#19 Al Benton, Reliever, 31 yrs, Boston (A) Red Sox Saturday, 10/21/1942 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Al Benton
3/18/1911 31 USA,OK,NOBLE 6"4 220
Reliever R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 400,000 1942 (Possible Arbitration) 2 Year(s), 10 Days (354 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 0 Days (1032 total Days) 8 Year(s)
Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 2 | 2 | 10 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
Talent | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 65 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 2 3 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 3 (Range), .975 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 3
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 39 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5.73 | 48.2 | 67 | 34 | 31 | 37 | 27 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 39 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5.73 | 48.0 | 67 | 34 | 31 | 37 | 27 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 16 | 4 | 71.4 | 39 | 23 | 19.2 | 12.4 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 7.73 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 71 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .414 | .465 | .879 |
vs. RHB | 136 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .338 | .428 | .507 | .935 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.67 | 27.0 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 12 |
Road | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8.31 | 21.2 | 36 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
Postseason | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10.13 | 2.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 12.0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
May | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 14.0 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
June | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.86 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
July | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11.12 | 5.2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
August | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10.80 | 5.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.60 | 5.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1938 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .750 | CIN |
1939 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.59 | 33.1 | 43 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | .328 | CIN |
1942 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5.73 | 48.2 | 67 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2.14 | .354 | BOS |
Total | 68 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5.29 | 83.1 | 113 | 53 | 49 | 6 | 57 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2.04 | .349 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1934, AAA | 43 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5.00 | 86.1 | 99 | 54 | 48 | 10 | 53 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1.76 | .317 |
1935, AA | 17 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3.69 | 134.0 | 123 | 60 | 55 | 13 | 67 | 144 | 3 | 0 | 1.42 | .315 |
1935, AAA | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.30 | .417 |
1936, AAA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 12.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | .189 |
1937, AAA | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 32.0 | 37 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.63 | .318 |
1938, AAA | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.80 | 54.2 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 39 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | .234 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1938 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10.13 | 2.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.50 | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1938 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN |
1939 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN |
1942 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS |
Total | 68 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 39 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | 48.2 | 2.03 | | | | |
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Drafted in 4th round, 62nd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1934... Traded from Cleveland to Cincinnati on 4/1/1936 (Going to CIN: P Emil Roy, P Al Benton. Going to CLE: SS Eddie Joost)... Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1938... Earned first career win on 7/13/1939... Released by Cincinnati on 4/1/1940... Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/19/1941 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year... Injured on 3/10/1941 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season...
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