Vernon Adair Benson (September 19, 1924 – January 20, 2014) was an American infielder/outfielder, coach, scout and interim manager in Major League Baseball. During his playing career, he stood 5'11" (180 cm) tall, weighed 180 pounds (82 kg), batted left-handed, and threw right-handed. More about Vern Benson
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Born in Granite Quarry, North Carolina, Benson attended Catawba College in nearby Salisbury. He debuted in the Majors with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1943 and had a second trial with the Mackmen in 1946, but most of his career would be spent in the organization of the St. Louis Cardinals. While he appeared in only 46 games for St. Louis between 1951 and 1953, he was a fixture with the Cards' Rochester Red Wings and Columbus Red Birds Triple-A farm clubs as a player. Overall, Benson batted .202 in 104 MLB at bats over five seasons, with three home runs and 12 runs batted in. In his finest minor league season, 1951 at Columbus, he batted .308 with 18 home runs and 89 RBI.In total, we tracked 151 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Vern Benson (1973 Topps #497 autographed by Red Schoendienst, Vern Benson and Barney Schultz) was sold in August 2013 for $27.75 while the cheapest item (Vern Benson (1924-2014) signed 3x5) found a new owner for $0.59 in September 2014. The month with the most items sold (4) was September 2008 with an average selling price of $1.75 for an autographed item of Vern Benson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2023 with $25.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was February 2014. In average, an autographed item from Vern Benson is worth $2.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Vern Benson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1951/53 VERN BENSON-ST LOUIS CARDINALS AUTOGRAPHED CUT ON 4X6 W/PHOTO-d.2014 | $3.99 | ||
1953 Topps Archives Vern Benson Autograph Signed Auto | $4.50 | ||
1953 Topps Vern Benson Signed SGC | $25.00 | ||
1961 Portland Beavers 3x4 Baseball Card Vern Benson Signed Autographed | $9.99 | ||
Vern Benson (d. 2014) Signed Index Card -Athletics, Cardinals -Braves Manager -B | $1.99 | ||
Vern Benson - 1943 autographed 3 x 5 index card MLB Guaranteed to Pass | $3.00 | ||
VERN BENSON Autographed St. Louis Cardinals Postcard | $10.00 | ||
Vern Benson autographed St. Louis Cardinals vintage Brace Postcard size photo | $4.95 | ||
Vern Benson signed 1991 Topps Baseball Archives 1953 Topps series (mint) | $2.99 | ||
Vern Benson St Louis Cardinals Baseball Autographed Jim Rowe Postcard Photo | $7.99 |