Charles "Jerry" Benjamin (November 9, 1909 - November 23, 1974) was an American Negro league baseball

Negro league baseball

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 Center Fielder

Center fielder

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 who played from 1932-1939 and again in 1948. He played for the Memphis Red Sox

Memphis Red Sox

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, Birmingham Black Barons

Birmingham Black Barons

The Birmingham Black Barons played professional baseball for Birmingham, Alabama, in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1960 when the Major Leagues successfully integrated...

, Homestead Grays

Homestead Grays

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, Newark Eagles

Newark Eagles

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, and New York Cubans

New York Cubans

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While with the Grays he won Negro League Championships in 1941, 1943, 1944, and 1948.

A three time East-West All-Star, he had a .485 Batting average

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 in 1943.

Early life and death

Benjamin was born in Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery, Alabama

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 and died in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

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