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Al Benton

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Full Name: John Alton Benton Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/215 First Game: April 18, 1934
Birthdate: March 18, 1911 Final Game: September 21, 1952
Birthplace: Noble, Oklahoma MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: April 14, 1968
Deathplace: Lynwood, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on March 18, 1911 in Noble, Oklahoma, Al Benton (John Alton Benton) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 14 year career. Benton broke into the bigs on April 18, 1934 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.88 ERA in 155 innings pitched in 1934, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Al Benton's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1941, when he posted a 2.97 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 63 batters. However, others believe that it was 1945, when he posted a 2.02 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 76 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1934 PHI A 32 21 7 9 4.88 58 98 84 7 0 1 155 145 7 88 0 2 2
1935 PHI A 27 9 3 4 7.70 42 81 67 0 0 0 78.1 110 7 47 0 3 1
1938 DET A 19 10 5 3 3.30 33 40 35 6 0 0 95.1 93 10 39 0 3 1
1939 DET A 37 16 6 8 4.56 67 94 76 3 0 5 150 182 11 58 0 5 1
1940 DET A 42 0 6 10 4.42 50 44 39 0 0 17 79.1 93 5 36 0 2 0
1941 DET A 38 14 15 6 2.97 63 63 52 7 1 7 157.2 130 11 65 0 2 3
1942 DET A 35 30 7 13 2.90 110 87 73 9 1 2 226.2 210 9 84 0 5 0
1945 DET A 31 27 13 8 2.02 76 68 43 12 5 3 191.2 175 7 63 0 3 2
1946 DET A 28 15 11 7 3.65 60 69 57 6 1 1 140.2 132 9 58 0 2 1
1947 DET A 36 14 6 7 4.40 33 77 65 4 0 7 133 147 11 61 0 2 1
1948 DET A 30 0 2 2 5.68 18 34 28 0 0 3 44.1 45 4 36 0 1 1
1949 CLE A 40 11 9 6 2.12 41 33 32 4 2 10 135.2 116 7 51 0 3 1
1950 CLE A 36 0 4 2 3.57 26 32 25 0 0 4 63 57 7 30 0 3 1
1952 BOS A 24 0 4 3 2.39 20 11 10 0 0 6 37.2 37 1 17 0 0 0
Total 455 167 98 88 3.66 697 831 686 58 10 66 1688.1 1672 106 733 0 36 15

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1934 PHI A P 32 0 0 11 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1935 PHI A P 27 0 0 2 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1938 DET A P 19 0 0 3 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1939 DET A P 37 0 0 6 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1940 DET A P 42 0 0 5 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .842
1941 DET A P 38 0 0 9 27 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1942 DET A P 35 0 0 18 39 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .919
1945 DET A P 31 0 0 11 44 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1946 DET A P 28 0 0 16 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1947 DET A P 36 0 0 6 24 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .882
1948 DET A P 30 0 0 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1949 CLE A P 40 0 0 4 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 CLE A P 36 0 0 1 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 BOS A P 24 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
Total P 455 0 0 97 301 26 18 0 0 0 0 0 .939

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1934 PHI A 32 55 1 6 0 2 .109 .109 .109 0 0 0 22 0 2 0 0 0
1935 PHI A 27 25 1 1 0 0 .040 .111 .040 0 0 2 11 0 1 0 0 0
1938 DET A 19 33 1 4 0 1 .121 .121 .121 0 0 0 13 0 2 0 0 0
1939 DET A 37 44 5 4 0 1 .091 .111 .091 0 0 0 15 1 7 0 0 3
1940 DET A 42 17 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 0
1941 DET A 38 50 2 3 0 0 .060 .060 .080 1 0 0 20 0 9 0 0 4
1942 DET A 35 67 3 5 0 0 .075 .075 .090 1 0 0 32 0 9 0 0 0
1945 DET A 31 63 2 4 0 3 .063 .092 .095 2 0 2 21 0 8 0 0 2
1946 DET A 28 49 3 9 0 3 .184 .184 .204 1 0 0 17 0 5 0 0 0
1947 DET A 36 39 1 6 0 2 .154 .154 .179 1 0 0 10 0 3 0 0 1
1948 DET A 30 11 1 2 0 1 .182 .182 .273 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
1949 CLE A 40 38 1 5 0 1 .132 .154 .132 0 0 1 11 0 3 0 0 1
1950 CLE A 36 12 1 1 0 0 .083 .214 .083 0 0 2 9 0 2 0 0 0
1952 BOS A 24 9 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 2
Total 455 512 22 50 0 14 .098 .112 .111 7 0 7 200 1 59 0 0 13

[edit] Transactions

  • 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).
  • Signed by Detroit Tigers (1949).
  • Sold by Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians (April 20, 1949).
  • Sold by Cleveland Indians to Sacramento (PCL) (January 24, 1951).
  • Sold by San Diego (PCL) to Boston Red Sox (June 27, 1952).

[edit] Trivia

  • All-Star in 1941 and 1942
  • World Series Champion in 1945 with Detroit Tigers

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