Benn Karr

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: November 28, 1893 in Mount Pleasant, MS us

Died: December 8, 1968 in Memphis, TN

Buried: Crittendon Memorial Park, Marion, AR

High School: Mount Pleasant HS (Mount Pleasant, MS)

Debut: April 20, 1920 (Age 26-144d, 5,031st in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1927 (Age 33-217d)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: Benjamin Joyce Karr

Nicknames: Baldy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

4.60

177

780.1

180

WHIP

1.513

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 13	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,8-10	GS	26	6.1	0	1	2	3	0
3	8 (3)	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	11 (2)	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-15		15	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
5	12	Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-10	GS	6	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (3)	May 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-12		24	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	21 (4)	May 10	BOS		DET	L,9-10		0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	26 (4)	May 16	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	28 (1)	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	GF	16	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	29	May 22	BOS		CLE	L,1-7		25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	32 (2)	May 26	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
12	34 (1)	May 27 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	35	May 29 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	36	May 29 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,9-8		9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	37	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	GF	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	46 (8)	Jun 8	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	48 (1)	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-10		12	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
18	50 (1)	Jun 12	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	56 (5)	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,1-8	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	58 (1)	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	67 (8)	Jun 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	77 (9)	Jul 8 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,6-10	GF	26	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
23	81 (3)	Jul 12	BOS		CLE	L,7-11	GF	35	7.1	1	3	0	4	0
24	87 (5)	Jul 19	BOS		CHW	L,0-8	GF	24	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	90 (2)	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	L,2-5		18	4.2	0	1	1	2	0
26	94 (3)	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	39	9.1	0	2	0	2	1
27	97 (2)	Jul 30	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	101 (3)	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	GF	21	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	103 (1)	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	W,8-4	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	106 (2)	Aug 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,15-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	110 (3)	Aug 16	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	115 (4)	Aug 19 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	119 (3)	Aug 24	BOS		SLB	L,2-13	GS	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	121 (1)	Aug 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	124 (2)	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	GF	14	3.1	1	1	1	3	0
36	131 (6)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-7	GF	0	8.1	0	3	1	4	0
37	137 (5)	Sep 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-12	GF	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	141 (3)	Sep 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-9	GS	19	3.2	1	1	0	2	0
39	143 (1)	Sep 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	149 (5)	Sep 22	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	1
41	154 (4)	Sep 30	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							41gm		183.0	9	44	5	58	3