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: 7-12 / in Starts: 7-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 5

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	60	6	Apr 24	DET		CLE	L,4-9	6-8		99	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.00	6.72	12	6	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.06	0.01%	0.97	6t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d9
2	61	9	Apr 27	DET	@	SLB	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	5.25	9	5	2	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.17	-0.020	.37	-0.03%	-0.38	7b 1-- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
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
3	62	13	May 2	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	4-4		4	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.18	4.99	4	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.007	.18	-0.01%	-1.72	4b 1-3 1 out d8	4b 3 out d11
4	63	17	May 7	DET	@	NYY	L,8-12	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	4.70	5	3	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.43	0.018	.97	0.02%	0.61	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
5	64	20	May 12	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	4.22	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.036	1.98	0.04%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
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
6	65	95	Aug 3	DET		NYY	L,7-10	2-7		82	5.0	5	3	3	4	1	1	0	3.55	5.58	22	8	4	0	0	5		3	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.40	-0.173	.24	-0.02%	0.45	2t 123 1 out d3	7t -23 1 out d1
7	66	96	Aug 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.29	5.10	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.01	0.00%	0.66	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
8	67	98	Aug 6	DET		BOS	L,8-14	2-3		1	1.2	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.52	5.07	9	2	1	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	-0.106	.02	0.00%	-2.28	2t 12- 1 out d4	3t 3 out d7
9	68	102	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-13	3-7		4	4.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.75	4.58	16	11	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.023	.00	0.00%	2.90	3b -2- 2 out d7	7b 3 out d6
10	69	107	Aug 17(2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	2	0	2.51	4.93	36						67						32	0	0			0
11	70	112	Aug 21	DET		SLB	L,4-9	GS-	L(1-1)	3	7.2	5	6	3	5	4	1	1	2.72	5.17	34						50						27					0
12	71	118	Aug 26	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	9	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.78	5.15	37	22	1	0	1	9	56			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.63	0.140	.00	0.00%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
13	72	123	Aug 31	DET	@	NYY	W,12-6	GS-4		4	3.0	5	3	3	4	0	1	0	3.17	5.53	17	3	5	3	1	5	33			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-2.19	1b start a 4	4b 12- 0 out a7
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
14	73	126	Sep 4	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(2-2)	3	9.2	6	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.79	5.12	37	25	1	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.278	.00	0.00%	4.03	1b start tie	10b 1-- 2 out d1
15	74	131	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	8	1	1	5	2	0	0	2.55	5.01	39	16	8	1	1	8	64			0	1	0	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.472	.00	0.00%	4.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
16	75	135	Sep 12	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	9	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.61	5.01	35	18	4	1	0	8	56			0	2	0	31	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.43	0.516	.00	0.00%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	76	140	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	5	3	3	2	7	2	0	2.65	5.02	34	12	8	0	0	5	70			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.191	.00	0.00%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	77	146	Sep 23(2)	DET		CLE	L,5-6	GS-5	L(5-3)	5	4.2	9	5	5	5	1	0	0	3.01	5.06	28	10	3	0	0	9	22			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-2.60	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d4
19	78	149	Sep 27(1)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GS-6		3	5.2	9	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.21	4.98	26	11	3	1	1	9	34			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.35	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out tie
							7-12		W-L:5-3	3.3	95.1	93	40	34	39	33	10	1	3.21	4.98	408	3.47		3%	3%	80	52	9	56%	4	3	0	358	15	2	0	9	0	4	.98	1.028	.08	0.02%	12.92

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