Barnstorming
Al Benton
John Alton Benton Born: 3/18/1911 in Noble, OK USA      Died: 4/14/1968 in Lynwood, CA USA
Weight: 215 lb.      Height: 6'4"
Bats: R                 Throws: R
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1934 | 23 | PHA | AL | 32 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | .109 | .109 | .109 | .218 | |||
| 1935 | 24 | PHA | AL | 27 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .040 | .111 | .040 | .151 | |||
| 1938 | 27 | DET | AL | 19 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | .121 | .121 | .121 | .242 | |||
| 1939 | 28 | DET | AL | 37 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .091 | .111 | .091 | .202 | ||
| 1940 | 29 | DET | AL | 42 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | ||
| 1941 | 30 | DET | AL | 38 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .060 | .060 | .080 | .140 | ||
| 1942 | 31 | DET | AL | 35 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .075 | .075 | .090 | .164 | ||
| 1945 | 34 | DET | AL | 31 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .063 | .092 | .095 | .188 | ||
| 1946 | 35 | DET | AL | 28 | 49 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .184 | .184 | .204 | .388 | ||
| 1947 | 36 | DET | AL | 36 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .179 | .333 | ||
| 1948 | 37 | DET | AL | 30 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | ||
| 1949 | 38 | CLE | AL | 40 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .132 | .154 | .132 | .285 | ||
| 1950 | 39 | CLE | AL | 36 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | ||
| 1952 | 41 | BOS | AL | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | ||
| 14 Seasons | 455 | 512 | 22 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 200 | 1 | 59 | 13 | .098 | .112 | .111 | .223 | |||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1945 | 34 | DET | WS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1 Post Seasons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | R |
| 1934 | 23 | PHA | AL | 7 | 9 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 145 | 84 | 7 | 88 | 58 | 4.88 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 682 | 5 | 98 | |
| 1935 | 24 | PHA | AL | 3 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.1 | 110 | 67 | 7 | 47 | 42 | 7.70 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 388 | 7 | 81 | |
| 1938 | 27 | DET | AL | 5 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 95.1 | 93 | 35 | 10 | 39 | 33 | 3.30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 409 | 3 | 40 | |
| 1939 | 28 | DET | AL | 6 | 8 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 150 | 182 | 76 | 11 | 58 | 67 | 4.56 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 693 | 18 | 94 | |
| 1940 | 29 | DET | AL | 6 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 79.1 | 93 | 39 | 5 | 36 | 50 | 4.42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 361 | 35 | 44 | |
| 1941 | 30 | DET | AL | 15 | 6 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 157.2 | 130 | 52 | 11 | 65 | 63 | 2.97 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 663 | 19 | 63 | |
| 1942 | 31 | DET | AL | 7 | 13 | 35 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 226.2 | 210 | 73 | 9 | 84 | 110 | 2.90 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 954 | 4 | 87 | |
| 1945 | 34 | DET | AL | 13 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 191.2 | 175 | 43 | 7 | 63 | 76 | 2.02 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 811 | 4 | 68 | |
| 1946 | 35 | DET | AL | 11 | 7 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 140.2 | 132 | 57 | 9 | 58 | 60 | 3.65 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 606 | 6 | 69 | |
| 1947 | 36 | DET | AL | 6 | 7 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 133 | 147 | 65 | 11 | 61 | 33 | 4.40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 590 | 12 | 77 | |
| 1948 | 37 | DET | AL | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.1 | 45 | 28 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 5.68 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 210 | 10 | 34 | |
| 1949 | 38 | CLE | AL | 9 | 6 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 135.2 | 116 | 32 | 7 | 51 | 41 | 2.12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 548 | 18 | 33 | |
| 1950 | 39 | CLE | AL | 4 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 57 | 25 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 3.57 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 269 | 13 | 32 | |
| 1952 | 41 | BOS | AL | 4 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37.2 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 2.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 17 | 11 | |
| 14 Seasons | 98 | 88 | 455 | 167 | 58 | 10 | 66 | 1688.1 | 1672 | 686 | 106 | 733 | 697 | 3.66 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 7342 | 171 | 831 | ||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | R |
| 1945 | 34 | DET | WS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Post Seasons | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB | FP |
| 1934 | 23 | PHA | AL | P | 32 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0.975 | ||
| 1935 | 24 | PHA | AL | P | 27 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.933 | ||
| 1938 | 27 | DET | AL | P | 19 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0.966 | ||
| 1939 | 28 | DET | AL | P | 37 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0.943 | ||
| 1940 | 29 | DET | AL | P | 42 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0.842 | ||
| 1941 | 30 | DET | AL | P | 38 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0.923 | ||
| 1942 | 31 | DET | AL | P | 35 | 0 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0.919 | ||
| 1945 | 34 | DET | AL | P | 31 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 2 | 4 | 0.965 | ||
| 1946 | 35 | DET | AL | P | 28 | 0 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0.955 | ||
| 1947 | 36 | DET | AL | P | 36 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0.882 | ||
| 1948 | 37 | DET | AL | P | 30 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.909 | ||
| 1949 | 38 | CLE | AL | P | 40 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | ||
| 1950 | 39 | CLE | AL | P | 36 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | ||
| 1952 | 41 | BOS | AL | P | 24 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.889 | ||
| 14 Seasons | 455 | 0 | 97 | 301 | 26 | 18 | 0.939 | ||||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB | FP |
| 1945 | 34 | DET | WS | P | 3 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1 Post Seasons | 3 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |||||
| Year | Age | Team | League | Salary |
| Year | Age | League | Award | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Voters | Ballots | Required | Votes | Pct. | Inducted | Category | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | Div | # | G | W | L | Pct. | Div Rank | Ply/Mgr |
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