Butch Benton

Alfred Lee Benton

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 24, 1957 in Tampa, FL
High School: Godby HS (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1978
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mets/Cubs 1978-1985

Final Game: June 15, 1985
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Standard Batting

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
1975	17	NYM-min	Rk	45	167	145	25	36	11	1	2	18	1	0	18	38	.248	.347	.379	.727		55		4	0	0			MIO · APPY
1976	18	NYM-min	A	120	431	431		105	14	1	8						.244	.244	.336	.580		145							WAU · MIDW
1977	19	NYM-min	A,AA,AAA	120	469	415	58	132	31	4	6	64	5	4	36	49	.318	.388	.455	.843		189		14	0	4			LBG,JAC,TID · CARL,TL,IL
1978	20	NYM-min	AA	106	414	360	49	99	31	2	6	44	14	6	44	61	.275	.352	.422	.774		152		2	2	6			JAC · TL
1978	20	NYM	NL	4	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	217	2	0	1	0	0	0	/2

1979	21	NYM-min	AAA	94	340	313	39	62	9	1	3	25	13	1	18	54	.198	.252	.262	.514		82		5	3	1			TID · IL
1980	22	NYM-min	AAA	67	262	240	36	63	15	2	5	34	3	6	6	36	.263	.291	.404	.696		97		5	8	3			TID · IL
1980	22	NYM	NL	12	24	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.048	.167	.048	.214	-36	1	1	1	0	0	0	/2

1981	23	CHC-min	AAA	70	222	203	25	41	8	1	6	20	2	1	15	35	.202	.262	.340	.602		69		2	1	1	2		IWA · AA
1982	24	CHC-min	AAA	85	314	291	36	96	17	4	11	57	6	3	11	45	.330	.356	.529	.885		154		2	8	2	1		IWA · AA
1982	24	CHC	NL	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1983	25	WSN-min	AAA	125	476	460	66	137	29	2	9	51	5	6	12	41	.298	.321	.428	.750		197		4	0	0	0		WCH · AA
1984	26	DET-min	AAA	109	364	350	38	98	20	0	6	41	10	9	8	45	.280	.300	.389	.689		136		2	4	0	3		EVN · AA
1985	27	CLE-min	AAA	48	200	187	16	53	10	1	2	30	2	1	7	15	.283	.317	.380	.696		71		3	1	2	2		MAI · IL
1985	27	CLE	AL	31	73	67	5	12	4	0	0	7	0	0	3	9	.179	.208	.239	.447	23	16	1	0	1	2	2	2
1991	33	DET-min	AAA	9	31	30	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.133	.161	.133	.295		4	0	1	0	0	0		TOL · IL
4 Yrs				51	109	99	6	16	4	0	0	10	0	0	5	14	.162	.213	.202	.415	16	20	2	2	1	2	2
162 Game Avg.				162	346	314	19	51	13	0	0	32	0	0	16	44	.162	.213	.202	.415	16	64	6	6	3	6	6

NYM (2 yrs)				16	29	25	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.120	.241	.120	.361	6	3	1	2	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				31	73	67	5	12	4	0	0	7	0	0	3	9	.179	.208	.239	.447	23	16	1	0	1	2	2
CHC (1 yr)				4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				20	36	32	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	4	1	2	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				31	73	67	5	12	4	0	0	7	0	0	3	9	.179	.208	.239	.447	23	16	1	0	1	2	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1978	20	NYM	NL	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.520	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2

1980	22	NYM	NL	12	24	-4	0	-0	-1	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.5	.456	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/2

1982	24	CHC	NL	4	7	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2

1985	27	CLE	AL	31	73	-8	-0	0	0	1	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.475	.495	-0.5	0.2	-5	$	2
4 Seasons				51	109	-12	-0	0	-1	2	-12	-1.3	3	-9	-1.0	.474	.498	-0.8	0.1	-8	$

NYM (2 yrs)				16	29	-3	0	-0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.472	.499	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$
CLE (1 yr)				31	73	-8	-0	0	0	1	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.475	.495	-0.5	0.2	-5	$
CHC (1 yr)				4	7	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1978	20	NYM	NL	5	2	1	13.4	91	.500	.500	.257	.600	.324	.500	.378	1.100	.703	217	.894	0.8	0.1	1.500	.000	.000

1980	22	NYM	NL	24	21	0	0.0	93	.059	.048	.263	.167	.325	.048	.382	.214	.707	-36	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.190	.095	.000

1982	24	CHC	NL	7	6	0	0.0	96	.167	.143	.268	.143	.331	.143	.389	.286	.721	-20	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

