MLB Stats for Bennie Daniels

Bennie Daniels Baseball Stats | Baseball Almanac

Bennie Daniels, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Friday, June 17, 1932, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Daniels was 25 years old when he broke into the major leagues on September 24, 1957, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bennie Daniels stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.

"Bennie Daniels: This tall, well-built righthanded pitcher, who worked for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Senators between 1957 and 1965, today lives in Compton, California. He is working at the new Martin Luther King, Jr., County General Hospital in Los Angeles as a Community Program Specialist. Bennie's job brings him in contact with the youth of the community. He also works with the L.A. Park and Recreation District in teaching baseball fundamentals to Little Leaguers. Bennie has two special memories that highlight his career. The first is that he pitched the last game in Ebbets Field in 1957 against the then Brooklyn Dodgers. He and the Pittsburgh lost it, 2-0. His second big league memory is the opening game of the 1962 season which he pitched and won, 4-1, over the Detroit Tigers. The thing that makes this game stand out in his memory is that the late President Kennedy was there." - Baseball Digest. July 1971. WHAT EVER BECAME OF _______?. Page 83.

Birth Name:	Bennie Daniels, Jr.
Nickname:	BD or The Compton Comet
Born On:	06-17-1932 (Gemini)
Born In:	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Died On:	Still Living (1,500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Compton High School (Compton, CA)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02	Weight:	193
First Game:	09-24-1957 (Age 25)
Last Game:	09-18-1965
Draft:	Not Applicable

Bennie Daniels Bennie Daniels Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1957	25	Pirates	1	1	0	0	1	.000	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	28	5	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
1958	26	Pirates	8	5	1	0	3	.000	5.53	1	0	0	27.2	127	31	17	19	3	15	1	7	0	1	0	-
1959	27	Pirates	34	12	8	7	9	.438	5.45	0	0	1	100.2	452	115	61	69	9	39	6	67	5	2	0	-
1960	28	Pirates	10	6	0	1	3	.250	7.81	0	0	0	40.1	189	52	35	35	4	17	1	16	2	0	0	-
1961	29	Senators	32	28	1	12	11	.522	3.44	12	1	0	212.0	876	184	81	90	14	80	8	110	5	3	1	-
1962	30	Senators	44	21	13	7	16	.304	4.85	3	1	2	161.1	700	172	87	98	14	68	5	66	6	2	1	-
1963	31	Senators	35	24	3	5	10	.333	4.38	6	1	1	168.2	724	163	82	90	19	58	9	88	5	1	0	-
1964	32	Senators	33	24	3	8	10	.444	3.70	3	2	0	163.0	679	147	67	75	20	64	8	73	4	0	0	-
1965	33	Senators	33	18	4	5	13	.278	4.72	1	0	1	116.1	513	135	61	75	16	39	7	42	3	0	0	-
Career	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
9 Years	230	139	33	45	76	.372	4.44	26	5	5	997.0	4,288	1,004	492	553	99	383	45	471	30	9	2	0
Bennie Daniels Pitching Stats

Bennie Daniels Bennie Daniels Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1957	25	Pirates	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1958	26	Pirates	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125
1959	27	Pirates	36	29	4	9	2	1	1	0	3	5	0	10	0	0	0	0	.310	.412	.552
1960	28	Pirates	10	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188
1961	29	Senators	32	76	6	15	0	0	2	0	5	6	0	34	3	1	0	0	.197	.253	.276
1962	30	Senators	44	46	2	6	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	.130	.130	.217
1963	31	Senators	36	46	5	7	1	0	0	0	3	7	0	20	6	0	1	0	.152	.278	.174
1964	32	Senators	33	47	4	6	0	0	1	0	4	4	0	16	4	0	0	2	.128	.196	.191
1965	33	Senators	33	30	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	13	3	0	0	0	.133	.235	.133
Career	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
9 Years	233	300	25	51	4	1	5	0	26	26	0	134	20	1	1	2	.170	.238	.240
Bennie Daniels Hitting Stats

