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	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	61
1937	PS	NN2	23	CF	32	127	110	17	32	5	0	0	15	2		16	0		0	1			.291	.381	.336	.717	82
1938	PC/PS	NN2	24	CF	52	228	206	32	47	3	4	2	26	1		17	0		1	4			.228	.290	.311	.601	55
1939	PS	NN2	25	CF	49	193	176	25	49	6	3	5	25	1	0	15	0	0	1	1	0		.278	.339	.432	.770	98
1940	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	26	CF	62	248	218	46	68	8	4	5	32	5	3	28	2	0	1	1		0	.312	.393	.454	.847	111
1941	PS/ULT	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	51	201	183	23	46	6	2	1	29	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.251	.315	.322	.637	76
1943	MULT	MULT	29	CF	50	223	207	28	70	7	5	0	41	3	0	14	1	0	0	2			.338	.380	.420	.800	108
1944	PS	NN2	30	CF	52	243	225	39	70	9	3	1	30	3		13	0	0	0	5	0	1	.311	.349	.391	.740	87
1945	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	31	CF	48	217	200	31	67	10	3	1	33	0	0	13	0	0	0	4	0		.335	.376	.430	.806	118
1946	MULT	MULT	32	CF	77	330	304	46	90	13	5	0	40	2	0	23	4	0	0	3		1	.296	.346	.372	.717	101
1947	PS	NN2	33	CF	48	201	179	27	52	10	4	1	31	2		22	0		0	0			.291	.368	.408	.776	114
1948	PS	NN2	34	LF	43	173	160	12	39	3	0	1	17	1		11	0		0	2			.244	.292	.281	.574	71
14	8			CF	633	2688	2454	360	719	93	41	17	355	21	3	204	17	0	3	27	0	2	.293	.348	.385	.733	94
162 Game Average						688	628	92	184	24	10	4	91	10	2	52	5	0	1	7	0	1	.293	.348	.385	.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				585	2473	2245	329	656	86	32	17	328	21	3	199	5	0	3	26	0	2	.292	.351	.382	.732	95
1	vs Latin Leagues				34	158	153	25	52	6	8	0	26	0		5	8		0	0			.340	.361	.484	.844	111
1	vs Major Leagues				14	57	56	6	11	1	1	0	1	0		0	4		0	1			.196	.196	.250	.446	28

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	1		0	0			.289	.325	.316	.641	84
12	Philadelphia Stars			CF	542	2289	2071	309	613	81	30	16	307	19	3	193	4	0	2	23	0	1	.296	.357	.387	.744	97
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			RF	25	115	107	17	23	3	2	1	12	1		4	0		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		0	0			.340	.361	.484	.844	111
1	NNL All Stars II			CF	3	13	13	1	5	0	0	0	3	1		0			0	0			.385	.385	.385	.769	151
1	NNL South All Stars			-	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	44
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			CF	14	57	56	6	11	1	1	0	1	0		0	4		0	1			.196	.196	.250	.446	28

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%	5.0%	0.6%	1.00	12.86	0.0%	0.8%	.053	.092
1936	PBG	IND	20	.278	.328	5.0%	7.3%		0.8%		9.47	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.096
1937	PS	NN2	127	.342	.354	12.6%	8.3%	0.0%	0.1%		66.60	0.0%	1.6%	.045	.137
1938	PC/PS	NN2	228	.279	.351	7.5%	0.4%	0.0%	9.5%		25.24	0.9%	1.6%	.083	.131
1939	PS	NN2	193	.352	.355	7.8%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%		11.84	2.6%	1.6%	.153	.121
1940	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	248	.393	.370	11.3%	1.2%	0.8%	10.3%	14.00	12.06	2.0%	1.3%	.142	.127
1941	PS/ULT	MEX/NN2	264	.355	.361	4.9%	5.8%	3.0%	10.1%	1.63	2.97	0.0%	1.1%	.113	.120
1942	PS	NN2	201	.308	.344	8.5%	10.0%	0.5%	1.3%	17.00	7.77	0.5%	1.1%	.071	.105
1943	MULT	MULT	223	.378	.364	6.3%		0.4%	9.9%	14.00		0.0%	0.7%	.082	.107
1944	PS	NN2	243	.341	.364	5.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.3%		25.30	0.4%	0.9%	.080	.112
1945	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	217	.374	.347	6.0%	0.6%	0.0%	9.1%			0.5%	0.8%	.095	.103
1946	MULT	MULT	330	.340	.336	7.0%	1.1%	1.2%	9.0%	5.75	28.65	0.0%	1.0%	.076	.101
1947	PS	NN2	201	.369	.340	10.9%	8.9%	0.0%	0.1%		62.20	0.5%	1.0%	.117	.103
1948	PS	NN2	173	.277	.319	6.4%	8.3%	0.0%	0.2%		49.53	0.6%	0.8%	.038	.092
14	8		2688	.343	.350	7.6%	9.3%	0.7%	1.1%	11.18	26.46	0.6%	1.1%	.092	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
14	Negro Leagues		2473	.344	.350	8.0%	9.3%	0.2%	0.6%	37.00	28.65	0.7%	1.1%	.090	.111
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	.307	0.0%	7.1%	7.0%	4.7%	0.00	1.53	0.0%	1.3%	.054	.122

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
2	Philadelphia Bacharach Giants		40	.311	.327	5.0%	7.5%	5.0%	0.7%	1.00	11.16	0.0%	0.6%	.026	.094
12	Philadelphia Stars		2289	.350	.351	8.4%	9.3%	0.2%	0.5%	45.00	29.29	0.7%	1.1%	.091	.111
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords		115	.251	.344	3.5%	9.3%	0.0%	0.4%		24.45	0.9%	1.6%	.093	.128
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	.365	.284	0.0%	4.8%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.085
1	NNL South All Stars		4	.237	.327	0.0%	5.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.090
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars		57	.194	.307	0.0%	7.1%	7.0%	4.7%	0.00	1.53	0.0%	1.3%	.054	.122

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