Ray Benge

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Full Name: Raymond Adelphia Benge	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 9.5"/160	First Game: September 26, 1925
Birthdate: April 22, 1902	Final Game: June 2, 1938
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Texas	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: June 27, 1997
Deathplace: Centerville, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on April 22, 1902 in Jacksonville, Texas, Ray Benge (Raymond Adelphia Benge) played for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 12 year career. Benge broke into the bigs on September 26, 1925 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.55 ERA in 201.2 innings pitched in 1928, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ray Benge's best season was 1931, when he posted a 3.17 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 117 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
1925	CLE	A	2	2	1	0	1.54	3	2	2	1	1	0	11.2	9	0	3	0	0	0
1926	CLE	A	8	0	1	0	3.86	3	11	5	0	0	0	11.2	15	0	4	0	1	0
1928	PHI	N	40	28	8	18	4.55	68	117	102	12	1	1	201.2	219	15	88	0	0	5
1929	PHI	N	38	26	11	15	6.29	78	147	139	9	2	4	199	255	24	77	0	1	4
1930	PHI	N	38	29	11	15	5.70	70	178	143	14	0	1	225.2	305	22	81	0	5	1
1931	PHI	N	38	31	14	18	3.17	117	107	87	16	2	2	247	251	12	61	0	2	5
1932	PHI	N	41	28	13	12	4.05	89	119	100	13	2	6	222.1	247	15	58	0	1	4
1933	BRO	N	37	30	10	17	3.42	74	104	87	16	2	1	228.2	238	11	55	0	1	6
1934	BRO	N	36	32	14	12	4.32	64	124	109	14	1	0	227	252	11	61	0	1	3
1935	BRO	N	23	17	9	9	4.48	39	77	62	5	1	1	124.2	142	12	47	0	0	1
1936	PHI	N	15	6	1	4	4.73	13	35	24	0	0	1	45.2	70	3	19	0	1	0
1936	BOS	N	21	19	7	9	5.79	32	79	74	2	0	0	115	161	6	38	0	1	1
1936	TOT	N	36	25	8	13	5.49	45	114	98	2	0	1	160.2	231	9	57	0	2	1
1938	CIN	N	9	0	1	1	4.11	5	8	7	0	0	2	15.1	13	1	6	0	0	0
Total	NL		336	246	99	130	4.54	649	1095	934	101	11	19	1852	2153	132	591	0	13	30
Total	AL		10	2	2	0	2.70	6	13	7	1	1	0	23.1	24	0	7	0	1	0
Total			346	248	101	130	4.52	655	1108	941	102	12	19	1875.1	2177	132	598	0	14	30

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1925	CLE	A	P	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1926	CLE	A	P	8	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1928	PHI	N	P	40	0	0	4	39	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1929	PHI	N	P	38	0	0	2	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1930	PHI	N	P	38	0	0	9	41	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1931	PHI	N	P	38	0	0	12	36	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1932	PHI	N	P	41	0	0	7	41	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1933	BRO	N	P	37	0	0	6	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	BRO	N	P	36	0	0	13	43	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1935	BRO	N	P	23	0	0	3	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1936	PHI	N	P	15	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1936	BOS	N	P	21	0	0	2	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1936	TOT	N	P	36	0	0	2	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1938	CIN	N	P	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	346	0	0	59	317	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	.959

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1925	CLE	A	2	5	1	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1926	CLE	A	8	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1928	PHI	N	42	58	1	12	0	2	.207	.258	.224	1	0	4	6	0	7	0	0	0
1929	PHI	N	43	74	8	15	0	4	.203	.213	.203	0	0	1	9	0	3	0	0	0
1930	PHI	N	38	88	9	18	0	7	.205	.222	.239	3	0	2	7	0	3	0	0	0
1931	PHI	N	38	88	6	18	0	7	.205	.205	.227	2	0	0	9	0	6	0	0	0
1932	PHI	N	41	75	2	13	0	2	.173	.184	.187	1	0	1	7	0	2	0	0	0
1933	BRO	N	37	76	5	14	0	4	.184	.205	.224	3	0	2	12	0	6	0	0	3
1934	BRO	N	36	89	7	15	0	7	.169	.196	.180	1	0	3	10	0	2	0	0	1
1935	BRO	N	23	47	3	9	0	4	.191	.191	.191	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2
1936	PHI	N	15	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1936	BOS	N	21	43	2	6	0	1	.140	.140	.140	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	1
1936	TOT	N	36	53	2	6	0	1	.113	.113	.113	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	1
1938	CIN	N	9	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		343	651	43	121	0	38	.186	.202	.203	11	0	13	68	0	34	0	0	7
Total	AL		10	8	2	3	0	0	.375	.375	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			353	659	45	124	0	38	.188	.204	.206	12	0	13	69	0	34	0	0	7

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with $15000 to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Cy Moore, Neal Finn and Jack Warner (December 15, 1932).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Tony Cuccinello, Al Lopez and Bobby Reis to Boston Bees in exchange for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore (December 12, 1935).
Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Boston Bees (July 27, 1936).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago White Sox (December 1, 1936).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (February 5, 1938).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (April 18, 1938).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (June 10, 1938).

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