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Al Benton

John Alton Benton

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

Born: March 18, 1911 in Noble, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1934
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Athletics/RedSox 1934-1952

Final Game: September 21, 1952
Died: April 14, 1968 in Lynwood, CA
Buried: Park Lawn Memorial Park, Bell Gardens, CA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 11:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #613. Elden Auker… #614. Fred Norman… #615. Bobby Bolin… #616. AL BENTON… #617. Denny Galehouse… #618. Bob Porterfield… #619. Bill Campbell… 

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 91 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 3 409 154 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 5 693 108 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 2 663 154 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 2 606 101 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 87 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 3 269 121 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 0 158 166 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 122 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 77 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 0 158 166 1.434 8.8 0.2 4.1 4.8 1.18

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1934 23 PHA AL 155.0 21 98 103 3 1.0 5 0.0 $
1935 24 PHA AL 78.1 9 81 51 -1 1.0 -30 -2.6 $
1938 27 DET AL 95.1 10 40 68 0 1.0 28 2.6 $
1939 28 DET AL 150.0 16 94 102 1 1.0 8 1.2 $
1940 29 DET AL 79.1 0 44 52 -1 1.0 8 1.2 $
1941 30 DET AL 157.2 14 63 97 -3 1.0 34 4.3 $ AS,MVP-19
1942 31 DET AL 226.2 30 87 119 -1 1.0 32 4.2 $ AS
1945 34 DET AL 191.2 27 68 92 2 1.0 24 2.9 $ MVP-23
1946 35 DET AL 140.2 15 69 75 0 1.0 6 0.9 $
1947 36 DET AL 133.0 14 77 72 -1 1.0 -5 -0.2 $
1948 37 DET AL 44.1 0 34 27 0 1.0 -7 -0.6 $
1949 38 CLE AL 135.2 11 33 84 4 1.0 51 4.5 $
1950 39 CLE AL 63.0 0 32 42 1 1.0 10 0.7 $
1952 41 BOS AL 37.2 0 11 21 0 1.0 10 1.1 $
14 Seasons 1688.1 167 831 1005 4 1.0 174 20.2 $
DET (9 yrs) 1218.2 126 576 704 -3 1.0 128 16.5 $
PHA (2 yrs) 233.1 30 179 154 2 1.0 -25 -2.6 $
CLE (2 yrs) 198.2 11 65 126 5 1.0 61 5.2 $
BOS (1 yr) 37.2 0 11 21 0 1.0 10 1.1 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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 5 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 -24 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1934 23 PHA AL 57 -13 0 0 0 0 5 2 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 1
1935 24 PHA AL 28 -6 0 0 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1938 27 DET AL 35 -8 0 0 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
1939 28 DET AL 52 -11 0 0 0 0 4 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
1940 29 DET AL 21 -5 0 0 0 0 1 0 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
1941 30 DET AL 59 -12 0 0 0 0 4 1 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-19
1942 31 DET AL 76 -14 0 0 0 0 5 2 -8 -0.9 -7 -0.8 -0.1 $ 1 AS
1945 34 DET AL 73 -12 0 0 0 0 4 1 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.8 0.0 $ 1 MVP-23
1946 35 DET AL 54 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1947 36 DET AL 42 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1948 37 DET AL 13 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1949 38 CLE AL 42 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1950 39 CLE AL 16 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1952 41 BOS AL 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
14 Seasons 579 -105 0 0 0 0 40 13 -53 -5.4 -52 -5.4 0.0 $
DET (9 yrs) 425 -75 0 0 0 0 28 9 -39 -4.0 -38 -4.0 0.0 $
PHA (2 yrs) 85 -19 0 0 0 0 7 3 -9 -0.9 -9 -0.9 0.0 $
CLE (2 yrs) 58 -9 0 0 0 0 4 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $
BOS (1 yr) 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1934 PHA AL 23 P 32 155.0 40 11 28 1 3 .975 2.26 1.22 .956 2.14 2.11
1935 PHA AL 24 P 27 78.1 15 2 12 1 0 .933 1.61 0.52 .949 2.15 2.14
1938 DET AL 27 P 19 95.1 29 3 25 1 0 .966 2.64 1.47 .952 2.11 2.06
1939 DET AL 28 P 37 150.0 35 6 27 2 0 .943 1.98 0.89 .951 1.92 1.89
1940 DET AL 29 P 42 79.1 19 5 11 3 1 .842 1.82 0.38 .956 2.04 2.01
1941 DET AL 30 P 38 157.2 39 9 27 3 4 .923 2.05 0.95 .960 2.14 2.11 AS,MVP-19
1942 DET AL 31 P 35 226.2 62 18 39 5 0 .919 2.26 1.63 .957 2.31 2.30 AS
1945 DET AL 34 P 31 191.2 57 11 44 2 4 .965 2.58 1.77 .955 2.24 2.23 MVP-23
1946 DET AL 35 P 28 140.2 44 16 26 2 0 .955 2.69 1.50 .951 2.01 1.99
1947 DET AL 36 P 36 133.0 34 6 24 4 1 .882 2.03 0.83 .955 1.92 1.90
1948 DET AL 37 P 30 44.1 11 2 8 1 1 .909 2.03 0.33 .963 2.01 1.99
1949 CLE AL 38 P 40 135.2 21 4 17 0 2 1.000 1.39 0.53 .962 2.12 2.09
1950 CLE AL 39 P 36 63.0 9 1 8 0 2 1.000 1.29 0.25 .950 2.03 1.99
1952 BOS AL 41 P 24 37.2 9 3 5 1 0 .889 1.91 0.33 .966 2.10 2.10
14 Seasons P 455 1688.1 424 97 301 26 18 .939 2.12 0.87 .955 2.11 2.06
14 Seasons TOT 455 1688.1 424 97 301 26 18 .939 2.12 0.87 .955 2.11 2.06
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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 (1177th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1941 AL  4.3 (5th)
1942 AL  4.2 (5th)
1945 AL  2.9 (6th)
1949 AL  4.5 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1941 AL  2.97 (2nd)
1945 AL  2.02 (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 (204th)

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  154 (2nd)
1942 AL  136 (10th)
1945 AL  175 (2nd)
Career  115 (199th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  24 (4th)
1942 AL  24 (6th)
1945 AL  24 (4th)
1949 AL  31 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1941 AL  2.5 (4th)
1942 AL  2.6 (6th)
1945 AL  2.7 (4th)
1949 AL  3.2 (5th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1940 AL  42 (2nd)
1941 AL  38 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1942 AL  18 (4th)
1946 AL  16 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1941 AL  3 (5th)
1942 AL  5 (5th)
1947 AL  4 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1949 AL  1.000 (1st)
1950 AL  1.000 (1st)

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 - 5 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 63 (398), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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