Benny Kauff
American baseball player (1890-1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bennie Michael "Benny" Kauff (January 5, 1890 – November 17, 1961)[1] was a professional baseball player, who played centerfield and batted and threw left-handed.[2] Kauff was known as the "Ty Cobb of the Feds." Though he appears on many lists of Jewish baseball players, such as Harry Stein's 1976 Esquire magazine article "All Time All-Star Argument Starter", Kauff was not Jewish.[3] Kauff was banned from baseball in 1921 amid charges of auto theft; despite his acquittal, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis refused to overturn the ban.
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Benny Kauff | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: (1890-01-05)January 5, 1890 Pomeroy, Ohio, U.S. | |
Died: November 17, 1961(1961-11-17) (aged 71) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 20, 1912, for the New York Highlanders | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 2, 1920, for the New York Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .311 |
Home runs | 49 |
Runs batted in | 455 |
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