finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date alt death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1945 , 24 december 2009 1939 , .229 5 41 cleveland indians 20 may 1914 a leaning onto a baseball bat . baseball player is kneeling with one knee while harwich , massachusetts september 16 stan benjamin.jpg batting average home runs runs batted in philadelphia phillies stan benjamin right stan benjamin with the philadelphia phillies framingham , massachusetts september 16 right right fielder stan benjamin

stan benjamin

alfred stanley `` stan '' benjamin -lrb- may 20 , 1914 -- december 24 , 2009 -rrb- was a right fielder in major league baseball for five seasons ; four with the philadelphia phillies -lrb- -- -rrb- , of the national league -lrb- nl -rrb- , and one with the cleveland indians -lrb- -rrb- , of the american league -lrb- al -rrb- .
the 6 ' 2 '' , 194 lb .
benjamin batted and threw right-handed , and was born in framingham , massachusetts .
after graduating from high school , he attended western maryland college , now known as mcdaniel college , where he played baseball , basketball , and football .
in addition to his major league playing career , he played in minor league baseball for ten seasons .
he began at the age of 23 , with the thomasville orioles of the georgia-florida league in 1937 , and finished as the player-manager for the fresno cardinals of the california league in 1948 .
during that time , he played in 955 minor league games , and batted .304 , and hit 52 home runs .
in the early 1940s , he was an assistant football coach at northeastern university .
later , during his minor league career , he began coaching high school football , part-time , in his home town of framingham , and then full-time once his playing and managing career ended .
starting in 1948 , he was the head baseball coach and assistant football coach for greenfield high school in greenfield , massachusetts , and took over the head football coaching duties in 1958 .
he held both positions , in addition to being a physical education teacher for a local middle school and part-time basketball referee until 1964 .
in 1965 , he was hired as a talent scout for the houston astros , a job he held for nearly 40 years .
it was his evaluation of jeff bagwell that led the astros to acquire him from the boston red sox for larry andersen .
