Benny Bengough Baseball player

Bernard Oliver "Benny" Bengough (July 27, 1898 – December 22, 1968) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the New York Yankees during the 1920s when the team garnered the nickname of Murderers' Row, due to their potent batting lineup. He played the final two seasons of his career with the St. Louis Browns. Bengough was a light-hitting, defensive specialist. After his playing career, he spent 18 seasons as a major league coach.

Personal facts

Benny Bengough
Birth dateJuly 27, 1898
Birth place
Niagara Falls New York
Date of deathDecember 22, 1968
Place of death
Philadelphia

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Baseball player

Career startMay 18, 1923
Career endSeptember 24, 1932
batting sideRight
former teams
Baltimore Orioles
New York Yankees
position
Catcher
teams
Baltimore Orioles
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

Benny Bengough on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Bengough.Benny.Obit.html
  2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11830661