Gene Benson

Position
Center Fielder
Years
1934–1948
Hall Rating
14
MLE Rating
17
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Gene Benson is eligible for the Hall of Fame via the Classic Baseball Era Committee in 2025.

Negro League MLEs by Eric Chalek

Due to the different opportunities presented to Black and Latino players before integration, the Hall Rating of these players does not accurately reflect their Hall of Fame cases. When possible, the Hall of Stats uses Eric Chalek’s Negro League MLEs to present an alternate Hall Rating for prominent early Black and Latino stars. Gene Benson has a 17 Hall Rating using these MLEs. The rest of the stats on this page come from real game data, not MLEs.

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Franchise Contributions by Hall Rating

Career Statistics

Win-Value Statistics
WAR WAA adjWAR adjWAA
About the stats
5.4 -1.6 10.9 2.5
Run-Value Statistics
Bat Run DP Fld Pos
-3 -2 0 -3 -7
Season-by-Season Statistics
Year Team WAA WAR
1934 PBG 0.1 0.2
1937 PS 0.0 0.4
1938 2 teams -1.4 -0.6
1938 PC -1.1 -0.7
1938 PS -0.3 0.1
1939 PS 0.1 0.7
1940 PS 0.1 0.8
1941 PS -0.1 0.2
1942 PS -0.9 -0.4
1943 PS 0.7 1.2
1944 PS 0.2 0.8
1945 PS 0.8 1.3
1946 PS 0.6 1.3
1947 PS -0.7 0.0
1948 PS -1.1 -0.5