Dennis Bennett

Dennis John Bennett

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: October 5, 1939 in Oakland, CA
High School: Yreka Union HS (Yreka, CA)
Signed
by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1962
Teams (by GP): Phillies/RedSox/Angels/Mets 1962-1968

Final Game: September 29, 1968
Died: March 24, 2012 in Klamath Falls, OR
Relatives: Brother of Dave Bennett
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Standard Pitching

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
1962 22 PHI NL 9 9 .500 3.81 31 24 5 7 2 3 174.2 144 78 74 17 68 3 149 6 0 6 723 102 1.214 7.4 0.9 3.5 7.7 2.19
1963 23 PHI NL 9 5 .643 2.64 23 16 3 6 1 1 119.1 102 44 35 12 33 5 82 4 1 4 488 123 1.131 7.7 0.9 2.5 6.2 2.48
1964 24 PHI NL 12 14 .462 3.68 41 32 4 7 2 1 208.0 222 92 85 23 58 8 125 5 0 6 881 94 1.346 9.6 1.0 2.5 5.4 2.16
1965 25 BOS AL 5 7 .417 4.38 34 18 8 3 0 0 141.2 152 76 69 15 53 6 85 6 3 4 621 85 1.447 9.7 1.0 3.4 5.4 1.60
1966 26 BOS AL 3 3 .500 3.24 16 13 2 0 0 0 75.0 75 30 27 9 23 2 47 1 0 1 316 118 1.307 9.0 1.1 2.8 5.6 2.04
1967 27 TOT MLB 5 4 .556 4.22 21 17 2 4 1 0 96.0 109 47 45 16 29 3 48 3 0 4 421 83 1.438 10.2 1.5 2.7 4.5 1.66
1967 27 BOS AL 4 3 .571 3.88 13 11 1 4 1 0 69.2 72 32 30 12 22 2 34 2 0 3 300 91 1.349 9.3 1.6 2.8 4.4 1.55
1967 27 NYM NL 1 1 .500 5.13 8 6 1 0 0 0 26.1 37 15 15 4 7 1 14 1 0 1 121 67 1.671 12.6 1.4 2.4 4.8 2.00
1968 28 CAL AL 0 5 .000 3.54 16 7 4 1 0 1 48.1 46 22 19 6 17 0 36 4 0 0 212 83 1.303 8.6 1.1 3.2 6.7 2.12
7 Yrs 43 47 .478 3.69 182 127 28 28 6 6 863.0 850 389 354 98 281 27 572 29 4 25 3662 97 1.311 8.9 1.0 2.9 6.0 2.04
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .478 3.69 40 28 6 6 1 1 190 187 86 78 22 62 6 126 6 1 6 806 97 1.311 8.9 1.0 2.9 6.0 2.04
PHI (3 yrs) 30 28 .517 3.48 95 72 12 20 5 5 502.0 468 214 194 52 159 16 356 15 1 16 2092 102 1.249 8.4 0.9 2.9 6.4 2.24
BOS (3 yrs) 12 13 .480 3.96 63 42 11 7 1 0 286.1 299 138 126 36 98 10 166 9 3 8 1237 94 1.386 9.4 1.1 3.1 5.2 1.69
NYM (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.13 8 6 1 0 0 0 26.1 37 15 15 4 7 1 14 1 0 1 121 67 1.671 12.6 1.4 2.4 4.8 2.00
CAL (1 yr) 0 5 .000 3.54 16 7 4 1 0 1 48.1 46 22 19 6 17 0 36 4 0 0 212 83 1.303 8.6 1.1 3.2 6.7 2.12
AL (4 yrs) 12 18 .400 3.90 79 49 15 8 1 1 334.2 345 160 145 42 115 10 202 13 3 8 1449 92 1.375 9.3 1.1 3.1 5.4 1.76
NL (4 yrs) 31 29 .517 3.56 103 78 13 20 5 5 528.1 505 229 209 56 166 17 370 16 1 17 2213 100 1.270 8.6 1.0 2.8 6.3 2.23

