MLB / Players

Benn Karr

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 175 lb
BornNovember 28, 1893 · Mount Pleasant, MS, USA
MLB debutApril 20, 1920
Final gameJuly 3, 1927
Seasons6 (1920–1927)

Boston Red Sox 1920–1922; Cleveland Indians 1925–1927

Percentile snapshot

1925 season — qualified pitchers

G
32
57.8
GS
24
65.2
W
11
51.9
L
12
23.7
SV
0
0
CG
12
60.7
SHO
1
48.1
H
248
22.2
ER
105
14.8
BB
80
14.1
SO
41
26.7
HR
8
35.6
IP
197.7
63.7
ERA
4.78
34.8
WHIP
1.659
8.1
K/9
1.87
9.6
FIP
4.52
53.3
FIP-
102.9
29.6
ERA+
91.9
24.4
sWAR
1.5
40.7

of 136 qualified 1925 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
4.3
77.5

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
19205782758215011561800.280.333.387.72092.994.4.338-0.1
1921436962716200931610.258.292.290.58348.951.1.2761.8
1922661039872120044710.214.245.235.48019.925.9.2290.8
192546106921124501177800.261.313.348.66165.367.3.3121.5
192631484581050022300.222.255.333.58944.352.5.2730.1
19272225202410004610.200.333.250.58361.752.7.2990.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
192026238100109492421391.74.811.4512.063.68101.475.5-0.1
1921267870501234838378117.73.671.3682.834.46107.2113.41.8
1922411351217021291454110183.34.471.4022.014.03100.589.70.8
192532241112012124810580418197.74.781.6591.874.52102.991.91.5
1926307561401376341239113.35.001.5711.834.79119.080.50.1
19272253321092433217576.75.051.6172.004.76114.682.20.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
265
PA
433
AB
392
R
43
H
96
2B
20
3B
0
HR
2
RBI
47
BB
26
SO
58
SB
3
BA
.2449
OBP
.2919
SLG
.3112
OPS
.6031

Pitching

G (P)
177
GS
58
W
35
L
48
SV
5
CG
29
SHO
1
IP
780
SO (P)
180
BB allowed
260
ERA
4.602
WHIP
1.5135
K/9
2.08

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
1925-06-05CLE @ BOS Gameday412001105
1920-08-10BOS @ BAL Gameday311001204
1922-04-13ATH @ BOS Gameday403000003
1925-05-14BOS @ CLE Gameday402100203
1925-08-23NYY @ CLE Gameday312100103

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1921-09-23BAL @ BOS Gameday9.01155150
1922-06-28BOS @ ATH Gameday9.0722350
1925-05-18MIN @ CLE Gameday9.01066450
1922-04-13ATH @ BOS Gameday9.0520040
1922-04-22BOS @ ATH Gameday9.0711040

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.