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Ray Benge

Raymond Adelphia Benge

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 22, 1902 in Jacksonville, TX
School: Sam Houston State University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1925
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Dodgers/Bees/Indians/Reds 1925-1938

Final Game: June 2, 1938
Died: June 27, 1997 in Centerville, TX
Buried: Concord Cemetery, Concord, TX
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 11:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #966. Duke Esper… #967. George Zettlein… #968. Francisco Cordova… #969. RAY BENGE… #970. Jesse Duryea… #971. Armando Reynoso… #972. Dick Selma… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1925 23 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 1.54 2 2 0 1 1 0 11.2 9 2 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 48 296 1.029 6.9 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1926 24 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 3.86 8 0 4 0 0 0 11.2 15 11 5 0 4 3 0 1 1 55 109 1.629 11.6 0.0 3.1 2.3 0.75
1928 26 PHI NL 8 18 .308 4.55 40 28 12 12 1 1 201.2 219 117 102 15 88 68 5 0 0 896 97 1.522 9.8 0.7 3.9 3.0 0.77
1929 27 PHI NL 11 15 .423 6.29 38 26 6 9 2 4 199.0 255 147 139 24 77 78 4 0 1 908 83 1.668 11.5 1.1 3.5 3.5 1.01
1930 28 PHI NL 11 15 .423 5.70 38 29 4 14 0 1 225.2 305 178 143 22 81 70 1 0 5 1055 96 1.710 12.2 0.9 3.2 2.8 0.86
1931 29 PHI NL 14 18 .438 3.17 38 31 7 16 2 2 247.0 251 107 87 12 61 117 5 0 2 1044 134 1.263 9.1 0.4 2.2 4.3 1.92
1932 30 PHI NL 13 12 .520 4.05 41 28 10 13 2 6 222.1 247 119 100 15 58 89 4 0 1 953 109 1.372 10.0 0.6 2.3 3.6 1.53
1933 31 BRO NL 10 17 .370 3.42 37 30 5 16 2 1 228.2 238 104 87 11 55 74 6 0 1 968 94 1.281 9.4 0.4 2.2 2.9 1.35
1934 32 BRO NL 14 12 .538 4.32 36 32 2 14 1 0 227.0 252 124 109 11 61 64 3 0 1 996 90 1.379 10.0 0.4 2.4 2.5 1.05
1935 33 BRO NL 9 9 .500 4.48 23 17 4 5 1 1 124.2 142 77 62 12 47 39 1 0 0 544 89 1.516 10.3 0.9 3.4 2.8 0.83
1936 34 TOT NL 8 13 .381 5.49 36 25 7 2 0 1 160.2 231 114 98 9 57 45 1 0 2 748 74 1.793 12.9 0.5 3.2 2.5 0.79
1936 34 BSN NL 7 9 .438 5.79 21 19 1 2 0 0 115.0 161 79 74 6 38 32 1 0 1 527 66 1.730 12.6 0.5 3.0 2.5 0.84
1936 34 PHI NL 1 4 .200 4.73 15 6 6 0 0 1 45.2 70 35 24 3 19 13 0 0 1 221 98 1.949 13.8 0.6 3.7 2.6 0.68
1938 36 CIN NL 1 1 .500 4.11 9 0 4 0 0 2 15.1 13 8 7 1 6 5 0 0 0 63 92 1.239 7.6 0.6 3.5 2.9 0.83
12 Seasons 101 130 .437 4.52 346 248 65 102 12 19 1875.1 2177 1108 941 132 598 655 30 1 14 8278 96 1.480 10.4 0.6 2.9 3.1 1.10
162 Game Avg. 12 15 .437 4.52 40 28 7 12 1 2 215 249 127 108 15 68 75 3 0 2 948 96 1.480 10.4 0.6 2.9 3.1 1.10
PHI (6 yrs) 58 82 .414 4.69 210 148 45 64 7 15 1141.1 1347 703 595 91 384 435 19 0 10 5077 101 1.517 10.6 0.7 3.0 3.4 1.13
BRO (3 yrs) 33 38 .465 4.00 96 79 11 35 4 2 580.1 632 305 258 34 163 177 10 0 2 2508 91 1.370 9.8 0.5 2.5 2.7 1.09
CLE (2 yrs) 2 0 1.000 2.70 10 2 4 1 1 0 23.1 24 13 7 0 7 6 0 1 1 103 162 1.329 9.3 0.0 2.7 2.3 0.86
BSN (1 yr) 7 9 .438 5.79 21 19 1 2 0 0 115.0 161 79 74 6 38 32 1 0 1 527 66 1.730 12.6 0.5 3.0 2.5 0.84
CIN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.11 9 0 4 0 0 2 15.1 13 8 7 1 6 5 0 0 0 63 92 1.239 7.6 0.6 3.5 2.9 0.83
NL (10 yrs) NL 99 130 .432 4.54 336 246 61 101 11 19 1852.0 2153 1095 934 132 591 649 30 0 13 8175 95 1.482 10.5 0.6 2.9 3.2 1.10
AL (2 yrs) AL 2 0 1.000 2.70 10 2 4 1 1 0 23.1 24 13 7 0 7 6 0 1 1 103 162 1.329 9.3 0.0 2.7 2.3 0.86

