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 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
1934 23 PHA AL 7 9 .438 4.88 32 21 5 7 0 1 155.0 145 98 84 7 88 58 2 1 2 682 89 1.503 8.4 0.4 5.1 3.4 0.66
1935 24 PHA AL 3 4 .429 7.70 27 9 7 0 0 0 78.1 110 81 67 7 47 42 1 0 3 388 59 2.004 12.6 0.8 5.4 4.8 0.89
1938 27 DET AL 5 3 .625 3.30 19 10 3 6 0 0 95.1 93 40 35 10 39 33 1 0 3 409 152 1.385 8.8 0.9 3.7 3.1 0.85
1939 28 DET AL 6 8 .429 4.56 37 16 18 3 0 5 150.0 182 94 76 11 58 67 1 0 5 693 107 1.600 10.9 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.16
1940 29 DET AL 6 10 .375 4.42 42 0 35 0 0 17 79.1 93 44 39 5 36 50 0 0 2 361 107 1.626 10.6 0.6 4.1 5.7 1.39
1941 30 DET AL 15 6 .714 2.97 38 14 19 7 1 7 157.2 130 63 52 11 65 63 3 0 2 663 152 1.237 7.4 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.97 AS,MVP-19
1942 31 DET AL 7 13 .350 2.90 35 30 4 9 1 2 226.2 210 87 73 9 84 110 0 0 5 954 136 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.3 4.4 1.31 AS
1945 34 DET AL 13 8 .619 2.02 31 27 4 12 5 3 191.2 175 68 43 7 63 76 2 0 3 811 175 1.242 8.2 0.3 3.0 3.6 1.21 MVP-23
1946 35 DET AL 11 7 .611 3.65 28 15 6 6 1 1 140.2 132 69 57 9 58 60 1 0 2 606 100 1.351 8.4 0.6 3.7 3.8 1.03
1947 36 DET AL 6 7 .462 4.40 36 14 12 4 0 7 133.0 147 77 65 11 61 33 1 0 2 590 86 1.564 9.9 0.7 4.1 2.2 0.54
1948 37 DET AL 2 2 .500 5.68 30 0 10 0 0 3 44.1 45 34 28 4 36 18 1 0 1 210 77 1.827 9.1 0.8 7.3 3.7 0.50
1949 38 CLE AL 9 6 .600 2.12 40 11 18 4 2 10 135.2 116 33 32 7 51 41 1 0 3 548 188 1.231 7.7 0.5 3.4 2.7 0.80
1950 39 CLE AL 4 2 .667 3.57 36 0 13 0 0 4 63.0 57 32 25 7 30 26 1 1 3 269 122 1.381 8.1 1.0 4.3 3.7 0.87
1952 41 BOS AL 4 3 .571 2.39 24 0 17 0 0 6 37.2 37 11 10 1 17 20 0 0 0 158 165 1.434 8.8 0.2 4.1 4.8 1.18
14 Seasons 98 88 .527 3.66 455 167 171 58 10 66 1688.1 1672 831 686 106 733 697 15 2 36 7342 115 1.424 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .527 3.66 50 18 19 6 1 7 185 183 91 75 12 80 76 2 0 4 803 115 1.424 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95
DET (9 yrs) 71 64 .526 3.46 296 126 111 47 8 45 1218.2 1207 576 468 77 500 510 10 0 25 5297 121 1.401 8.9 0.6 3.7 3.8 1.02
PHA (2 yrs) 10 13 .435 5.82 59 30 12 7 0 1 233.1 255 179 151 14 135 100 3 1 5 1070 76 1.671 9.8 0.5 5.2 3.9 0.74
CLE (2 yrs) 13 8 .619 2.58 76 11 31 4 2 14 198.2 173 65 57 14 81 67 2 1 6 817 159 1.279 7.8 0.6 3.7 3.0 0.83
BOS (1 yr) 4 3 .571 2.39 24 0 17 0 0 6 37.2 37 11 10 1 17 20 0 0 0 158 165 1.434 8.8 0.2 4.1 4.8 1.18

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1945 34 DET AL WS W CHC 0 0 1.93 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 6 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 9.6
1 WS 0 0 1.93 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 6 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 9.6

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1941 DET AL 30
1942 DET AL 31 0 0 0 1.80 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 1.200 7.2 1.8 3.6 1.8 0.50