1985	27	CLE	AL	73	59	3	1.4	98	.200	.179	.260	.208	.326	.239	.404	.447	.730	23	.097	-7.0	-0.7	.339	.104	.060
4 Yrs				109	88	4	1.2	97	.184	.162	.261	.213	.326	.202	.397	.415	.723	16	.085	-11.2	-1.1	.318	.091	.040
162 Game Avg.				346	280	13	1.2	97	.184	.162	.261	.213	.326	.202	.397	.415	.723	16	.085	-11.2	-1.1	.318	.091	.040

NYM (2 yrs)				29	23	1	1.2	92	.143	.120	.262	.241	.325	.120	.382	.361	.706	6	.087	-3.1	-0.3	.304	.080	.000
CLE (1 yr)				73	59	3	1.4	98	.200	.179	.260	.208	.326	.239	.404	.447	.730	23	.097	-7.0	-0.7	.339	.104	.060
CHC (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	96	.167	.143	.268	.143	.331	.143	.389	.286	.721	-20	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				36	29	1	0.9	93	.148	.125	.263	.222	.326	.125	.383	.347	.709	1	.059	-4.2	-0.4	.276	.063	.000
AL (1 yr)				73	59	3	1.4	98	.200	.179	.260	.208	.326	.239	.404	.447	.730	23	.097	-7.0	-0.7	.339	.104	.060

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	20	NYM	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				2.0	1.00	80%

1980	22	NYM	NL	24	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.3			1.43	71%

1982	24	CHC	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.0		7.0	4.00	86%

1985	27	CLE	AL	73	0.0%	12.3%	4.1%	5.5%	33%	3.00	7.4		9.6	0.96	82%
4 Yrs				109	0.0%	12.8%	4.6%	3.7%	25%	2.80	7.1		9.9	1.15	80%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.56	6.8	44.3	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	20	NYM	NL	0.8	0.1	5	0.2	0.2	-0.0	.69	0.2	0.1	2.5	0.3	1.19	1.6	0.75	1

1980	22	NYM	NL	-3.8	-0.4	24	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.03	-0.4	-0.0	-4.7	-0.5	1.06	-3.9	1.37	4

1982	24	CHC	NL	-1.2	-0.1	7	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.52	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.79	-0.8		0

1985	27	CLE	AL	-7.0	-0.7	73	-1.0	0.8	-1.8	1.21	-0.7	-0.1	-7.0	-0.7	1.02	-8.0	1.61	4
4 Yrs				-11.2	-1.1	109	-1.3	1.1	-2.4	1.10	-1.0	-0.2	-9.2	-1.0	1.02	-11.1	1.41	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	20	NYM	NL	0	0	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1980	22	NYM	NL	0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1982	24	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1985	27	CLE	AL	1	0	33%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25%	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	2
4 Yrs				1	0	26%	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	30%	6	4	1	0	0	0	4	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1978	20	NYM	NL	5	40%	2			1	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	2	40%	0	0		0	0		0

1980	22	NYM	NL	24	25%	1			4	0	0	0	1.37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	0	0%	20	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1982	24	CHC	NL	7	14%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0

1985	27	CLE	AL	73	52%	12			4	1	0	0	1.61	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	1	8%	11	6	55%	53	8	15%	5	3	60%	5	1	20%	0
4 Yrs				109	43%	16			9	1	0	0	1.41	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	21	2	10%	14	7	50%	82	11	13%	6	3	50%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1978	20	4	5	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	217	2	0	1	0	0	0
1979	21	4	5	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	217	2	0	1	0	0	0
1980	22	16	29	25	1	3	0	2	2	4	.120	.241	.120	.361	6	3	1	2	0	0	0
1981	23	16	29	25	1	3	0	2	2	4	.120	.241	.120	.361	6	3	1	2	0	0	0
1982	24	20	36	32	1	4	0	3	2	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	4	1	2	0	0	0
1983	25	20	36	32	1	4	0	3	2	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	4	1	2	0	0	0
1984	26	20	36	32	1	4	0	3	2	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	4	1	2	0	0	0
1985	27	51	109	99	6	16	4	10	5	14	.162	.213	.202	.415	16	20	2	2	1	2	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	20	4	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	1	4

1980	22	12	24	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	12

1982	24	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1985	27	31	74	68	6	13	4	0	0	8	0	3	9	.191	.219	.250	.469	4	31
4 Yrs		51	110	100	7	15	4	0	0	10	0	5	14	.150	.202	.190	.392	5	51
162 Game Avg.		162	349	318	22	48	13	0	0	32	0	16	44	.150	.202	.190	.392	16	51

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Youngest s c a p y 1978 NL born 1957-08-24 (5th)

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1978 NL born 1957-08-24 (5th)

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