Al Benton Stats

Al Benton was born on Saturday, March 18, 1911, in Noble, Oklahoma. Benton was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1934, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Al Benton baseball stats page.
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Al Benton
 
 
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Birth Name:   John Alton Benton
Nickname:   Al
Born On:   03-18-1911
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Noble, Oklahoma
Zodiac:   Pisces
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-14-1968
Place of Death Data Died In:   Lynwood, California
Cemetery:   Park Lawn Memorial Park, Bell Gardens, California
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04
Player Weight Chart Weight:   215
First Game:   04-18-1934 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-21-1952
Draft:   Not Applicable
Al Benton

Al Benton Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1934 Athletics 32 21 5 7 9 .438 4.88 7 0 1 155.0 682 145 84 98 7 88 - 58 2 2 1 -
1935 Athletics 27 9 7 3 4 .429 7.70 0 0 0 78.1 388 110 67 81 7 47 - 42 3 1 0 -
1938 Tigers 19 10 3 5 3 .625 3.30 6 0 0 95.1 409 93 35 40 10 39 - 33 3 1 0 -
1939 Tigers 37 16 18 6 8 .429 4.56 3 0 5 150.0 693 182 76 94 11 58 - 67 5 1 0 -
1940 Tigers 42 0 35 6 10 .375 4.42 0 0 17 79.1 361 93 39 44 5 36 - 50 2 0 0 -
1941 Tigers 38 14 19 15 6 .714 2.97 7 1 7 157.2 663 130 52 63 11 65 - 63 2 3 0 -
1942 Tigers 35 30 4 7 13 .350 2.90 9 1 2 226.2 954 210 73 87 9 84 - 110 5 0 0 -
1945 Tigers 31 27 4 13 8 .619 2.02 12 5 3 191.2 811 175 43 68 7 63 - 76 3 2 0 -
1946 Tigers 28 15 6 11 7 .611 3.65 6 1 1 140.2 606 132 57 69 9 58 - 60 2 1 0 -
1947 Tigers 36 14 12 6 7 .462 4.40 4 0 7 133.0 590 147 65 77 11 61 - 33 2 1 0 -
1948 Tigers 30 0 10 2 2 .500 5.68 0 0 3 44.1 210 45 28 34 4 36 - 18 1 1 0 -
1949 Indians 40 11 18 9 6 .600 2.12 4 2 10 135.2 548 116 32 33 7 51 - 41 3 1 0 -
1950 Indians 36 0 13 4 2 .667 3.57 0 0 4 63.0 269 57 25 32 7 30 - 26 3 1 1 -
1952 Red Sox 24 0 17 4 3 .571 2.39 0 0 6 37.2 158 37 10 11 1 17 - 20 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
14 Years 455 167 171 98 88 .527 3.66 58 10 66 1,688.1 7,342 1,672 686 831 106 733 - 697 36 15 2 -
Al Benton

Al Benton Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1934 Athletics 32 55 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 22 2 - 0 - .109 .109 .109
1935 Athletics 27 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 11 1 - 0 - .040 .111 .040
1938 Tigers 19 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 13 2 - 0 - .121 .121 .121
1939 Tigers 37 44 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 15 7 - 1 3 .091 .111 .091
1940 Tigers 42 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 4 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1941 Tigers 38 50 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 20 9 - 0 4 .060 .060 .080
1942 Tigers 35 67 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 32 9 - 0 0 .075 .075 .090
1945 Tigers 31 63 2 4 2 0 0 0 3 2 - 21 8 - 0 2 .063 .092 .095
1946 Tigers 28 49 3 9 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 17 5 - 0 0 .184 .184 .204
1947 Tigers 36 39 1 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 10 3 - 0 1 .154 .154 .179
1948 Tigers 30 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 2 - 0 0 .182 .182 .273
1949 Indians 40 38 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 11 3 - 0 1 .132 .154 .132
1950 Indians 36 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 9 2 - 0 0 .083 .214 .083
1952 Red Sox 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 2 - 0 2 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 455 512 22 50 7 0 0 0 14 7 - 200 59 - 1 13 .098 .112 .111
Al Benton

Al Benton Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1934 Athletics P 32 21 465 40 1.3 39 11 28 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.26 -
1935 Athletics P 27 9 235 15 0.6 14 2 12 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 1.61 -
1938 Tigers P 19 10 286 29 1.5 28 3 25 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.64 -
1939 Tigers P 37 16 450 35 0.9 33 6 27 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .943 1.98 -
1940 Tigers P 42 0 238 19 0.5 16 5 11 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .842 1.82 -
1941 Tigers P 38 14 473 39 1.0 36 9 27 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .923 2.05 -
1942 Tigers P 35 30 680 62 1.8 57 18 39 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .919 2.26 -
1945 Tigers P 31 27 575 57 1.8 55 11 44 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.58 -
1946 Tigers P 28 15 422 44 1.6 42 16 26 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.69 -
1947 Tigers P 36 14 399 34 0.9 30 6 24 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .882 2.03 -
1948 Tigers P 30 0 133 11 0.4 10 2 8 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .909 2.03 -
1949 Indians P 40 11 407 21 0.5 21 4 17 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.39 -
1950 Indians P 36 0 189 9 0.3 9 1 8 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29 -
1952 Red Sox P 24 0 113 9 0.4 8 3 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 1.91 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 455 167 5,065 424 0.9 398 97 301 26 18 n/a n/a n/a .939 2.12 --
14 Years 455 167 5,065 424 0.9 398 97 301 26 18 n/a n/a n/a .939 2.12 --
Al Benton

Al Benton Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1934 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.5 27.5 0.66 3.37 5.11
1935 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.89 4.83 5.40
1938 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.5 33.0 0.85 3.12 3.68
1939 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.9 44.0 1.16 4.02 3.48
1940 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.1 0.0 1.39 5.67 4.08
1941 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.97 3.60 3.71
1942 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.1 0.0 1.31 4.37 3.34
1945 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 21.0 1.21 3.57 2.96
1946 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.9 16.3 1.03 3.84 3.71
1947 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.9 19.5 0.54 2.23 4.13
1948 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.8 11.0 0.50 3.65 7.31
1949 Indians 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.5 38.0 0.80 2.72 3.38
1950 Indians 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.87 3.71 4.29
1952 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.8 0.0 1.18 4.78 4.06
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.6 36.6 0.95 3.72 3.91
Al Benton

Al Benton Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1934 Philadelphia Athletics 21 Undetermined - -
1935 Philadelphia Athletics 21 Undetermined - -
1938 Detroit Tigers 29 Undetermined - -
1939 Detroit Tigers 22 Undetermined - -
1940 Detroit Tigers 19 Undetermined - -
1941 Detroit Tigers 19 Undetermined Stats -
1942 Detroit Tigers 19 Undetermined Stats -
1945 Detroit Tigers 19 Undetermined n/a Stats
1946 Detroit Tigers 19 Undetermined - -
1947 Detroit Tigers 19 Undetermined - -
1948 Detroit Tigers 19 Undetermined - -
1949 Cleveland Indians 22 Undetermined - -
1950 Cleveland Indians 22 Undetermined - -
1952 Boston Red Sox 27 Undetermined - -




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