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: 8-22

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 11

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	326	18	May 8(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-9	7-7		99	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.004	.23	-0.01%	-1.16	7b 123 0 out d5	7b 12- 0 out d7
2	327	19	May 9(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-10	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.76	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.09	0.00%	0.54	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
3	328	22	May 12	DET	@	WSH	W,14-9	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	3.42	9	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	.54	0.062	.97	0.07%	1.03	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 5
4	329	29	May 21	DET		PHA	L,6-9	8-GF		8	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.00	2.96	7	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.028	.51	0.04%	1.10	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
5	330	30	May 22	DET		PHA	W,6-5	9-GF	W(1-0)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.92	4	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.021	.56	0.03%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
6	331	33	May 25	DET		NYY	L,5-16	3-5		2	2.2	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1.04	3.33	14	3	3	1	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	2	0	1	.54	-0.102	1.18	-0.13%	-2.70	3t --- 0 out d3	5t -2- 2 out d7
7	332	35	May 28	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	6-GF(8)	L(1-1)	2	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.54	3.19	12	6	4	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.034	2.21	-0.04%	0.63	6b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
8	333	39	May 31(2)	DET		CHW	L,3-9			2	1.2	4	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.38	4.33	11												10	1	0	0		0
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	334	43	Jun 6(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	8-9	L(1-2)	5	0.1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.95	4.73	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	-0.065	4.10	-0.05%	-0.48	8b 1-3 2 out tie	9b 12- 0 out tie
10	335	48	Jun 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	4-6		4	2.2	2	2	2	5	2	0	0	4.41	5.08	15	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.058	.78	-0.04%	-1.23	4b --- 0 out d2	6b 123 2 out d4
11	336	56	Jun 20	DET		BOS	L,3-8			8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	4.99	2												2	0	0	0		0
12	337	62	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,2-6	9-GF		8	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.50	5.48	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.008	.03	0.00%	-0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
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	338	65	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5			2	1.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.66	5.50	8												6	0	0	0		0
14	339	67	Jul 4(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.15	5.16	9	4	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.146	.41	0.04%	1.47	7b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
15	340	77	Jul 15(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-13	6-7		10	1.2	4	6	6	3	2	0	0	6.17	5.20	12	0	3	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.32	-0.039	.35	-0.03%	-3.35	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 12- 2 out d7
16	341	79	Jul 16	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	7-8		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.29	5.63	5	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.014	.61	-0.01%	-0.44	7b -2- 1 out d1	8b -2- 1 out d2
17	342	85	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	7-8	H(1)	5	1.0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	6.75	5.76	5	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.023	1.27	0.01%	0.28	7b -2- 1 out a2	8b 12- 1 out a2
18	343	86	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,11-5	4-6	H(2)	0	2.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	6.26	5.79	10	1	4	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.053	.57	0.02%	0.31	4b 1-3 1 out a4	6b 12- 1 out a4
19	344	88	Jul 25(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.04	5.72	6	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
20	345	90	Jul 27	DET		BOS	L,0-8	4-4		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.14	5.72	5	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.037	.12	-0.01%	-1.44	4t 12- 0 out d5	4t 3 out d8
21	346	94	Jul 31	DET		PHA	L,3-8	2-4		3	2.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.74	5.76	9	5	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.021	.27	0.01%	0.63	2t -2- 2 out d4	4t 123 2 out d1
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
22	347	110	Aug 21	DET		SLB	W,6-5	9-GF	S(3)	20	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.68	5.66	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.92	0.169	.01	0.00%	0.53	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
23	348	111	Aug 22	DET		SLB	L,1-10			0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.35	5.43	7												6	0	0	0		0
24	349	116	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	5-6		5	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.14	5.36	6	1	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.85	5b -2- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
25	350	117	Aug 29(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-6	7-7	W(2-2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	5.29	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.53	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
26	351	118	Aug 29(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,10-11	3-6		-1	3.2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.76	5.46	13	2	8	2	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.13	3b 1-- 1 out d8	6b 3 out d4
27	352	120	Aug 31	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8			1	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.09	5.54	7												4	0	0	0		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
28	353	121	Sep 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-10	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.97	5.47	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
29	354	126	Sep 6(2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-11			4	1.2	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	5.19	5.57	11												7	0	0	0		0
30	355	129	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,1-10	5-5		3	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.68	5.58	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-2.48	5b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d7
							8-22		W-L:2-2,Sv:3,Hld:2	2.4	44.1	44	34	28	36	19	4	1	5.68	5.58	212	0.91		6%	5%	32		18	28%	3	1	0	167	3	1	1	4	0	3	.64	0.192	.65	-0.12%	-3.08

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