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John Alton Benton

First name: Al

Last name: Benton

Birthdate: 1911-03-18

Bats: R Throws: R

RetroID: benta101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1934	PHA	0.7	0.7	-0.6	-0.3	1.1	-1
1935	PHA	0.3	0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.5	0
1938	DET	0.4	0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.5	0
1939	DET	0.6	0.6	-0.3	-0.1	0.7	0
1940	DET	0.2	0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.4	-1
1941	DET	0.7	0.7	-0.6	-0.4	1.2	-1
1942	DET	1.0	1.0	-0.6	-0.3	1.3	-1
1945	DET	0.9	0.9	-0.7	-0.4	1.4	-1
1946	DET	0.7	0.7	-0.1	0.1	0.5	0
1947	DET	0.5	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0
1948	DET	0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0
1949	CLE	0.5	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0
1950	CLE	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0
1952	BOS	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0
Career		7.0	7.0	-4.1	-1.7	9.3	-5

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	WAM
1934	PHA	57	-12	-12	1	-2	0	0	6	-7	10.7	-0.7	-0.7
1935	PHA	28	-6	-6	0	0	0	0	3	-3	10.8	-0.3	-0.3
1938	DET	35	-7	-7	0	0	0	0	4	-3	10.9	-0.3	-0.3
1939	DET	52	-10	-10	0	0	0	1	5	-4	10.7	-0.4	-0.4
1940	DET	21	-5	-5	0	0	0	0	2	-3	10.6	-0.3	-0.3
1941	DET	59	-12	-13	0	0	-1	0	6	-8	9.8	-0.8	-0.8
1942	DET	76	-14	-15	0	0	0	0	8	-7	8.5	-0.8	-0.8
1945	DET	73	-12	-12	0	-1	0	0	5	-8	8.6	-0.9	-0.9
1946	DET	54	-6	-6	0	-1	0	0	5	-2	9.0	-0.2	-0.2
1947	DET	42	-6	-6	0	-1	0	0	4	-3	9.3	-0.3	-0.3
1948	DET	12	-1	-1	0	-1	0	0	1	-1	9.8	-0.1	-0.1
1949	CLE	42	-7	-7	0	0	0	0	4	-3	8.9	-0.3	-0.3
1950	CLE	16	-2	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	10.0	0.0	0.0
1952	BOS	11	-2	-2	0	0	0	0	1	-1	9.3	-0.1	-0.1
Career		578	-102	-104	1	-6	-1	1	56	-53	-	-5.5	-5.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	R	XR	DR	IP/G	RPW	Role	LgAdj	R+	LI	R_lev+	WAM	W	L	WAR	VS
1934	PHA	AL	32	7.1	155.0	98	86	5	4.84	10.8	0.08	0.05	-14	1.01	-14	-1.3	2.3	4.9	0.2	7
1935	PHA	AL	27	3.2	78.3	81	44	-5	2.90	11.4	-0.08	0.05	-32	0.82	-29	-2.6	-1.0	4.2	-1.9	-3
1938	DET	AL	19	4.3	95.3	41	60	4	5.02	10.8	0.14	0.05	17	0.92	16	1.5	3.6	0.6	2.3	11
1939	DET	AL	37	7.2	150.0	93	90	-5	4.05	11.0	0.04	0.05	4	1.08	4	0.4	4.0	3.2	1.9	12
1940	DET	AL	42	5.1	79.3	41	46	-4	1.89	10.6	-0.09	-0.03	8	1.78	11	1.0	3.5	1.5	2.0	10
1941	DET	AL	38	8.4	157.7	63	93	6	4.15	10.4	-0.03	-0.03	23	1.34	27	2.6	6.8	1.6	4.3	20
1942	DET	AL	35	10.4	226.7	88	119	1	6.48	9.3	0.01	-0.03	30	1.04	31	3.3	8.5	1.9	5.4	26
1945	DET	AL	31	8.8	191.7	68	84	4	6.18	8.5	0.04	-0.18	9	1.06	9	1.1	5.5	3.3	2.9	16
1946	DET	AL	28	6.6	140.7	69	65	2	5.02	9.3	0.07	-0.03	-5	1.12	-5	-0.5	2.8	3.8	0.9	8
1947	DET	AL	36	6.1	133.0	77	61	-3	3.69	9.3	-0.04	-0.03	-15	0.94	-15	-1.6	1.4	4.6	-0.4	4
1948	DET	AL	30	1.8	44.3	34	23	0	1.48	10.2	-0.19	-0.03	-11	0.82	-10	-1.0	-0.1	1.9	-0.6	0
1949	CLE	AL	40	6.9	135.7	33	69	7	3.39	9.2	-0.10	-0.03	27	1.30	31	3.4	6.9	0.1	4.9	21
1950	CLE	AL	36	3.5	63.0	32	38	1	1.75	10.9	-0.21	-0.09	2	1.45	2	0.2	2.0	1.6	1.0	6
1952	BOS	AL	24	2.6	37.7	11	19	0	1.57	9.4	-0.31	-0.09	6	2.15	9	1.0	2.3	0.3	1.5	7
Career			455	82	1688.4	829	897	13					49		67	7.5	48.5	33.5	24.4	145

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year	Team	Chances	OAA	OAA adj
1934	PHA	38	0.0	0
1935	PHA	16	-1.0	-1
1938	DET	17	1.0	1
1939	DET	31	0.0	0
1940	DET	15	-2.0	-2
1941	DET	31	1.0	1
1942	DET	44	-1.0	-1
1945	DET	29	0.0	0
1946	DET	28	-1.0	-1
1947	DET	18	-2.0	-2
1948	DET	8	0.0	0
1949	CLE	23	-1.0	-1
1950	CLE	11	0.0	0
1952	BOS	8	0.0	0
		317	-6.0	-6

Postseason Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	R	XR	DR	IP/G	RPW	Role	LgAdj	R+	LI	R_lev+	WAM	W	L	WAR	VS
1945	DET	MLB	3	0.2	4.7	1	3	-1	1.57	10.0	-0.15	0.00	3	0.44	2	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.3	1
Career			3	0.2	4.7	1	3	-1					3		2	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.3	1

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Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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