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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

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

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
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 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 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--191st

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 - 5 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 60 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

October, 1933: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from Oklahoma City (Texas). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 9, 1937: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Oliver Blakeney (minors), Carl Doyle and Jack Peerson to Memphis (Southern Association) for Lynn Nelson.

August 14, 1937: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from Memphis (Southern Association).

December 4, 1948: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

Before 1949 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

April 20, 1949: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Detroit Tigers.

January 24, 1951: Purchased by Sacramento (PCL) from the Cleveland Indians.

June 27, 1952: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from San Diego (PCL).

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