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: 14-10

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 12

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	432	69	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		99	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.39	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.060	3.83	0.15%	0.89	8b --3 1 out d1	8b end d 1
2	433	70	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.72	7	2	4	1	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.400	8.64	0.88%	1.27	7b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
3	434	71	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	9-GF		0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.69	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.21	-0.294	16.52	-0.56%	-0.86	9b 12- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
4	435	74	Jul 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	7-GF(8)	BS(1)	1	1.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.79	8	4	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.56	-0.185	4.15	-0.30%	-0.04	7b 123 1 out a1	8b end d 1
5	436	78	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,5-4	9-GF	S(2)	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.56	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	0.302	8.93	0.38%	0.84	9t 1-3 0 out a2	9t end a 1
6	437	82	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	7-GF	S(3)	2	2.2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	2.39	12	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.183	5.08	0.31%	1.26	7t --- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
7	438	84	Jul 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	9-9		1	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.39	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.67	-0.279	12.82	-0.59%	-1.46	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t 123 0 out a2
8	439	87	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	W,8-7	9-9		2	0.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.74	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.116	3.21	-0.25%	-2.05	9t 1-- 1 out d1	9t 123 1 out d2
9	440	94	Jul 27(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	8-GF	S(4)	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.95	7	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.011	2.73	0.02%	-0.05	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 6
10	441	96	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	6-9	H(1)	2	3.1	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	0.64	2.68	13	1	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	-0.185	9.34	-0.51%	-0.60	6b --- 0 out a1	9b -23 1 out a1
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
11	442	99	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,10-5	6-8	H(2)	2	1.1	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1.76	3.04	9	1	3	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.084	5.51	-0.20%	-2.30	6b 1-- 2 out a2	8b 12- 0 out a3
12	443	103	Aug 7(2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	5-GF	W(1-0)	4	4.2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.35	2.89	17	6	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.253	3.12	0.45%	2.87	5b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 4
13	444	104	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	9-GF(10)	W(2-0)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	2.98	8	3	3	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.30	0.382	16.05	1.11%	1.84	9b 12- 0 out tie	10b end a 2
14	445	106	Aug 12	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	12-GF(13)	L(2-1)	2	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.50	2.85	8	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.165	7.92	-0.33%	-0.01	12t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
15	446	110	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	S(5)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	2.75	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	0.161	17.23	0.57%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
16	447	113	Aug 18	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	2.74	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.017	1.06	0.04%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
17	448	114	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	8-GF	W(3-1)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	2.64	6	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.88	0.243	3.92	0.30%	0.99	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
18	449	115	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-18	5-5		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	2.63	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.002	.17	0.00%	-0.51	5t 12- 0 out d9	5t 3 out d11
19	450	119	Aug 24(1)	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	9-GF(10)	W(4-1)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	2.49	6	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.273	5.07	0.39%	0.99	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
20	451	123	Aug 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	5-8	L(4-2)	3	3.1	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.57	2.59	13	6	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.168	7.37	0.43%	1.07	5b --- 0 out a1	8b 12- 1 out a1
21	452	125	Aug 29(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	8-GF(8)	BS(2)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	2.59	3	0	2	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	-0.375	10.75	-0.70%	-1.44	8b 123 1 out a1	8b end d 2
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
22	453	139	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	8-GF(8)	BL(4-3)	12	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.00	2.97	7	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	-0.557	.01	0.00%	-1.54	8b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
23	454	140	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-5	8-8		0	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.45	3.05	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-1.97	8b --- 0 out d3	8b 12- 2 out d5
24	455	148	Sep 21	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-3	9-GF	S(6)	8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	3.03	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
							14-10		W-L:4-3,Sv:6,BSv:3,Hld:2	2.1	37.2	37	11	10	17	20	1	0	2.39	3.03	158	1.02		7%	2%	34		22	45%	0	1	0	138	5	0	4	2	0	0	1.83	0.208	6.16	1.62%	0.65

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