .121 | .074 |
| new-york-yankees | 18 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | .233 | .257 | .333 |
| boston-red-sox | 17 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .174 | .250 | .174 |
| baltimore-orioles | 15 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .107 | .156 | .107 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 7 | 2 |
| 1958 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 8 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .125 | 27 | 7 |
| 1959 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | – | .310 | 100 | 68 |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 16 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .188 | 40 | 16 |
| 1961 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 32 | 76 | 15 | 2 | 5 | – | .197 | 212 | 110 |
| 1962 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 44 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .130 | 161 | 66 |
| 1963 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 36 | 46 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .152 | 168 | 88 |
| 1964 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 33 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 4 | – | .128 | 163 | 73 |
| 1965 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 33 | 30 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .133 | 116 | 42 |