Benny Bengough

Benny Bengough

Infobox MLB retired
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bgcolor2=#1c2841
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Benny Bengough


position=Catcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1898|7|27|mf=y
deathdate=death date and age|1968|12|22|1898|7|27
debutdate=May 18
debutyear=1923
debutteam=New York Yankees
finaldate=September 24
finalyear=1932
finalteam=St. Louis Browns
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.255
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=287
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=108
teams=
*New York Yankees (by|1923-by|1930)
*St. Louis Browns (by|1931-by|1932)
highlights=
*World Series champion in 1923, 1927, and 1928

Bernard Oliver "Benny" Bengough (July 27, 1898December 22, 1968) was a major league baseball catcher who played for ten seasons for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns. He was born in Niagara Falls, New York. In his playing days, he stood 5'7½" (174.5 cm) tall, weighed 170 pounds (77 kg), and threw and batted right-handed.

Benny spent most of his career as a platoon or backup catcher. But he did have the distinction of playing on the original "Bronx Bombers" club, with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, from 1923 to 1930.

After retiring as a player, Bengough managed in the New York Yankees minor league organization, and coached in the Major Leagues for the Washington Senators (1940-43), Boston Braves (1945), and Philadelphia Phillies (1946-58). Bengough, the longtime third-base coach for the Phillies, used to entertain fans from the coaching box by removing his cap to reveal his bald head and then running his fingers through his "hair." [The Dead Ball Era]

He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of a heart attack at age 70.

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bengobe01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Bengough.Benny.Obit.html The Dead Ball Era]


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