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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,8-7	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	9 (6)	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	51	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	13 (3)	May 3	DET		NYY	L,6-10	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	17 (3)	May 7	DET		PHA	L,3-10	GS	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	21 (3)	May 12	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	28 (6)	May 19	DET	@	PHA	L,6-11	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	30 (1)	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	38 (7)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	40 (1)	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,8-5	GS	0	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
10	46 (5)	Jun 9	DET		PHA	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	53 (6)	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS	32	6.2	0	0	1	1	0
12	59 (5)	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS	0	7.1	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	65 (5)	Jul 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	0	6	0	6	0
14	70 (4)	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	GS	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	73 (2)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	75 (1)	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	78 (2)	Jul 16 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-9	GS	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	83 (4)	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	GS	29	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	86 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-10	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	91 (4)	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	GF	12	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	97 (5)	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	105 (7)	Aug 12	DET		SLB	L,3-17	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	106	Aug 13	DET		SLB	L,7-11		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	110 (3)	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	22	5.0	0	1	1	2	0
25	115 (4)	Aug 23	DET		PHA	L,6-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
26	120 (4)	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,2-18		32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	123 (2)	Aug 31	DET		BOS	W,11-4	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	126 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	GS	34	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	130 (3)	Sep 5	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	134 (3)	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,9-11		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	135	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	139 (3)	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
33	141 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	143 (1)	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	150 (6)	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	151	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	152	Sep 29 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-4	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
							37gm		150.0	6	27	2	35	0