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Ray Benge
Raymond Adelphia Benge

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 160 lb.
School Sam Houston State University

Debut September 26, 1925
Final Game June 2, 1938
Born April 22, 1902 in Jacksonville, TX
Died June 27, 1997 in Centerville, TX

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1925 23 CLE AL   1   0   2   2   1   1   0  0   11.7    9    2    2   0    3    3   0   0    48       0  1.54  4.43  287 1.029
 1926 24 CLE AL   1   0   8   0   0   0   4  0   11.7   15   11    5   0    4    3   0   1    55       0  3.86  4.06  105 1.629
 1928 26 PHI NL   8  18  40  28  12   1  12  1  201.7  219  117  102  15   88   68   5   0   896       0  4.55  4.38   96 1.522
 1929 27 PHI NL  11  15  38  27   9   2   6  4  199.0  255  147  139  24   77   78   4   1   908       0  6.29  5.18   82 1.668
 1930 28 PHI NL  11  15  38  29  14   0   4  1  225.7  305  178  143  22   81   70   1   5  1055       0  5.70  5.47   96 1.710
 1931 29 PHI NL  14  18  38  31  16   2   7  2  247.0  251  107   87  12   61  117   5   2  1044       0  3.17  4.21  133 1.263
 1932 30 PHI NL  13  12  41  28  13   2  10  6  222.3  247  119  100  15   58   89   4   1   953       0  4.05  4.38  108 1.372
 1933 31 BRO NL  10  17  37  30  16   2   5  1  228.7  238  104   87  11   55   74   6   1   968       0  3.42  3.20   94 1.281
 1934 32 BRO NL  14  12  36  32  14   1   2  0  227.0  252  124  109  11   61   64   3   1   996       0  4.32  3.90   90 1.379
 1935 33 BRO NL   9   9  23  17   5   1   4  1  124.7  142   77   62  12   47   39   1   0   544       0  4.48  3.98   89 1.516
 1936 34 TOT NL   8  13  36  25   2   0   7  1  160.7  231  114   98   9   57   45   1   2   748       0  5.49  4.04   74 1.793
         BSN NL   7   9  21  19   2   0   1  0  115.0  161   79   74   6   38   32   1   1   527       0  5.79  3.86   67 1.730
         PHI NL   1   4  15   6   0   0   6  1   45.7   70   35   24   3   19   13   0   1   221       0  4.73  4.50   95 1.949
 1938 36 CIN NL   1   1   9   0   0   0   4  2   15.3   13    8    7   1    6    5   0   0    63       0  4.11  3.63   88 1.239
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .437 101 130 346 249 102  12  65 19 1875.3 2177 1108  941 132  598  655  30  14  8278       0  4.52  4.31   95 1.480
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  14  39  28  11   1   7  2  214.0  248  126  107  15   68   74   3   1   946   0   0  4.52  4.31   95 1.480
 Career High     14  18  41  32  16   2  12  6  247.0  305  178  143  24   88  117   6   5  1055   0   0  3.17  5.47  133 1.263

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1925 23 CLE AL   2    5    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .400  .400  .400  103    2   0           0    
 1926 24 CLE AL   8    3    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .667  155    2   0           0    
 1928 26 PHI NL  42   58    1   12   1  0   0    2   0      4   6  .207  .258  .224   24   13   7           0    
 1929 27 PHI NL  43   74    8   15   0  0   0    4   0      1   9  .203  .213  .203    1   15   3           0    
 1930 28 PHI NL  38   88    9   18   3  0   0    7   0      2   7  .205  .222  .239    8   21   3           0    
 1931 29 PHI NL  38   88    6   18   2  0   0    7   0      0   9  .205  .205  .227   12   20   6           0    
 1932 30 PHI NL  41   75    2   13   1  0   0    2   0      1   7  .173  .184  .187   -4   14   2           0    
 1933 31 BRO NL  37   76    5   14   3  0   0    4   0      2  12  .184  .205  .224   24   17   6           0   3
 1934 32 BRO NL  36   89    7   15   1  0   0    7   0      3  10  .169  .196  .180    3   16   2           0   1
 1935 33 BRO NL  23   47    3    9   0  0   0    4   0      0   4  .191  .191  .191    4    9   1           0   2
 1936 34 TOT NL  36   53    2    6   0  0   0    1   0      0   4  .113  .113  .113  -38    6   4           0   1
         BSN NL  21   43    2    6   0  0   0    1   0      0   3  .140  .140  .140  -23    6   4           0   1
         PHI NL  15   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1938 36 CIN NL   9    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .333  .333  .333   86    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     353  659   45  124  12  0   0   38   0  0  13  69  .188  .204  .206    7  136  34   0   0   0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        302   21   57   6  0   0   17   0  0   6  32  .188  .204  .206    7   62  16   0   0   0   3
 Career High     43   89    9   18   3  0   0    7   0  0   4  12                          21   7   0   0   0   3