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+
1934 23 7 9 .438 4.88 32 21 5 7 0 1 155.0 145 98 84 7 88 58 2 1 2 682 89 1.503 8.4 0.4 5.1 3.4 0.66 89
1935 24 10 13 .435 5.82 59 30 12 7 0 1 233.1 255 179 151 14 135 100 3 1 5 1070 76 1.671 9.8 0.5 5.2 3.9 0.74 76
1936 25 10 13 .435 5.82 59 30 12 7 0 1 233.1 255 179 151 14 135 100 3 1 5 1070 76 1.671 9.8 0.5 5.2 3.9 0.74 76
1937 26 10 13 .435 5.82 59 30 12 7 0 1 233.1 255 179 151 14 135 100 3 1 5 1070 76 1.671 9.8 0.5 5.2 3.9 0.74 76
1938 27 15 16 .484 5.09 78 40 15 13 0 1 328.2 348 219 186 24 174 133 4 1 8 1479 90 1.588 9.5 0.7 4.8 3.6 0.76 90
1939 28 21 24 .467 4.93 115 56 33 16 0 6 478.2 530 313 262 35 232 200 5 1 13 2172 95 1.592 10.0 0.7 4.4 3.8 0.86 95
1940 29 27 34 .443 4.85 157 56 68 16 0 23 558.0 623 357 301 40 268 250 5 1 15 2533 97 1.597 10.0 0.6 4.3 4.0 0.93 97
1941 30 42 40 .512 4.44 195 70 87 23 1 30 715.2 753 420 353 51 333 313 8 1 17 3196 105 1.517 9.5 0.6 4.2 3.9 0.94 105
1942 31 49 53 .480 4.07 230 100 91 32 2 32 942.1 963 507 426 60 417 423 8 1 22 4150 110 1.464 9.2 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.01 110
1943 32 49 53 .480 4.07 230 100 91 32 2 32 942.1 963 507 426 60 417 423 8 1 22 4150 110 1.464 9.2 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.01 110
1944 33 49 53 .480 4.07 230 100 91 32 2 32 942.1 963 507 426 60 417 423 8 1 22 4150 110 1.464 9.2 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.01 110
1945 34 62 61 .504 3.72 261 127 95 44 7 35 1134.0 1138 575 469 67 480 499 10 1 25 4961 116 1.427 9.0 0.5 3.8 4.0 1.04 116
1946 35 73 68 .518 3.71 289 142 101 50 8 36 1274.2 1270 644 526 76 538 559 11 1 27 5567 114 1.418 9.0 0.5 3.8 3.9 1.04 114
1947 36 79 75 .513 3.78 325 156 113 54 8 43 1407.2 1417 721 591 87 599 592 12 1 29 6157 111 1.432 9.1 0.6 3.8 3.8 0.99 111
1948 37 81 77 .513 3.84 355 156 123 54 8 46 1452.0 1462 755 619 91 635 610 13 1 30 6367 110 1.444 9.1 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.96 110
1949 38 90 83 .520 3.69 395 167 141 58 10 56 1587.2 1578 788 651 98 686 651 14 1 33 6915 114 1.426 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95 114
1950 39 94 85 .525 3.69 431 167 154 58 10 60 1650.2 1635 820 676 105 716 677 15 2 36 7184 114 1.424 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95 114
1951 40 94 85 .525 3.69 431 167 154 58 10 60 1650.2 1635 820 676 105 716 677 15 2 36 7184 114 1.424 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95 114
1952 41 98 88 .527 3.66 455 167 171 58 10 66 1688.1 1672 831 686 106 733 697 15 2 36 7342 115 1.424 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95 115

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1934 23 8 9 .471 4.33 162.0 143 87 78 7 87 61 2 1.420 7.9 4.8 3.4 0.70 0.4 32
1935 24 3 6 .333 6.35 85.0 108 67 60 7 46 46 1 1.812 11.4 4.9 4.9 1.00 0.7 27
1938 27 8 3 .727 2.56 102.0 88 32 29 9 37 35 1 1.225 7.8 3.3 3.1 0.95 0.8 19
1939 28 10 8 .556 3.47 166.0 174 71 64 11 55 74 1 1.380 9.4 3.0 4.0 1.35 0.6 37
1940 29 5 4 .556 3.49 85.0 88 37 33 5 34 54 0 1.435 9.3 3.6 5.7 1.59 0.5 42
1941 30 13 5 .722 2.56 165.0 126 52 47 11 63 66 3 1.145 6.9 3.4 3.6 1.05 0.6 38
1942 31 17 9 .654 2.83 235.0 217 82 74 9 87 114 0 1.294 8.3 3.3 4.4 1.31 0.3 35
1945 34 16 5 .762 2.23 198.0 194 54 49 8 70 78 2 1.333 8.8 3.2 3.5 1.11 0.4 31
1946 35 7 8 .467 3.99 142.0 143 70 63 10 63 61 1 1.451 9.1 4.0 3.9 0.97 0.6 28
1947 36 6 8 .429 4.81 131.0 155 78 70 12 64 33 1 1.672 10.6 4.4 2.3 0.52 0.8 36
1948 37 2 3 .400 5.40 45.0 46 30 27 4 37 18 1 1.844 9.2 7.4 3.6 0.49 0.8 30
1949 38 10 4 .714 2.30 133.0 120 38 34 7 53 40 1 1.301 8.1 3.6 2.7 0.75 0.5 40
1950 39 4 3 .571 3.52 64.0 58 28 25 7 31 26 1 1.391 8.2 4.4 3.7 0.84 1.0 36
1952 41 3 1 .750 2.43 37.0 37 11 10 1 17 20 0 1.459 9.0 4.1 4.9 1.18 0.2 24
14 Seasons 112 76 .596 3.41 1750.0 1697 737 663 108 744 726 15 1.395 8.7 3.7 0.98 0.6 455

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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1941 AL--2.968--2nd
1945 AL--2.019--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1941 AL--15--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1941 AL--.714--2nd
1945 AL--.619--7th
1946 AL--.611--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1941 AL--1.237--2nd
1945 AL--1.242--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL--8.419--6th
1941 AL--7.421--1st
1945 AL--8.217--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--4.368--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL--42--2nd
1941 AL--38--5th
1942 AL--35--8th

Saves s c a p y
1939 AL--5--6th
1940 AL--17--1st
1941 AL--7--2nd
1945 AL--3--8th
1947 AL--7--7th
1949 AL--10--2nd
1950 AL--4--8th
1952 AL--6--4th
Career--66--192nd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1942 AL--226.7--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 AL--110--3rd

Games Started s c a p y
1942 AL--30--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1945 AL--5--2nd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1942 AL--1.310--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1939 AL--5--8th
1942 AL--5--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1942 AL--954--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1939 AL--18--7th
1940 AL--35--2nd
1941 AL--19--7th
1949 AL--18--7th
1952 AL--17--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1941 AL--152--2nd
1942 AL--136--9th
1945 AL--175--2nd
Career--115--209th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 40 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (670), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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