Charlie Bennett
[edit] Biography
Charlie Bennett (Charles Wesley Bennett) was born on November 21, 1854 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1878 for the Milwaukee Cream Citys. In 1878, his rookie year, he hit .245 with 1 home run and 12 RBI. Bennett played for the Milwaukee Cream Citys, Worcester Ruby Legs, Detroit Wolverines and Boston Beaneaters over the course of his 15 year career.
Most people believe that Charlie Bennett's best season was 1883, when he hit for a .305 average and knocked in 55 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1878
| MIL
| N
| 49
| 184
| 16
| 45
| 1
| 12
| .245
| .284
| .310
| 9
| 0
| 10
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1880
| WOR
| N
| 51
| 193
| 20
| 44
| 0
| 18
| .228
| .266
| .306
| 9
| 3
| 10
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1881
| DET
| N
| 76
| 299
| 44
| 90
| 7
| 64
| .301
| .341
| .478
| 18
| 7
| 18
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| 84
| 342
| 43
| 103
| 5
| 51
| .301
| .340
| .450
| 16
| 10
| 20
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| 92
| 371
| 56
| 113
| 5
| 55
| .305
| .350
| .474
| 34
| 7
| 26
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| 90
| 341
| 37
| 90
| 3
| 40
| .264
| .334
| .378
| 18
| 6
| 36
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| 91
| 349
| 49
| 94
| 5
| 60
| .269
| .356
| .456
| 24
| 13
| 47
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| DET
| N
| 72
| 235
| 37
| 57
| 4
| 34
| .243
| .371
| .391
| 13
| 5
| 48
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| DET
| N
| 46
| 160
| 26
| 39
| 3
| 20
| .244
| .363
| .400
| 6
| 5
| 30
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| DET
| N
| 74
| 258
| 32
| 68
| 5
| 29
| .264
| .347
| .399
| 12
| 4
| 31
| 40
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| BOS
| N
| 82
| 247
| 42
| 57
| 4
| 28
| .231
| .296
| .328
| 8
| 2
| 21
| 43
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| BOS
| N
| 85
| 281
| 59
| 60
| 3
| 40
| .214
| .377
| .320
| 17
| 2
| 72
| 56
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| BOS
| N
| 75
| 256
| 35
| 55
| 5
| 39
| .215
| .332
| .332
| 9
| 3
| 42
| 61
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| BOS
| N
| 35
| 114
| 19
| 23
| 1
| 16
| .202
| .355
| .263
| 4
| 0
| 27
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| BOS
| N
| 60
| 191
| 34
| 40
| 4
| 27
| .209
| .352
| .304
| 6
| 0
| 40
| 36
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1062
| 3821
| 549
| 978
| 55
| 533
| .256
| .340
| .387
| 203
| 67
| 478
| 572
| 11
| 0
| 42
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1878
| MIL
| N
| C
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 176
| 31
| 42
| 4
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .831
|
| 1878
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .719
|
| 1880
| WOR
| N
| C
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 280
| 45
| 31
| 3
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| 1880
| WOR
| N
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1881
| DET
| N
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 17
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .839
|
| 1881
| DET
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1881
| DET
| N
| C
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 418
| 85
| 20
| 6
| 0
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| 3B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 23
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .870
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 18
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| C
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 446
| 70
| 30
| 8
| 0
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| 2B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 36
| 11
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .869
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| OF
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| C
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 333
| 88
| 25
| 11
| 0
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| C
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 454
| 97
| 50
| 9
| 0
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| OF
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| 3B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 17
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| C
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 347
| 87
| 38
| 10
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1886
| DET
| N
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1886
| DET
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1886
| DET
| N
| C
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 425
| 84
| 24
| 13
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1887
| DET
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1887
| DET
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1887
| DET
| N
| C
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 197
| 57
| 13
| 9
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1888
| DET
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| DET
| N
| C
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 424
| 94
| 18
| 10
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1889
| BOS
| N
| C
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 419
| 74
| 23
| 9
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1890
| BOS
| N
| C
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 448
| 90
| 23
| 8
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1891
| BOS
| N
| C
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 383
| 75
| 19
| 10
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1892
| BOS
| N
| C
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 169
| 31
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1893
| BOS
| N
| C
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 204
| 40
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 12
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .720
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 954
| 0
| 0
| 5123
| 1048
| 379
| 114
| 0
| 352
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 59
| 14
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .892
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 67
| 7
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .831
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 57
| 22
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .837
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Detroit Wolverines to Boston Beaneaters with Dan Brouthers, Charlie Ganzel, Hardy Richardson and Deacon White for $30000 (estimate) (October 16, 1888).
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