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1925 23 CLE AL    5    3    1   8.9   116| .400  .301| .400  .371| .400  .422| .800  .793| 103  .734   0.0   0.0   0%
 1926 24 CLE AL    3    2    1  13.3   110| .333  .291| .333  .363| .667  .408|1.000  .771| 155  .871   0.2   0.0   0%
 1928 26 PHI NL   69   53    3   1.5   115| .207  .299| .258  .364| .224  .425| .482  .789|  24  .108  -6.9  -0.7     
 1929 27 PHI NL   78   62    3   1.3   126| .203  .312| .213  .377| .203  .454| .416  .831|   1  .066 -12.1  -1.1     
 1930 28 PHI NL   93   73    5   1.8   133| .205  .321| .222  .380| .239  .477| .461  .857|   8  .105 -13.8  -1.2     
 1931 29 PHI NL   94   76    4   1.4   110| .205  .295| .205  .355| .227  .416| .432  .771|  12  .102 -11.5  -1.1     
 1932 30 PHI NL   78   64    3   1.3   112| .173  .297| .184  .351| .187  .430| .371  .781|  -4  .083 -11.7  -1.2     
 1933 31 BRO NL   84   71    3   1.1    88| .184  .270| .205  .322| .224  .369| .429  .690|  24  .088  -7.3  -0.8     
 1934 32 BRO NL   94   77    3   1.0   100| .169  .281| .196  .335| .180  .399| .376  .735|   3  .059 -12.0  -1.2     
 1935 33 BRO NL   48   41    2   1.3   102| .191  .283| .191  .338| .191  .403| .382  .742|   4  .088  -6.4  -0.6     
 1936 34 TOT NL   57   52    1   0.5   100| .113  .282| .113  .341| .113  .395| .226  .735| -38  .018 -10.2  -1.0     
         BSN NL   47   42    1   0.6    98| .140  .278| .140  .337| .140  .390| .280  .726| -23  .025  -7.3  -0.7     
         PHI NL   10   10    0   0.0   111| .000  .298| .000  .358| .000  .417| .000  .775|-100  .000  -2.9  -0.3     
 1938 36 CIN NL    3    2    0   0.0    96| .333  .271| .333  .335| .333  .386| .666  .720|  86  .000  -0.1   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      706  576   29   1.4   110| .188  .294| .204  .352| .206  .420| .410  .773|   7  .087 -91.7  -8.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1925 23 CLE AL   P    2      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.40  0.77  2.69    2   11.7
 1926 24 CLE AL   P    8      0    4    1    0  .800  .952  0.50  1.39  3.08  2.69    0   11.7
 1928 26 PHI NL   P   40      4   39    1    3  .977  .966  1.07  1.27  1.92  2.42   28  201.7
 1929 27 PHI NL   P   38      2   34    3    0  .923  .965  0.95  1.23  1.63  2.39   27  199.0
 1930 28 PHI NL   P   38      9   41    4    1  .926  .963  1.32  1.10  1.99  2.21   29  225.7
 1931 29 PHI NL   P   38     12   36    2    4  .960  .958  1.26  1.20  1.75  2.22   31  247.0
 1932 30 PHI NL   P   41      7   41    1    2  .980  .956  1.17  1.21  1.94  2.29   28  222.3
 1933 31 BRO NL   P   37      6   37    0    1 1.000  .964  1.16  1.28  1.69  2.36   30  228.7
 1934 32 BRO NL   P   36     13   43    1    3  .982  .961  1.56  1.12  2.22  2.27   32  227.0
 1935 33 BRO NL   P   23      3   19    1    2  .957  .961  0.96  1.18  1.59  2.31   17  124.7
 1936 34 TOT NL   P   36      2   20    2    0  .917  .948  0.61  1.16  1.23  2.32   25  160.7
         BSN NL   P   21      2   17    1    0  .950  .950  0.90  1.16  1.49  2.32   19  115.0
         PHI NL   P   15      0    3    1    0  .750  .938  0.20  1.16  0.59  2.32    6   45.7
 1938 36 CIN NL   P    9      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.33  1.13  1.76  2.24    0   15.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1925 23 CLE AL   P    2      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.40  0.77  2.69    2   11.7
 1926 24 CLE AL   P    8      0    4    1    0  .800  .952  0.50  1.39  3.08  2.69    0   11.7
 1928 26 PHI NL   P   40      4   39    1    3  .977  .966  1.07  1.27  1.92  2.42   28  201.7
 1929 27 PHI NL   P   38      2   34    3    0  .923  .965  0.95  1.23  1.63  2.39   27  199.0
 1930 28 PHI NL   P   38      9   41    4    1  .926  .963  1.32  1.10  1.99  2.21   29  225.7
 1931 29 PHI NL   P   38     12   36    2    4  .960  .958  1.26  1.20  1.75  2.22   31  247.0
 1932 30 PHI NL   P   41      7   41    1    2  .980  .956  1.17  1.21  1.94  2.29   28  222.3
 1933 31 BRO NL   P   37      6   37    0    1 1.000  .964  1.16  1.28  1.69  2.36   30  228.7
 1934 32 BRO NL   P   36     13   43    1    3  .982  .961  1.56  1.12  2.22  2.27   32  227.0
 1935 33 BRO NL   P   23      3   19    1    2  .957  .961  0.96  1.18  1.59  2.31   17  124.7
 1936 34 TOT NL   P   36      2   20    2    0  .917  .948  0.61  1.16  1.23  2.32   25  160.7
         BSN NL   P   21      2   17    1    0  .950  .950  0.90  1.16  1.49  2.32   19  115.0
         PHI NL   P   15      0    3    1    0  .750  .938  0.20  1.16  0.59  2.32    6   45.7
 1938 36 CIN NL   P    9      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.33  1.13  1.76  2.24    0   15.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 346     59  317   16   16  .959  .961  1.09  1.20  1.80  2.31  249 1875.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       346     59  317   16   16  .959  .961  1.09  1.20  1.80  2.31  249   1875

