Dennis Bennett

Full Name: Dennis John Bennett	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/192	First Game: May 12, 1962
Birthdate: October 5, 1939	Final Game: September 29, 1968
Birthplace: Oakland, California	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on October 5, 1939 in Oakland, California, Dennis Bennett (Dennis John Bennett) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and California Angels over the course of his 7 year career. Bennett broke into the bigs on May 12, 1962 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.81 ERA in 174.2 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Dennis Bennett's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1964, when he posted a 3.68 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 125 batters. However, others believe that it was 1962, when he posted a 3.81 ERA and struck out 149 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1962	PHI	N	31	24	9	9	3.81	149	78	74	7	2	3	174.2	144	17	68	3	6	6
1963	PHI	N	23	16	9	5	2.64	82	44	35	6	1	1	119.1	102	12	33	5	4	4
1964	PHI	N	41	32	12	14	3.68	125	92	85	7	2	1	208	222	23	58	8	6	5
1965	BOS	A	34	18	5	7	4.38	85	76	69	3	0	0	141.2	152	15	53	6	4	6
1966	BOS	A	16	13	3	3	3.24	47	30	27	0	0	0	75	75	9	23	2	1	1
1967	NY	N	8	6	1	1	5.13	14	15	15	0	0	0	26.1	37	4	7	1	1	1
1967	BOS	A	13	11	4	3	3.88	34	32	30	4	1	0	69.2	72	12	22	2	3	2
1967	Total		21	17	5	4	4.22	48	47	45	4	1	0	96	109	16	29	3	4	3
1968	CAL	A	16	7	0	5	3.54	36	22	19	1	0	1	48.1	46	6	17	0	0	4
Total	NL		103	78	31	29	3.56	370	229	209	20	5	5	528.1	505	56	166	17	17	16
Total	AL		79	49	12	18	3.90	202	160	145	8	1	1	334.2	345	42	115	10	8	13
Total			182	127	43	47	3.69	572	389	354	28	6	6	863	850	98	281	27	25	29

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1962	PHI	N	P	31	24	174.2	8	24	1	0	2	5	3	5	.970
1963	PHI	N	P	23	16	119.1	6	21	1	3	0	2	4	3	.964
1964	PHI	N	P	41	32	208	11	37	3	1	0	11	8	1	.941
1965	BOS	A	P	34	18	141.2	11	21	2	1	2	4	2	0	.941
1966	BOS	A	P	16	13	75	0	9	0	0	1	3	2	0	1.000
1967	NY	N	P	8	6	26.1	1	5	1	0	0	3	1	0	.857
1967	BOS	A	P	13	11	69.2	3	11	1	1	0	0	3	0	.933
1967	Total		P	21	17	96	4	16	2	1	0	3	4	0	.909
1968	CAL	A	P	16	7	48.1	1	10	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
Total			P	182	127	863	41	138	9	6	5	32	24	9	.952

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1962	PHI	N	31	63	3	8	1	7	.127	.167	.175	0	3	23	0	3	1
1963	PHI	N	23	40	3	9	1	4	.225	.279	.300	0	3	20	0	1	0
1964	PHI	N	41	66	3	13	0	2	.197	.254	.212	1	4	26	1	2	2
1965	BOS	A	34	39	5	7	0	4	.179	.289	.205	1	5	23	1	2	0
1966	BOS	A	16	23	2	3	1	1	.130	.200	.304	1	2	11	0	2	1
1967	NY	N	8	8	1	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	3	0	0	0
1967	BOS	A	13	25	1	3	1	4	.120	.115	.240	0	0	10	0	1	3
1967	Total		21	33	2	5	1	4	.152	.147	.242	0	0	13	0	1	3
1968	CAL	A	16	13	0	1	0	0	.077	.077	.077	0	0	9	0	2	0
Total	NL		103	177	10	32	2	13	.181	.229	.220	1	10	72	1	6	3
Total	AL		79	100	8	14	2	9	.140	.202	.220	2	7	53	1	7	4
Total			182	277	18	46	4	22	.166	.219	.220	3	17	125	2	13	7

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (May 7, 1958).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Dick Stuart (November 29, 1964).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Mets in exchange for Al Yates and cash (June 24, 1967).
Sold by New York Mets to Chicago Cubs (May, 1968).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to California Angels (July 29, 1968).

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