finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1920 17 november 1961 columbus , ohio left pomeroy , ohio 1912 july 2 .311 49 454 outfielder new york giants batting average home runs runs batted in april 20 5 january 1890 benny-kauff . jpg benny kauff
 new york highlanders benny kauff left
benny kauff

benjamin michael kauff -lrb- january 5 , 1890 -- november 17 , 1961 -rrb- was a professional baseball player , who played centerfield and batted and threw left-handed .
kauff was known as the `` ty cobb of the feds . ''
though he appears on many lists of jewish baseball players , such as harry stein 's 1976 `` esquire '' magazine article `` all time all-star argument starter , '' kauff was not jewish .
kauff was banned from baseball in 1921 amid charges of auto theft ; despite his acquittal , baseball commissioner kenesaw mountain landis refused to overturn the ban .
