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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	10 (4)	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	15 (4)	May 5	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	17 (1)	May 7	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	19 (1)	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	12	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
6	23 (3)	May 14	DET		WSH	L,2-4	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	26 (2)	May 21	DET		BOS	L,8-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	27	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	30 (2)	May 25	DET	@	CHW	W,10-4	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
10	32 (1)	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	GF	27	6.2	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	37 (4)	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	GF	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	41 (3)	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,4-7	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	45 (3)	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7		15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	52 (6)	Jun 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	55 (2)	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	59 (3)	Jun 26	DET		BOS	L,1-3	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	61 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	62	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	T,9-9		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	66 (3)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,10-9		22	3.2	0	0	1	1	0
20	69 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	72 (2)	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,5-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	74 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	77 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	80 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8		12	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	82 (1)	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
26	85 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	88 (2)	Jul 24	DET		WSH	W,7-5	GF	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	92 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	94 (1)	Jul 29	DET		PHA	L,7-9		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	99 (4)	Aug 3 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	105 (5)	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
32	106	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	111 (4)	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	12	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
34	116 (4)	Aug 18	DET		CHW	L,5-7	GF	0	5.0	1	0	1	2	0
35	119 (2)	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	122 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GF	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	132 (9)	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,11-3	GF	14	4.1	0	3	0	3	1
38	134 (1)	Sep 7	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	136 (1)	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	143 (6)	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	148 (4)	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	151 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-9		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
							42gm		79.0	5	11	3	19	1