Jack Bentley

Full Name: Jack Needles Bentley	Primary Position: P,1B
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/200	First Game: September 6, 1913
Birthdate: March 8, 1895	Final Game: May 20, 1927
Birthplace: Sandy Spring, Maryland	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: October 24, 1969
Deathplace: Olney, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on March 8, 1895 in Sandy Spring, Maryland, Jack Bentley (Jack Needles Bentley) played for the Washington Senators, New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 9 year career. Bentley broke into the bigs on September 6, 1913 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 2.37 ERA in 125.1 innings pitched in 1914, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jack Bentley's best season was 1924, when he posted a 3.78 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 60 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1913	WAS	A	3	1	1	0	.00	5	0	0	0	0	1	11	5	0	2	1	1
1914	WAS	A	30	11	5	7	2.37	55	49	33	3	2	4	125.1	110	3	53	3	3
1915	WAS	A	4	2	0	2	.79	0	4	1	0	0	0	11.1	8	0	3	0	0
1916	WAS	A	2	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	1	0	0
1923	NY	N	31	27	13	8	4.48	80	102	91	12	1	3	183	198	10	67	1	5
1924	NY	N	28	24	16	5	3.78	60	85	79	13	1	1	188	196	11	56	1	4
1925	NY	N	28	22	11	9	5.04	47	90	88	11	0	0	157	200	10	59	2	1
1926	PHI	N	7	3	0	2	8.17	7	28	23	0	0	0	25.1	37	2	10	0	0
1926	NY	N	1	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
1926	TOT	N	8	3	0	2	7.57	8	28	23	0	0	0	27.1	37	2	12	0	0
1927	NY	N	4	0	0	0	2.79	3	7	3	0	0	0	9.2	7	1	10	0	1
Total	NL		99	76	40	24	4.52	198	312	284	36	2	4	565	638	34	204	4	11
Total	AL		39	14	6	9	2.05	61	53	34	3	2	5	149	123	3	59	4	4
Total			138	90	46	33	4.01	259	365	318	39	4	9	714	761	37	263	8	15

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1913	WAS	A	P	3	0	5	0	0	1.000
1914	WAS	A	P	30	9	31	3	1	.930
1915	WAS	A	P	4	1	2	1	0	.750
1916	WAS	A	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
1923	NY	N	P	31	5	38	1	1	.977
1924	NY	N	P	28	3	43	1	3	.979
1925	NY	N	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
1925	NY	N	P	28	7	33	3	2	.930
1925	NY	N	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000
1926	PHI	N	P	7	0	5	0	0	1.000
1926	PHI	N	1B	56	516	28	4	41	.993
1926	NY	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1926	TOT	N	P	8	0	5	0	0	1.000
1927	NY	N	1B	2	9	0	0	0	1.000
1927	NY	N	P	4	1	2	1	0	.750
Total			P	138	26	160	10	7	.949
Total			1B	59	527	28	4	41	.993
Total			OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH
1913	WAS	A	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1914	WAS	A	30	40	7	11	0	4	.275	.275	.325	2	0	0	5	0
1915	WAS	A	4	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
1916	WAS	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1923	NY	N	52	89	9	38	1	14	.427	.446	.573	6	2	3	4	2
1924	NY	N	46	98	12	26	0	6	.265	.287	.337	5	1	3	13	1
1925	NY	N	64	99	10	30	3	18	.303	.361	.485	5	2	9	11	1
1926	PHI	N	75	240	19	62	2	27	.258	.273	.358	12	3	5	4	7
1926	NY	N	3	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0
1926	TOT	N	78	244	19	63	2	27	.258	.273	.357	12	3	5	4	7
1927	NY	N	8	9	1	2	1	2	.222	.300	.556	0	0	1	1	0
Total	NL		248	539	51	159	7	67	.295	.321	.416	28	8	21	33	11
Total	AL		39	45	7	11	0	4	.244	.244	.289	2	0	0	6	0
Total			287	584	58	170	7	71	.291	.316	.406	30	8	21	39	11

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Baltimore (International) to New York Giants for $72000 (October 30, 1922).
Traded by New York Giants with Wayland Dean to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Jimmy Ring (December 30, 1925).
Claimed on waivers by New York Giants from Philadelphia Phillies (September 15, 1926).

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