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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	11 (1)	May 4	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	15 (3)	May 8 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	17 (1)	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,3-2		30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	24 (6)	May 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	30 (5)	May 27	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	39 (8)	Jun 4	CLE		PHA	L,3-10		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	42 (2)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,11-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	45 (2)	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3		28	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
10	51 (5)	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	GF	10	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
11	52	Jun 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	64 (11)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-7		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	66 (1)	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	73 (6)	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	75 (1)	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	81 (5)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	84 (2)	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	88 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	94 (5)	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	95	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	98 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	100 (1)	Aug 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	103 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS	26	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	106 (2)	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,6-5		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	107	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
26	111 (3)	Aug 16	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	115 (3)	Aug 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
28	116	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	117	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	121 (3)	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	125 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	126	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	GF	29	8.1	0	3	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	131 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	137 (5)	Sep 11	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS	28	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	139 (1)	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-6	GF	5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
36	142 (2)	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	144 (1)	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	145	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-9		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	147 (1)	Sep 24	CLE		DET	L,5-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	149 (1)	Sep 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							40gm		135.2	4	17	0	21	2