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Ben Houser

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: November 30, 1883 in Frackville, PA us

Died: January 15, 1952 in Augusta, ME

Buried: New Gloucester Cemetery, New Gloucester, ME

High School: Girard Preparatory (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: May 2, 1910 (Age 26-153d, 3,323rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1912 (Age 28-310d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: Benjamin Franklin Houser

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1910 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

472

126

.267

RBI

OBP

.322

SLG

.390

OPS

.711

OPS+

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

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BSN		PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 12	BSN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
3	3	Apr 13	BSN		PHI	L,2-14	CG	52	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
4	4	Apr 15	BSN		NYG	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 16	BSN		NYG	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
6	6	Apr 17	BSN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	19 (12)	May 8	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	41	8.2	10	0	0	10	0
8	20	May 9	BSN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
9	21	May 10	BSN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
10	22	May 12	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
11	23	May 13	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	24	May 15	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	45	10.2	4	0	0	4	1
13	25	May 16	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
14	26	May 17	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
15	27	May 18	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	9	1	1	11	0
16	28	May 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-13	CG	52	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
17	29	May 21	BSN	@	PIT	L,9-14	CG	42	8.0	8	2	0	10	2
18	34 (4)	May 27 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	1
19	38 (3)	May 31 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
20	39	May 31 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	40	Jun 1	BSN		CHC	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
22	41	Jun 3	BSN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
23	42	Jun 4	BSN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
24	43	Jun 5	BSN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
25	44	Jun 7	BSN		PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
26	45	Jun 8	BSN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
27	46	Jun 10	BSN		STL	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	47	Jun 11	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
29	48	Jun 12	BSN		STL	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	49	Jun 13	BSN		STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	50	Jun 14	BSN		CIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	3
32	51	Jun 15	BSN		CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
33	52	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
34	53	Jun 17 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
35	54	Jun 18	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
36	55	Jun 19	BSN		NYG	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
37	56	Jun 20	BSN		NYG	L,12-21	CG	53	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
38	57	Jun 21	BSN		NYG	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
39	58	Jun 22 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,5-17	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	59	Jun 22 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,12-14	CG	45	9.0	11	0	2	13	0
41	60	Jun 24	BSN		BRO	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
42	61	Jun 25	BSN		BRO	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
43	62	Jun 26	BSN		BRO	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	63	Jun 27	BSN		BRO	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
45	64	Jun 28 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	65	Jun 28 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
47	66	Jun 29	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	67	Jul 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
49	68	Jul 2	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
50	69	Jul 3	BSN		PHI	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
51	73 (3)	Jul 6	BSN		PHI	L,11-13	GF	16	4.0	3	2	0	5	0
52	82 (8)	Jul 18 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-2	GF	15	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
53	83	Jul 18 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	84	Jul 19	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	85	Jul 20	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	111 (25)	Aug 21	BSN	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	114 (2)	Aug 25	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
58	120 (5)	Aug 31 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
59	121	Aug 31 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	122	Sep 2 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-5	CG	48	12.0	10	0	0	10	0
61	123	Sep 2 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,1-6	CG	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	124	Sep 3	BSN		NYG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
63	129 (4)	Sep 7 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	131 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	1	11	3
65	135 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	BSN		STL	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	137 (1)	Sep 17	BSN		STL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
67	138	Sep 18 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
68	140 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
69	141	Sep 19 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,7-8	CG	36	7.0	12	0	0	12	0
70	142	Sep 20	BSN		PIT	L,2-10	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
71	143	Sep 21	BSN		CIN	W,13-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
72	144	Sep 23	BSN		CIN	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
73	145	Sep 26 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
74	146	Sep 26 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	147	Sep 27	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	10	0	0	10	0
76	148	Sep 28 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
77	149	Sep 28 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	T,6-6	CG	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
78	150	Sep 30	BSN		BRO	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
79	151	Oct 2 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
80	152	Oct 2 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
81	153	Oct 3	BSN		PHI	L,4-13	CG	47	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
82	154	Oct 4	BSN		PHI	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	4
83	155	Oct 5	BSN		PHI	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
							83gm		706.0	759	37	11	807	48