Benny Kauff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1890
Place of Birth: Pomeroy, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 17-Nov-1961
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Benny Kauff
- Bennie Michael "Benny" Kauff (January 5, 1890 – November 17, 1961) 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.
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