Al Benton stats

Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 1952

Pitcher

Age 115

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Al Benton played 14 MLB seasons, 1934 to 1952.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
455
W
98
L
88
ERA
3.66
IP
1,688.1
K
697
BB
733
WHIP
1.42
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1934ATH32794.88155.058881.50
1935ATH27347.7078.142472.00
1938DET19533.3095.133391.38
1939DET37684.56150.067581.60
1940DET426104.4279.150361.63
1941DET381562.97157.263651.24
1942DET357132.90226.2110841.30
1945DET311382.02191.276631.24
1946DET281173.65140.260581.35
1947DET36674.40133.033611.56
1948DET30225.6844.118361.83
1949CLE40962.12135.241511.23
1950CLE36423.5763.026301.38
1952BOS24432.3937.220171.43

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
3
W
0
L
0
ERA
2.25
IP
4.0
K
5
BB
0
WHIP
1.50

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
58
SHO
10
K/9
3.7
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1934ATH0703.40000
1935ATH0004.80000
1938DET0603.10000
1939DET0304.00000
1940DET0005.70000
1941DET0713.60000
1942DET0914.40000
1945DET01253.60000
1946DET0613.80000
1947DET0402.20000
1948DET0003.70000
1949CLE0422.70000
1950CLE0003.70000
1952BOS0004.80000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
115 yearsMar 18, 1911
Debut
1934

What were Al Benton's career stats?

Al Benton played 14 seasons for the Athletics, the Tigers, the Guardians and the Red Sox. He had 98 wins and 697 strikeouts with a 3.66 ERA over 1,688.1 innings. His best season was 1941: 15 wins, a 2.97 ERA and 63 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 1 postseason, 1934 to 1952

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 277th in saves (66)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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