Al Benton (original) (raw)
Al Benton
Full name John Alton Benton |
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Born March 18, 1911, Noble, Oklahoma |
Died April 14, 1968, Lynwood, California |
Buried at Park Lawn Memorial Park, Bell Gardens, California |
First Game: April 18, 1934; Final Game: September 21, 1952 |
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 4" Weight: 215 |
SABR Biography |
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1934 PHI A Daily Splits 32 55 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 .109 .109 .109 0.0 1934 PHI A 1935 PHI A Daily Splits 27 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .040 .111 .040 0.0 1935 PHI A 1938 DET A Daily Splits 19 33 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .121 .121 .121 0.0 1938 DET A 1939 DET A Daily Splits 37 44 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 1 7 0 0 4 3 0 0 .091 .111 .091 0.0 1939 DET A 1940 DET A Daily Splits 42 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1940 DET A 1941 DET A Daily Splits 38 50 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 9 0 2 4 0 0 .060 .060 .080 0.0 1941 DET A 1942 DET A Daily Splits 35 67 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 .075 .075 .090 0.0 1942 DET A 1945 DET A Daily Splits 31 63 2 4 2 0 0 3 2 0 21 0 8 0 4 2 0 0 .063 .092 .095 0.0 1945 DET A 1946 DET A Daily Splits 28 49 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 17 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 .184 .184 .204 0.0 1946 DET A 1947 DET A Daily Splits 36 39 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .154 .154 .179 0.0 1947 DET A 1948 DET A Daily Splits 30 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .273 0.0 1948 DET A 1949 CLE A Daily Splits 40 38 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 .132 .154 .132 0.0 1949 CLE A 1950 CLE A Daily Splits 36 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .083 .214 .083 0.0 1950 CLE A 1952 BOS A Daily Splits 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1952 BOS A Total (14 Years) Splits 455 512 22 50 7 0 0 14 7 0 200 1 59 0 0 22 13 0 0 .098 .112 .111 0.0 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1945 DET A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1945 DET A
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1942 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1942 AL
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1934 PHI A Daily Splits 32 21 7 0 5 1 155 145 682 7 98 84 88 3 58 9 2 2 1 18 9 18 14 7 9 4.88 5.48 -1.3 1934 PHI A 1935 PHI A Daily Splits 27 9 0 0 7 0 78.1 110 388 7 81 67 47 0 42 5 3 1 0 10 6 6 10 3 4 7.70 6.67 -2.4 1935 PHI A 1938 DET A Daily Splits 19 10 6 0 3 0 95.1 93 409 10 40 35 39 0 33 10 3 1 0 16 2 9 6 5 3 3.30 5.40 1.0 1938 DET A 1939 DET A Daily Splits 37 16 3 0 18 5 150 182 693 11 94 76 58 5 67 14 5 1 0 26 7 12 26 6 8 4.56 5.62 -0.1 1939 DET A 1940 DET A Daily Splits 42 0 0 0 35 17 79.1 93 361 5 44 39 36 6 50 9 2 0 0 19 3 7 9 6 10 4.42 - 0.4 1940 DET A 1941 DET A Daily Splits 38 14 7 1 19 7 157.2 130 663 11 63 52 65 6 63 8 2 3 0 16 5 18 11 15 6 2.97 5.43 2.6 1941 DET A 1942 DET A Daily Splits 35 30 9 1 4 2 226.2 210 954 9 87 73 84 6 110 18 5 0 0 31 10 20 20 7 13 2.90 3.00 1.5 1942 DET A 1945 DET A Daily Splits 31 27 12 5 4 3 191.2 175 811 7 68 43 63 4 76 19 3 2 0 21 3 15 22 13 8 2.02 3.74 2.2 1945 DET A 1946 DET A Daily Splits 28 15 6 1 6 1 140.2 132 606 9 69 57 58 4 60 8 2 1 0 22 2 16 13 11 7 3.65 4.93 -0.3 1946 DET A 1947 DET A Daily Splits 36 14 4 0 12 7 133 147 590 11 77 65 61 6 33 17 2 1 0 22 4 15 10 6 7 4.40 4.29 -1.2 1947 DET A 1948 DET A Daily Splits 30 0 0 0 11 3 44.1 45 210 4 34 28 36 1 18 8 1 1 0 3 1 5 5 2 2 5.68 - -0.7 1948 DET A 1949 CLE A Daily Splits 40 11 4 2 18 10 135.2 116 548 7 33 32 51 6 41 9 3 1 0 13 0 23 3 9 6 2.12 2.91 3.3 1949 CLE A 1950 CLE A Daily Splits 36 0 0 0 13 4 63 57 269 7 32 25 30 2 26 3 3 1 1 7 2 7 5 4 2 3.57 - 0.3 1950 CLE A 1952 BOS A Daily Splits 24 0 0 0 17 6 37.2 37 158 1 11 10 17 4 20 3 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 4 3 2.39 - 1.2 1952 BOS A Total (14 Years) Splits 455 167 58 10 172 66 1688.1 1672 7342 106 831 686 733 53 697 140 36 15 2 229 54 173 154 98 88 3.66 4.50 6.5 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1945 DET A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 1 0 4.2 6 20 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1.93 - 1945 DET A
All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1942 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 4 20 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.80 - 1942 AL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1934 PHI A Daily Splits P 32 21 7 155 11 28 1 3 0 1 8 9 0 .975 1935 PHI A Daily Splits P 27 9 0 78.1 2 12 1 0 0 0 9 3 0 .933 1938 DET A Daily Splits P 19 10 6 95.1 3 25 1 0 0 1 6 4 0 .966 1939 DET A Daily Splits P 37 16 3 150 6 27 2 0 0 1 15 7 1 .943 1940 DET A Daily Splits P 42 0 0 79.1 5 11 3 1 0 0 3 5 0 .842 1941 DET A Daily Splits P 38 14 7 157.2 9 27 3 4 0 0 3 2 0 .923 1942 DET A Daily Splits P 35 30 9 226.2 18 39 5 0 0 2 13 5 0 .919 1945 DET A Daily Splits P 31 27 12 191.2 11 44 2 4 0 2 6 6 0 .965 1946 DET A Daily Splits P 28 15 6 140.2 16 26 2 0 0 0 7 2 0 .955 1947 DET A Daily Splits P 36 14 4 133 6 24 4 1 0 0 4 7 0 .882 1948 DET A Daily Splits P 30 0 0 44.1 2 8 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 .909 1949 CLE A Daily Splits P 40 11 4 135.2 4 17 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1.000 1950 CLE A Daily Splits P 36 0 0 63 1 8 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 1952 BOS A Daily Splits P 24 0 0 37.2 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .889 Total (14 Years) Splits P 455 167 58 1688.1 97 301 26 18 0 8 79 55 1 .939 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1945 DET A Daily Splits P 3 0 0 4.2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1942 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Transaction Information
Sold by Oklahoma City (Texas) to Philadelphia Athletics (@October, 1933).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Carl Doyle, Jack Peerson and Oliver Blakeney to Memphis (Southern Association) in exchange for Lynn Nelson (April 9, 1937).
Sold by Memphis (Southern Association) to Detroit Tigers (August 14, 1937).
Released by Detroit Tigers (December 4, 1948).
Sold by Sacramento (PCL) to Cleveland Indians (April 20, 1949).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Sacramento (PCL) (January 24, 1951).
Traded by San Diego (PCL) to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Harley Hisner (June 27, 1952).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to San Diego (PCL) (January, 1953).