MLB / Players

Ben Koehler

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 175 lb
BornJanuary 26, 1877 · Schondorf, Bavaria, Germany
MLB debutApril 23, 1905
Final gameOctober 7, 1906
Seasons2 (1905–1906)

St. Louis Browns 1905–1906

Percentile snapshot

1905 season — qualified batters

G
142
55.6
PA
585
55.6
AB
536
62
R
55
40.7
H
127
46.3
2B
14
33.3
3B
6
44.4
HR
2
51.9
RBI
47
45.4
BB
32
43.5
SO
82
4.6
SB
22
60.2
BA
.237
19.4
OBP
.285
18.5
SLG
.297
16.7
OPS
.582
16.7
wRC+
87.8
25
OPS+
88.4
24.1
wOBA
.283
15.7
sWAR
1.3
36.1

of 109 qualified 1905 batters (min 483 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.8
68.8

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1905142585536551271462473282220.237.285.297.58287.888.4.2831.3
190666219186274111015242990.220.322.237.55987.078.0.2890.4

Career totals

G
208
PA
804
AB
722
R
82
H
168
2B
15
3B
7
HR
2
RBI
62
BB
56
SO
111
SB
31
BA
.2327
OBP
.2952
SLG
.2812
OPS
.5764

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1905-10-06CWS @ BAL Gameday313101317
1905-07-07CLE @ BAL Gameday424200006
1905-08-23NYY @ BAL Gameday503100004
1905-08-12BAL @ ATH Gameday412010304
1905-06-14BAL @ NYY Gameday412010104

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1905-04-14BAL @ CWS Gameday0.0000000
1905-04-15BAL @ CWS Gameday0.0000000
1905-04-16BAL @ CWS Gameday0.0000000
1905-04-17BAL @ CWS Gameday0.0000000
1905-04-19CLE @ BAL Gameday0.0000000

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.