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Lou Brock League
8-24-2069
Marv Benson Left Field
Retired (1966, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .266 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .756 Status Deceased (1999) Option Years 0  
H 1567 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 06-27-1928
HR 230 Drafted Round 1, Pick 15
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 17 years
(6 games)
RBI 878
SB 3
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R Power vs. L A- Velocity C+   Mentor vR C-
Speed D- Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF C- (34.0%)   Health LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF B+ (69.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1960 1B MIL 44 42 372.1 416 403 9 4 28 -4 9.96 .990
RF MIL 26 26 231.0 48 47 0 1 0 -1 1.83 .979
LF MIL 11 11 96.0 15 15 0 0 0 0 1.41 1.000
CF MIL 3 3 30.1 10 10 0 0 0 -1 2.97 1.000
1961 1B MIL-STL 54 40 353.1 397 378 17 2 42 0 10.06 .995
LF MIL-STL 46 10 197.2 48 45 0 3 0 -1 2.05 .938
RF MIL-STL 14 13 122.0 26 25 1 0 0 0 1.92 1.000
CF MIL-STL 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
C MIL-STL 2 0 6.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 7.50 1.000
1962 LF STL 51 50 421.1 105 101 1 3 0 -1 2.18 .971
1B STL 43 38 345.2 378 356 16 6 32 -5 9.69 .984
RF STL 4 4 34.0 9 8 0 1 0 -1 2.12 .889
CF STL 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
3B STL 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1963 1B STL-KC 113 109 968.1 999 965 29 5 85 -4 9.24 .995
RF STL-KC 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
1964 1B KC 67 63 565.0 644 624 18 2 48 -6 10.23 .997
1965 1B KC 55 52 461.0 535 516 16 3 47 -3 10.39 .994
1966 1B KC 41 32 299.2 320 309 10 1 30 -3 9.58 .997
Pos Total 1B 417 376 3365.1 3689 3551 115 23 312 -25 9.80 .994
LF 108 71 715.0 168 161 1 6 0 -2 2.04 .964
RF 45 44 395.0 84 81 1 2 0 -2 1.87 .976
CF 5 5 46.1 12 12 0 0 0 -1 2.33 1.000
3B 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
C 2 0 6.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 7.50 1.000
Total 578 497 4534.2 3958 3810 117 31 312 0 0 0 NaN% -30 7.79 .992
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Marv Benson has retired from the Kansas City Monarchs
1963-06-01A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Busch Men and the Kansas City Monarchs. The Kansas City Monarchs receive Marv Benson, Andy Collins, Draft Pick - 1964 Round 2 (STL) from the St. Louis Busch Men in exchange for Buck O"Neil, Biz Mackey.
1961-05-22A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Brats and the St. Louis Busch Men. The St. Louis Busch Men receive Marv Benson from the Milwaukee Brats in exchange for Rich Henneman.
1950-04-12The Milwaukee Thugs have renamed George Benton to Marv Benson.