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1962 22 PHI NL 174.2 31 24 78 4.02 4.49 -0.03 0.04 99.1 4.52 9 0.9 1.1 -0.1 2.4 30 .529 .506 $
1963 23 PHI NL 119.1 23 16 44 3.32 3.85 0.14 0.04 96.2 3.61 3 0.3 1.9 -0.1 1.3 15 .515 .502 $
1964 24 PHI NL 208.0 41 32 92 3.98 3.89 -0.08 0.05 97.8 3.93 -3 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 1.4 20 .491 .498 $14,000
1965 25 BOS AL 141.2 34 18 76 4.83 3.96 -0.24 0.01 106.3 4.47 -5 -0.6 .4 -0.1 0.4 6 .483 .496 $20,000
1966 26 BOS AL 75.0 16 13 30 3.60 3.83 0.15 0.06 112.8 4.22 6 0.8 .6 -0.0 1.3 11 .548 .505 $
1967 27 BOS AL 69.2 13 11 32 4.13 3.70 0.25 0.07 103.4 3.64 -3 -0.3 4.7 -0.0 0.1 2 .475 .498 $20,000
1967 27 NYM NL 26.1 8 6 15 5.13 3.97 -0.25 0.05 95.3 4.07 -3 -0.4 .7 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .452 .498 $
1968 28 CAL AL 48.1 16 7 22 4.10 3.46 0.17 0.01 97.9 3.23 -4 -0.5 .7 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .468 .497 $15,000
7 Seasons 863.0 182 127 389 4.06 3.98 -0.01 0.04 100.9 4.06 -1 -0.2 1.0 -0.5 6.5 83 .499 .500 $69,000
PHI (3 yrs) 502.0 95 72 214 3.84 4.09 -0.01 0.04 97.9 4.06 8 0.9 1.4 -0.3 5.1 66 .509 .502 $14,000
BOS (3 yrs) 286.1 63 42 138 4.34 3.86 -0.02 0.04 107.3 4.20 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.2 1.8 19 .498 .500 $40,000
NYM (1 yr) 26.1 8 6 15 5.13 3.97 -0.25 0.05 95.3 4.07 -3 -0.4 .7 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .452 .498 $
CAL (1 yr) 48.1 16 7 22 4.10 3.46 0.17 0.01 97.9 3.23 -4 -0.5 .7 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .468 .497 $15,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1962 22 PHI NL 31 722 641 78 144 22 5 17 5 3 68 149 .225 .303 .354 .657 .265 227 9 6 2 4 3 6
1963 23 PHI NL 23 488 441 44 102 18 3 12 2 4 33 82 .231 .288 .367 .655 .256 162 8 4 4 5 5 7
1964 24 PHI NL 41 881 794 92 222 40 5 23 11 8 58 125 .280 .331 .429 .761 .307 341 19 5 21 3 8 12
1965 25 BOS AL 34 619 544 76 152 29 11 15 4 2 53 85 .279 .346 .456 .802 .304 248 11 6 11 7 6 9
1966 26 BOS AL 16 316 287 30 75 5 1 9 3 2 23 47 .261 .316 .380 .696 .283 109 7 1 3 2 2 2
1967 27 BOS AL 13 300 269 32 72 13 1 12 0 3 22 34 .268 .327 .457 .784 .268 123 9 2 6 1 2 7
1967 27 NYM NL 8 121 110 15 37 6 0 4 3 1 7 14 .336 .378 .500 .878 .355 55 3 1 2 1 1 1
1967 27 TOT MLB 21 421 379 47 109 19 1 16 3 4 29 48 .288 .341 .470 .811 .293 178 12 3 8 2 3 8
1968 28 CAL AL 16 212 184 22 46 11 1 6 4 1 17 36 .250 .324 .418 .742 .278 77 3 4 5 2 0 4
7 Yrs 182 3659 3270 389 850 144 27 98 32 24 281 572 .260 .322 .410 .732 .286 1342 69 29 54 25 27 48
162 Game Avg. 40 805 720 86 187 32 6 22 7 5 62 126 .260 .322 .410 .732 .286 295 15 6 12 6 6 11
MLB Averages .247 .311 .370 .680 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1962 22 PHI NL 4.2 0.4 747 0.9 13.7 -12.8 1.04 1.2 -0.4 14.1 1.5 1.04 14.8 3 2 2
1963 23 PHI NL 7.0 0.8 501 0.9 9.4 -8.5 1.13 0.3 0.5 5.9 0.7 1.13 0.5 4 0 2
1964 24 PHI NL -2.6 -0.3 900 0.4 17.4 -17.0 1.12 -0.6 1.0 3.0 0.3 1.12 -2.6 2 4 3
1965 25 BOS AL -8.1 -0.8 637 -1.0 9.1 -10.0 .86 -2.0 0.8 -14.7 -1.5 0.86 -21.9 1 1 12
1966 26 BOS AL 4.9 0.5 320 0.3 5.7 -5.4 1.01 -0.1 0.4 5.1 0.5 1.01 1.4 1 0 1
1967 27 TOT MLB -5.5 -0.6 429 -1.9 6.9 -8.8 1.03 -2.2 0.3 -10.6 -1.1 1.03 -21.4 2 1 1
1967 27 BOS AL -1.4 -0.2 303 -1.2 5.2 -6.3 1.06 -1.3 0.2 -4.7 -0.5 1.06 -13.6 2 0 0
1967 27 NYM NL -4.0 -0.4 126 -0.7 1.8 -2.5 .96 -0.9 0.1 -5.9 -0.6 0.96 -7.8 0 1 1
1968 28 CAL AL -3.5 -0.4 216 -1.5 3.3 -4.9 1.05 -1.0 -0.5 -2.5 -0.3 1.05 -9.2 2 0 7
7 Yrs -3.6 -0.4 3750 -1.9 65.6 -67.4 1.04 -4.3 2.5 0.3 0.1 1.04 -38.4 15 8 28

