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Al Benton
John Alton Benton

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 18, 1911 in Noble, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1934
Final Game: September 21, 1952
Died: April 14, 1968 in Lynwood, CA
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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
1934	23	PHA	AL	32	57	55	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	.109	.109	.109	.218	-43	6		0	2			1
1935	24	PHA	AL	27	28	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.040	.111	.040	.151	-59	1		0	1			1
1938	27	DET	AL	19	35	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.121	.121	.121	.242	-41	4		0	2			1
1939	28	DET	AL	37	52	44	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.091	.111	.091	.202	-49	4	3	1	7			1
1940	29	DET	AL	42	21	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	4			1
1941	30	DET	AL	38	59	50	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	.060	.060	.080	.140	-65	4	4	0	9			1	AS,MVP-19
1942	31	DET	AL	35	76	67	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	.075	.075	.090	.164	-55	6	0	0	9			1	AS
1945	34	DET	AL	31	73	63	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	.063	.092	.095	.188	-47	6	2	0	8			1	MVP-23
1946	35	DET	AL	28	54	49	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	.184	.184	.204	.388	6	10	0	0	5			1
1947	36	DET	AL	36	42	39	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.154	.154	.179	.333	-9	7	1	0	3			1
1948	37	DET	AL	30	13	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.273	.455	18	3	0	0	2			1
1949	38	CLE	AL	40	42	38	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.132	.154	.132	.285	-23	5	1	0	3			1
1950	39	CLE	AL	36	16	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.083	.214	.083	.298	-20	1	0	0	2			1
1952	41	BOS	AL	24	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	0	2			1
14 Seasons				455	579	512	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	200	.098	.112	.111	.223	-41	57	13	1	59
162 Game Avg.				162	206	182	8	18	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	71	.098	.112	.111	.223	-41	20		0	21
DET (9 yrs)				296	425	373	18	37	7	0	0	11	0	0	2	142	.099	.106	.118	.224	-41	44	10	1	49
PHA (2 yrs)				59	85	80	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	33	.088	.110	.088	.197	-48	7		0	3
CLE (2 yrs)				76	58	50	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	20	.120	.170	.120	.290	-22	6	1	0	5
BOS (1 yr)				24	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	0	2