Bennie Daniels Bennie Daniels Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1957 Pirates	P	1	1	21	6	6.0	5	1	4	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	6.43
1958 Pirates	P	8	5	83	16	2.0	14	4	10	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.875	4.55
1959 Pirates	P	34	12	302	22	0.6	20	6	14	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.909	1.79
1960 Pirates	P	10	6	121	15	1.5	15	4	11	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.35
1961 Senators	P	32	28	636	59	1.8	56	18	38	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.949	2.38
1962 Senators	P	44	21	483	72	1.6	69	24	45	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	3.86
1963 Senators	LF	1	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1963 Senators	P	35	24	506	62	1.8	57	16	41	5	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.919	3.04
1963 Senators	RF	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1964 Senators	P	33	24	489	52	1.6	49	10	39	3	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.942	2.71
1965 Senators	P	33	18	349	25	0.8	25	3	22	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.93
Career		G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		230	139	2,990	329	1.4	310	86	224	19	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.942	2.80
LF Totals		1	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
RF Totals		1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
9 Years		232	139	2,993	329	1.4	310	86	224	19	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.942	2.80
Bennie Daniels Fielding Stats

Bennie Daniels Bennie Daniels Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1957 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.67	2.57	3.86
1958 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.6	4.0	0.47	2.28	4.88
1959 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	2	n/a	29.0	2.9	9.7	1.72	5.99	3.49
1960 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.3	8.0	0.94	3.57	3.79
1961 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	38.0	2.2	15.2	1.38	4.67	3.40
1962 Senators	1	0	1.000	0	0	n/a	46.0	1.7	7.7	0.97	3.68	3.79
1963 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.3	15.3	1.52	4.70	3.09
1964 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	47.0	2.9	11.8	1.14	4.03	3.53
1965 Senators	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.3	30.0	1.08	3.25	3.02
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
9 Years	1	0	1.000	0	2	n/a	60.0	2.2	11.5	1.23	4.25	3.46
Bennie Daniels Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats

Bennie Daniels Bennie Daniels Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates	30	Undetermined	-	-
1958 Pittsburgh Pirates	30	Undetermined	-	-
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates	39	Undetermined	-	-
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates	29	Undetermined	-	-
1961 Washington Senators	21	Undetermined	-	-
1962 Washington Senators	21	Undetermined	-	-
1963 Washington Senators	21	Undetermined	-	-
1964 Washington Senators	21	$15,000.00	-	-
1965 Washington Senators	21	Undetermined	-	-
Bennie Daniels Stats by Baseball Almanac
Bennie Daniels Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts

Bennie Daniels, Jr. was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1957-1960) and Washington Senators (1961-1965). When Daniels made his big league debut on September 24, 1957, he became the first pitcher out of Compton High School (Compton, CA) to play in the majors, literally one-day earlier than one of his teammates! Do you know who it was? [Answer]

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Bennie Daniels Rookie Card | 1958 Topps Baseball Card (#392 | Checklist)
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On September 24, 1957, Bennie Daniels made his Major League debut, pitched seven innings in his first start, scattered five hits, walked three batters, surrendered two runs, struck out two hitters, and earned his a first decision, an 0-2 loss versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. There were 6,702 fans who witnessed The Compton Comet's big league debut, but most of them were probably there because it was also the last regular season baseball game ever played in Ebbets Field!

Sandy Koufax threw four no-hitters across his hall of fame career. He also came within one-hit of two additional gems. Why mention this here? On May 23, 1960, Koufax pitched a complete game 1-hitter at Forbes Field, striking out ten Bucs, and surrendering just one hit — a seeing-eye single hit to left field by Bennie Daniels!

Did you know that Bennie Daniels has a unique Washington Senators double ballpark distinction; he pitched in the last game in Griffith Stadium (September 21, 1961) and the first game in D.C. Stadium (April 9, 1962)? The "second" iteration of the Washington Senators (1961-1971) became the modern-day Texas Rangers in 1972, making Daniels the first player in Rangers franchise history to wear #21 in a regular season game!