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Jack Bentley
John Needles Bentley

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 6, 1913
Final Game May 20, 1927
Born March 8, 1895 in Sandy Spring, MD
Died October 24, 1969 in Olney, MD

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1913 18 WSH AL   1   0   3   1   0   0   1  1   11.0    5    0    0   0    2    5   1   1    31       0  0.00  2.96  inf 0.636
 1914 19 WSH AL   5   7  30  11   3   2  14  4  125.3  110   49   33   3   53   55   3   3   497       0  2.37  2.82  119 1.301
 1915 20 WSH AL   0   2   4   2   0   0   2  0   11.3    8    4    1   0    3    0   0   0    43       0  0.79  2.96  373 0.971
 1916 21 WSH AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    1.3    0    0    0   0    1    1   0   0     4       0  0.00  2.79  inf 0.750
 1923 28 NYG NL  13   8  31  26  12   1   3  3  183.0  198  102   91  10   67   80   5   1   798       1  4.48  3.83   86 1.448
 1924 29 NYG NL  16   5  28  24  13   1   2  1  188.0  196   85   79  11   56   60   4   1   788       0  3.78  3.67   97 1.340
 1925 30 NYG NL  11   9  28  22  11   0   4  0  157.0  200   90   88  10   59   47   1   2   703       0  5.04  4.05   80 1.650
 1926 31 TOT NL   0   2   8   3   0   0   4  0   27.3   37   28   23   2   12    8   0   0   133       0  7.57  4.24   56 1.793
         PHI NL   0   2   7   3   0   0   3  0   25.3   37   28   23   2   10    7   0   0   125       0  8.17  4.28   52 1.855
         NYG NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    0    0    0   0    2    1   0   0     8       0  0.00  3.75  inf 1.000
 1927 32 NYG NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   2  0    9.7    7    7    3   1   10    3   1   0    47       0  2.79  3.84  137 1.759
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .582  46  33 138  89  39   4  32  9  714.0  761  365  318  37  263  259  15   8  3044       1  4.01  3.65   91 1.434
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13   9  41  26  11   1   9  2  213.7  227  109   95  11   78   77   4   2   911   0   0  4.01  3.65   91 1.434
 Career High     16   9  31  26  13   2  14  4  188.0  200  102   91  11   67   80   5   3   798   0   1  2.37  4.05  119 1.301

