Gene Benson

Eugene Henry Fowlkes Benson

Born Eugene Henry Fowlkes
Born: October 2, 1913 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died: April 6, 1999 in Philadelphia, PA
(85 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

• High School: West Philadelphia HS (Philadelphia, PA)

Batting

Glossary

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+
1934	PBG	NN2	20	RF	5	20	19	0	6	1	0	0	3	0		1			0	0			.316	.350	.368	.718	106
1936	PBG	IND	22	CF	5	20	19	0	5	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.263	.300	.263	.563	59
1937	PS	NN2	23	CF	32	127	110	17	32	5	0	0	15	2		16			0	1			.291	.381	.336	.717	82
1938	PC/PS	NN2	24	CF	52	228	205	32	47	3	4	2	26	1		17			1	5			.229	.291	.312	.604	56
1939	PS	NLP/NN2	25	CF	52	202	187	29	54	8	3	6	30	1		15				0			.289	.342	.460	.801	109
1940	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	26	CF	62	248	218	46	68	8	4	5	32	5	0	28	0	0	1	1		0	.312	.393	.454	.847	111
1941	ULT/PS	MEX/NN2	27	CF	59	264	248	34	78	12	8	0	32	1		13	8	0	0	3		0	.315	.349	.427	.776	100
1942	PS	NN2	28	CF	45	177	168	22	37	6	1	1	25	0		9				0			.220	.260	.286	.546	55
1943	MULT	MULT	29	CF	50	222	207	29	70	8	5	0	40	2		12			0	3	0		.338	.374	.425	.800	109
1944	PS	NN2	30	CF	53	247	228	40	72	9	3	2	32	3		13			0	6		1	.316	.353	.408	.761	92
1945	PS/EAS	NN2/EWA	31	CF	48	217	200	31	67	10	3	1	33	0	0	13		0	0	4	0	0	.335	.376	.430	.806	118
1946	MULT	MULT	32	CF	77	330	303	46	90	13	5	0	40	2	0	23	0	0	0	4	0	1	.297	.347	.373	.720	101
1947	PS	NN2	33	CF	48	201	179	27	52	10	4	1	31	2		22			0	0			.291	.368	.408	.776	114
1948	PS	NN2	34	LF	43	173	159	12	39	3	0	1	17	1		11			0	3			.245	.294	.283	.577	72
14	8			CF	631	2676	2450	365	717	96	40	19	357	20	0	194	8	0	2	30	0	2	.293	.345	.388	.733	94
162 Game Average						687	629	94	184	25	10	5	92	8	0	50	35	0	1	8	0	2	.293	.345	.388	.733	94

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+
14	Negro Leagues				583	2461	2241	334	654	89	31	19	330	20	0	189	0	0	2	29	0	2	.292	.347	.385	.732	95
1	vs Latin Leagues				34	158	153	25	52	6	8	0	26	0		5	8						.340	.361	.484	.844	111
1	vs Major Leagues				14	57	56	6	11	1	1	0	1	0		0			0	1			.196	.196	.250	.446	27

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+
2	Philadelphia Bacharach Giants			RF	10	40	38	0	11	1	0	0	4	0		2			0	0			.289	.325	.316	.641	82
12	Philadelphia Stars			CF	540	2277	2067	314	611	84	29	18	309	18		183		0	1	26	0	1	.296	.353	.390	.744	98
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	25	115	107	17	23	3	2	1	12	1		4			1	3			.215	.250	.308	.558	46
3	East All Stars			CF	4	12	12	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.333	.583	72
1	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			CF	34	158	153	25	52	6	8	0	26	0		5	8						.340	.361	.484	.844	111
1	NNL All Stars II			CF	3	13	13	1	5	0	0	0	3	1		0			0	0	0		.385	.385	.385	.769	159
1	South All Stars			-	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	.500	34
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			-	14	57	56	6	11	1	1	0	1	0		0			0	1			.196	.196	.250	.446	27

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1934	PBG	NN2	20	.343	.326	5.0%	7.7%					0.0%	0.8%	.053	.092
1936	PBG	IND	20	.278	.330	5.0%	7.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.097
1937	PS	NN2	127	.342	.354	12.6%	8.3%					0.0%	1.6%	.045	.137
1938	PC/PS	NN2	228	.279	.351	7.5%			9.5%			0.9%	1.6%	.083	.131
1939	PS	NLP/NN2	202	.363	.350	7.4%			8.7%			3.0%	1.9%	.171	.118
1940	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	248	.393	.370	11.3%		0.0%	10.3%			2.0%	1.3%	.142	.128
1941	ULT/PS	MEX/NN2	264	.355	.360	4.9%		3.0%	10.2%	1.63		0.0%	1.1%	.113	.120
1942	PS	NN2	177	.264	.336	5.1%	9.9%					0.6%	1.0%	.065	.097
1943	MULT	MULT	222	.373	.363	5.4%			9.6%			0.0%	0.7%	.087	.106
1944	PS	NN2	247	.348	.365	5.3%	8.9%					0.8%	0.9%	.092	.111
1945	PS/EAS	NN2/EWA	217	.374	.348	6.0%			9.1%			0.5%	0.8%	.095	.103
1946	MULT	MULT	330	.340	.336	7.0%		0.0%	9.0%			0.0%	1.0%	.076	.102
1947	PS	NN2	201	.369	.340	10.9%	8.8%					0.5%	1.0%	.117	.103
1948	PS	NN2	173	.277	.319	6.4%	8.3%					0.6%	0.8%	.038	.092
14	8		2676	.342	.350	7.2%	9.2%	4.8%	8.7%	0.63	1.26	0.7%	1.1%	.095	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
14	Negro Leagues		2461	.343	.349	7.7%	9.2%	0.0%	9.6%		0.71	0.8%	1.1%	.093	.110
1	vs Latin Leagues		158	.386	.374	3.2%	11.1%	5.1%	8.6%	0.63	1.29	0.0%	1.1%	.144	.122
1	vs Major Leagues		57	.194	.308	0.0%	7.1%					0.0%	1.3%	.054	.123

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
2	Philadelphia Bacharach Giants		40	.310	.328	5.0%	7.3%					0.0%	0.7%	.026	.095
12	Philadelphia Stars		2277	.348	.350	8.0%	9.2%					0.8%	1.1%	.095	.111
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords		115	.251	.344	3.5%	9.3%					0.9%	1.6%	.093	.129
3	East All Stars		12	.292	.355	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	9.6%		0.71	0.0%	0.0%	.083	.036
1	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna		158	.386	.374	3.2%	11.1%	5.1%	8.6%	0.63	1.29	0.0%	1.1%	.144	.122
1	NNL All Stars II		13	.370	.283	0.0%	4.8%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.068
1	South All Stars		4	.230	.341	0.0%	4.3%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.105
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars		57	.194	.308	0.0%	7.1%					0.0%	1.3%	.054	.123

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