Jerry Benjamin
1933–1948 · bats B / throws R · ASE, Birmingham Black Barons, Cleveland Buckeyes, DI1, Homestead Grays, KCR, Memphis Red Sox, NAS
796G
.297AVG
.365OBP
.390SLG
More career statistics
905H
28HR
361RBI
135SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 796 | 593 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,047 | 2,321 |
| Batting · Doubles | 113 | 97 |
| Batting · Hits | 905 | 712 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 18 | 14 |
| Batting · Home runs | 28 | 26 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,450 | 2,556 |
| Batting · Runs | 652 | 485 |
| Batting · RBI | 361 | 152 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 135 | 78 |
| Batting · Triples | 43 | 30 |
| Batting · Walks | 310 | 189 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 796 | 3,450 | 3,047 | 652 | 905 | 113 | 43 | 28 | 361 | 310 | 0 | 135 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1,188 | .297 | .365 | .390 | .755 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1943-08-07 to 1943-08-23
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1933-07-09 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1936-05-09 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1937-08-02 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 316 | 1305 | 400 | 12 | 84 | 93 | 11 | .336 | .378 | .439 |
| Away | 277 | 1251 | 312 | 14 | 68 | 96 | 4 | .276 | .326 | .376 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 8 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .333 | .421 | .333 |
| May | 171 | 749 | 201 | 12 | 49 | 67 | 3 | .300 | .358 | .404 |
| June | 143 | 608 | 153 | 7 | 42 | 53 | 4 | .281 | .339 | .377 |
| July | 133 | 573 | 175 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 4 | .333 | .368 | .422 |
| August | 103 | 435 | 134 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 4 | .325 | .345 | .461 |
| September | 33 | 144 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .281 | .333 | .359 |
| October | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .222 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 124 | 553 | 151 | 8 | 28 | 38 | 3 | .297 | .342 | .404 |
| newark-eagles | 107 | 451 | 128 | 3 | 28 | 39 | 2 | .316 | .370 | .417 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 107 | 464 | 115 | 4 | 19 | 30 | 6 | .273 | .312 | .352 |
| new-york-cubans | 76 | 301 | 89 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 3 | .319 | .355 | .430 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 50 | 213 | 73 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 0 | .367 | .399 | .447 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 41 | 181 | 58 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .354 | .398 | .500 |
| chicago-american-giants | 15 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .226 | .369 | .321 |
| WEG | 14 | 58 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .327 | .379 | .404 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | DI1 | 39 | 137 | 39 | – | 8 | 12 | .285 | – | – |
| 1935 |  Homestead Grays | 48 | 199 | 62 | 3 | 16 | 6 | .312 | – | – |
| 1936 | Homestead Grays | 45 | 175 | 58 | 6 | 8 | 7 | .331 | – | – |
| 1937 | Homestead Grays | 47 | 204 | 71 | 4 | 13 | 10 | .348 | – | – |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays | 36 | 155 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .297 | – | – |
| 1939 | Homestead Grays | 11 | 47 | 11 | – | 3 | 1 | .234 | – | – |
| 1940 | Homestead Grays | 36 | 136 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .272 | – | – |
| 1941 | Homestead Grays | 48 | 178 | 48 | – | 10 | 6 | .270 | – | – |
| 1942 | Homestead Grays | 33 | 122 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 7 | .279 | – | – |
| 1943 | Homestead Grays | 46 | 176 | 68 | 2 | 17 | 7 | .386 | – | – |
| 1944 | Birmingham Black Barons, Homestead Grays | 51 | 200 | 70 | 2 | 15 | – | .350 | – | – |
| 1945 | Homestead Grays | 42 | 148 | 55 | 1 | 14 | – | .372 | – | – |
| 1946 | Homestead Grays | 52 | 213 | 55 | – | 12 | 2 | .258 | – | – |
| 1947 | Homestead Grays | 44 | 178 | 46 | – | 10 | 5 | .258 | – | – |
| 1948 | NCNew York Cubans | 15 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .226 | – | – |