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: 19-12 / in Starts: 16-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 1

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	231	3	Apr 19	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.00	4.59	35	19	3	0	1	4	74			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.64	0.717	4.10	1.08%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
2	232	7	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	8	9.0	2	1	1	4	2	0	1	0.50	4.26	34	9	16	2	6	2	77			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.332	1.99	0.54%	2.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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	233	11	May 2	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	4	1	0	2	3	0	0	0.33	3.74	35						78						33	0	0			0
4	234	14	May 6(2)	DET		SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-0)	3	9.0	9	0	0	2	6	0	0	0.25	3.31	39						73						35	1	0			0
5	235	18	May 13(2)	DET		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-0)	6	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.20	3.14	33	16	9	0	1	2	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	0.590	3.56	1.04%	4.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	236	22	May 20(2)	DET		WSH	L,0-1	CG	L(5-1)	6	9.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0.33	3.11	33	14	11	0	0	4	75			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	0.220	4.56	0.47%	3.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
7	237	24	May 24	DET	@	PHA	L,2-7	GS-		3	3.1	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	0.47	2.98	14						49						14					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
8	238	62	Jul 1(1)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	8-GF	S(1)	37	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	2.97	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.052	1.72	0.16%	0.93	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 4
9	239	66	Jul 4(2)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-1)	2	6.2	4	2	2	4	2	2	0	0.68	3.46	26	8	8	2	1	4	56			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.69	0.129	4.52	0.50%	0.84	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a3
10	240	71	Jul 8(2)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(7-1)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	6	0	0	0.84	3.33	38						66						35	1	0			0
11	241	75	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-3		6	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	1.04	3.47	14	5	5	0	1	4	41			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.098	6.15	-0.39%	-0.64	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
12	242	78	Jul 18(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-1)	2	9.0	7	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.93	3.45	34	12	10	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	0	.69	0.300	5.01	1.31%	3.57	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
13	243	83	Jul 22(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG(6)	L(8-2)	3	6.0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0.87	3.36	21	11	5	2	1	3	64			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.018	5.00	0.07%	0.56	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
14	244	87	Jul 29	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(9-2)	6	9.0	13	2	2	2	3	0	0	0.97	3.30	41	23	0	0	0	13	54			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.299	9.36	1.28%	2.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
15	245	90	Aug 2	DET		SLB	W,6-0	SHO	W(10-2)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.89	3.21	36	10	12	1	2	7	76			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.33	0.567	9.11	2.33%	4.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
16	246	95	Aug 6(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(11-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	0.98	3.16	35						65						33	2	0			0
17	247	97	Aug 8(1)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.96	3.16	8	2	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	0.106	20.39	0.44%	0.34	8t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 3
18	248	100	Aug 10	DET		BOS	L,0-9	GS-	L(11-3)	1	5.2	8	7	1	2	3	1	0	0.99	3.24	26						38						24					0
19	249	105	Aug 13(2)	DET		NYY	W,11-9	GS-5		2	4.1	10	7	3	3	1	2	0	1.16	3.47	24	7	3	1	0	10	21			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.24	-0.680	10.52	-3.47%	-5.32	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
20	250	109	Aug 18	DET		WSH	L,5-11	GS-6	L(11-4)	4	5.1	7	6	3	3	4	0	0	1.31	3.45	28	7	8	0	0	6	37			2	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.11	-0.407	12.78	-2.83%	-4.08	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d3
21	251	114	Aug 21(1)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	GS-		2	6.0	9	4	3	0	2	0	0	1.45	3.39	26						42						23					0
22	252	120	Aug 26(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	4	4	4	1	0	0	1.63	3.43	29	13	6	0	1	5	43			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.42	-0.240	11.20	-1.14%	-1.52	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
23	253	122	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5		L(11-5)	2	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	1.74	3.40	29												25					0
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
24	254	127	Sep 3(2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS-		4	0.2	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1.85	3.42	7						29						5					0
25	255	130	Sep 5(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-3	L(11-6)	1	2.1	6	5	5	1	2	1	0	2.11	3.48	14	1	4	0	2	6	26			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.275	12.54	-1.77%	-3.55	1b start tie	3b --3 1 out d4
26	256	135	Sep 9(1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-		3	5.1	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.09	3.45	23						53						22					0
27	257	140	Sep 12(1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	GS-8	W(12-6)	2	7.2	9	4	1	1	3	0	0	2.05	3.40	32	13	6	0	0	9	53			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.093	8.53	0.49%	-0.99	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a3
28	258	147	Sep 16(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-8	W(13-6)	3	7.1	6	2	1	6	2	0	0	2.02	3.45	35	12	9	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.155	18.53	2.21%	0.88	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a4
29	259	150	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-	L(13-7)	3	7.1	5	2	1	2	3	0	0	1.99	3.42	30						63						27					0
30	260	154	Sep 26(2)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GS-6	L(13-8)	5	5.0	3	3	2	2	3	0	1	2.03	3.42	22	8	5	1	1	3	52			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.27	-0.111	.00	0.00%	-0.29	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out tie
31	261	155	Sep 30	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	9-GF	S(3)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	3.41	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.46	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
							19-12		W-L:13-8,Sv:3	3.3	191.2	176	68	43	64	76	7	2	2.02	3.41	810	1.58		3%	5%	98	56	2	50%	3	2	0	725	14	2	2	12	0	12	1.12	1.803	7.66	2.31%	11.82

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