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Al Benton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: March 18, 1911 in Noble, OK us

Died: April 14, 1968 in Lynwood, CA

Buried: Park Lawn Memorial Park, Bell Gardens, CA

Debut: April 18, 1934 (Age 23-031d, 7,699th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1952 (Age 41-187d)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: John Alton Benton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.7

ERA

3.66

455

167

1688.1

697

WHIP

1.424

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-17 / in Starts: 5-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 7

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	33	3	Apr 19	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS-5		99	4.2	5	4	3	4	4	0	0	5.79	4.04	23	7	4	1	0	4	40			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.178	2.85	-0.23%	-1.75	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out a1
2	34	7	Apr 24	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	4	7.0	9	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.63	3.35	31	8	8	2	2	9	49			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.012	2.49	0.01%	0.94	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out tie
3	35	12	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	L,8-10	GS-2		4	1.2	4	5	4	4	1	0	0	6.75	4.08	12	3	1	0	1	3	26			0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.164	1.61	-0.10%	-1.69	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	36	16	May 8	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	8-8	W(1-1)	8	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.28	4.09	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.035	.40	0.01%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
5	37	20	May 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-5	5-GF(8)		6	4.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.89	3.78	15	5	6	1	1	3		0	0	3	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.22	0.041	.18	0.02%	0.33	5b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
6	38	23	May 19	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	GS-3		3	2.1	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	6.97	4.10	16	2	4	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.270	.97	-0.12%	-2.89	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d3
7	39	26	May 24	PHA		CLE	L,2-12	3-6		4	4.0	7	6	4	1	4	1	0	7.30	4.28	21	5	4	0	1	7		0	0	1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	.49	-0.171	.32	-0.07%	-3.74	3t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d7
8	40	34	May 30(2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,13-8	GS-8		5	7.0	8	6	5	6	2	1	0	7.11	4.89	35	12	7	1	0	8	35			3	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.64	-0.156	.69	-0.04%	-1.17	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	41	37	Jun 2	PHA		WSH	W,8-7	GS-9		2	8.1	9	7	7	4	4	0	1	7.20	4.71	39	12	9	1	0	9	37			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.011	.59	0.00%	-0.89	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
10	42	41	Jun 8	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	8-GF	W(2-1)	5	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	7.07	4.73	9	0	4	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	0.138	1.63	0.05%	0.11	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
11	43	43	Jun 11(1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	8-GF	W(3-1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	6.75	4.77	9	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.36	0.147	1.48	0.06%	1.16	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 2
12	44	45	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS-1		0	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	7.20	5.03	6	1	1	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.211	.87	-0.12%	-2.42	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
13	45	50	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	L,3-13	GS-4	L(3-2)	3	3.1	11	9	7	2	1	1	0	8.01	5.25	22	6	2	0	0	11	5			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.363	.40	-0.15%	-7.38	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d9
14	46	51	Jun 20(1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-3	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.84	5.13	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.018	.18	0.01%	0.58	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d2
15	47	55	Jun 23(1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-7	8-9		2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.74	5.16	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.009	.22	0.00%	-0.14	8b 1-3 1 out a5	9b 1-- 0 out a4
16	48	59	Jun 29(1)	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	6-7		5	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	7.79	5.05	9	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.108	.24	-0.03%	-0.87	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d4
17	49	60	Jun 29(2)	PHA		BOS	L,6-13	2-5		-1	3.1	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	7.64	4.86	14	7	2	0	0	3		2	0	0	1	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	.23	-0.021	.07	0.00%	-0.66	2t -23 2 out d6	5t 3 out d7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	50	62	Jul 2	PHA		NYY	L,5-8	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.51	4.85	5	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.004	.13	0.00%	0.49	9t --3 0 out d2	9t end d 3
19	51	66	Jul 6	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.38	4.79	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.019	.04	0.00%	0.60	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
20	52	71	Jul 11(2)	PHA		SLB	L,6-9	3-6	L(3-3)	4	3.2	4	5	5	2	1	0	0	7.67	4.76	17	6	4	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.274	.09	-0.01%	-2.36	3t -2- 0 out d4	6t 1-- 2 out d5
21	53	74	Jul 13(2)	PHA		DET	L,3-6	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.43	4.71	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.029	.01	0.00%	1.13	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
22	54	78	Jul 20(1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-15	6-8		6	3.0	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	7.36	4.58	13	4	3	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.31	6t --- 0 out d11	8t 3 out d12
23	55	81	Jul 22	PHA		CHW	L,3-12	6-6		1	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.56	4.56	6	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.094	.03	0.00%	-1.97	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 1-3 2 out d5
24	56	85	Jul 28	PHA		BOS	L,3-11	4-7		5	3.2	6	2	1	2	2	0	0	7.29	4.52	18	5	3	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	1	.38	0.016	.01	0.00%	0.43	4t -2- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	57	88	Aug 4(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	6-7		6	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.13	4.50	6	2	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.89	6b 1-3 1 out d2	7b 3 out d3
26	58	90	Aug 5	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-10	GS-2	L(3-4)	0	1.2	3	4	4	3	0	0	0	7.45	4.59	12	5	1	0	0	3	30			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.267	.01	0.00%	-3.43	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d4
27	59	94	Aug 10(1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,7-18	4-GF(8)		4	4.2	12	11	6	3	2	2	0	7.70	4.91	30	5	8	1	0	12		2	2	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.25	-0.232	.00	0.00%	-9.88	4b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d13
							10-17		W-L:3-4	3.3	78.1	110	81	67	46	42	6	1	7.70	4.91	388	1.38		6%	3%	106	32	11	45%	9	3	0	336	10	6	0	6	0	9	.94	-2.017	.72	-0.71%	-34.34

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