Al Benton
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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).
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- All-Star in 1941 and 1942
- World Series Champion in 1945 with Detroit Tigers
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