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1925 23 CLE AL 11.2 2 2 8 0 1.0 6 0.5 $
1926 24 CLE AL 11.2 0 11 7 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
1928 26 PHI NL 201.2 28 117 120 -5 1.0 3 1.6 $
1929 27 PHI NL 199.0 27 147 137 -5 1.0 -10 0.8 $
1930 28 PHI NL 225.2 29 178 166 -11 1.0 -12 1.3 $
1931 29 PHI NL 247.0 31 107 142 -6 1.0 35 5.2 $
1932 30 PHI NL 222.1 28 119 129 -3 1.0 10 2.9 $
1933 31 BRO NL 228.2 30 104 115 -6 1.0 11 1.5 $
1934 32 BRO NL 227.0 32 124 137 -2 1.0 13 1.0 $
1935 33 BRO NL 124.2 17 77 76 0 1.0 -1 -0.2 $
1936 34 BSN NL 115.0 19 79 69 2 1.0 -10 -1.6 $
1936 34 PHI NL 45.2 6 35 27 -1 1.0 -8 -0.2 $
1938 36 CIN NL 15.1 0 8 9 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
12 Seasons 1875.1 249 1108 1142 -37 1.0 34 12.4 $
PHI (6 yrs) 1141.1 149 703 721 -31 1.0 18 11.6 $
BRO (3 yrs) 580.1 79 305 328 -8 1.0 23 2.3 $
CLE (2 yrs) 23.1 2 13 15 0 1.0 2 0.1 $
BSN (1 yr) 115.0 19 79 69 2 1.0 -10 -1.6 $
CIN (1 yr) 15.1 0 8 9 0 1.0 1 0.0 $