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1962 22 PHI NL 31 24 8 9 7 0 1 11 13 .458 1 3 7 2 11 46% 54.5 87 24 23 12 10 7 4.3 4.3 6.4
1963 23 PHI NL 23 16 8 5 3 1 2 9 7 .563 2 1 6 1 12 75% 58.2 81 29 17 4 12 2 4.7 4.7 6.9
1964 24 PHI NL 41 32 11 13 8 0 4 12 20 .375 2 4 7 2 17 53% 52.0 83 26 25 9 21 6 3.1 3.7 6.0
1965 25 BOS AL 34 18 4 7 7 3 2 7 11 .389 3 3 3 0 6 33% 48.7 73 21 13 5 6 4 4.2 4.4 5.7
1966 26 BOS AL 16 13 3 3 7 0 1 6 7 .462 2 2 0 0 7 54% 52.5 69 34 10 4 3 5 3.5 3.5 5.6
1967 27 TOT MLB 21 17 5 4 8 0 2 9 8 .529 1 4 4 1 8 47% 0.0 77 19 12 1 4 11 4.9 4.5 5.5
1967 27 BOS AL 13 11 4 3 4 0 1 6 5 .545 1 2 4 1 6 55% 50.7 77 19 3 0 2 8 5.7 4.5 6.3
1967 27 NYM NL 8 6 1 1 4 0 1 3 3 .500 0 2 0 0 2 33% 44.7 62 31 9 1 2 3 3.5 4.5 4.1
1968 28 CAL AL 16 7 0 4 3 0 2 1 6 .143 0 1 1 0 3 43% 50.4 68 28 8 2 3 1 1.5 1.7 5.3
7 Yrs 182 127 39 45 43 4 14 55 72 .433 11 18 28 6 64 50% 52 87 19 108 37 59 36 3.9 4.0 6.0
MLB Averages .500 55% 54 116 -14 4.0 3.9 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 22 PHI NL 31 7 5 1 0 3 3 0 100% 4 1 1 0 0% 8 1.037 3 2 2 5 0 2 1 6 6 0 6 0 8.6
1963 23 PHI NL 23 7 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 2 25% 10 1.127 4 0 2 2 2 3 5 2 2 4 2 0 4.0
1964 24 PHI NL 41 9 4 1 1 3 1 1 33% 3 0 4 1 25% 7 1.120 2 4 3 4 0 5 4 5 5 2 6 2 5.4
1965 25 BOS AL 34 16 8 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 6 55% 7 .856 1 1 12 1 0 15 8 8 14 0 14 2 7.3
1966 26 BOS AL 16 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 8 1.010 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.7
1967 27 TOT MLB 21 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 1.029 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 1.8
1967 27 BOS AL 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 9 1.058 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0.5
1967 27 NYM NL 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .958 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 3.0
1968 28 CAL AL 16 9 4 0 1 2 1 1 50% 4 2 4 0 0% 9 1.046 2 0 7 4 0 5 2 7 3 4 3 0 3.8
7 Yrs 182 55 28 4 2 10 6 3 60% 14 4 37 12 32% 1.036 15 8 28 17 3 35 24 31 32 14 33 6 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1962 22 PHI NL 722 25% 2.4% 20.6% 9.4% 6.1% 31% 0.88 66% 114 9 8%
1963 23 PHI NL 488 21% 2.5% 16.8% 6.8% 6.8% 32% 0.80 72% 80 8 10%
1964 24 PHI NL 881 20% 2.6% 14.2% 6.6% 7.7% 31% 1.18 74% 154 19 12%
1965 25 BOS AL 621 20% 2.4% 13.7% 8.6% 8.9% 36% 0.89 73% 128 11 9%
1966 26 BOS AL 316 13% 2.9% 14.9% 7.3% 4.8% 20% 0.82 74% 68 7 10%
1967 27 TOT MLB 421 18% 3.8% 11.4% 6.9% 8.6% 33% 1.09 75% 77 12 16%
1967 27 BOS AL 300 19% 4.0% 11.3% 7.3% 8.7% 36% 1.05 75% 59 9 15%
1967 27 NYM NL 121 15% 3.3% 11.6% 5.8% 8.3% 27% 1.21 77% 18 3 17%
1968 28 CAL AL 212 29% 2.8% 17.0% 8.0% 8.5% 39% 0.69 68% 36 3 8%
7 Yrs 3661 21% 2.7% 15.6% 7.7% 7.4% 32% 0.94 72% 657 69 11%
MLB Averages 48% 2.1% 15.5% 8.0% 6.2% 28% 1.09 73% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1962 22 PHI NL 722 144 17 0 11 13 4 4 13 38 17 5 45% 6 6 2 237 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 7 0 18 0
1963 23 PHI NL 488 102 12 0 7 12 0 7 5 22 13 6 59% 7 4 0 164 2 4 33% 1 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 16 0
1964 24 PHI NL 881 222 23 1 11 22 1 13 10 37 19 7 51% 12 6 0 330 11 8 58% 8 6 3 2 0 0 1 0 8 0
1965 25 BOS AL 619 152 15 0 8 15 0 14 1 32 17 4 53% 9 4 2 267 4 2 67% 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 18 2
1966 26 BOS AL 316 75 9 0 12 7 2 5 4 21 8 4 38% 2 1 1 113 3 2 60% 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1967 27 TOT MLB 421 109 16 0 5 16 0 8 8 16 8 1 50% 8 4 0 160 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1967 27 BOS AL 300 72 12 0 5 12 0 7 5 11 4 1 36% 7 3 0 116 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 27 NYM NL 121 37 4 0 0 4 0 1 3 5 4 0 80% 1 1 0 44 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1968 28 CAL AL 212 46 6 0 5 6 0 4 2 8 4 3 50% 4 0 0 84 4 1 80% 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Yrs 3659 850 98 1 59 91 7 55 43 174 86 30 49% 48 25 5 1355 32 24 57% 23 18 9 4 0 2 12 1 78 2
MLB Averages 50% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1962 22 9 9 .500 3.81 31 24 5 7 2 3 174.2 144 78 74 17 68 3 149 6 0 6 723 102 1.214 7.4 0.9 3.5 7.7 2.19 102
1963 23 18 14 .563 3.34 54 40 8 13 3 4 294.0 246 122 109 29 101 8 231 10 1 10 1211 108 1.180 7.5 0.9 3.1 7.1 2.29 108
1964 24 30 28 .517 3.48 95 72 12 20 5 5 502.0 468 214 194 52 159 16 356 15 1 16 2092 102 1.249 8.4 0.9 2.9 6.4 2.24 102
1965 25 35 35 .500 3.68 129 90 20 23 5 5 643.2 620 290 263 67 212 22 441 21 4 20 2713 98 1.293 8.7 0.9 3.0 6.2 2.08 98
1966 26 38 38 .500 3.63 145 103 22 23 5 5 718.2 695 320 290 76 235 24 488 22 4 21 3029 100 1.294 8.7 1.0 2.9 6.1 2.08 100
1967 27 43 42 .506 3.70 166 120 24 27 6 5 814.2 804 367 335 92 264 27 536 25 4 25 3450 98 1.311 8.9 1.0 2.9 5.9 2.03 98
1968 28 43 47 .478 3.69 182 127 28 28 6 6 863.0 850 389 354 98 281 27 572 29 4 25 3662 97 1.311 8.9 1.0 2.9 6.0 2.04 97

