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Stan Benjamin

Alfred Stanley Benjamin

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 194 lb.

Born: May 20, 1914 in Framingham, MA
School: McDaniel College (Westminster, MD) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1939
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Indians 1939-1945

Final Game: September 16, 1945
Died: December 24, 2009 in Harwich, MA
Buried: Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, MA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 PHI NL 25 OF 7 8 7 15 12 1 2 0 .867 1.86 .975 2.31
1939 PHI NL 25 3B 5 4 4 19 6 11 2 1 .895 3.40 .942 3.00
1939 PHI NL 25 LF 4 4 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.25 .974 2.15
1939 PHI NL 25 CF 2 2 2 6 5 0 1 0 .833 2.50 .977 2.70
1939 PHI NL 25 RF 2 2 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 .972 2.10
1940 PHI NL 26 OF 2 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .978 2.30
1940 PHI NL 26 CF 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 .980 2.70
1940 PHI NL 26 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1941 PHI NL 27 OF 110 104 87 200 185 11 4 3 .980 1.78 .975 2.31
1941 PHI NL 27 RF 86 82 70 151 136 11 4 3 .974 1.71 .968 1.95
1941 PHI NL 27 CF 27 21 16 46 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 .980 2.63
1941 PHI NL 27 1B 8 6 5 77 69 7 1 2 .987 9.50 .989 10.16
1941 PHI NL 27 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
1941 PHI NL 27 LF 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .977 2.35
1941 PHI NL 27 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30
1942 PHI NL 28 OF 45 40 30 84 75 7 2 1 .976 1.82 .981 2.34
1942 PHI NL 28 CF 25 21 17 54 48 4 2 1 .963 2.08 .978 2.62
1942 PHI NL 28 RF 21 19 13 30 27 3 0 0 1.000 1.43 .981 2.08
1942 PHI NL 28 1B 15 10 8 108 99 6 3 11 .972 7.00 .989 10.18
1945 CLE AL 31 OF 4 3 3 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 2.75 .978 2.40
1945 CLE AL 31 LF 3 3 3 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 3.33 .976 2.27
1945 CLE AL 31 RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.20
5 Seasons OF 168 156 128 314 284 22 8 4 .975 1.82 .977 2.32
5 Seasons RF 111 103 85 186 167 14 5 3 .973 1.63 .970 1.98
4 Seasons CF 55 45 36 110 102 5 3 1 .973 1.95 .979 2.63
2 Seasons 1B 23 16 13 185 168 13 4 13 .978 7.87 .989 10.17
3 Seasons LF 9 8 7 18 15 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 .976 2.23
2 Seasons 3B 6 4 4 19 6 11 2 1 .895 2.83 .942 3.05
1 Season 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
5 Seasons TOT 199 176 145 518 458 46 14 18 .973 2.53 .980 3.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1939 PHI NL 25 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 2 2 8 0 0 0
1940 PHI NL 26 8 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 2
1941 PHI NL 27 129 110 129 119 0 0 8 2 1 0 2 27 86 110 0 9 1
1942 PHI NL 28 78 50 78 57 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 25 21 45 0 18 3
1945 CLE AL 31 14 3 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 9 1
5 Seasons 241 176 241 194 0 0 24 2 6 0 9 55 111 169 0 40 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  11 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  .974 (1st)

                           

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