Rabbit Benton

{{short description|American baseball player (1901-1984)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rabbit Benton

|position=Second baseman

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1901|9|29}}

|birth_place=Cannel City, Kentucky

|death_date={{death date and age|1984|6|7|1901|9|29}}

|death_place=Mesquite, Texas

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 13

|debutyear=1922

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 19

|finalyear=1922

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=6

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=19

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=4

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{Baseball year|1922}})

}}

Stanley W. "Rabbit" Benton (September 29, 1901 – June 7, 1984) was an American second baseman whose career lasted 16 seasons and almost 2,000 games—but only six games in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the {{Baseball year|1922}} Philadelphia Phillies. He batted and threw right-handed, stood {{convert|5|ft|7|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|150|lb}}.

Benton's minor league career lasted from 1919 through 1934, largely in the Texas League. In the majors, he had four hits in 19 at bats in his six career games, with one double and three runs batted in.

He died in Mesquite, Texas, at age 82.