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: 24-17

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 16

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	116	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.00	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	0.223	7.19	0.34%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
2	117	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-0.60	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.02	0.463	23.94	0.83%	1.69	9t 123 1 out a1	9t end a 1
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	118	15	May 5	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	9-GF	S(3)	5	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.43	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.40	0.224	18.90	0.40%	1.22	9b 1-3 1 out a2	9b end a 2
4	119	17	May 7	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.60	4	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.67	0.194	12.48	0.40%	0.93	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
5	120	19	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-GF(10)	L(0-1)	1	2.1	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.59	2.29	12	3	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.076	10.82	-0.19%	-0.91	8b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
6	121	23	May 14	DET		WSH	L,2-4			4	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	2.87	8												6					0
7	122	26	May 21	DET		BOS	L,8-11	9-GF		6	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.08	4.38	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.017	.54	-0.04%	-0.39	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
8	123	27	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	4-6		0	3.0	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.09	5.48	13	2	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	.20	-0.019	.49	-0.03%	-0.17	4t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d7
9	124	30	May 25	DET	@	CHW	W,10-4	6-GF(8)	S(5)	2	2.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.57	5.00	8	1	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.123	1.41	0.18%	1.67	6b 1-3 2 out a1	8b end a 6
10	125	32	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	3-GF	W(1-1)	2	6.2	6	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.18	4.30	27	11	2	1	0	6		1	0	0	1	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.377	4.14	0.82%	3.28	3b --3 1 out d1	9b end a 3
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
11	126	37	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	4-GF	W(2-1)	4	6.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.36	4.38	26	15	0	0	0	7		1	1	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.186	2.53	0.36%	0.52	4b 1-- 0 out a5	9b end a 2
12	127	41	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,4-7	8-GF(8)	L(2-2)	3	1.0	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	2.93	4.26	7	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.351	4.61	-0.75%	-2.46	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 3
13	128	45	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	4-7	L(2-3)	5	3.0	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.52	4.59	15	4	4	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	-0.292	7.33	-0.79%	-1.78	4b --- 0 out a1	7b 1-- 0 out d2
14	129	52	Jun 19(2)	DET		PHA	W,9-4	9-GF	S(6)	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.41	4.48	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.009	.46	0.02%	0.61	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
15	130	55	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	W(3-3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	4.37	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.159	11.01	0.42%	0.61	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
16	131	59	Jun 26	DET		BOS	L,1-3			3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.24	4.29	2												2					0
17	132	61	Jun 29(1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	8-GF	S(7)	2	2.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.31	4.38	11	6	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.029	2.00	0.08%	0.15	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
18	133	62	Jun 29(2)	DET	@	SLB	T,9-9			-1	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.38	4.28	10												8					0
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
19	134	66	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,10-9	6-9	W(4-3)	2	3.2	8	3	2	3	3	0	0	3.51	4.24	22	5	3	1	0	8		0	0	1	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.90	-0.080	14.22	-0.24%	-1.05	6t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 2 out a1
20	135	69	Jul 4(2)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	9-GF(11)	L(4-4)	1	3.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.48	4.13	12	4	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.06	-0.052	16.51	-0.25%	0.83	9t --- 0 out d1	11t end d 1
21	136	72	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,5-2	9-GF	S(8)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.43	4.07	2	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.047	4.05	0.15%	0.77	9t -2- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
22	137	74	Jul 13(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	9-GF	S(9)	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	4.06	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.97	0.166	29.37	0.49%	0.37	9b --3 2 out a1	9b end a 1
23	138	77	Jul 14(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.64	4.15	10	0	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.132	2.35	-0.41%	-0.91	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
24	139	80	Jul 17(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	5-7	L(4-5)	2	2.0	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.41	4.16	12	3	2	0	1	6		0	0	0	1	0	10	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	-0.345	11.35	-1.51%	-3.47	5b --- 0 out a1	7b -2- 0 out d3
25	140	82	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	11-GF(11)	S(10)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	4.14	2	1	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.97	0.312	35.76	1.35%	1.49	11b -23 1 out a2	11b end a 2
26	141	85	Jul 21(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	S(11)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	4.12	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	0.213	18.67	0.87%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
27	142	88	Jul 24	DET		WSH	W,7-5		S(12)	2	2.1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.08	3.98	9												8					0
28	143	92	Jul 27(2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	9-GF	S(13)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.00	3.92	4	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.24	0.300	24.96	1.06%	1.02	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
29	144	94	Jul 29	DET		PHA	L,7-9			1	2.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	4.34	3.82	11												11					0
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
30	145	99	Aug 3(1)	DET		BOS	W,6-4	9-GF	S(14)	4	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.29	3.86	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.22	0.178	31.72	0.80%	1.02	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
31	146	105	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	9-GF	S(15)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.24	3.82	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.21	0.348	46.12	1.34%	1.65	9b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 2
32	147	106	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	7-GF	L(4-6)	1	2.1	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.22	3.90	10	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.142	13.58	-0.56%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
33	148	111	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	7-GF	BL(4-7)	3	1.2	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.40	3.94	12	5	0	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.44	-0.621	40.81	-4.42%	-2.61	7b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end d 1
34	149	116	Aug 18	DET		CHW	L,5-7		L(4-8)	4	5.0	7	4	3	2	1	0	0	4.48	3.93	25												23					0
35	150	119	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	9-GF	L(4-9)	2	0.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.59	4.02	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.84	-0.355	17.60	-0.98%	-2.08	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
36	151	122	Aug 24(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	9-GF		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.59	4.02	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.39	-0.333	35.35	-1.11%	-0.83	9b 123 2 out tie	9b end d 1
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
37	152	132	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,11-3	5-GF	W(5-9)	11	4.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	3.95	14	6	4	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	3	0	0	.83	0.221	9.80	1.56%	3.01	5t 1-3 2 out d1	9t end a 8
38	153	134	Sep 7	DET		SLB	W,5-4	8-GF	W(6-9)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.32	3.91	9	1	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.005	6.56	-0.03%	0.22	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
39	154	136	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,5-6	13-GF(13)	L(6-10)	2	1.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.38	3.86	6	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.64	-0.263	26.57	-1.58%	-0.39	13t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
40	155	143	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-3	7-GF	S(16)	6	3.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.32	3.79	12	6	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.093	9.28	0.61%	0.83	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
41	156	148	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	9-GF	S(17)	2	1.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.27	3.75	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	0.090	78.22	1.38%	-0.39	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
42	157	151	Sep 25(1)	DET		CHW	W,10-9	5-6		4	1.1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.20	3.75	8	3	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.133	19.14	-1.58%	-0.89	5t 12- 2 out d1	6t 3 out d3
							24-17		W-L:6-10,Sv:17,BSv:1	2.6	79.1	93	42	37	36	50	4	0	4.20	3.75	361	1.78		5%	2%	75		28	14%	3	5	0	315	17	2	4	7	0	5	1.80	0.739	12.47	-1.01%	4.67

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