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: 23-17 / in Starts: 5-6

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: 19

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	356	9	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		99	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.51	5	3	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.017	2.48	0.04%	1.13	7b 123 1 out d1	8b end d 2
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
2	357	11	May 4	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.51	2	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.11	0.444	11.61	0.75%	1.52	9t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
3	358	15	May 8(2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	L(0-1)	3	8.0	8	2	2	5	3	1	0	1.69	4.57	35	16	3	0	0	8	56			2	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.22	0.124	3.83	0.23%	2.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
4	359	17	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	1-7	W(1-1)	2	7.0	5	1	0	3	3	0	0	1.02	3.93	30	8	11	1	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.276	4.24	0.50%	2.01	1t 1-- 0 out tie	7t 3 out tie
5	360	24	May 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	9	6.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	2.28	3.95	23	7	7	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	.56	-0.113	1.20	-0.14%	-0.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
6	361	30	May 27	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	5	9.0	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	1.65	3.64	33	14	8	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	.93	0.453	1.18	0.35%	4.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
7	362	39	Jun 4	CLE		PHA	L,3-10	3-3		7	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.16	3.62	6	1	1	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.109	.53	-0.11%	-2.58	3t -23 1 out d3	3t 3 out d7
8	363	42	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,11-5	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.10	3.68	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.05	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
9	364	45	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	1-8		3	8.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.91	3.43	28	13	9	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	1	2	0	0	.66	0.257	1.36	0.32%	4.64	1t -23 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
10	365	51	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	7-GF	S(3)	5	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.80	3.40	10	2	5	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.151	2.48	0.16%	1.12	7b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 3
11	366	52	Jun 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	7-GF	S(4)	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.69	3.41	11	3	6	3	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.115	2.16	0.19%	2.08	7b -23 0 out a5	9b end a 6
12	367	64	Jun 29(2)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	5-6		11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	3.38	4	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.012	.29	0.02%	0.63	5t --- 2 out d5	6t 3 out d5
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	368	66	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(3-2)	1	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	0	1.54	3.40	34	8	15	1	0	4	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.497	2.39	0.54%	3.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	369	73	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	5-6		4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.51	3.43	6	2	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.046	1.19	0.07%	1.28	5b 123 2 out d3	6b 3 out d3
15	370	75	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	8-8	H(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.48	3.52	4	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.72	0.304	11.93	0.46%	1.06	8b -23 0 out a2	8b 3 out a1
16	371	81	Jul 17(2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	GS-9	L(3-3)	8	8.0	8	2	2	2	2	1	0	1.57	3.62	32	15	6	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	0.049	4.98	0.11%	1.76	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d1
17	372	84	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.55	3.62	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.39	0.02%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
18	373	88	Jul 24(1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	9-GF	S(5)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	3.58	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	0.165	12.77	0.37%	0.93	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
19	374	94	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-6	10-GF(10)	S(6)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	3.56	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.023	1.16	0.06%	0.57	10b --- 0 out a4	10b end a 4
20	375	95	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	3.56	12	3	5	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.045	1.10	0.13%	1.71	6b --- 0 out d3	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	376	98	Aug 4(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	8-8	BS(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	3.55	3	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	-0.137	15.65	-0.37%	-0.31	8b -2- 1 out a1	8b 3 out tie
22	377	100	Aug 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	9-GF	S(7)	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.43	3.58	3	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.18	0.213	35.47	0.73%	0.54	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
23	378	103	Aug 7(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS-6	L(3-4)	1	5.1	6	4	4	4	1	0	0	1.78	3.63	26	5	11	1	0	5	37			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.56	-0.259	6.52	-0.65%	-1.85	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out d2
24	379	106	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	6-7		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	3.59	4	0	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.069	2.22	0.14%	0.97	6t 12- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d2
25	380	107	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	9-GF		0	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.73	3.62	5	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.66	-0.188	14.18	-0.44%	-0.58	9t -23 1 out tie	9t end d 2
26	381	111	Aug 16	CLE		DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	3.49	32	13	12	1	0	6	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.386	2.98	0.90%	4.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	382	115	Aug 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	8-GF	S(8)	2	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	3.47	6	2	2	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.13	0.392	13.13	0.75%	2.09	8b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 2
28	383	116	Aug 21(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	3.46	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.031	1.12	0.05%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
29	384	117	Aug 21(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	7-GF	S(9)	-1	2.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	3.42	11	2	5	2	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.195	3.65	0.28%	1.60	7b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 3
30	385	121	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	2	0	0	1.61	3.41	36	7	16	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.325	3.55	0.60%	1.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	386	125	Aug 29(2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	W(6-4)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	3.41	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.37	0.141	4.64	0.17%	0.52	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
32	387	126	Aug 31(1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	6-GF(14)	W(7-4)	1	8.1	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	1.48	3.37	29	10	9	4	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	25	1	0	1	2	0	0	2.26	1.095	4.31	1.25%	4.47	6t -2- 2 out tie	14t end tie
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
33	388	131	Sep 5(1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GS-7	W(8-4)	4	6.0	10	3	3	4	4	0	0	1.63	3.36	30	8	4	0	0	10	40			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.052	1.59	0.05%	-0.24	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a3
34	389	137	Sep 11	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-6	L(8-5)	5	5.2	10	5	5	3	2	2	0	1.91	3.56	28	8	6	2	0	9	28			0	1	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.36	-0.374	1.65	-0.27%	-2.31	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d2
35	390	139	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-6	8-GF	S(10)	3	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	3.55	5	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.068	.11	0.01%	0.81	8b --- 1 out a2	9b end a 4
36	391	142	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-3	L(8-6)	2	2.2	5	4	4	2	2	0	1	2.12	3.57	15	4	1	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.317	.07	-0.01%	-3.04	1b start a 3	3b -23 2 out d1
37	392	144	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	3.56	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.35	6b -2- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d4
38	393	145	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-9	6-6		0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.17	3.68	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.43	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d2
39	394	147	Sep 24	CLE		DET	L,5-8	6-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.15	3.72	4	0	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.138	.00	0.00%	-1.07	6t 12- 1 out d1	6t 3 out d3
40	395	149	Sep 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	8-GF	W(9-6)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.12	3.71	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.310	.00	0.00%	1.01	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
							23-17		W-L:9-6,Sv:10,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.6	135.2	117	33	32	50	41	7	1	2.12	3.71	546	1.03		6%	0%	109	53	37	35%	2	1	0	486	13	0	6	23	0	2	1.28	4.567	3.25	7.25%	38.14

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