Stan Benjamin
1939–1945 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Phillies
242G
.229AVG
.260OBP
.318SLG
More career statistics
176H
5HR
41RBI
23SB
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 770 | 771 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 9 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 817 | 815 |
| Batting · Walks | 32 | 31 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242 | 817 | 770 | 77 | 176 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 32 | 115 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 245 | .229 | .260 | .318 | .578 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1941-09-22 to 1941-09-28
9longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1941-08-24 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 118 | 405 | 88 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 61 | .230 | .257 | .319 |
| Away | 124 | 410 | 88 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 54 | .226 | .251 | .316 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 123 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 22 | .242 | .260 | .333 |
| May | 43 | 149 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 21 | .175 | .201 | .196 |
| June | 47 | 119 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | .243 | .286 | .396 |
| July | 37 | 120 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 18 | .236 | .258 | .336 |
| August | 37 | 127 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 19 | .246 | .268 | .356 |
| September | 46 | 177 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 18 | .237 | .260 | .320 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 37 | 134 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 26 | .178 | .201 | .256 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 35 | 99 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | .231 | .273 | .319 |
| boston-braves | 35 | 139 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | .231 | .245 | .291 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 33 | 103 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | .296 | .311 | .408 |
| chicago-cubs | 30 | 116 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | .183 | .241 | .317 |
| new-york-giants | 29 | 113 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | .278 | .301 | .370 |
| cincinnati-reds | 29 | 90 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .186 | .200 | .256 |
| boston-red-sox | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .556 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 12 | 50 | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | .140 | – | – |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Phillies | 8 | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Phillies | 129 | 480 | 113 | 3 | 27 | 17 | .235 | – | – |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Phillies | 79 | 211 | 47 | 2 | 8 | 5 | .223 | – | – |
| 1945 |  Cleveland Guardians | 14 | 21 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .333 | – | – |