Butch Benton
Alfred Lee Benton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 24, 1957 in Tampa, FL
High School: Godby (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
Final Game: June 15, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1978 NYM NL 20 C 1 0 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.14 4.00 .975 6.17 5.10 0 0 0 0
1980 NYM NL 22 C 8 5 46.0 31 27 2 2 0 .935 -1.0 -26.1 -1 5.67 3.63 .984 6.08 5.22 1 2 5 1 17%
1982 CHC NL 24 C 4 1 16.2 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 11.34 5.25 .986 6.32 5.52 0 0 2 0 0%
1985 CLE AL 27 C 26 22 184.0 92 75 13 4 1 .957 0.0 0.0 0 4.30 3.38 .987 6.05 5.03 5 2 11 6 35%
4 Seasons C 39 28 253.2 148 126 16 6 1 .959 -1.0 -4.7 -1 5.04 3.64 .986 6.08 5.12 6 4 18 7 28%
4 Seasons TOT 39 28 253.2 148 126 16 6 1 .959 -1.0 -4.7 -1 5.04 3.64 .945 6.08 5.12 6 4 18 7 28%

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
1978 NYM NL 20 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1980 NYM NL 22 12 5 12 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1982 CHC NL 24 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CLE AL 27 31 22 31 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
4 Seasons 51 28 51 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3
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.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1978 NYM NL 20 37 1.29 3.86 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYM NL 22 204 2.15 2.93 3 67% 0 0 27 1 0 0 26 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 CHC NL 24 82 7.56 8.10 2 100% 0 0 20 2 0 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CLE AL 27 828 3.67 4.26 6 100% 0 0 75 4 0 7 64 13 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 1151 3.58 4.26 11 91% 0 0 125 7 0 8 110 16 2 0 0 1 6 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 3.82 4.29 96% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1978 NYM NL 20 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYM NL 22 1 2 75 5 1 1 17% 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 2.07 0.84
1982 CHC NL 24 0 0 32 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.47
1985 CLE AL 27 5 2 343 11 6 6 35% 8 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 25 9 1.21 0.89
4 Seasons 6 4 472 18 7 7 28% 14 7 3 0 1 0 2 0 36 10 1.37 0.89
MLB Averages 34% 1.30 1.28

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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