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Historical player · 1934–1952

Al Benton

B/T R/R · HT 76 · WT 215 · Born 3/18/1911 · From Noble, OK USA · Debut 1934-04-18 · Final 1952-09-21

Career · batting

455

512

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.098 · 0.223

Career · pitching

455

167

1,688.3

W-L

98-88

697

ERA

3.66

WHIP

1.43

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1938–1948

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Hits

#552 on the Tigers

↑ 1 C. Mapes

↓ 1 E. Wells

RBI

#612 on the Tigers

↑ 1 J. Cardona

↓ 1 J. Walewander

Runs

#548 on the Tigers

↑ 1 A. Cedeno

↓ 1 M. Aviles

#838 on the Tigers

↑ 1 A. Bashang

↓ 1 J. Alvarez

Career with the Philadelphia Athletics · 1934–1935

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Hits

#988 on the Athletics

↑ 1 W. Adams

↓ 1 H. Wilson

RBI

#998 on the Athletics

↑ 1 J. Aker

↓ 1 E. Yount

Runs

#1,058 on the Athletics

↑ 1 W. Adams

↓ 1 M. Andrews

#987 on the Athletics

↑ 1 B. Allen

↓ 1 B. Anderson

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1949–1950

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Hits

#948 on the Indians

↑ 1 G. Banks

↓ 1 J. Wilson

RBI

#1,019 on the Indians

↑ 1 H. Aguirre

Runs

#974 on the Indians

↑ 1 T. Agee

↓ 1 H. Aguirre

#871 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Aguilar

↓ 1 T. Agee

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1952–1952

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#7,951 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Aviles

↓ 1 J. Wood

RBI

#8,719 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Adduci

↓ 1 J. Zardon

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1934	Athletics	AL	32	55	1	6	0	2	0	22	0.109	—	0.109
1935	Athletics	AL	27	25	1	1	0	0	2	11	0.040	—	0.040
1938	Tigers	AL	19	33	1	4	0	1	0	13	0.121	—	0.121
1939	Tigers	AL	37	44	5	4	0	1	0	15	0.091	—	0.091
1940	Tigers	AL	42	17	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.000	—	0.000
1941	Tigers	AL	38	50	2	3	1	0	0	20	0.060	—	0.080
1942	Tigers	AL	35	67	3	5	1	0	0	32	0.075	—	0.090
1945	Tigers	AL	31	63	2	4	2	3	2	21	0.063	—	0.095
1946	Tigers	AL	28	49	3	9	1	3	0	17	0.184	—	0.204
1947	Tigers	AL	36	39	1	6	1	2	0	10	0.154	—	0.179
1948	Tigers	AL	30	11	1	2	1	1	0	6	0.182	—	0.273
1949	Indians	AL	40	38	1	5	0	1	1	11	0.132	—	0.132
1950	Indians	AL	36	12	1	1	0	0	2	9	0.083	—	0.083
1952	Red Sox	AL	24	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.000	—	0.000
Career			455	512	22	50	7	14	7	200	0.098	0.112	0.111

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1934	Athletics	AL	7	9	32	21	1	155.0	145	84	88	58	4.88	1.50
1935	Athletics	AL	3	4	27	9	0	78.3	110	67	47	42	7.70	2.00
1938	Tigers	AL	5	3	19	10	0	95.3	93	35	39	33	3.30	1.38
1939	Tigers	AL	6	8	37	16	5	150.0	182	76	58	67	4.56	1.60
1940	Tigers	AL	6	10	42	0	17	79.3	93	39	36	50	4.42	1.63
1941	Tigers	AL	15	6	38	14	7	157.7	130	52	65	63	2.97	1.24
1942	Tigers	AL	7	13	35	30	2	226.7	210	73	84	110	2.90	1.30
1945	Tigers	AL	13	8	31	27	3	191.7	175	43	63	76	2.02	1.24
1946	Tigers	AL	11	7	28	15	1	140.7	132	57	58	60	3.65	1.35
1947	Tigers	AL	6	7	36	14	7	133.0	147	65	61	33	4.40	1.56
1948	Tigers	AL	2	2	30	0	3	44.3	45	28	36	18	5.68	1.83
1949	Indians	AL	9	6	40	11	10	135.7	116	32	51	41	2.12	1.23
1950	Indians	AL	4	2	36	0	4	63.0	57	25	30	26	3.57	1.38
1952	Red Sox	AL	4	3	24	0	6	37.7	37	10	17	20	2.39	1.43
Career			98	88	455	167	66	1,688.3	1,672	686	733	697	3.66	1.43

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	455	0	0.0	97	301	26	18