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 18 WSH AL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1914 19 WSH AL  30   40    7   11   2  0   0    4   0      0   5  .275  .275  .325   77   13   0           0    
 1915 20 WSH AL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1923 28 NYG NL  52   89    9   38   6  2   1   14   0  0   3   4  .427  .446  .573  168   51   2           0    
 1924 29 NYG NL  46   98   12   26   5  1   0    6   0  0   3  13  .265  .287  .337   69   33   1           0    
 1925 30 NYG NL  64   99   10   30   5  2   3   18   0  0   9  11  .303  .361  .485  118   48   1           0    
 1926 31 TOT NL  78  244   19   63  12  3   2   27   0      5   4  .258  .273  .357   63   87   7           0    
         PHI NL  75  240   19   62  12  3   2   27   0      5   4  .258  .273  .358   63   86   7           0    
         NYG NL   3    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .250  .250  .250   35    1   0           0    
 1927 32 NYG NL   8    9    1    2   0  0   1    2   0      1   1  .222  .300  .556  125    5   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      287  584   58  170  30  8   7   71   0  0  21  39  .291  .316  .406   90  237  11   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        330   33   96  17  5   4   40   0  0  12  22  .291  .316  .406   90  134   6   0   0   0   0
 Career High     78  244   19   63  12  3   3   27   0  0   9  13  .258  .273  .357   63   87   7   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 18 WSH AL    3    3    0   0.0    89| .000  .267| .000  .339| .000  .350| .000  .689|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1914 19 WSH AL   40   29    4   3.7    85| .275  .261| .275  .335| .325  .342| .600  .677|  77  .555  -1.3  -0.2     
 1915 20 WSH AL    2    2    0   0.0    85| .000  .258| .000  .336| .000  .338| .000  .674|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1923 28 NYG NL   94   53   23  11.7   106| .427  .292| .446  .351| .573  .406|1.019  .757| 168  .838   8.4   0.8   0%
 1924 29 NYG NL  102   73    9   3.3   101| .265  .286| .287  .341| .337  .399| .624  .740|  69  .357  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1925 30 NYG NL  109   70   17   6.5   111| .303  .295| .361  .352| .485  .421| .846  .774| 118  .607   2.4   0.2   0%
 1926 31 TOT NL  256  188   24   3.4   110| .258  .298| .273  .359| .357  .412| .630  .771|  63  .373 -14.5  -1.4     
         PHI NL  252  185   24   3.4   110| .258  .298| .273  .359| .358  .413| .631  .772|  63  .379 -14.1  -1.4     
         NYG NL    4    3    0   0.0   102| .250  .286| .250  .346| .250  .396| .500  .742|  35  .000  -0.4   0.0     
 1927 32 NYG NL   10    7    2   7.6   104| .222  .290| .300  .349| .556  .400| .856  .749| 125  .718   0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       616  425   79   5.0   106| .291  .291| .316  .352| .406  .405| .722  .757|  90  .537 -10.4  -1.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 18 WSH AL P 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 1.83 4.09 3.03 1 11.0 1914 19 WSH AL P 30 9 31 3 1 .930 .937 1.33 1.74 2.87 2.96 11 125.3 1915 20 WSH AL P 4 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 0.75 1.80 2.39 3.03 2 11.3 1916 21 WSH AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.70 6.92 2.77 0 1.3 1923 28 NYG NL P 31 5 38 1 1 .977 .958 1.39 1.34 2.11 2.41 26 183.0 1924 29 NYG NL P 28 3 43 1 3 .979 .964 1.64 1.42 2.20 2.52 24 188.0 1925 30 NYG NL P 28 7 33 3 2 .930 .957 1.43 1.35 2.29 2.44 22 157.0 OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 2.33 0 0 3 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.70 1926 31 TOT NL P 8 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 1.39 1.65 2.57 3 27.3 PHI NL 1B 56 516 28 4 41 .993 .989 9.71 10.03 P 7 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 1.39 1.78 2.56 3 25.3 NYG NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1927 32 NYG NL P 4 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.75 1.30 2.78 2.32 0 9.7 1B 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 4.50 10.15
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1925 30 NYG NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.70 1926 31 PHI NL 1B 56 516 28 4 41 .993 .989 9.71 10.03 1927 32 NYG NL 1B 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 4.50 10.15 1925 30 NYG NL OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 2.33 0 0 3 1913 18 WSH AL P 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 1.83 4.09 3.03 1 11.0 1914 19 WSH AL P 30 9 31 3 1 .930 .937 1.33 1.74 2.87 2.96 11 125.3 1915 20 WSH AL P 4 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 0.75 1.80 2.39 3.03 2 11.3 1916 21 WSH AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.70 6.92 2.77 0 1.3 1923 28 NYG NL P 31 5 38 1 1 .977 .958 1.39 1.34 2.11 2.41 26 183.0 1924 29 NYG NL P 28 3 43 1 3 .979 .964 1.64 1.42 2.20 2.52 24 188.0 1925 30 NYG NL P 28 7 33 3 2 .930 .957 1.43 1.35 2.29 2.44 22 157.0 1926 31 TOT NL P 8 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 1.39 1.65 2.57 3 27.3 PHI NL P 7 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 1.39 1.78 2.56 3 25.3 NYG NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1927 32 NYG NL P 4 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.75 1.30 2.78 2.32 0 9.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 138 26 160 10 7 .949 .954 1.35 1.48 89 714.0 1B 59 527 28 4 41 .993 .989 9.41 10.03 OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 2.33 0 0 3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 200 557 188 14 48 .982 .980 3.73 4.01
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1923   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   1   9.45  0  1  0  0   6.2  10   7   4   1 
 1924   WS    NYG WSH     L   3   2   3.18  1  2  0  1  17    18   6   8  10 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   5   3   4.94  1  3  0  1  23.2  28  13  12  11 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1923   WS    NYG NYY     L   5   5   0   3  1  0  0   0   0   0  .600  .600  .800   0  0   0   0   0 
 1924   WS    NYG WSH     L   5   7   1   2  0  0  1   2   1   1  .286  .375  .714   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2  10  12   1   5  1  0  1   2   1   1  .417  .462  .750   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Wins
1924 NL-16-6

Won-Loss %
1923 NL-.619-9
1924 NL-.762-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1923 NL-3.93-3

Saves
1914 AL-4-1
1923 NL-3-3

Strikeouts
1923 NL-80-9

Games Finished
1914 AL-14-7

Youngest Player
1913 AL-18-6
1914 AL-19-7

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (548) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 20 (1048) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1908) Pitching - 9.0 (885) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 15.0 (718) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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.


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Transactions 

October 30, 1922: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Baltimore (International) for $72,000.

December 30, 1925: Traded by the New York Giants with Wayland Dean to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jimmy Ring.

September 15, 1926: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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