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	105
1936	PBG	IND	22	CF	5	20	19	0	5	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.263	.300	.263	.563	65
1937	PS	NN2	23	CF	38	153	134	23	44	9	0	0	19	3		17			1	1			.328	.408	.396	.803	103
1938	PC/PS	NN2	24	CF	53	233	209	32	47	3	4	2	26	1		19			1	4			.225	.293	.306	.599	55
1939	PS	NLP/NN2	25	CF	50	196	179	25	49	6	3	5	25	1		15			1	1	0		.274	.333	.425	.758	96
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	112
1941	PS/ULT	MEX/NN2	27	CF	59	264	248	34	78	12	8	0	32	1		13	8		0	3			.315	.349	.427	.776	101
1942	PS	NN2	28	CF	50	197	178	23	43	5	1	1	26	0		18			0	1			.242	.311	.298	.609	71
1943	MULT	MULT	29	CF	50	223	207	28	70	7	5	0	41	3		14			0	2			.338	.380	.420	.800	109
1944	PS	NN2	30	CF	52	243	225	39	70	9	3	1	30	3		13			0	5			.311	.349	.391	.740	91
1945	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	31	CF	48	217	200	31	67	10	3	1	33	0	0	13			0	4	0		.335	.376	.430	.806	120
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	102
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	160	12	39	3	0	1	17	1		11			0	2			.244	.292	.281	.574	72
14	8			CF	640	2718	2479	366	728	96	40	17	356	22	0	208	12	0	4	27	0	1	.294	.349	.385	.735	96
162 Game Average						688	627	93	184	24	10	4	90	6	0	53	38	0	1	7	0	54	.294	.349	.385	.735	96

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				592	2503	2270	335	665	89	31	17	329	22	0	203	0	0	4	26	0	1	.293	.352	.382	.734	96
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	36

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	85
12	Philadelphia Stars			CF	549	2319	2097	315	622	84	29	16	308	20		196			3	23	0		.297	.358	.387	.745	98
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			RF	25	115	106	17	23	3	2	1	12	1		5			1	3			.217	.259	.311	.570	49
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	70
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	154
1	NNL South All Stars			-	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	40
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	36

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1934	PBG	NN2	20	.343	.327	5.0%	7.7%					0.0%	0.8%	.053	.092
1936	PBG	IND	20	.278	.321	5.0%	6.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.093
1937	PS	NN2	153	.377	.355	11.1%	8.3%					0.0%	1.5%	.067	.136
1938	PC/PS	NN2	233	.280	.352	8.2%			9.4%			0.9%	1.5%	.081	.130
1939	PS	NLP/NN2	196	.345	.352	7.7%			8.9%			2.6%	1.7%	.151	.124
1940	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	248	.393	.369	11.3%		0.0%	10.3%			2.0%	1.3%	.142	.127
1941	PS/ULT	MEX/NN2	264	.355	.360	4.9%		3.0%	10.1%	1.63		0.0%	1.1%	.113	.120
1942	PS	NN2	197	.298	.341	9.1%	9.9%					0.5%	1.1%	.056	.103
1943	MULT	MULT	223	.378	.363	6.3%			9.9%			0.0%	0.7%	.082	.106
1944	PS	NN2	243	.342	.360	5.3%	8.7%					0.4%	0.9%	.080	.110
1945	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	217	.374	.344	6.0%			9.0%			0.5%	0.9%	.095	.102
1946	MULT	MULT	330	.340	.334	7.0%		1.2%	8.9%	5.75		0.0%	1.0%	.076	.101
1947	PS	NN2	201	.369	.340	10.9%	8.9%					0.5%	1.0%	.117	.103
1948	PS	NN2	173	.277	.317	6.4%	8.2%					0.6%	0.8%	.038	.091
14	8		2718	.344	.349	7.7%	9.2%	5.3%	7.7%	0.42	1.29	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		2503	.345	.349	8.1%	9.2%	0.0%	9.6%		0.71	0.7%	1.1%	.089	.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	.290	0.0%	6.7%	7.0%	4.8%	0.00	1.40	0.0%	1.4%	.054	.116

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
2	Philadelphia Bacharach Giants		40	.310	.324	5.0%	7.3%					0.0%	0.6%	.026	.093
12	Philadelphia Stars		2319	.350	.350	8.5%	9.2%					0.7%	1.1%	.091	.111
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords		115	.258	.345	4.3%	9.3%					0.9%	1.5%	.094	.127
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	.364	.280	0.0%	4.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.082
1	NNL South All Stars		4	.237	.336	0.0%	5.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.088
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars		57	.194	.290	0.0%	6.7%	7.0%	4.8%	0.00	1.40	0.0%	1.4%	.054	.116

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