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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:24AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 25 PHI NL 12 52 50 4 7 2 1 0 2 1 1 6 .140 .157 .220 .377 3 11 5 0 1 /O5789
1940 26 PHI NL 8 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .222 .300 .222 .522 49 2 0 0 0 /O89
1941 27 PHI NL 129 508 480 47 113 20 7 3 27 17 20 81 .235 .266 .325 .591 70 156 14 0 8 *O98/3475
1942 28 PHI NL 78 226 210 24 47 8 3 2 8 5 10 27 .224 .262 .319 .581 74 67 2 1 5 O893
1945 31 CLE AL 14 21 21 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .429 .762 125 9 0 0 0 /O79
5 Seasons 241 817 770 77 176 32 11 5 41 23 1 32 115 .229 .260 .318 .578 67 245 21 1 14
162 Game Avg. 162 549 518 52 118 22 7 3 28 15 22 77 .229 .260 .318 .578 67 165 14 1 9
PHI (4 yrs) 227 796 749 76 169 30 11 5 38 23 32 115 .226 .258 .315 .573 66 236 21 1 14
CLE (1 yr) 14 21 21 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .429 .762 125 9 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 227 796 749 76 169 30 11 5 38 23 32 115 .226 .258 .315 .573 66 236 21 1 14
AL (1 yr) 14 21 21 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .429 .762 125 9 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 25 PHI NL 52 -7 0 0 0 0 0 1 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ /O5789
1940 26 PHI NL 10 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O89
1941 27 PHI NL 508 -25 2 0 0 -6 -4 18 -15 -1.7 -9 -1.0 -0.7 $ *O98/3475
1942 28 PHI NL 226 -10 1 0 0 -3 -2 7 -7 -0.8 -4 -0.5 -0.3 $ O893
1945 31 CLE AL 21 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O79
5 Seasons 817 -43 2 0 0 -9 -6 26 -30 -3.3 -21 -2.3 -1.0 $
PHI (4 yrs) 796 -43 3 0 0 -9 -6 26 -29 -3.2 -20 -2.2 -1.0 $
CLE (1 yr) 21 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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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.
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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1941 NL  81 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1941 NL  17 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1941 NL  14 (10th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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