Al Benton
John Alton Benton
All-Star Player
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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 PHA AL 23 P 32 40 11 28 1 3 .975 1.22 .955 1.11
1935 PHA AL 24 P 27 15 2 12 1 0 .933 0.52 .947 1.12
1938 DET AL 27 P 19 29 3 25 1 0 .966 1.47 .952 1.12
1939 DET AL 28 P 37 35 6 27 2 0 .943 0.89 .951 0.98
1940 DET AL 29 P 42 19 5 11 3 1 .842 0.38 .963 1.05
1941 DET AL 30 P 38 39 9 27 3 4 .923 0.95 .962 1.16 AS,MVP-19
1942 DET AL 31 P 35 62 18 39 5 0 .919 1.63 .958 1.30 AS
1945 DET AL 34 P 31 57 11 44 2 4 .965 1.77 .954 1.28 MVP-23
1946 DET AL 35 P 28 44 16 26 2 0 .955 1.50 .950 1.01
1947 DET AL 36 P 36 34 6 24 4 1 .882 0.83 .959 0.95
1948 DET AL 37 P 30 11 2 8 1 1 .909 0.33 .964 0.91
1949 CLE AL 38 P 40 21 4 17 0 2 1.000 0.53 .962 1.01
1950 CLE AL 39 P 36 9 1 8 0 2 1.000 0.25 .944 0.96
1952 BOS AL 41 P 24 9 3 5 1 0 .889 0.33 .967 1.03
14 Seasons P 455 424 97 301 26 18 .939 0.87 .956 1.07
14 Seasons TOT 455 424 97 301 26 18 .939 0.87 .895 1.07

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1934 PHA AL 23 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 PHA AL 24 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 DET AL 27 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 DET AL 28 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 DET AL 29 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 DET AL 30 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 DET AL 31 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 DET AL 34 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 DET AL 35 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 DET AL 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 DET AL 37 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CLE AL 38 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CLE AL 39 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS AL 41 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 455 455 455 455 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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