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Al Benton played 14 major-league seasons (1934-1952) as a P (455). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 23 | PHA | 32 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .109 | .218 | -42 |
| 1935 | 24 | PHA | 27 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .040 | .151 | -58 |
| 1938 | 27 | DET | 19 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .121 | .242 | -37 |
| 1939 | 28 | DET | 37 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .091 | .202 | -46 |
| 1940 | 29 | DET | 42 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1941 | 30 | DET | 38 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .060 | .140 | -62 |
| 1942 | 31 | DET | 35 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .075 | .164 | -52 |
| 1945 | 34 | DET | 31 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .063 | .188 | -44 |
| 1946 | 35 | DET | 28 | 49 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .184 | .388 | 12 |
| 1947 | 36 | DET | 36 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .154 | .333 | -5 |
| 1948 | 37 | DET | 30 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .182 | .455 | 23 |
| 1949 | 38 | CLE | 40 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .132 | .285 | -22 |
| 1950 | 39 | CLE | 36 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .083 | .298 | -19 |
| 1952 | 41 | BOS | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 23 | PHA | 32 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 155 | 58 | 88 | 4.88 | 92 |
| 1935 | 24 | PHA | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 78.1 | 42 | 47 | 7.70 | 58 |
| 1938 | 27 | DET | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 95.1 | 33 | 39 | 3.30 | 145 |
| 1939 | 28 | DET | 37 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 150 | 67 | 58 | 4.56 | 101 |
| 1940 | 29 | DET | 42 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 79.1 | 50 | 36 | 4.42 | 99 |
| 1941 | 30 | DET | 38 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 157.2 | 63 | 65 | 2.97 | 140 |
| 1942 | 31 | DET | 35 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 226.2 | 110 | 84 | 2.90 | 126 |
| 1945 | 34 | DET | 31 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 191.2 | 76 | 63 | 2.02 | 166 |
| 1946 | 35 | DET | 28 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 140.2 | 60 | 58 | 3.65 | 96 |
| 1947 | 36 | DET | 36 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 133 | 33 | 61 | 4.40 | 84 |
| 1948 | 37 | DET | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 44.1 | 18 | 36 | 5.68 | 75 |
| 1949 | 38 | CLE | 40 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 135.2 | 41 | 51 | 2.12 | 198 |
| 1950 | 39 | CLE | 36 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 63 | 26 | 30 | 3.57 | 128 |
| 1952 | 41 | BOS | 24 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 37.2 | 20 | 17 | 2.39 | 154 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | P | 32 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 3 |
| 1935 | P | 27 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1938 | P | 19 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 1939 | P | 37 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| 1940 | P | 42 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 1941 | P | 38 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 4 |
| 1942 | P | 35 | 0 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 0 |
| 1945 | P | 31 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 2 | 4 |
| 1946 | P | 28 | 0 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 1947 | P | 36 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 1 |
| 1948 | P | 30 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 1949 | P | 40 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 1950 | P | 36 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 1952 | P | 24 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1945, 1941.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1945 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 23 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
Al Benton ranks on 4 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #102 | closers | 1949 | 198 ERA+ |
| #122 | relief pitchers | 1949 | 198 ERA+ |
| #136 | closers | 1940 | 99 ERA+ |
| #154 | starting pitchers | 1945 | 166 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.