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Stan Benjamin
Alfred Stanley Benjamin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 194 lb.
School McDaniel College

Debut September 16, 1939
Final Game September 16, 1945
Born May 20, 1914 in Framingham, MA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 25 PHI NL  12   50    4    7   2  1   0    2   1      1   6  .140  .157  .220    2   11   1           0   5
 1940 26 PHI NL   8    9    1    2   0  0   0    1   0      1   1  .222  .300  .222   49    2   0           0   0
 1941 27 PHI NL 129  480   47  113  20  7   3   27  17     20  81  .235  .266  .325   69  156   8           0  14
 1942 28 PHI NL  78  210   24   47   8  3   2    8   5     10  27  .224  .262  .319   74   67   5           1   2
 1945 31 CLE AL  14   21    1    7   2  0   0    3   0  1   0   0  .333  .333  .429  124    9   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      241  770   77  176  32 11   5   41  23  1  32 115  .229  .260  .318   67  245  14   0   0   1  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        518   52  118  22  7   3   28  15  1  22  77  .229  .260  .318   67  165   9   0   0   1  14
 Career High    129  480   47  113  20  7   3   27  17  1  20  81  .235  .266  .325   69  156   8   0   0   1  14
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 25 PHI NL   52   49    2   1.1   100| .140  .275| .157  .340| .220  .394| .377  .734|   2  .068  -7.0  -0.7     
 1940 26 PHI NL   10    7    1   3.8    95| .222  .267| .300  .331| .222  .384| .522  .715|  49  .442  -0.6  -0.1     
 1941 27 PHI NL  508  389   41   2.8    91| .235  .261| .266  .331| .325  .368| .591  .699|  69  .330 -21.8  -2.3     
 1942 28 PHI NL  226  170   17   2.7    83| .224  .250| .262  .321| .319  .348| .581  .669|  74  .347  -7.9  -0.9     
 1945 31 CLE AL   21   15    3   5.4    85| .333  .257| .333  .328| .429  .349| .762  .677| 124  .646   0.5   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       817  630   64   2.7    89| .229  .259| .260  .329| .318  .364| .578  .692|  67  .324 -36.8  -3.9     

* 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 ------+
1939 25 PHI NL OF 7 12 1 2 0 .867 .977 1.86 2.17 4 2 2 3B 5 6 11 2 1 .895 .944 3.40 2.80 1940 26 PHI NL OF 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.15 0 0 2 1941 27 PHI NL OF 110 185 11 4 3 .980 .975 1.78 2.15 2 26 86 1B 8 69 7 1 2 .987 .990 9.50 9.72 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1942 28 PHI NL OF 45 75 7 2 1 .976 .981 1.82 2.15 0 25 21 1B 15 99 6 3 11 .972 .989 7.00 9.66 1945 31 CLE AL OF 4 9 2 0 0 1.000 .982 2.75 2.27 3 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 27 PHI NL 1B 8 69 7 1 2 .987 .990 9.50 9.72 1942 28 PHI NL 1B 15 99 6 3 11 .972 .989 7.00 9.66 1941 27 PHI NL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.25 1939 25 PHI NL 3B 5 6 11 2 1 .895 .944 3.40 2.80 1941 27 PHI NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1939 25 PHI NL OF 7 12 1 2 0 .867 .977 1.86 2.17 4 2 2 1940 26 PHI NL OF 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.15 0 0 2 1941 27 PHI NL OF 110 185 11 4 3 .980 .975 1.78 2.15 2 26 86 1942 28 PHI NL OF 45 75 7 2 1 .976 .981 1.82 2.15 0 25 21 1945 31 CLE AL OF 4 9 2 0 0 1.000 .982 2.75 2.27 3 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 168 284 22 8 4 .975 .977 1.82 2.15 9 53 112 1B 23 168 13 4 13 .978 .989 7.87 9.68 3B 6 6 11 2 1 .895 .944 2.83 2.87 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.25 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 199 458 46 14 18 .973 .980 2.53 3.08
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.

Strikeouts
1941 NL-81-5

Stolen Bases
1941 NL-17-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1941 NL-14-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March 26, 1946: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


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