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Al Benton | Major Leaguer 1934-1952

Full Name: John Alton Benton
Born: March 18,1911 in Noble, Oklahoma
Death: April 14,1968
Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
College:

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Transactions: [Jan 1,1938] - Purchased by Tigers from Athletics. [Dec 4,1948] - Released by Tigers. [Jan 1,1949] - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. [Apr 20,1949] - Purchased by Indians from Tigers. [Jan 24,1951] - Purchased by Sacramento (PCL) from Indians. [Jun 27,1952] - Purchased by Red Sox from San Diego (PCL).

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1934	Philadelph	AL	23	Pha	MLB	7	9	4.88	32	21	7	0	5	1	155.0	145	98	84	7	88	58	2	1	8.42	0.41	5.11	3.37	1.50	--
1935	Philadelph	AL	24	Pha	MLB	3	4	7.70	27	9	0	0	7	0	78.1	110	81	67	7	47	42	3	0	12.64	0.80	5.40	4.83	2.00	--
1938	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	5	3	3.30	19	10	6	0	3	0	95.1	93	40	35	10	39	33	3	0	8.78	0.94	3.68	3.12	1.38	--
1939	Detroit	AL	28	Det	MLB	6	8	4.56	37	16	3	0	18	5	150.0	182	94	76	11	58	67	5	0	10.92	0.66	3.48	4.02	1.60	--
1940	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	6	10	4.42	42	0	0	0	35	17	79.1	93	44	39	5	36	50	2	0	10.55	0.57	4.08	5.67	1.63	--
1941	Detroit	AL	30	Det	MLB	15	6	2.97	38	14	7	1	19	7	157.2	130	63	52	11	65	63	2	0	7.42	0.63	3.71	3.60	1.24	--
1942	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	7	13	2.90	35	30	9	1	4	2	226.2	210	87	73	9	84	110	5	0	8.34	0.36	3.34	4.37	1.30	--
1945	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	13	8	2.02	31	27	12	5	4	3	191.2	175	68	43	7	63	76	3	0	8.22	0.33	2.96	3.57	1.24	--
1946	Detroit	AL	35	Det	MLB	11	7	3.65	28	15	6	1	6	1	140.2	132	69	57	9	58	60	2	0	8.45	0.58	3.71	3.84	1.35	--
1947	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	6	7	4.40	36	14	4	0	12	7	133.0	147	77	65	11	61	33	2	0	9.95	0.74	4.13	2.23	1.56	--
1948	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	2	2	5.68	30	0	0	0	10	3	44.1	45	34	28	4	36	18	1	0	9.14	0.81	7.31	3.65	1.83	--
1949	Cleveland	AL	38	Cle	MLB	9	6	2.12	40	11	4	2	18	10	135.2	116	33	32	7	51	41	3	0	7.70	0.46	3.38	2.72	1.23	--
1950	Cleveland	AL	39	Cle	MLB	4	2	3.57	36	0	0	0	13	4	63.0	57	32	25	7	30	26	3	1	8.14	1.00	4.29	3.71	1.38	--
1952	Boston	AL	41	Bos	MLB	4	3	2.39	24	0	0	0	17	6	37.2	37	11	10	1	17	20	0	0	8.84	0.24	4.06	4.78	1.43	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						98	88	3.66	455	167	58	10	171	66	1,688.1	1672	831	686	106	733	697	36	2	8.91	0.57	3.91	3.72	1.42	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1934	Philadelph	AL	23	Pha	MLB	p		32	55	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	0		2			.109	*.119	.109	*228	--
1935	Philadelph	AL	24	Pha	MLB	p		27	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0		1			.040	*.120	.040	*160	--
1938	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	p		19	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0		2			.121	*.131	.121	*252	--
1939	Detroit	AL	28	Det	MLB	p		37	44	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	1		7		3	.091	*.101	.091	*192	--
1940	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	p		42	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0		4		0	.000	*.012	.000	*12	--
1941	Detroit	AL	30	Det	MLB	p		38	50	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0		9		4	.060	*.071	.080	*151	--
1942	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	p		35	67	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0		9		0	.075	*.085	.090	*175	--
1945	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	p		31	63	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	0		8		2	.063	*.102	.095	*197	--
1946	Detroit	AL	35	Det	MLB	p		28	49	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	0		5		0	.184	*.192	.204	*396	--
1947	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	p		36	39	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0		3		1	.154	*.163	.179	*342	--
1948	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	p		30	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0		2		0	.182	*.190	.273	*463	--
1949	Cleveland	AL	38	Cle	MLB	p		40	38	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	0		3		1	.132	*.162	.132	*294	--
1950	Cleveland	AL	39	Cle	MLB	p		36	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0		2		0	.083	*.221	.083	*304	--
1952	Boston	AL	41	Bos	MLB	p		24	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		2		2	.000	*.012	.000	*12	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								455	512	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	200	1		59			.098		.111	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1945	Detroit	AL	34		Ws	0	0	1.93	3		0			0	4.2	6		1		0	5			11.59	---	0.00	9.66	1.29	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	1.93	3		0			0	4.2	6		1		0	5			11.57	---	0.00	9.64	1.29	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1945	Detroit	AL	34	Det	Ws	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1934	Philadelph	AL	23	Pha	MLB	P	32		155	11	28	1	40	3	-	-	-	.975	2.26

1935	Philadelph	AL	24	Pha	MLB	P	27		78.1	2	12	1	15	0	-	-	-	.933	1.61

1938	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	P	19		95.1	3	25	1	29	0	-	-	-	.966	2.64

1939	Detroit	AL	28	Det	MLB	P	37		150	6	27	2	35	0	-	-	-	.943	1.98

1940	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	P	42		79.1	5	11	3	19	1	-	-	-	.842	1.82

1941	Detroit	AL	30	Det	MLB	P	38		157.2	9	27	3	39	4	-	-	-	.923	2.05

1942	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	P	35		226.2	18	39	5	62	0	-	-	-	.919	2.26

1945	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	P	31		191.2	11	44	2	57	4	-	-	-	.965	2.58

1946	Detroit	AL	35	Det	MLB	P	28		140.2	16	26	2	44	0	-	-	-	.955	2.69

1947	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	P	36		133	6	24	4	34	1	-	-	-	.882	2.03

1948	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	P	30		44.1	2	8	1	11	1	-	-	-	.909	2.03

1949	Cleveland	AL	38	Cle	MLB	P	40		135.2	4	17	0	21	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.39

1950	Cleveland	AL	39	Cle	MLB	P	36		63	1	8	0	9	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.29

1952	Boston	AL	41	Bos	MLB	P	24		37.2	3	5	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	1.91

Awards

[1941] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #19), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1942] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1945] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #23)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 2 all-star games during his career (1941-1942)....Member of the World Series Champion Detroit Tigers in 1945.

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