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Al
Benton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 18, 1911 in Usa, OK, NOBLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1935    1936    1937    1940    1941    1942   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 23 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1935 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1936 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1937 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1938 27 NYG NL $ 495,000 4 5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6
1939 28 NYG NL $ 665,000 4 5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6
1940 29 NYG NL $ 880,000 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1941 30 NYG NL $ 1,750,000 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1942 31 NYG NL $ 1,750,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1943 32 SEM AL $ 1,750,000 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1944 33 SDP NL $ 1,750,000 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1935 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1936 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1937 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 27 NYG NL $ 495,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 28 NYG NL $ 665,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 29 NYG NL $ 880,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 30 NYG NL $ 1,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 31 NYG NL $ 1,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 32 SEM AL $ 1,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 33 SDP NL $ 1,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1934 23 NYG NL 4 2 .667 57 0 0 0 5 67.0 61 20 1 23 21 2.69 .238 .299 .316 .615 9.1
    AAA   1 1 .500 17 0 0 0 1 17.7 16 4 0 5 11 2.04 .250 .304 .281 .586  
1935 24 NYG NL 4 5 .444 54 0 0 0 18 62.0 78 29 3 25 18 4.21 .312 .372 .416 .788 6.7
1936 25 NYG NL 8 5 .615 46 0 0 0 9 49.7 65 27 1 17 22 4.89 .316 .366 .369 .735 5.1
1937 26 NYG NL 8 9 .471 73 0 0 0 20 79.3 96 36 2 21 21 4.08 .300 .342 .378 .720 9.1
1938 27 NYG NL 7 5 .583 72 0 0 0 15 78.3 98 33 7 25 32 3.79 .308 .356 .447 .803 7.3
1939 28 NYG NL 3 6 .333 43 0 0 0 20 46.3 52 17 3 14 19 3.30 .291 .342 .419 .761 6.6
1940 29 NYG NL 5 11 .313 85 0 0 0 13 88.3 105 44 7 19 38 4.48 .293 .330 .413 .743 5.7
1941 30 NYG NL 8 9 .471 64 0 0 0 18 72.3 100 43 7 27 26 5.35 .333 .385 .477 .862 4.1
1942 31 NYG NL 5 4 .556 45 0 0 0 20 51.7 59 24 1 21 15 4.18 .282 .348 .378 .726 7.8
1943 32 NYG NL 2 4 .333 17 0 0 0 6 22.0 32 12 2 8 4 4.91 .340 .392 .436 .828 1.1
  SEM AL 1 2 .333 29 0 0 0 1 32.0 36 22 3 15 16 6.19 .281 .354 .398 .753 0.2
  TOT   3 6 .333 46 0 0 0 7 54.0 68 34 5 23 20 5.67 .306 .370 .414 .784 1.3
1944 33 SDP NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.3 9 3 0 3 0 6.24 .450 .522 .500 1.022 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 48 0 0 0 3 52.3 56 31 2 35 22 5.33 .281 .389 .377 .766  
11 Years Sim 55 62 .470 588 0 0 0 145 653.3 791 310 37 218 232 4.27 .300 .352 .406 .758 63.0
2 Years AAA 3 3 .500 65 0 0 0 4 70.0 72 35 2 40 33 4.50 .274 .370 .354 .723  
Season Average 5 5 .500 53 0 0 0 13 59.4 71 28 3 19 21 4.27 .300 .352 .406 .758  
Career Highs 8 11 .667 85 0 0 0 20 88.3 105 44 7 27 38 6.24 .450 .522 .500 1.022  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   361 146 16 80 124   .287 .330 .392 .722
vs LH   430 164 21 138 108   .311 .374 .419 .793
Home 35 27 .565 307 0 0 0 66 356.3 447 189 23 113 126 4.77 .306 .356 .429 .785
Away 20 35 .364 281 0 0 0 82 297.0 344 121 14 105 106 3.67 .292 .350 .377 .727
Mar/Apr 12 6 .667 94 0 0 0 25 112.0 125 44 4 39 31 3.54 .286 .345 .355 .699
May 11 13 .458 109 0 0 0 26 115.0 145 54 9 53 46 4.23 .309 .379 .428 .806
June 8 12 .400 109 0 0 0 32 123.3 155 69 11 41 46 5.04 .308 .360 .458 .818
July 12 11 .522 101 0 0 0 22 112.0 129 43 3 29 40 3.46 .289 .332 .369 .701
August 7 8 .467 88 0 0 0 23 98.3 112 50 6 32 25 4.58 .281 .335 .374 .709
Sep/Oct 5 12 .294 87 0 0 0 20 92.6 125 50 4 24 44 4.86 .327 .367 .445 .812
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1934 23 NYG NL 57 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1935 24 NYG NL 54 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0
1936 25 NYG NL 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1937 26 NYG NL 73 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