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1934	23	PHA	AL	57	51	1	0.5	108	.182	.109	.283	.109	.356	.109	.408	.218	.764	-43	.016	-11.7	-1.1	.122	.000	.000
1935	24	PHA	AL	28	25	0	0.0	110	.071	.040	.286	.111	.359	.040	.414	.151	.772	-59	.000	-6.1	-0.6	.125	.080	.000
1938	27	DET	AL	35	31	0	0.0	124	.200	.121	.299	.121	.379	.121	.445	.242	.824	-41	.000	-7.6	-0.7	.138	.000	.000
1939	28	DET	AL	52	50	0	0.0	120	.138	.091	.295	.111	.371	.091	.436	.202	.807	-49	.000	-10.5	-1.0	.116	.000	.000
1940	29	DET	AL	21	21	0	0.0	119	.000	.000	.290	.000	.364	.000	.439	.000	.804	-100	.000	-5.3	-0.5	.000	.000	.000
1941	30	DET	AL	59	60	0	0.0	115	.100	.060	.287	.060	.366	.080	.423	.140	.789	-65	.000	-12.6	-1.2	.078	.020	.020
1942	31	DET	AL	76	71	0	0.0	101	.143	.075	.275	.075	.350	.090	.385	.164	.735	-55	.000	-14.5	-1.6	.097	.015	.015
1945	34	DET	AL	73	69	1	0.4	93	.095	.063	.268	.092	.342	.095	.365	.188	.706	-47	.015	-12.3	-1.4	.131	.063	.032
1946	35	DET	AL	54	45	2	1.2	101	.281	.184	.270	.184	.346	.204	.389	.388	.735	6	.092	-6.6	-0.7	.250	.020	.020
1947	36	DET	AL	42	37	1	0.7	99	.207	.154	.266	.154	.346	.179	.382	.333	.729	-9	.039	-6.0	-0.6	.206	.026	.026
1948	37	DET	AL	13	11	1	2.4	108	.400	.182	.277	.182	.362	.273	.400	.455	.762	18	.235	-1.4	-0.1	.333	.091	.091
1949	38	CLE	AL	42	37	1	0.7	105	.185	.132	.268	.154	.360	.132	.390	.285	.750	-23	.033	-7.0	-0.7	.176	.026	.000
1950	39	CLE	AL	16	13	0	0.0	111	.333	.083	.275	.214	.361	.083	.412	.298	.773	-20	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.273	.167	.000
1952	41	BOS	AL	11	13	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.269	.000	.350	.000	.393	.000	.743	-100	.000	-2.5	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
14 Seasons				579	534	7	0.4	107	.160	.098	.279	.112	.356	.111	.402	.223	.758	-41	.009	-106.2	-10.7	.137	.027	.014
162 Game Avg.				206	190	2	0.4	107	.160	.098	.279	.112	.356	.111	.402	.223	.758	-41	.009	-106.2	-10.7	.137	.027	.014
DET (9 yrs)				425	395	5	0.3	107	.160	.099	.279	.106	.356	.118	.401	.224	.757	-41	.009	-76.7	-7.8	.136	.024	.019
PHA (2 yrs)				85	76	1	0.4	109	.149	.088	.284	.110	.357	.088	.410	.197	.767	-48	.008	-17.8	-1.7	.123	.025	.000
CLE (2 yrs)				58	50	1	0.5	106	.200	.120	.270	.170	.360	.120	.395	.290	.755	-22	.018	-9.2	-0.9	.200	.060	.000
BOS (1 yr)				11	13	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.269	.000	.350	.000	.393	.000	.743	-100	.000	-2.5	-0.3	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1945	34	DET	AL	WS	CHC	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1941	DET	AL	30		DNP
1942	DET	AL	31		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1934	23	32	57	55	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	.109	.109	.109	.218	-43	6		0	2
1935	24	59	85	80	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	33	.088	.110	.088	.197	-48	7		0	3
1936	25	59	85	80	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	33	.088	.110	.088	.197	-48	7		0	3
1937	26	59	85	80	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	33	.088	.110	.088	.197	-48	7		0	3
1938	27	78	120	113	3	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	46	.097	.113	.097	.210	-46	11		0	5
1939	28	115	172	157	8	15	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	61	.096	.113	.096	.208	-47	15	3	1	12
1940	29	157	193	174	8	15	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	69	.086	.102	.086	.188	-52	15	3	1	16
1941	30	195	252	224	10	18	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	89	.080	.093	.085	.177	-55	19	7	1	25
1942	31	230	328	291	13	23	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	121	.079	.088	.086	.174	-55	25	7	1	34
1943	32	230	328	291	13	23	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	121	.079	.088	.086	.174	-55	25	7	1	34
1944	33	230	328	291	13	23	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	121	.079	.088	.086	.174	-55	25	7	1	34
1945	34	261	401	354	15	27	4	0	0	7	0	0	4	142	.076	.089	.088	.177	-54	31	9	1	42
1946	35	289	455	403	18	36	5	0	0	10	0	0	4	159	.089	.100	.102	.202	-47	41	9	1	47
1947	36	325	497	442	19	42	6	0	0	12	0	0	4	169	.095	.105	.109	.214	-43	48	10	1	50
1948	37	355	510	453	20	44	7	0	0	13	0	0	4	175	.097	.107	.113	.220	-42	51	10	1	52
1949	38	395	552	491	21	49	7	0	0	14	0	0	5	186	.100	.111	.114	.225	-41	56	11	1	55
1950	39	431	568	503	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	195	.099	.114	.113	.227	-40	57	11	1	57
1951	40	431	568	503	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	195	.099	.114	.113	.227	-40	57	11	1	57
1952	41	455	579	512	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	200	.098	.112	.111	.223	-41	57	13	1	59

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1934	23	34	58	58	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	23	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	32
1935	24	29	28	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	27
1938	27	20	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
1939	28	39	47	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.021	.000	.021	0	37
1940	29	44	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	42
1941	30	39	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38
1942	31	37	71	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	35
1945	34	33	71	68	4	6	3	0	0	6	0	3	22	.088	.127	.132	.259	1	31
1946	35	29	51	51	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	28
1947	36	37	40	40	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	36
1948	37	31	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
1949	38	42	41	40	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	.150	.171	.150	.321	1	40
1950	39	38	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	36
1952	41	25	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
14 Seasons		477	547	538	11	12	3	0	0	15	0	8	209	.022	.038	.028	.066	6	455
162 Game Avg.		162	186	183	4	4	1	0	0	5	0	3	71	.022	.038	.028	.066	2	455

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1941 1942 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1941-AL-19-2% 1945-AL-23-2% 0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Oldest s c a p y 1949 AL--born 1911-03-18--5th 1950 AL--born 1911-03-18--3rd 1952 AL--born 1911-03-18--3rd

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