Benn Karr
[edit] Biography
Born on November 28, 1893 in Mount Pleasant, Mississippi, Benn Karr (Benjamin Joyce Karr) played for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 6 year career. Karr broke into the bigs on April 20, 1920 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.81 ERA in 91.2 innings pitched in 1920, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Benn Karr's best season was 1921, when he posted a 3.67 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1920
| BOS
| A
| 26
| 2
| 3
| 8
| 4.81
| 21
| 55
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 91.2
| 109
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1921
| BOS
| A
| 26
| 7
| 8
| 7
| 3.67
| 37
| 53
| 48
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 117.2
| 123
| 8
| 38
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1922
| BOS
| A
| 41
| 13
| 5
| 12
| 4.47
| 41
| 115
| 91
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 183.1
| 212
| 10
| 45
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| 32
| 24
| 11
| 12
| 4.78
| 41
| 127
| 105
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 197.2
| 248
| 8
| 80
| 0
| 4
| 6
|
| 1926
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 7
| 5
| 6
| 5.00
| 23
| 72
| 63
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 113.1
| 137
| 9
| 41
| 0
| 3
| 6
|
| 1927
| CLE
| A
| 22
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 5.05
| 17
| 49
| 43
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 76.2
| 92
| 5
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 177
| 58
| 35
| 48
| 4.60
| 180
| 471
| 399
| 29
| 1
| 5
| 780.1
| 921
| 43
| 260
| 0
| 11
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1920
| BOS
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1921
| BOS
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 30
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1922
| BOS
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 44
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 57
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1926
| CLE
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 35
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1927
| CLE
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 177
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 213
| 17
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1920
| BOS
| A
| 57
| 75
| 8
| 21
| 1
| 15
| .280
| .333
| .387
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| BOS
| A
| 43
| 62
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 9
| .258
| .292
| .290
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| BOS
| A
| 66
| 98
| 7
| 21
| 0
| 4
| .214
| .245
| .235
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| 46
| 92
| 11
| 24
| 1
| 17
| .261
| .313
| .348
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| CLE
| A
| 31
| 45
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .222
| .255
| .333
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| CLE
| A
| 22
| 20
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .333
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 265
| 392
| 43
| 96
| 2
| 47
| .245
| .292
| .311
| 20
| 0
| 26
| 58
| 0
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
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