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: 12-23

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 26

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 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	396	2	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,4-5	8-GF		99	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.58	7	3	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.028	.53	0.04%	1.09	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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	397	8	May 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		11	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.58	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.63	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
3	398	12	May 6(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	6-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	4.83	5	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.052	3.62	0.09%	0.55	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
4	399	15	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,8-9	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.80	6.98	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.057	.72	-0.07%	-0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
5	400	24	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	8-GF	BW(1-0)	8	1.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.35	6.48	7	2	2	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	0.242	8.48	0.34%	1.17	8t 123 1 out a1	9t end tie
6	401	27	May 21(1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-14	6-6		2	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.40	7.38	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.074	1.85	-0.16%	-1.85	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 123 0 out d3
7	402	29	May 22	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	9-9		0	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.14	7.36	5	0	2	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.028	.64	-0.05%	-2.07	9t 123 0 out d2	9t 12- 2 out d6
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
8	403	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-11	1-4		10	3.1	4	3	3	1	3	2	0	6.75	8.02	14	1	5	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.018	.37	-0.02%	-0.62	1b 12- 2 out d6	4b 3 out d8
9	404	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-11	6-7		0	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.68	7.40	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.025	.55	0.03%	1.25	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
10	405	40	Jun 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	5-6		0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.02	6.70	6	2	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.79	5b 1-3 1 out d6	6b 3 out d7
11	406	44	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	3-5		3	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.32	6.00	7	3	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.103	.73	0.08%	1.54	3b 12- 2 out d2	5b 3 out d2
12	407	47	Jun 11(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	10-GF(10)	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	5.94	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	0.103	6.31	0.10%	0.81	10b 123 2 out a3	10b end a 3
13	408	48	Jun 11(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-9	7-7		-1	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.19	5.87	4	0	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.094	.85	-0.09%	-3.28	7b 12- 1 out d2	7b 1-- 2 out d6
14	409	49	Jun 13	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	8-8		1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.00	5.92	3	0	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.10	-0.007	.14	-0.01%	-0.54	8t -23 1 out d5	8t 3 out d7
15	410	56	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	7-GF		6	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.43	5.44	7	5	0	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.009	.13	0.01%	1.90	7t 123 2 out d6	9t end d 6
16	411	62	Jun 25(2)	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	6-7		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.03	5.23	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.032	.70	0.06%	1.09	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
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
17	412	67	Jul 1	CLE		DET	W,7-4	8-GF	S(2)	5	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.80	5.12	5	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.074	3.15	0.22%	0.80	8t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 3
18	413	68	Jul 2(1)	CLE		DET	L,5-8	7-7		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	5.08	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.059	11.13	0.19%	0.53	7t 1-3 2 out d1	7t 3 out d1
19	414	69	Jul 2(2)	CLE		DET	W,5-3	9-GF	S(3)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	5.02	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	0.170	16.04	0.48%	0.96	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
20	415	71	Jul 4(1)	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	7-9	BS(2)	1	2.2	4	4	4	1	2	1	1	4.61	5.33	13	1	4	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.236	3.41	-0.45%	-1.46	7t 12- 0 out a4	9t --- 2 out tie
21	416	75	Jul 7	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.30	5.24	8	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.025	.90	0.08%	1.17	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
22	417	81	Jul 16(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-13	6-6		8	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.55	5.21	4	1	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.127	1.74	-0.27%	-2.32	6b -23 2 out d2	6b 3 out d5
23	418	83	Jul 17(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	5-GF	W(2-0)	0	4.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.93	4.80	15	8	4	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.307	1.76	0.63%	4.21	5b 123 1 out a1	9b end a 5
24	419	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-2	8-GF	S(4)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.72	4.57	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.09	0.01%	1.12	8b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 8
25	420	89	Jul 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	9-9	BS(3)	3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	4.57	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.01	-0.460	23.06	-0.91%	-1.72	9b 123 2 out a2	9b 1-3 2 out tie
26	421	93	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	L,2-7	3-5		4	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.46	4.51	9	3	4	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.014	1.60	0.04%	1.05	3t 12- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d5
27	422	96	Jul 30(1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	8-GF(10)	W(3-0)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.21	4.30	12	2	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.648	16.09	2.08%	2.99	8t 1-3 0 out tie	10t end tie
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
28	423	103	Aug 9(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	5-8	W(4-0)	9	2.2	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.22	4.35	12	3	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.039	8.91	0.12%	0.66	5b 1-3 2 out tie	8b 123 1 out a2
29	424	104	Aug 9(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-10	8-GF(8)	L(4-1)	-1	1.0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.55	4.64	6	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	-0.296	8.44	-0.89%	-1.41	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 2
30	425	109	Aug 13(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.47	4.66	4	1	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.62	0.027	3.04	0.08%	1.40	7b 123 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
31	426	120	Aug 24(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	8-9	H(1)	10	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.45	4.71	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	-0.152	14.54	-0.46%	-0.55	8b 12- 2 out a2	9b 12- 0 out a2
32	427	122	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	4-7	H(2)	1	3.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.55	4.60	15	4	3	1	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.92	0.073	12.20	0.28%	0.31	4b 123 1 out a4	7b 3 out a1
33	428	123	Aug 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-11	3-7	L(4-2)	0	4.2	6	6	1	0	1	1	0	3.42	4.63	22	8	7	1	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.27	-0.513	8.97	-2.17%	-2.87	3b 1-- 1 out a2	7b 3 out d2
34	429	124	Aug 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,14-15	4-6		0	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.63	4.53	9	3	2	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.276	8.16	-1.07%	-3.08	4b 123 1 out a6	6b 1-- 0 out a1
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
35	430	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	T,13-13	3-6	BS(4)	9	4.0	4	3	1	3	1	1	0	3.54	4.73	20	9	3	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.48	-0.006	5.52	-0.01%	-0.02	3b -2- 0 out a1	6b 3 out a1
36	431	145	Sep 17	CLE		PHA	L,9-10	3-4		9	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.57	4.68	10	0	5	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-1.06	3t 123 0 out d5	4t 3 out d8
							12-23		W-L:4-2,Sv:4,BSv:4,Hld:2	2.6	63.0	57	32	25	30	26	7	1	3.57	4.68	268	1.03		4%	0%	57		59	37%	0	2	0	234	7	2	2	7	0	5	1.04	-0.338	4.79	-1.68%	2.74

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