# Allen Benson

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{{short description|American baseball player (1905-1999)}}
{{About|the baseball player|the journalist and politician|Allan L. Benson}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Allen Benson
|image=Allen Benson.jpeg
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1905|3|28}}
|birth_place=[Hurley, South Dakota](/source/Hurley%2C_South_Dakota), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1999|11|16|1905|3|28}}
|death_place=[Viborg, South Dakota](/source/Viborg%2C_South_Dakota), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=August 19
|debutyear=1934
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=August 26
|finalyear=1934
|finalteam=Washington Senators
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=0–1
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=12.10
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=4
|teams=
* [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) ({{mlby|1934}})
}}
'''Allen Wilbert Benson ''' (March 28, 1905 – November 16, 1999), nicknamed "Bullet", was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player who played [pitcher](/source/pitcher) in the Major Leagues in 1934. He would play for the [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)).

Benson played for the bearded [House of David baseball team](/source/House_of_David_(commune)) before signing with the Senators. Given the rarity of facial hair among the era's baseball players, the Senators signed Benson largely as a publicity stunt to boost attendance. He became one of very few Major League players who wore facial hair between the [deadball era](/source/deadball_era) and the 1970s. He struggled in two games and was sent to the minor league [Albany Senators](/source/Albany_Senators). He told reporters "I believe I could have made the grade with the Nats but for these danged whiskers."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Scott |title=A brief history of Allen Benson, the 'mattress-chinned' Nats pitcher of 1934 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/04/13/a-brief-history-of-allen-benson-the-mattress-chinned-nats-pitcher-of-1934/ |access-date=29 January 2023 |newspaper=[Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post) |date=April 13, 2015}}</ref>

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==External links==
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Category:Charleroi Babes players
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Category:Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
Category:1905 births
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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