Benjamin Franklin Guiney (November 16, 1858 – December 5, 1930), was an American professional baseball player, who played in and with the

Detroit Wolverines The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. In total, they won 426 games and lost 437, taking their lone pennant (and winning the ...

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. He batted right and left and threw right-handed. Guiney had a .083 career batting average, with one career hit in 12 at-bats. He was born and died in

Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

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