finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1932 right 22 december 1968 philadelphia , pennsylvania niagara falls , new york 1923 september 24 .255 287 108 catcher st. louis browns batting average hits runs batted in may 18 27 july 1898 bennybengough.jpg benny bengough
 new york yankees benny bengough right
benny bengough

bernard oliver `` benny '' bengough -lrb- july 27 , 1898 -- december 22 , 1968 -rrb- 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 .
