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Vern Benson
Vernon Adair Benson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
School Catawba College

Debut July 31, 1943
Final Game May 30, 1953
Born September 19, 1924 in Granite Quarry, NC

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 18 PHA AL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1946 21 PHA AL   7    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .167  .000  -50    0   0           0   0
 1951 26 STL NL  13   46    8   12   3  1   1    7   0  0   6   8  .261  .346  .435  108   20   0           0   0
 1952 27 STL NL  20   47    6    9   2  0   2    5   0  0   5   9  .191  .269  .362   73   17   1           0   0
 1953 28 STL NL  13    4    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .200  .000  -42    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       55  104   17   21   5  1   3   12   0  0  13  22  .202  .291  .356   75   37   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        306   50   62  15  3   9   35   0  0  38  65  .202  .291  .356   75  109   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     20   47    8   12   3  1   2    7   0  0   6   9                          20   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 18 PHA AL    2    2    0   0.0    86| .000  .255| .000  .329| .000  .352| .000  .681|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1946 21 PHA AL    6    5    0   0.0    95| .000  .262| .167  .337| .000  .378| .167  .714| -50  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1951 26 STL NL   52   34    7   5.5   104| .261  .269| .346  .343| .435  .407| .781  .750| 108  .592   0.5   0.1   0%
 1952 27 STL NL   53   39    5   3.4    97| .191  .261| .269  .334| .362  .389| .631  .724|  73  .414  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1953 28 STL NL    5    4    0   0.0   110| .000  .274| .200  .345| .000  .427| .200  .773| -42  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       118   84   12   3.8   100| .202  .265| .291  .339| .356  .397| .647  .736|  75  .443  -3.7  -0.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 21 PHA AL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.25 2 0 0 1951 26 STL NL 3B 9 1 18 1 3 .950 .955 2.11 3.10 OF 4 9 1 1 0 .909 .980 2.50 2.23 4 0 0 1952 27 STL NL 3B 15 5 27 4 3 .889 .955 2.13 2.92
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 26 STL NL 3B 9 1 18 1 3 .950 .955 2.11 3.10 1952 27 STL NL 3B 15 5 27 4 3 .889 .955 2.13 2.92 1946 21 PHA AL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.25 2 0 0 1951 26 STL NL OF 4 9 1 1 0 .909 .980 2.50 2.23 4 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 24 6 45 5 6 .911 .955 2.12 2.99 OF 6 13 1 1 0 .933 .979 2.33 2.23 6 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 30 19 46 6 6 .915 .960 2.17 2.84
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1943 AL-18-4

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

September 30, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

September 30, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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