Gene Benson
Philadelphia Bacharach Giants 1934; Philadelphia Stars 1937; Pittsburgh Crawfords 1938; Philadelphia Stars 1938–1948
Percentile snapshot
1947 season — qualified batters
of 104 qualified 1947 batters (min 182 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .350 | .368 | .718 | 100.5 | 101.5 | .341 | 0.0 |
| 1937 | 32 | 127 | 110 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .291 | .381 | .336 | .717 | 93.6 | 86.5 | .342 | 0.4 |
| 1938 | 52 | 228 | 205 | 32 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .229 | .295 | .312 | .607 | 66.4 | 60.3 | .287 | -0.3 |
| 1939 | 47 | 185 | 169 | 25 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .272 | .332 | .432 | .763 | 99.2 | 101.2 | .350 | 0.7 |
| 1940 | 61 | 242 | 212 | 45 | 66 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .311 | .394 | .453 | .847 | 117.5 | 120.0 | .395 | 1.6 |
| 1941 | 25 | 106 | 95 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 | .330 | .337 | .667 | 89.7 | 87.3 | .316 | 0.3 |
| 1942 | 50 | 196 | 178 | 23 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .308 | .298 | .605 | 77.3 | 72.9 | .297 | 0.2 |
| 1943 | 46 | 206 | 190 | 27 | 64 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .337 | .382 | .426 | .809 | 112.0 | 115.8 | .385 | 1.1 |
| 1944 | 52 | 243 | 225 | 39 | 70 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .311 | .349 | .391 | .740 | 97.3 | 98.0 | .348 | 0.9 |
| 1945 | 47 | 215 | 198 | 30 | 67 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .338 | .379 | .434 | .813 | 123.6 | 127.6 | .384 | 1.5 |
| 1946 | 61 | 269 | 244 | 40 | 78 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .320 | .378 | .402 | .780 | 115.5 | 117.7 | .374 | 1.5 |
| 1947 | 48 | 201 | 179 | 27 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .291 | .368 | .408 | .776 | 111.4 | 112.2 | .369 | 1.0 |
| 1948 | 43 | 173 | 160 | 12 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .292 | .281 | .574 | 67.8 | 66.3 | .279 | -0.3 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945-06-09 | NBY @ PHS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1944-05-28 | PHS @ NYC Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1942-06-18 | BEG @ PHS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1939-08-17 | HOM @ PHS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 1940-07-06 | NYC @ PHS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934-05-20 | PBG @ ND Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934-05-20 | PBG @ ND Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934-05-26 | PBG @ TIC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934-05-27 | PBG @ TIC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934-05-27 | PBG @ TIC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.