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1925 23 CLE AL 2 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 102 2 0 0 /1
1926 24 CLE AL 8 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 155 2 0 0 /1
1928 26 PHI NL 42 69 58 1 12 1 0 0 2 0 4 6 .207 .258 .224 .482 24 13 0 7 1
1929 27 PHI NL 43 78 74 8 15 0 0 0 4 0 1 9 .203 .213 .203 .416 1 15 0 3 1
1930 28 PHI NL 38 93 88 9 18 3 0 0 7 0 2 7 .205 .222 .239 .461 8 21 0 3 1
1931 29 PHI NL 38 94 88 6 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 9 .205 .205 .227 .432 12 20 0 6 1
1932 30 PHI NL 41 78 75 2 13 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 .173 .184 .187 .371 -5 14 0 2 1
1933 31 BRO NL 37 84 76 5 14 3 0 0 4 0 2 12 .184 .205 .224 .429 24 17 3 0 6 1
1934 32 BRO NL 36 94 89 7 15 1 0 0 7 0 3 10 .169 .196 .180 .375 3 16 1 0 2 1
1935 33 BRO NL 23 48 47 3 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 .191 .191 .191 .383 4 9 2 0 1 1
1936 34 TOT NL 36 57 53 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .113 .113 .113 .226 -38 6 1 0 4 1
1936 34 BSN NL 21 47 43 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .140 .140 .140 .279 -22 6 1 0 4 1
1936 34 PHI NL 15 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1938 36 CIN NL 9 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 1 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 353 706 659 45 124 12 0 0 38 0 0 13 69 .188 .204 .206 .410 7 136 7 0 34
162 Game Avg. 162 324 302 21 57 6 0 0 17 0 6 32 .188 .204 .206 .410 7 62 0 16
PHI (6 yrs) 217 422 393 26 76 7 0 0 22 0 8 39 .193 .209 .211 .421 5 83 0 0 21
BRO (3 yrs) 96 226 212 15 38 4 0 0 15 0 5 26 .179 .198 .198 .396 11 42 6 0 9
CLE (2 yrs) 10 8 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875 122 4 0 0
BSN (1 yr) 21 47 43 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .140 .140 .140 .279 -22 6 1 0 4
CIN (1 yr) 9 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 1 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 343 698 651 43 121 11 0 0 38 0 13 68 .186 .202 .203 .405 6 132 7 0 34
AL (2 yrs) 10 8 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875 122 4 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1925 23 CLE AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1926 24 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1928 26 PHI NL 69 -6 -1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1929 27 PHI NL 78 -12 0 0 0 0 6 2 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
1930 28 PHI NL 93 -14 0 0 0 0 7 3 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
1931 29 PHI NL 94 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1932 30 PHI NL 78 -11 0 0 0 0 6 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1933 31 BRO NL 84 -7 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1934 32 BRO NL 94 -13 0 0 0 0 8 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1935 33 BRO NL 48 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1936 34 BSN NL 47 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1936 34 PHI NL 10 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1938 36 CIN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
12 Seasons 706 -90 -1 0 0 0 53 19 -19 -1.9 -19 -1.9 -0.0 $
PHI (6 yrs) 422 -57 -1 0 0 0 32 12 -14 -1.3 -14 -1.4 0.1 $
BRO (3 yrs) 226 -26 0 0 0 0 17 6 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $
CLE (2 yrs) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
BSN (1 yr) 47 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
CIN (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1925 CLE AL 23 P 2 11.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77 0.50 .960 2.70 2.65
1926 CLE AL 24 P 8 11.2 5 0 4 1 0 .800 3.09 0.50 .956 2.70 2.62
1928 PHI NL 26 P 40 201.2 44 4 39 1 3 .977 1.92 1.08 .966 2.42 2.41
1929 PHI NL 27 P 38 199.0 39 2 34 3 0 .923 1.63 0.95 .964 2.39 2.35
1930 PHI NL 28 P 38 225.2 54 9 41 4 1 .926 1.99 1.32 .964 2.21 2.18
1931 PHI NL 29 P 38 247.0 50 12 36 2 4 .960 1.75 1.26 .959 2.22 2.19
1932 PHI NL 30 P 41 222.1 49 7 41 1 2 .980 1.94 1.17 .957 2.29 2.29
1933 BRO NL 31 P 37 228.2 43 6 37 0 1 1.000 1.69 1.16 .964 2.36 2.33
1934 BRO NL 32 P 36 227.0 57 13 43 1 3 .982 2.22 1.56 .960 2.27 2.24
1935 BRO NL 33 P 23 124.2 23 3 19 1 2 .957 1.59 0.96 .959 2.31 2.28
1936 TOT NL 34 P 36 25 2 160.2 24 2 20 2 0 .917 1.23 0.61 .950 2.32 2.31
1936 BSN NL 34 P 21 19 2 115.0 20 2 17 1 0 .950 1.49 0.90 .950 2.32 2.31
1936 PHI NL 34 P 15 6 0 45.2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.59 0.20 .950 2.33 2.31
1938 CIN NL 36 P 9 15.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.76 0.33 .963 2.23 2.19
12 Seasons P 346 25 2 1875.1 392 59 317 16 16 .959 1.80 1.09 .961 2.31 2.29
12 Seasons TOT 346 25 2 1875.1 392 59 317 16 16 .959 1.80 1.09 .961 2.31 2.29
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1931 NL  5.2 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1931 NL  3.17 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 NL  2.223 (8th)
1933 NL  2.165 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1928 NL  3.035 (8th)
1929 NL  3.528 (8th)
1931 NL  4.263 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1928 NL  40 (9th)
1931 NL  38 (8th)
1932 NL  41 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1929 NL  4 (7th)
1932 NL  6 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1931 NL  247.0 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1929 NL  78 (9th)
1931 NL  117 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1930 NL  29 (10th)
1931 NL  31 (5th)
1934 NL  32 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1929 NL  2 (7th)
1932 NL  2 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1928 NL  15 (7th)
1929 NL  24 (1st)
1930 NL  22 (5th)
1931 NL  12 (8th)
1932 NL  15 (8th)
1933 NL  11 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1928 NL  88 (7th)
1930 NL  81 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1930 NL  305 (3rd)
1931 NL  251 (7th)
1932 NL  247 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1931 NL  1.918 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1928 NL  18 (2nd)
1929 NL  15 (6th)
1930 NL  15 (6th)
1931 NL  18 (2nd)
1933 NL  17 (5th)
1936 NL  13 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1928 NL  102 (9th)
1929 NL  139 (1st)
1930 NL  143 (3rd)
1932 NL  100 (9th)
1933 NL  87 (9th)
1934 NL  109 (5th)
1936 NL  98 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1930 NL  5 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1931 NL  5 (7th)
1933 NL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1930 NL  1,055 (9th)
1931 NL  1,044 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1931 NL  134 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1931 NL  25 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1931 NL  2.6 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1930 NL  4 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1933 NL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 33 (724), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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