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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-17 / in Starts: 15-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	31 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 76 PAs	0
Actual Runners on Base	40 (25-10-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 76 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (25-15-7)

Most Driven In By
D Cramer	3

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	196	1	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.54	-0.090	3.64	-0.13%	-0.92	P
2	197	6 (4)	Apr 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.30	-0.071	3.58	-0.12%	-0.53	P
3	198	12 (5)	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.41	-0.110	3.39	-0.16%	-0.78	P
4	199	17 (4)	Apr 29	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	200	22 (4)	May 3 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.78	-0.039	2.63	-0.08%	-0.32	P
6	201	26 (3)	May 9	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG(6)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.29	0.007	4.66	0.02%	0.05	P
7	202	31 (4)	May 16 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	1.11	-0.079	4.74	-0.20%	-0.77	P
8	203	36 (4)	May 20	DET		PHA	L,3-5	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	.78	-0.050	2.13	-0.08%	-0.25	P
9	204	42 (5)	May 26	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.190	.333	9	.84	0.108	2.16	0.17%	0.54	P
10	205	48 (5)	May 31	DET		CHW	L,4-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.174	.304	9	.82	-0.041	1.88	-0.06%	-0.41	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	206	52 (3)	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.115	.115	.154	.269	9	1.26	-0.093	2.68	-0.12%	-0.72	P
12	207	58 (5)	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.133	.233	9	.77	-0.075	1.62	-0.10%	-0.49	P
13	208	62 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.097	.097	.129	.226	9	1.75	-0.041	2.43	-0.03%	-0.37	P
14	209	68 (5)	Jun 21 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.121	.121	.152	.273	9	.76	-0.023	1.31	-0.02%	-0.18	P
15	210	73 (4)	Jun 26	DET		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.139	.167	.306	9	.57	-0.037	.52	-0.02%	-0.66	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	211	78 (4)	Jul 2	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.132	.132	.158	.289	9	.76	-0.049	.73	-0.03%	-0.74	P
17	212	81 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	T,3-3	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.132	.158	.289	9						P
18	213	86 (4)	Jul 12 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.132	.158	.289	9						P
19	214	89 (2)	Jul 14	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.122	.122	.146	.268	9	1.12	-0.080	1.01	-0.04%	-0.66	P
20	215	93 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.116	.116	.140	.256	9	2.20	-0.111	.23	-0.01%	-0.97	P
21	216	98 (4)	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.133	.244	9	.65	-0.033	.04	0.00%	-0.27	P
22	217	100 (1)	Jul 26	DET		NYY	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.133	.244	9						P
23	218	104 (3)	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.104	.104	.125	.229	9	1.34	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-1.07	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	219	107 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.104	.104	.125	.229	9						P
25	220	110 (2)	Aug 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.120	.220	9	.40	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
26	221	113 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.098	.098	.118	.216	9	.06	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
27	222	117 (3)	Aug 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.096	.096	.115	.212	9	.86	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
28	223	121 (3)	Aug 15	DET		CHW	L,2-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.093	.093	.111	.204	9	.79	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.07	P
29	224	130 (8)	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.109	.200	9	1.40	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	225	135 (4)	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.086	.086	.103	.190	9	.73	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.70	P
31	226	140 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1			0	0	0	.083	.083	.100	.183	9						P
32	227	145 (4)	Sep 12	DET		PHA	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.081	.081	.097	.177	9	1.76	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.93	P
33	228	148 (2)	Sep 14	DET		WSH	L,6-8	5-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.079	.079	.095	.175	9	.63	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.17	P
34	229	151 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.092	.169	9	1.16	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.55	P
35	230	155 (3)	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.075	.075	.090	.164	9	1.09	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
							17-17		76	67	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	9		1	0	0	0	.075	.075	.090	.164		1.01	-1.403	1.44	-1.02%	-13.35

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