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1931 NL-3.17-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1931 NL-2.22-8
1933 NL-2.16-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1928 NL-3.03-8
1929 NL-3.53-8
1931 NL-4.26-8

Games
1928 NL-40-9
1931 NL-38-8
1932 NL-41-7

Saves
1929 NL-4-7
1932 NL-6-2

Innings
1931 NL-247.0-10

Strikeouts
1929 NL-78-9
1931 NL-117-7

Games Started
1930 NL-29-10
1931 NL-31-5
1934 NL-32-8

Shutouts
1929 NL-2-7
1932 NL-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1928 NL-15-6
1929 NL-24-1
1930 NL-22-5
1931 NL-12-8
1932 NL-15-8
1933 NL-11-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1928 NL-88-7
1930 NL-81-10

Hits Allowed
1930 NL-305-3
1931 NL-251-7
1932 NL-247-10

SO to Walk
1931 NL-1.92-5

Losses
1928 NL-18-2
1929 NL-15-6
1930 NL-15-6
1931 NL-18-2
1933 NL-17-5
1936 NL-13-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1928 NL-102-9
1929 NL-139-1
1930 NL-143-3
1932 NL-100-9
1933 NL-87-9
1934 NL-109-5
1936 NL-98-10

Wild Pitches
1930 NL-5-10

Hit Batsmen
1931 NL-5-7
1933 NL-6-6

Batters Faced
1930 NL-1055-9
1931 NL-1044-8

Adjusted ERA+
1931 NL-133-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 33 (706) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1633) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
December 15, 1932: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with $15,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Cy Moore, Neal Finn, and Jack Warner.
December 12, 1935: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Tony Cuccinello, Al Lopez, and Bobby Reis to the Boston Braves for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore.
July 27, 1936: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Boston Bees.
December 1, 1936: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.
February 5, 1938: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
April 18, 1938: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
June 10, 1938: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1931 NL-3.17-8	Bases on Balls/9IP 1931 NL-2.22-8 1933 NL-2.16-10	Strikeouts/9IP 1928 NL-3.03-8 1929 NL-3.53-8 1931 NL-4.26-8	Games 1928 NL-40-9 1931 NL-38-8 1932 NL-41-7	Saves 1929 NL-4-7 1932 NL-6-2	Innings 1931 NL-247.0-10
Strikeouts 1929 NL-78-9 1931 NL-117-7	Games Started 1930 NL-29-10 1931 NL-31-5 1934 NL-32-8	Shutouts 1929 NL-2-7 1932 NL-2-7	Home Runs Allow. 1928 NL-15-6 1929 NL-24-1 1930 NL-22-5 1931 NL-12-8 1932 NL-15-8 1933 NL-11-9	Bases On Balls Allow. 1928 NL-88-7 1930 NL-81-10	Hits Allowed 1930 NL-305-3 1931 NL-251-7 1932 NL-247-10
SO to Walk 1931 NL-1.92-5	Losses 1928 NL-18-2 1929 NL-15-6 1930 NL-15-6 1931 NL-18-2 1933 NL-17-5 1936 NL-13-9	Earned Runs Allow. 1928 NL-102-9 1929 NL-139-1 1930 NL-143-3 1932 NL-100-9 1933 NL-87-9 1934 NL-109-5 1936 NL-98-10	Wild Pitches 1930 NL-5-10	Hit Batsmen 1931 NL-5-7 1933 NL-6-6	Batters Faced 1930 NL-1055-9 1931 NL-1044-8
Adjusted ERA+ 1931 NL-133-3