Dennis Bennett
Dennis John Bennett
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 5, 1939 in Oakland, CA
High School: Yreka Union (Yreka, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1962
Final Game: September 29, 1968
Relatives: Brother of Dave Bennett
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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
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 6 723 101 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 1 316 119 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 66 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 82 1.303 8.6 1.1 3.2 6.7 2.12
7 Seasons 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 66 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 82 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1962 22 PHI NL 31 721 641 78 144 22 5 17 5 3 68 149 .225 .303 .354 .657 .265 227 9 6 2 4 3
1963 23 PHI NL 23 487 441 44 102 18 3 12 2 4 33 82 .231 .288 .367 .655 .256 162 8 4 4 5 5
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
1965 25 BOS AL 34 621 544 76 152 29 11 15 4 2 53 85 .279 .346 .456 .802 .304 248 11 6 11 7 6
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 182 3659 3270 389 850 144 27 98 32 24 281 572 .260 .322 .410 .732 .286 1342 69 29 54 25 27
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 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 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% 49 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% 53 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 0 4 4 1 8 47% 49 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 0 2 4 1 6 55% 51 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% 45 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 68 28 8 2 3 1 1.5 1.7 5.3
7 Seasons 182 127 39 45 43 4 14 55 72 .433 10 18 28 6 64 50% 52 87 19 108 37 59 36 3.9 4.0 6.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 1.043 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 1.144 4 1 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 1.123 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 0.863 1 1 13 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 1.004 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% 1.040 2 2 0 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 1.066 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 0.974 0 2 0 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 1.038 2 1 6 4 0 5 2 7 3 4 3 0 3.8
7 Seasons 182 55 28 4 2 10 6 3 60% 14 4 37 12 32% 1.041 15 11 27 17 3 35 24 31 32 14 33 6 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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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 75% 2.4% 20.7% 9.4% 6.1% 31% 0.88 66% 114 9 8%
1963 23 PHI NL 488 79% 2.5% 16.8% 6.8% 6.8% 32% 0.80 72% 80 8 10%
1964 24 PHI NL 881 80% 2.6% 14.2% 6.6% 7.7% 31% 1.18 74% 154 19 12%
1965 25 BOS AL 621 80% 2.4% 13.7% 8.5% 8.9% 36% 0.89 73% 128 11 9%
1966 26 BOS AL 316 87% 2.9% 14.9% 7.3% 4.8% 20% 0.82 74% 68 7 10%
1967 27 TOT MLB 421 82% 3.8% 11.4% 6.9% 8.6% 33% 1.09 75% 77 12 16%
1967 27 BOS AL 300 81% 4.0% 11.3% 7.3% 8.7% 36% 1.05 75% 59 9 15%
1967 27 NYM NL 121 85% 3.3% 11.6% 5.8% 8.3% 27% 1.21 77% 18 3 17%
1968 28 CAL AL 212 71% 2.8% 17.0% 8.0% 8.5% 39% 0.69 68% 36 3 8%
7 Seasons 3661 79% 2.7% 15.6% 7.7% 7.4% 32% 0.94 72% 657 69 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 9 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 5 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 2 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 Seasons 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 16 1 78 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 6 723 101 1.214 7.4 0.9 3.5 7.7 2.19 101
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 97 1.311 8.9 1.0 2.9 5.9 2.03 97
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

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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 3.96 168.0 145 82 74 17 68 143 6 1.268 7.8 3.6 7.7 2.10 0.9 31
1963 23 7 5 .583 3.29 112.0 112 46 41 13 36 77 4 1.321 9.0 2.9 6.2 2.14 1.0 23
1964 24 9 12 .429 4.48 193.0 236 107 96 24 62 116 5 1.544 11.0 2.9 5.4 1.87 1.1 41
1965 25 6 9 .400 4.73 135.0 155 79 71 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 5.00 90.0 116 56 50 17 31 45 3 1.633 11.6 3.1 4.5 1.45 1.7 21
1968 28 2 2 .500 5.11 44.0 54 28 25 7 20 33 5 1.682 11.0 4.1 6.8 1.65 1.4 16
7 Seasons 42 46 .477 4.25 815.0 894 429 385 102 294 541 30 1.458 9.9 6.0 1.84 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 1954 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.

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 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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