Benny Kauff
1912–1920 · bats L / throws L · Brooklyn Tip-Tops, IND, New York Giants, New York Yankees
859G
.311AVG
.389OBP
.450SLG
More career statistics
961H
49HR
454RBI
234SB
10Rare 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 | 3,094 | 3,095 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 33 | 141 |
| Batting · Doubles | 169 | 171 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 28 | 31 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 313 | 288 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,564 | 3,566 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 234 | 237 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 859 | 3,564 | 3,094 | 521 | 961 | 169 | 57 | 49 | 454 | 367 | 313 | 234 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 1,391 | .311 | .389 | .450 | .839 |
Streaks
23longest hitting streak · 1914-05-09 to 1914-06-06
37longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Stealing the Cycle | 1915-04-17 | 1 in 3,787 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero | 1918-05-23 | 1 in 927 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1918-05-23 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 419 | 1679 | 471 | 29 | 231 | 182 | 125 | .326 | .389 | .473 |
| Away | 440 | 1887 | 490 | 20 | 223 | 185 | 163 | .297 | .358 | .430 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 73 | 312 | 80 | 2 | 37 | 43 | 24 | .316 | .394 | .427 |
| May | 154 | 650 | 194 | 5 | 91 | 59 | 54 | .334 | .389 | .491 |
| June | 178 | 715 | 180 | 11 | 89 | 73 | 67 | .291 | .354 | .441 |
| July | 135 | 584 | 163 | 13 | 83 | 59 | 42 | .324 | .380 | .493 |
| August | 161 | 671 | 174 | 4 | 77 | 55 | 49 | .289 | .341 | .374 |
| September | 142 | 572 | 151 | 13 | 71 | 71 | 46 | .311 | .388 | .464 |
| October | 16 | 62 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | .358 | .419 | .547 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 90 | 357 | 97 | 4 | 37 | 29 | 35 | .304 | .353 | .420 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 83 | 339 | 90 | 5 | 46 | 35 | 29 | .309 | .369 | .430 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 82 | 341 | 81 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 31 | .269 | .314 | .409 |
| chicago-cubs | 81 | 320 | 80 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 38 | .285 | .338 | .402 |
| boston-braves | 77 | 310 | 78 | 5 | 34 | 37 | 25 | .288 | .371 | .435 |
| cincinnati-reds | 76 | 318 | 85 | 5 | 44 | 23 | 25 | .296 | .340 | .418 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 75 | 315 | 71 | 2 | 38 | 28 | 24 | .254 | .314 | .380 |
| baltimore-terrapins | 45 | 194 | 60 | 3 | 41 | 16 | 17 | .353 | .392 | .488 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  New York Yankees | 5 | 11 | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | .273 | – | – |
| 1914 | IND | 154 | 574 | 211 | 8 | 91 | 74 | .368 | – | – |
| 1915 | BTBrooklyn Tip-Tops | 136 | 481 | 165 | 12 | 86 | 56 | .343 | – | – |
| 1916 |  New York Giants | 154 | 552 | 146 | 9 | 73 | 41 | .264 | – | – |
| 1917 | New York Giants | 153 | 560 | 172 | 5 | 69 | 31 | .307 | – | – |
| 1918 | New York Giants | 67 | 270 | 85 | 2 | 39 | 9 | .315 | – | – |
| 1919 | New York Giants | 135 | 490 | 136 | 10 | 68 | 22 | .278 | – | – |
| 1920 | New York Giants | 55 | 157 | 43 | 3 | 26 | 3 | .274 | – | – |