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: 15-21 / in Starts: 6-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 5

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	290	2	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4			99	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	20.68	3												1					0
2	291	5	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,4-6	6-8		3	3.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4.78	12	6	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.49	-0.026	1.23	-0.04%	0.45	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
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	292	23	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	14-GF(14)	S(1)	23	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	5.93	4	0	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	0.114	15.29	0.29%	0.92	14b --3 1 out a2	14b end a 2
4	293	26	May 19(1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	6-GF(12)	W(1-0)	3	7.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	4.04	25	16	2	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.26	0.806	10.73	2.30%	3.49	6b --- 0 out d1	12b end a 1
5	294	30	May 23	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	0.90	4.03	34	18	6	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.04	0.266	4.53	0.70%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	295	35	May 27	DET		CLE	W,4-2	GS-7	W(3-0)	3	7.0	5	1	1	4	1	0	0	1.00	4.05	28	9	9	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	0.317	6.72	0.97%	2.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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
7	296	42	Jun 4(2)	DET		NYY	L,8-17	GS-4	L(3-1)	7	3.1	6	7	7	2	1	1	0	2.97	4.46	19	6	5	0	0	5	19			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.365	5.87	-1.26%	-3.96	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d1
8	297	43	Jun 5	DET		NYY	L,0-7	5-8		0	4.0	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.15	4.68	16	8	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.23	-0.038	1.23	-0.12%	-0.06	5t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d6
9	298	47	Jun 11(1)	DET		PHA	W,7-1	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.70	4.24	34	9	15	0	5	7	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.270	3.33	0.71%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
10	299	51	Jun 17	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	GS-7	L(4-2)	5	7.0	5	5	4	5	3	0	0	3.04	4.20	33	10	10	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	2	1.61	-0.445	6.01	-1.00%	-1.71	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
11	300	56	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-5	L(4-3)	4	5.0	7	6	6	3	2	1	0	3.74	4.39	25	6	8	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	22	1	1	1	1	0	1	.94	-0.420	2.40	-0.65%	-3.70	1b start a 3	5b 3 out d3
12	301	63	Jun 29(2)	DET		SLB	W,6-1	7-GF	S(2)	6	3.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3.55	4.46	11	6	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.055	.95	0.06%	1.45	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 5
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
13	302	65	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(5-3)	1	9.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.21	4.26	33	11	13	4	3	3	77			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.596	2.59	0.69%	2.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
14	303	68	Jul 4(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-13	GS-3	L(5-4)	2	2.2	8	8	4	1	1	3	0	3.60	4.78	16	2	4	0	0	8	18			0	1	0	15	3	0	0	1	0	1	.80	-0.436	2.11	-0.69%	-5.95	1b start a 1	3b -2- 2 out d6
15	304	71	Jul 6(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-4	GS-		1	6.0	5	3	3	5	0	0	0	3.67	4.81	26						45						20					0
16	305	75	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,0-2	GS-8	L(5-5)	5	8.0	10	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.54	4.75	31	5	13	1	0	10	55			0	2	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.091	1.45	0.11%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	306	81	Jul 17(1)	DET		WSH	W,7-5	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	9	5	2	2	2	2	0	3.39	4.85	36						55						34	2	0			0
18	307	86	Jul 20(2)	DET		NYY	W,12-11			2	0.1	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.66	4.84	6												6					0
19	308	87	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	GS-5	L(6-6)	1	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.94	4.78	24	7	5	0	0	7	32			1	0	0	21	2	1	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.308	1.17	-0.23%	-2.75	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
20	309	93	Jul 27(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-5	GS-5	L(6-7)	4	4.2	10	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.19	4.84	24	13	0	0	0	10	23			1	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.191	.78	-0.09%	-2.96	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d5
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
21	310	99	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,4-8	5-7		8	2.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.37	4.83	13	4	2	1	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.304	.43	-0.05%	-3.14	5t -2- 2 out tie	7t 12- 2 out d4
22	311	100	Aug 6(1)	DET		CLE	W,13-6	9-GF	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	4.81	3	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
23	312	103	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,8-4	7-GF	S(4)	2	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.24	4.72	8	3	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.101	.17	0.02%	1.46	7t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 4
24	313	109	Aug 13(2)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS-		3	7.0	8	3	3	6	3	0	0	4.21	4.70	34						46						27					0
25	314	111	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	8-GF	S(5)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	4.68	4	3	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.006	.01	0.00%	1.17	8b 123 2 out a7	9b end a 7
26	315	113	Aug 17(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3		S(6)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.06	4.66	10												9					0
27	316	115	Aug 20	DET		NYY	L,13-14	8-9		2	1.1	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.39	4.63	10	2	2	0	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.102	.27	-0.03%	-3.18	8t --3 1 out a6	9t -23 2 out a2
28	317	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	8-8		2	0.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.39	4.66	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	-0.216	.28	-0.01%	-0.99	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 12- 0 out a1
29	318	123	Aug 25	DET		PHA	L,5-7			1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4.35	4.69	6												4					0
30	319	125	Aug 26(2)	DET		BOS	L,1-9			0	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.35	4.64	8												8					0
31	320	128	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,3-13			1	2.0	6	5	5	3	0	0	0	4.64	4.68	15												12					0
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
32	321	138	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	4-6		11	3.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.53	4.62	14	2	5	0	1	6		0	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.49	4b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
33	322	141	Sep 11(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-11			1	0.2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.51	4.61	5												4					0
34	323	145	Sep 14(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	9-GF	S(7)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.48	4.62	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
35	324	148	Sep 17(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6			2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.47	4.64	2												1					0
36	325	149	Sep 17(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	6-7		-1	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.40	4.65	9	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.94	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d2
							15-21		W-L:6-7,Sv:7	2.5	133.0	147	77	65	61	33	11	1	4.40	4.65	588	1.33		5%	5%	104	46	8	25%	3	5	0	509	18	3	5	11	0	7	1.03	-0.150	3.22	1.69%	-3.13

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