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1962 22 9 9 .500 4.02 168.0 145 83 75 17 68 143 6 1.268 7.8 3.6 7.7 2.10 0.9 31
1963 23 7 5 .583 3.29 112.0 111 46 41 13 36 77 4 1.313 8.9 2.9 6.2 2.14 1.0 23
1964 24 9 12 .429 4.48 193.0 235 107 96 24 61 116 5 1.534 11.0 2.8 5.4 1.90 1.1 41
1965 25 6 9 .400 4.80 135.0 155 80 72 15 54 81 6 1.548 10.3 3.6 5.4 1.50 1.0 34
1966 26 5 3 .625 3.45 73.0 76 31 28 9 23 46 1 1.356 9.4 2.8 5.7 2.00 1.1 16
1967 27 4 6 .400 4.95 91.0 115 56 50 17 31 45 3 1.604 11.4 3.1 4.5 1.45 1.7 21
1968 28 2 2 .500 5.00 45.0 53 28 25 7 20 33 5 1.622 10.6 4.0 6.6 1.65 1.4 16
7 Yrs 42 46 .477 4.26 817.0 890 431 387 102 293 541 30 1.448 9.8 6.0 1.85 1.1 182

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1962 NL  1.214 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL  7.420 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL  7.678 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1962 NL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1964 NL  23 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1962 NL  2.191 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1964 NL  14 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL  6 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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