Benny Felder

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Benny Felder

| image = William Felder Baseball.jpg

| position = Shortstop

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|12|9|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Tampa, Florida, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|10|2|1926|12|9|mf=y}}

| death_place = Tampa, Florida, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1946

| debutteam = Newark Eagles

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| finalyear = 1951

| finalteam = Philadelphia Stars

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• Newark Eagles (1946–1947)
• Indianapolis Clowns (1948)
• Philadelphia Stars (1951)

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William Benjamin Felder (December 9, 1926 – October 2, 2009) was an American Negro league shortstop who played for the 1946 Negro World Series champion Newark Eagles.

A native of Tampa, Florida, Felder was a strong-fielding but light-hitting infielder.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nlbemuseum.com/history/players/felder.html |title=William Felder |publisher=nlbemuseum.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}} He broke into the Negro leagues in 1946 for Newark, and took the field on opening day for Baseball Hall of Famer Leon Day's no-hitter against the Philadelphia Stars. Felder split shortstop duties that season with Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, and saw action in the club's Negro World Series victory over the Kansas City Monarchs.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseballhappenings.net/2009/10/billy-benny-felder-84-negro-league.html |title=Billy 'Benny' Felder, 84, Negro League Shortstop, 1925-2009 |publisher=baseballhappenings.net |date=October 4, 2009 |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}

Felder went on to play in the minor leagues for the Key West Conchs in 1952, the Pampa Oilers in 1953, and split time with Pampa and the Artesia NuMexers in 1954.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=felder001wil |title=Benny Felder |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}} He died in Tampa in 2009 at age 82.