Harry Anderson vs. Jerry Benjamin — Career Comparison

Harry Anderson
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueLeft Fielder
Jerry Benjamin
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IICenter FielderAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Harry Anderson and Jerry Benjamin are closely matched on the surface stats. Harry Anderson posted stronger numbers in OPS (.796 vs .756) and slugging (.450 vs .389). Jerry Benjamin had the advantage in on-base percentage (.367 vs .346). By the career numbers, Harry Anderson had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Harry Anderson and Jerry Benjamin

Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
484
162.69
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
752
132.78
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1785
600
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3398
600
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1586
533.11
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2993
528.49
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.793
0.793
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.801
0.801
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
419
140.84
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
891
157.33
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
261
87.73
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
126.07
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
27.56
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
19.07
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
5.38
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
7.24
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
20.17
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
4.94
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
53.11
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
31.25
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
244.66
82.24
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
478.05
84.41
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
713
239.66
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1165
205.71
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
594
199.66
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1219
215.24
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.784
0.784
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.756
0.756
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.741
0.741
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
199
66.89
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
634
111.95
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
242
81.34
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
63.21
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
381
128.07
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
964
170.22
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
242.99
81.68
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
525.26
92.75
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.38
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
16
2.83
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
159
53.45
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
55.09
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
10.76
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.18
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
291
97.82
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
1.77
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6.13
6.13
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
339.8
339.8
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
0.55
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.2
31.2
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
3.03
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
13.42
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
5.04
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.18
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
29
9.75
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
0.53
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.01
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
23.66
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.02
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.18
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
3.03
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
23.84
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99.26
99.26

Fielding Stats for Harry Anderson and Jerry Benjamin

Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
1.08
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
1.12
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
1.03
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
1.06
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10697
27
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18908
27
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3565.2
9
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6302.2
9
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
3.16
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1614
2.3
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.17
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.28
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.09
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1344
3.39
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1878
2.68
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1320
3.33
Jerry Benjamin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1813
2.59
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.21
98.21
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.54
96.54
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.077
3.077
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.313
2.313
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.34
95.34
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.9
94.9
Harry Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.14
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.04
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Benjamin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0