Al Benton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: March 18, 1911 in Noble, OK us

Died: April 14, 1968 in Lynwood, CA

Buried: Park Lawn Memorial Park, Bell Gardens, CA

Debut: April 18, 1934 (Age 23-031d, 7,699th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1952 (Age 41-187d)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: John Alton Benton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.7

ERA

3.66

455

167

1688.1

697

WHIP

1.424

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-19 / in Starts: 10-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 8

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	2	Apr 18	PHA		NYY	L,5-11	3-7		99	4.2	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.86	6.83	20	6	6	1	1	5		1	0	0	1	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.014	1.45	-0.02%	0.79	3t 1-- 1 out d5	7t 3 out d4
2	2	8	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	6	7.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.09	4.98	28	5	11	1	3	4	61			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.114	2.51	0.16%	1.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	14	May 2	PHA	@	BOS	W,12-11	GS-1		6	0.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.40	5.24	4	0	0	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.261	2.37	-0.30%	-3.51	1b start tie	1b -23 0 out d2
4	4	20	May 10	PHA		DET	W,5-3	7-GF	S(1)	7	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.40	5.07	9	3	4	0	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.303	4.32	0.49%	2.08	7t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
5	5	22	May 12	PHA		DET	L,3-4	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.86	4.96	8	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.077	1.47	0.12%	1.11	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
6	6	24	May 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-7	7-7		4	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	5.14	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.027	1.89	-0.04%	-0.67	7b 12- 1 out d2	7b 123 1 out d2
7	7	26	May 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,10-14	7-7		1	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.29	5.24	6	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.056	.44	-0.06%	-3.25	7b -2- 1 out d3	7b 3 out d7
8	8	33	May 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-7	6-GF(8)		6	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	4.83	9	6	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.004	.04	0.01%	1.75	6b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
9	9	34	May 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-7	1-7	BL(0-2)	0	6.1	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.44	4.78	26	7	10	2	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.98	0.034	1.97	0.04%	1.16	1b -23 2 out a1	7b 3 out d1
10	10	37	May 30(1)	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(1-2)	2	9.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.08	4.29	33	9	14	2	4	6	65			0	1	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.232	1.36	0.16%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	42	Jun 5(1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS-10	W(2-2)	5	9.1	9	7	7	6	3	0	0	4.63	4.32	43	15	10	3	0	9	39			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.117	1.47	-0.08%	-1.69	1b start tie	10b 1-3 1 out a2
12	12	46	Jun 9	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	2	0	4	3	0	0	3.86	4.25	39	13	13	3	1	6	70			0	0	0	35	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.44	0.385	1.04	0.17%	2.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
13	13	51	Jun 16(1)	PHA		CHW	L,7-9	GS-4	L(3-3)	6	3.2	5	4	4	6	3	0	0	4.24	4.39	21	4	3	1	0	5	32			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.256	.42	-0.05%	-2.25	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d1
14	14	55	Jun 18(2)	PHA		CHW	L,0-5	GS-2	L(3-4)	1	1.2	5	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.88	4.44	13	4	0	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.339	.42	-0.07%	-4.70	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d5
15	15	59	Jun 22	PHA		SLB	T,3-3	CG(7)		3	7.0	3	3	2	3	2	1	0	4.64	4.58	27	12	7	1	1	3	60			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	2	0	2	1.05	0.073	.18	0.01%	0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
16	16	62	Jun 24	PHA		DET	L,4-8	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.70	4.53	5	1	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.016	.02	0.00%	-0.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
17	17	64	Jun 26	PHA		DET	L,1-4	CG	L(3-5)	1	9.0	8	4	3	2	6	1	0	4.50	4.46	38	11	13	3	1	6	61			3	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	2	.91	-0.003	.12	0.00%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	18	67	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	L,3-10	GS-4	L(3-6)	4	3.1	5	6	6	1	2	0	0	4.99	4.39	16	6	2	1	1	5	27			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.378	.11	-0.02%	-3.51	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d3
19	19	70	Jul 4(1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-9	GS-6		2	5.0	4	5	3	1	1	0	0	5.02	4.33	21	11	6	1	2	2	43			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.208	.05	0.00%	-1.08	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out a1
20	20	72	Jul 5	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-3		0	2.2	3	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.17	4.30	13	3	2	0	1	3	41			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.134	.06	-0.01%	-1.69	1b start a 5	3b 12- 2 out a2
21	21	76	Jul 8(2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.06	4.34	8	2	3	0	1	1		1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.012	.00	0.00%	1.84	7b -2- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
22	22	79	Jul 15(1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-7	GS-7	W(4-6)	6	6.1	6	5	5	3	1	0	0	5.19	4.34	28	11	9	2	3	4	39			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.45	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a5
23	23	83	Jul 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	GS-7	L(4-7)	2	7.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.10	4.31	28	9	8	3	0	6	50			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	3	0	0	.86	0.045	.00	0.00%	1.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
24	24	87	Jul 22(2)	PHA	@	DET	L,8-17	GS-3		3	3.0	4	6	5	5	0	0	0	5.38	4.42	18	5	4	0	3	4	24			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	-0.421	.00	0.00%	-4.27	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
25	25	88	Jul 23	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-9	8-9	W(5-7)	0	1.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.32	4.40	8	1	4	0	1	3		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-0.17	8b --3 0 out tie	9b 1-3 1 out a2
26	26	93	Jul 29	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	CG	W(6-7)	5	9.0	6	3	2	6	3	0	0	5.06	4.41	37	11	11	3	3	6	62			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.90	0.211	.00	0.00%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	27	98	Aug 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(6-8)	6	8.0	8	3	3	4	3	2	0	4.95	4.59	34	16	7	1	1	4	53			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.18	0.013	.00	0.00%	1.35	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	28	101	Aug 9	PHA		BOS	L,2-15	3-3		3	1.0	4	4	4	1	2	0	0	5.20	4.57	8	1	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-4.10	3t 1-3 0 out d4	3t 3 out d10
29	29	103	Aug 11	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(7-8)	1	9.0	3	1	1	4	1	0	0	4.92	4.55	33	14	11	1	0	3	74			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	0	2.15	0.747	.00	0.00%	3.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
30	30	108	Aug 17(1)	PHA		CHW	W,9-8	GS-7		5	7.0	9	5	4	5	1	1	1	4.93	4.69	33	13	6	1	2	7	37			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	-0.246	.00	0.00%	-1.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
31	31	113	Aug 21	PHA		CLE	L,11-12	GS-9		3	8.0	6	7	7	8	3	0	0	5.09	4.73	36	4	15	1	4	6	37			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.41	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a7
32	32	117	Aug 25(1)	PHA		SLB	L,4-5	GS-7	L(7-9)	3	6.1	7	5	2	5	3	0	1	4.99	4.74	30	9	5	2	1	7	43			0	1	0	23	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.10	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-2.36	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d5
							12-19		W-L:7-9,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.2	155.0	145	98	86	87	58	7	2	4.99	4.74	681	1.14		8%	9%	128	46	12	33%	8	9	0	583	18	9	3	18	0	11	1.11	-0.360	.58	0.49%	-9.78

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