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: 14-23 / in Starts: 8-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 11

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	79	2	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,8-7	GS-8		99	7.0	7	6	4	1	4	0	0	5.14	1.88	29	11	7	1	1	6	46			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.04	-0.107	2.86	-0.18%	-2.00	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
2	80	9	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-12		6	12.0	13	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.37	2.33	51	18	15	1	3	13	73			1	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.96	1.033	5.87	1.85%	6.28	1b start tie	12b 3 out tie
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	81	13	May 3	DET		NYY	L,6-10	GS-2	L(0-1)	5	2.0	2	4	4	5	1	0	0	3.86	2.97	13	3	2	0	1	2	32			1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.234	2.40	-0.35%	-2.74	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
4	82	17	May 7	DET		PHA	L,3-10	GS-5	L(0-2)	3	4.1	8	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.97	3.54	22	3	5	0	0	8	27			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.272	1.87	-0.21%	-2.19	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d3
5	83	21	May 12	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(0-3)	4	8.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.05	3.37	31	12	8	0	1	7	64			0	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.307	.95	0.18%	3.81	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
6	84	28	May 19	DET	@	PHA	L,6-11	GS-4		6	4.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.34	3.26	19	6	3	0	0	7	37			2	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.097	.73	-0.05%	-0.71	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
7	85	30	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.81	3.66	13	5	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.088	.14	-0.03%	-1.78	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
8	86	38	May 30(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	7-GF	S(1)	8	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.54	3.58	9	5	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.089	.41	0.02%	1.71	7b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 5
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
9	87	40	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,8-5	GS-	W(1-3)	2	8.1	14	5	5	2	4	2	0	4.68	3.89	40						37						37					0
10	88	46	Jun 9	DET		PHA	W,14-4	CG	W(2-3)	6	9.0	8	4	2	0	7	1	0	4.27	3.68	37	7	15	1	0	8	66			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	1	2	.52	0.096	.16	0.02%	1.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
11	89	53	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-7	W(3-3)	6	6.2	8	7	5	3	5	0	0	4.52	3.55	32	12	4	0	2	8	36			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.04	-0.213	.79	-0.10%	-2.21	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a2
12	90	59	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS-	W(4-3)	6	7.1	10	4	3	4	2	0	0	4.44	3.57	37						42						33					0
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
13	91	65	Jul 1(1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS-8		7	7.0	9	5	3	1	2	1	0	4.39	3.63	33	13	8	0	1	9	44			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.16	-0.321	.31	-0.05%	-1.00	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d1
14	92	70	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	GS-		4	4.0	5	3	2	3	1	1	0	4.39	3.82	18						40						14					0
15	93	73	Jul 9(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-GF		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.39	3.85	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.70	-0.287	1.42	-0.07%	-1.25	9b -2- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
16	94	75	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	9-GF	S(2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38	3.85	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.041	.75	0.01%	0.86	9t 123 2 out a4	9t end a 4
17	95	78	Jul 16(1)	DET		BOS	L,2-9	GS-8	L(4-4)	2	8.0	9	9	3	5	3	1	0	4.29	3.98	44	15	12	0	0	9	38			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	2	6	.78	-0.213	.09	-0.02%	-3.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out d7
18	96	83	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	GS-7		3	6.1	9	5	5	2	5	0	0	4.47	3.85	29	13	0	0	0	9	38			0	1	0	25	2	2	0	0	1	0	.91	-0.143	.02	0.00%	-1.22	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
19	97	86	Jul 22(2)	DET		PHA	W,11-10	8-GF	BW(5-4)	1	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.47	3.82	6	3	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.62	0.177	.02	0.00%	0.67	8t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
20	98	91	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.56	3.86	12	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	2	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.097	.01	0.00%	-0.86	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
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
21	99	97	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.56	3.92	10	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.17	7b --- 0 out d10	8b end d11
22	100	105	Aug 12	DET		SLB	L,3-17	8-GF		8	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.56	4.02	8	4	4	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.26	8t --- 0 out d14	9t end d14
23	101	106	Aug 13	DET		SLB	L,7-11	7-8	BL(5-5)	0	1.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.85	4.00	7	0	3	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.99	-0.284	.01	0.00%	-2.21	7t 1-3 2 out a1	8t --3 2 out tie
24	102	110	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	7-GF(12)	L(5-6)	2	5.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	1	4.71	3.92	22	10	4	0	1	4		1	1	2	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.11	0.116	.00	0.00%	0.41	7b 1-- 0 out d1	12b end d 1
25	103	115	Aug 23	DET		PHA	L,6-7	11-GF(11)		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.69	3.91	2	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.78	11t -2- 1 out d2	11t end d 2
26	104	120	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,2-18	3-8		4	6.0	12	8	6	4	1	0	0	4.90	3.93	32	9	6	1	0	12		0	0	0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	1	.13	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-4.22	3t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d12
27	105	123	Aug 31	DET		BOS	W,11-4	7-GF	S(3)	2	2.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.80	3.85	11	3	2	1	1	3		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.98	0.181	.00	0.00%	1.30	7t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 7
Sept				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
28	106	126	Sep 3(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	GS-6	L(5-7)	2	6.0	14	8	8	3	1	1	0	5.13	3.94	34	8	8	0	3	14	10			4	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-4.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d8
29	107	130	Sep 5	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(6-7)	1	9.0	6	2	2	6	3	0	0	4.93	3.94	39	13	12	0	2	5	64			2	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.42	0.398	.00	0.00%	3.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	108	134	Sep 10(2)	DET		CHW	L,9-11	6-6	BS(3)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.89	3.93	4	3	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.04	6t 1-- 0 out a1	6t 3 out tie
31	109	135	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.86	3.92	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
32	110	139	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.84	3.92	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.36	8b -2- 2 out d5	8b end d 5
33	111	141	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4			1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.78	3.89	6												6					0
34	112	143	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	12-GF(13)	L(6-8)	1	0.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.82	3.91	6	0	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	3.92	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-1.61	12b 12- 2 out tie	13b end d 1
35	113	150	Sep 26(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5		S(4)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.78	3.89	3												3					0
36	114	151	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	7-GF	S(5)	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.68	3.85	11	7	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.235	.00	0.00%	1.80	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 3
37	115	152	Sep 29(1)	DET		CLE	L,3-4			1	4.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.56	3.83	15												13					0
							14-23		W-L:6-8,Sv:5,BSv:3	3.5	150.0	182	94	76	58	67	11	1	4.56	3.83	692	1.56		2%	6%	147	43	17	24%	15	4	0	619	20	7	4	9	7	21	1.11	-0.031	.95	1.04%	-7.93

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