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	NN2/NLP	25	CF	52	202	187	29	54	8	3	6	30	1		15				0			.289	.342	.460	.801	108
1940	PS/EAS	NN2/EWA	26	CF	59	227	209	43	64	8	5	4	38	3	0	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	.306	.350	.450	.800	102
1941	PS/ULT	NN2/MEX	27	LF	58	257	244	33	76	12	8	0	36	2		12	8			1			.311	.344	.426	.770	101
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	246	225	38	71	9	3	2	37	3		16				5			.316	.361	.409	.770	98
1945	PS/EAS	NN2/EWA	31	CF	43	194	179	27	60	3	5	0	28	0	0	11			0	4	0	0	.335	.374	.408	.782	116
1946	MULT	MULT	32	CF	74	313	287	42	86	9	3	0	46	2	0	22	0	0	0	4	0	1	.300	.350	.352	.701	102
1947	PS	NN2	33	CF	47	197	176	25	51	10	3	1	30	2		21			0	0			.290	.365	.398	.763	111
1948	PS	NN2	34	LF	43	173	159	12	39	3	0	1	17	1		11			0	3			.245	.294	.283	.577	71
14	8			CF	618	2603	2394	349	698	85	40	17	372	19	0	178	8	0	1	30	0	1	.292	.341	.382	.723	94
162 Game Average						682	628	91	183	22	10	4	98	6	0	47	35	0	0	8	0	41	.292	.341	.382	.723	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				574	2405	2201	323	640	78	32	17	345	19	0	173	0	0	1	30	0	1	.291	.343	.378	.721	94
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				10	40	40	1	6	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.150	.150	.175	.325	-1

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	531	2221	2027	304	597	73	30	16	324	16		167			0	27	0		.295	.348	.384	.732	97
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	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.333	.583	72
1	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			LF	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	166
1	South All Stars			-	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	.500	41
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			-	10	40	40	1	6	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.150	.150	.175	.325	-1

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	.343	.355	12.6%	8.4%					0.0%	1.6%	.045	.136
1938	PC/PS	NN2	228	.279	.351	7.5%			9.5%			0.9%	1.6%	.083	.131
1939	PS	NN2/NLP	202	.363	.351	7.4%			8.7%			3.0%	1.9%	.171	.118
1940	PS/EAS	NN2/EWA	227	.359	.361	6.2%		0.0%	9.8%			1.8%	1.3%	.144	.124
1941	PS/ULT	NN2/MEX	257	.354	.356	4.7%		3.1%	10.1%	1.50		0.0%	1.1%	.115	.116
1942	PS	NN2	177	.264	.335	5.1%	9.8%					0.6%	1.0%	.065	.096
1943	MULT	MULT	222	.373	.363	5.4%			9.6%			0.0%	0.7%	.087	.106
1944	PS	NN2	246	.354	.358	6.5%	9.0%					0.8%	0.9%	.093	.109
1945	PS/EAS	NN2/EWA	194	.366	.343	5.7%	0.0%		8.9%			0.0%	0.8%	.073	.092
1946	MULT	MULT	313	.336	.330	7.0%		0.0%	8.4%			0.0%	0.9%	.052	.090
1947	PS	NN2	197	.365	.340	10.7%	8.9%					0.5%	1.0%	.108	.102
1948	PS	NN2	173	.277	.320	6.4%	8.5%					0.6%	0.8%	.038	.093
14	8		2603	.337	.347	6.8%	9.1%	4.8%	4.1%	0.63	185.12	0.7%	1.1%	.090	.108

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
14	Negro Leagues		2405	.337	.346	7.2%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%		328.91	0.7%	1.1%	.088	.108
1	vs Latin Leagues		158	.386	.375	3.2%	11.1%	5.1%	8.6%	0.63	1.30	0.0%	1.1%	.144	.123
1	vs Major Leagues		40	.148	.299	0.0%	7.5%					0.0%	1.2%	.025	.102

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		2221	.342	.347	7.5%	9.1%					0.7%	1.1%	.089	.107
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords		115	.251	.344	3.5%	9.3%					0.9%	1.6%	.093	.129
3	East All Stars		12	.292	.358	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	9.6%		0.71	0.0%	0.0%	.083	.038
1	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna		158	.386	.375	3.2%	11.1%	5.1%	8.6%	0.63	1.30	0.0%	1.1%	.144	.123
1	NNL All Stars II		13	.370	.277	0.0%	4.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.064
1	South All Stars		4	.230	.325	0.0%	4.4%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.100
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars		40	.148	.299	0.0%	7.5%					0.0%	1.2%	.025	.102

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