What is Vern Benson?
{{Infobox MLB player |name=Vern Benson |position=[[Third Baseman]] / [[Outfielder]] |image=Vern Benson 1971.JPG |caption=Benson in 1971 |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1924|9|19}} |birth_place=[[Granite Quarry, North Carolina]] |death_date={{Death date and age|2014|1|20|1924|9|19}} |death_place=[[Granite Quarry, North Carolina]] |debutdate=July 31 |debutyear={{By|1943}} |debutteam=[[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] |finaldate=May 30 |finalyear={{By|1953}} |finalteam=[[St. Louis Cardinals]] |stat1label=[[Batting average]] |stat1value=.202 |stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]] |stat2value=21 |stat3label=[[At bats]] |stat3value=104 |teams=<nowiki></nowiki> '''As player''' *[[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] (1943; 1946) *[[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1951–1953) '''As manager''' *[[Atlanta Braves]] (1977) '''As coach''' *[[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1961-1964) *[[New York Yankees]] (1965-1966) *[[Cincinnati Reds]] (1966-1969) *[[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1970-1975) *[[Atlanta Braves]] (1976-1977) *[[San Francisco Giants]] (1980) }} '''Vernon Adair Benson''' (September 19, 1924 – January 20, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] baseball player. He was an [[infielder]]/[[outfielder]], [[coach (baseball)|coach]], [[scout (sports)|scout]] and interim [[manager (baseball)|manager]] in [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball]]. Benson died on January 20, 2014 in [[Granite Quarry, North Carolina]] from natural causes at the age of 89.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/salisburypost/obituary.aspx?n=vernon-benson&pid=169213959&fhid=6224 Vernon Benson obituary]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbensv101.htm Retrosheet] *[http://www.purapelota.com/lvbp/mostrar.php?id=bensver001 Venezuelan Baseball League]{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Benson, Vern}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:St. Louis Cardinals players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from North