Vern Benson stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1953

Age 102

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Vern Benson played 5 MLB seasons, 1943 to 1953.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
55
AB
104
R
17
H
21
HR
3
RBI
12
SB
0
AVG
.202
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1943ATH2200000.000
1946ATH7510000.000
1951STL1346812170.261
1952STL204769250.191
1953STL13420000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
118
TB
37
XBH
9
HBP
0
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1943ATH2000000
1946ATH6000000
1951STL522050000
1952STL531740000
1953STL5000000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
0.2
RC
11.6
RC/27
3.70
ISOP
.154
SECA
.279
BB/K
0.59
AB/HR
34.7
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1943ATH0.0-0.2-2.7.0000000
1946ATH0.0-0.2-1.2.0000.20.300
1951STL0.37.35.8.1740.30.8460
1952STL0.04.93.4.1700.30.623.50
1953STL-0.1-0.1-0.7.0000.30.500

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
102 yearsSep 19, 1924
Debut
1943

What were Vern Benson's career stats?

Vern Benson played 5 seasons for the Athletics and the Cardinals. He was a career .202 hitter with 21 hits, 3 home runs and 12 RBI. His best season was 1951: a .261 batting average, 1 home run and 7 RBI.

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