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: 15-13 / in Starts: 11-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 10

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	262	3	Apr 18	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	1	1.00	4.03	33	16	7	0	1	5	75			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.315	1.77	0.48%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
2	263	7	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(1-1)	4	8.0	6	3	1	6	1	0	0	1.06	4.29	34	17	4	0	0	6	57			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	1	.93	-0.051	3.10	-0.10%	0.50	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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	264	13	May 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-13	GS-2	L(1-2)	7	1.1	4	7	4	4	1	0	0	2.95	4.71	14	5	1	0	1	3	21			0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.18	-0.472	3.99	-0.96%	-6.70	1b start a 1	2b -2- 1 out d6
4	265	17	May 5(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-10	GS-3	L(1-3)	3	2.2	7	7	5	2	2	1	0	4.71	5.15	18	4	3	0	1	7	20			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.416	1.40	-0.46%	-5.96	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d6
5	266	22	May 9	DET	@	WSH	W,9-8	9-9	BS(1)	3	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.98	5.08	5	3	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.96	-0.412	8.67	-0.54%	-2.17	9b 12- 1 out a3	9b 3 out tie
6	267	30	May 19(1)	DET		BOS	L,0-4	5-8		9	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.21	4.65	12	5	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	.28	0.035	1.07	0.08%	1.94	5t 12- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
7	268	32	May 21	DET		BOS	L,4-6	5-GF	L(1-4)	1	4.2	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.45	4.56	22	10	2	0	1	6		2	0	1	0	0	19	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.81	-0.193	6.68	-0.43%	0.12	5t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end d 2
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	269	46	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	5-GF		14	5.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.82	4.42	20	8	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.72	0.373	2.22	0.29%	2.23	5b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
9	270	49	Jun 9(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,6-11	4-6		3	3.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.52	4.33	13	4	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.003	.16	0.00%	1.07	4b -2- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d6
10	271	55	Jun 16	DET		WSH	L,3-6	6-7	L(1-5)	6	1.1	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.08	4.45	8	2	0	0	0	2		1	0	1	1	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.77	-0.323	2.88	-0.31%	-2.49	6t 1-- 1 out tie	7t 1-3 2 out d3
11	272	60	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,8-10	5-6		6	1.1	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.95	4.39	8	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.017	.87	-0.02%	-0.29	5t 1-- 2 out d4	6t 3 out d5
12	273	64	Jun 26(2)	DET		BOS	L,3-9			2	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	4.33	6												6					0
13	274	65	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.01	4.32	3	0	1	0	1	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.004	.01	0.00%	-3.25	8b 123 2 out d5	8b end d 9
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
14	275	72	Jul 4(2)	DET		CLE	L,8-9	1-3		5	3.0	5	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.94	4.09	15	1	4	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.023	.96	-0.02%	-0.19	1t 1-3 0 out d2	3t 3 out d5
15	276	82	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	8-GF(12)	W(2-5)	12	5.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.55	3.89	17	7	6	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.83	0.552	1.44	0.26%	2.14	8b --- 0 out d2	12b end a 1
16	277	86	Jul 21(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	9-GF	BL(2-6)	3	0.1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.53	3.99	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	6.71	-0.694	4.70	-0.29%	-3.09	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
17	278	97	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-6)	9	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.00	3.67	33	18	5	2	0	4	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.333	.27	0.09%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
18	279	102	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(4-6)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.74	3.64	31						74						28	0	0			0
19	280	104	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	6-9	H(1)	2	2.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.78	3.62	10	8	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.138	.21	-0.01%	-0.48	6b 1-3 2 out a1	9b 123 0 out a2
20	281	107	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-9	W(5-6)	2	9.0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.69	3.53	33	18	8	0	0	3	73			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	0.198	.08	0.01%	1.81	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
21	282	112	Aug 17	DET		SLB	W,7-3	GS-8	W(6-6)	4	8.0	11	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.75	3.48	37	11	9	0	0	11	48			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.188	.05	0.01%	0.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
22	283	119	Aug 24	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	W(7-6)	6	9.0	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.87	3.55	37	15	11	0	0	7	53			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.15	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
23	284	124	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	GS-7		4	6.1	11	7	6	3	0	1	0	3.21	3.70	33	11	8	0	2	11	22			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.174	.01	0.00%	-2.51	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a3
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
24	285	127	Sep 2(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(7-7)	3	8.0	6	6	6	4	8	0	0	3.47	3.59	35	7	10	0	0	6	50			2	0	0	31	0	1	1	0	0	1	.81	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
25	286	132	Sep 7	DET		CHW	W,10-4	GS-7	W(8-7)	4	6.1	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.58	3.68	27	9	8	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.98	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a4
26	287	137	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-4	GS-9	W(9-7)	4	8.0	8	4	3	4	1	1	0	3.57	3.79	34	12	9	2	1	8	49			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.26	0.137	.00	0.00%	-0.48	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
27	288	142	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-4	GS-8	W(10-7)	4	8.0	7	4	3	2	3	1	0	3.56	3.81	32	18	2	1	0	7	55			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.182	.00	0.00%	-0.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
28	289	148	Sep 22(2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-7	W(11-7)	4	6.2	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.58	3.75	29	7	7	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.43	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a1
							15-13		W-L:11-7,BSv:2,Hld:1	4.2	140.2	132	69	56	59	60	8	1	3.58	3.75	604	1.89		1%	3%	117	51	18	56%	7	2	0	537	22	2	5	13	0	12	1.15	-0.572	1.09	-1.94%	-13.28

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