Jerry Benjamin - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Jerry Benjamin

Jerry Charles Benjamin

Born: November 9, 1909 in Montgomery, AL
Died: November 23, 1974 in Detroit, MI
(65 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 165

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Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1932	MRS	NSL	22	2B	41	152	143	25	41	2	5	0	18	11		5			0	4			.287	.311	.371	.681	114
1933	ID	NN2	23	CF	36	152	129	30	41	4	3	0	13	13		17			1	5			.318	.401	.395	.797	116
1935	HG	NN2	25	CF	44	197	180	38	57	12	3	3	31	6		10			2	5			.317	.359	.467	.826	110
1936	HG	NN2	26	CF	39	181	150	43	54	10	5	5	23	10		21			1	9			.360	.442	.593	1.035	162
1937	HG/EAS	NN2/EWA	27	CF	53	264	224	59	66	15	1	4	35	13	0	30	0	0	2	8	0	0	.295	.383	.424	.807	109
1938	HG	NN2	28	CF	41	189	163	42	51	3	5	6	26	4		22			0	4			.313	.395	.503	.898	131
1939	TC/HG	NAL/NN2	29	CF	25	112	96	18	21	2	1	0	9	5		14				2			.219	.318	.260	.579	61
1940	HG	NN2	30	CF	41	180	159	38	53	4	2	1	24	13		17				4			.333	.398	.403	.800	110
1941	HG	NN2	31	CF	47	209	184	28	49	5	2	2	20	4		21				4			.266	.341	.348	.689	100
1942	HG	NN2/WS	32	CF	54	242	218	31	54	5	3	2	22	10		20			0	4			.248	.311	.326	.637	84
1943	MULT	MULT	33	CF	79	371	330	87	116	17	4	2	42	16		28	0		1	12	0	0	.352	.404	.445	.849	130
1944	HG	NN2/WS	34	CF	58	272	248	47	76	10	2	2	35	3		20			0	4	0		.306	.358	.387	.745	103
1945	MULT	MULT	35	CF	51	228	209	36	67	8	2	0	16	5	0	14			0	5	0	0	.321	.363	.378	.741	115
1946	HG	NN2	36	CF	57	253	238	38	59	2	1	0	22	7		14			0	1			.248	.290	.265	.554	60
1947	HG	NN2	37	CF	51	220	200	37	47	5	1	0	9	2		14			2	4			.235	.292	.270	.562	55
1948	NYC	NN2	38	CF	15	67	56	9	11	3	0	0	3	2		9			0	2			.196	.308	.250	.558	66
16	8			CF	732	3289	2927	606	863	107	40	27	348	124	0	276	0	0	9	77	0	0	.295	.357	.386	.744	104
162 Game Average						728	648	134	191	24	9	6	77	32	0	61	0	0	3	17	0	0	.295	.357	.386	.744	104

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Memphis Red Sox			2B	41	152	143	25	41	2	5	0	18	11		5			0	4			.287	.311	.371	.681	114
1	Indianapolis ABCs II			CF	36	152	129	30	41	4	3	0	13	13		17			1	5			.318	.401	.395	.797	116
13	Homestead Grays			CF	627	2864	2550	537	761	97	32	27	311	98		240			8	66	0		.298	.361	.393	.754	105
3	East All Stars			-	3	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	-1
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			CF	8	34	30	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		4				0			.167	.265	.167	.431	27
1	South All Stars			CF	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	8
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			CF	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.333	.500	.667	1.167	244
1	New York Cubans			CF	15	67	56	9	11	3	0	0	3	2		9			0	2			.196	.308	.250	.558	66

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1932	MRS	NSL	152		.312	.297		3.3%	5.8%								0.0%	0.4%		.084	.071
1933	ID	NN2	152		.360	.332		11.2%	6.7%								0.0%	1.1%		.078	.121
1935	HG	NN2	197		.362	.350		5.1%	8.6%								1.5%	1.5%		.150	.134
1936	HG	NN2	181		.439	.354		11.6%	8.9%								2.8%	1.7%		.233	.128
1937	HG/EAS	NN2/EWA	264		.361	.344		11.4%			0.0%	8.2%					1.5%	1.6%		.129	.132
1938	HG	NN2	189		.398	.349		11.6%	9.5%								3.2%	1.6%		.190	.131
1939	TC/HG	NAL/NN2	112		.284	.337		12.5%				8.6%					0.0%	1.5%		.042	.108
1940	HG	NN2	180		.371	.350		9.4%	9.6%								0.6%	1.4%		.069	.122
1941	HG	NN2	209		.322	.319		10.0%	8.2%								1.0%	1.2%		.082	.103
1942	HG	NN2/WS	242		.304	.328		8.3%				9.5%					0.8%	1.1%		.078	.096
1943	MULT	MULT	371		.392	.353		7.5%			0.0%	9.7%					0.5%	0.6%		.094	.100
1944	HG	NN2/WS	272		.348	.341		7.4%				8.6%					0.7%	0.9%		.081	.101
1945	MULT	MULT	228		.349	.329		6.1%				8.6%					0.0%	0.8%		.057	.087
1946	HG	NN2	253		.272	.332		5.5%	8.5%								0.0%	0.9%		.017	.088
1947	HG	NN2	220		.272	.341		6.4%	8.9%								0.0%	1.0%		.035	.103
1948	NYC	NN2	67		.275	.320		13.4%	8.5%								0.0%	0.8%		.054	.093
16	8		3289		.344	.338		8.4%	8.6%		0.0%	0.3%			321.05		0.8%	1.1%		.092	.107

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Memphis Red Sox		152		.312	.297		3.3%	5.8%								0.0%	0.4%		.084	.071
1	Indianapolis ABCs II		152		.360	.332		11.2%	6.7%								0.0%	1.1%		.078	.121
13	Homestead Grays		2864		.348	.341		8.4%	8.9%								0.9%	1.1%		.095	.108
3	East All Stars		11		.173	.334		0.0%	10.2%		0.0%	4.6%			1.19		0.0%	1.2%		.000	.104
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords		34		.229	.322		11.8%	9.1%								0.0%	0.8%		.000	.097
1	South All Stars		5		.184	.341		0.0%	4.3%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.105
1	Cleveland Buckeyes		4		.521	.316		25.0%	7.0%								0.0%	0.6%		.333	.089
1	New York Cubans		67		.275	.320		13.4%	8.5%								0.0%	0.8%		.054	.093

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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