1938 27 NYG NL 72 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0
1939 28 NYG NL 43 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.2
1941 30 NYG NL 64 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.2 0.0
1942 31 NYG NL 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0.4 0.0
1943 32 NYG NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  SEM AL 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0
  TOT   46 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0
9 Years Sim 500 35 0 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 .143 .179 .171 .351 1.2 0.4
162 Game Average 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .179 .171 .351 0.4  
Career Highs 73 6 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .333 .333 .500 .750 0.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   22 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .091 .083 .136 .220 -0.7
vs LH   13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .231 .333 .231 .564 1.2
Home 258 22 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .182 .250 .227 .477 1.2
Away 224 13 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 .077 .067 .077 .144 -0.7
RISP   8 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .125 .100 .125 .225 -0.2
Close/Late   12 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .214 .333 .548 0.9
Mar/Apr 47 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.1
May 56 7 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .143 .125 .143 .268 -0.1
June 81 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.7
July 45 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
August 40 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9
Sep/Oct 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1934 23 NYG NL P 57 0 67.0 4 16 0 0 1.000 2.69    
1935 24 NYG NL P 54 0 62.0 6 13 1 1 .950 2.76    
1936 25 NYG NL P 46 0 49.7 2 10 0 2 1.000 2.17    
1937 26 NYG NL P 73 0 79.3 8 22 2 4 .938 3.40    
1938 27 NYG NL P 72 0 78.3 6 16 1 2 .957 2.53    
1939 28 NYG NL P 43 0 46.3 3 12 1 0 .938 2.91    
1940 29 NYG NL P 85 0 88.3 4 21 3 3 .893 2.55    
1941 30 NYG NL P 64 0 72.3 6 16 0 2 1.000 2.74    
1942 31 NYG NL P 45 0 51.7 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.92    
1943 32 NYG NL P 17 0 22.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 2.45    
  SEM AL P 29 0 32.0 3 7 1 2 .909 2.81    
  TOT   P 46 0 54.0 5 11 1 4 .941 2.67    
1944 33 SDP NL P 3 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
Career Totals   588 0 653.3 47 146 9 18 .955 2.66    
Career Highs   85 0 88.3 8 22 3 4 1.000 3.40    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1934 23 NYG NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 3 0 0.00 .083 .267 .083 .350
1935 24 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 1 3.0 3 1 0 1 0 3.00 .231 .286 .462 .747
1937 26 NYG NL 1 1 .500 5 0 0 0 1 4.7 5 3 0 2 1 5.79 .263 .333 .421 .754
1939 28 NYG NL 1 1 .500 6 0 0 0 1 6.0 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .292 .542
1940 29 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 1 3 1 3.60 .222 .333 .389 .722
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 2 .667 20 0 0 0 3 22.7 19 6 1 9 2 2.38 .221 .295 .337 .632
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1939 28 NYG NL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 29 NYG NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1935-4-18
1936-6-9
1937-1-20
1938-2-15
1939-1-20
1940-2-13
1941-2-18
1942-1-20
CAR-18-145
 Games Pitched
1935-5-54
1937-1-73
1938-3-72
1940-1-85
1941-6-64
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by New York (G) in 1934
Earned first career win on 6/12/1934
Had first career hit on 6/22/1935, off Lefty Willis (SLC)
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Injured on 8/6/1936 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $495,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/17/1938 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $665,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $880,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Traded from New York (N) to Seattle on 7/1/1943 (Going to NYG: P Ralph Birkofer. Going to SEM: LF Eddie Waitkus, C Al Lopez, P Al Benton)
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 3/3/1944 (Going to SEM: 3B Mel Ott. Going to SDP: SS Ellis Clary, P Cy Blanton, P Al Benton, P Rene Monteagudo, CF Eddie Wilson)
 
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