Bennie Tate
American baseball player
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| Intro | American baseball player | |||
| Places | United States of America | |||
| was | Athlete Baseball player | |||
| Work field | Sports | |||
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| Birth | 3 December 1901, Whitwell, USA | |||
| Death | 27 October 1973West Frankfort, USA (aged 71 years) | |||
| Star sign | Sagittarius | |||
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Henry Bennett Tate (December 3, 1901 – October 27, 1973) was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators (1924–30), Chicago White Sox (1930–32), Boston Red Sox (1932) and Chicago Cubs (1934).
He helped the Senators win the 1924 World Series and the 1925 American League pennant.
Tate was born in Whitwell, Tennessee. In 10 seasons he played in 566 games and had 1,560 at bats, 144 runs, 435 hits, 68 doubles, 16 triples, 4 home runs, 173 RBI, 5 stolen bases, 118 walks, .279 batting average, .330 on-base percentage, .351 slugging percentage, 547 total bases and 34 sacrifice hits. Defensively, he recorded a .974 fielding percentage.
He died in West Frankfort, Illinois, at the age of 71.