3B Bill Benton #30
Age: 38 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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3B BILL BENTON #30 - AGE: 38 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/28/1936
Born in:Brooklyn, NY
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:2 Years, 159 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1955, 16th Pick in Round 18
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1956 Marshalltown - R 19 17 20 9 2 0 1 3 5 4 0 0 1 1 1 .450 .542 .700 1.242 222 225 0.4
1957 Marshalltown - R 20 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -156 -0.1
1957 Tampa - A 20 21 57 12 4 1 1 9 7 19 1 2 9 6 0 .211 .405 .368 .773 109 121 0.6
1958 Tampa - A 21 49 127 36 5 2 3 16 14 17 0 1 19 4 4 .283 .366 .425 .791 106 103 0.1
1958 Springfield - A 21 43 143 32 4 3 3 16 23 25 1 0 31 7 3 .224 .343 .357 .700 93 92 0.2
1959 Springfield - A 22 71 150 44 6 2 3 20 30 42 1 2 27 3 4 .293 .446 .420 .866 135 139 1.0
1959 Knoxville - AA 22 30 113 27 6 1 3 14 20 11 0 0 14 3 2 .239 .306 .389 .696 87 72 0.1
1960 Springfield - A 23 39 89 26 1 0 0 11 14 14 0 1 10 2 0 .292 .385 .303 .688 85 86 0.3
1960 Knoxville - AA 23 47 161 42 6 0 0 14 26 34 0 0 28 8 9 .261 .390 .298 .688 84 90 -0.1
1961 Springfield - A 24 23 62 15 1 1 1 7 6 13 0 0 9 3 1 .242 .373 .339 .712 91 97 0.3
1961 Knoxville - AA 24 58 156 49 5 4 5 23 32 31 1 0 23 12 3 .314 .431 .494 .924 147 140 1.5
1961 Jersey City - AAA 24 16 48 6 0 0 0 2 5 6 0 0 6 3 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 -4 -14 -0.6
1962 Knoxville - AA 25 84 238 54 8 2 2 18 23 30 3 1 41 6 4 .227 .320 .303 .622 66 68 -0.5
1963 Dayton - AA 26 128 440 126 18 5 6 58 67 72 2 3 77 13 11 .286 .387 .391 .778 130 133 4.0
1964 Dayton - AA 27 121 303 62 8 1 2 26 36 67 8 3 47 11 15 .205 .360 .257 .617 77 87 0.2
1965 Panhandle - A 28 133 494 123 17 1 10 68 63 89 4 4 85 5 6 .249 .365 .348 .714 96 107 2.6
Total DIX 219 668 172 25 7 10 69 101 106 4 1 106 29 18 .257 .362 .361 .723 94 92
Total EA 249 743 188 26 6 8 84 103 139 10 6 124 24 26 .253 .375 .336 .712 107 113
Total HL 176 444 117 12 6 7 54 73 94 2 3 77 15 8 .264 .392 .365 .757 106 108
Total SEL 70 184 48 9 3 4 25 21 36 1 3 28 10 4 .261 .379 .408 .787 107 109
Total WBL 133 494 123 17 1 10 68 63 89 4 4 85 5 6 .249 .365 .348 .714 96 107
Total UMVA 25 25 9 2 0 1 3 5 4 0 0 2 1 1 .360 .448 .560 1.008 168 161
Total CL 16 48 6 0 0 0 2 5 6 0 0 6 3 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 -4 -14
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1956 Marshalltown - R 3B 10 1 2 10 2 13 1 .923 39.0 2.77 -0.3 .920
1956 Marshalltown - R SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Tampa - A 3B 20 16 17 31 3 49 1 .980 151.1 2.85 -0.8 .959
1957 Marshalltown - R 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Tampa - A SS 1 1 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.1 1.017
1958 Springfield - A 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Tampa - A 1B 15 11 99 6 10 107 2 .981 107.2 8.78 -0.0 .983
1958 Springfield - A 3B 8 6 4 10 1 15 1 .933 55.1 2.28 +0.0 .971
1958 Tampa - A 3B 19 16 16 32 2 52 4 .923 153.1 2.82 -0.5 .958
1958 Springfield - A SS 35 34 59 67 12 129 3 .977 298.1 3.80 -4.7 .931
1958 Tampa - A SS 7 4 12 9 1 24 3 .875 33.1 5.67 -1.7 .723
1959 Springfield - A 1B 9 0 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 17.0 10.06 +0.1 1.035
1959 Springfield - A 2B 50 37 81 98 25 184 5 .973 336.2 4.79 -4.2 .891
1959 Knoxville - AA 3B 16 16 14 29 1 45 2 .956 137.2 2.81 -0.8 .960
1959 Springfield - A 3B 6 3 1 3 1 4 0 1.000 31.0 1.16 -0.2 1.033
1959 Knoxville - AA SS 14 14 27 40 3 69 2 .971 122.0 4.94 +0.7 1.015
1959 Springfield - A SS 9 0 5 9 4 15 1 .933 19.0 6.63 -0.7 .926
1960 Springfield - A 1B 4 1 11 1 1 12 0 1.000 12.2 8.53 +0.0 1.030
1960 Knoxville - AA 2B 19 17 48 39 14 91 4 .956 150.0 5.22 -3.1 .826
1960 Springfield - A 2B 6 3 6 14 3 20 0 1.000 32.0 5.62 +0.4 .992
1960 Knoxville - AA 3B 4 1 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 15.0 3.60 +0.1 1.060
1960 Springfield - A 3B 25 16 17 26 5 45 2 .956 157.2 2.45 -0.1 1.006
1960 Knoxville - AA SS 24 23 55 70 18 129 4 .969 204.2 5.50 -1.1 .994
1960 Springfield - A SS 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1.000 2.1 7.71 +0.0 1.007
1961 Knoxville - AA 1B 8 5 53 4 6 58 1 .983 55.1 9.27 -0.2 .918
1961 Springfield - A 1B 5 3 35 4 5 39 0 1.000 37.2 9.32 +0.4 1.042
1961 Knoxville - AA 2B 23 15 50 28 8 80 2 .975 151.2 4.63 -2.1 .903
1961 Springfield - A 2B 3 3 3 8 3 11 0 1.000 18.2 5.30 -0.1 .975
1961 Jersey City - AAA 3B 16 16 9 25 2 35 1 .971 128.0 2.39 +0.7 .966
1961 Knoxville - AA 3B 23 17 21 35 3 60 4 .933 173.0 2.91 -0.4 1.003
1961 Springfield - A 3B 9 9 6 18 4 25 1 .960 77.1 2.79 +0.1 .987
1961 Knoxville - AA SS 1 1 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 8.0 4.50 -0.3 1.051
1961 Springfield - A SS 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 7.1 1.23 +0.0 1.027
1961 Knoxville - AA LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1961 Knoxville - AA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Knoxville - AA 1B 16 10 99 7 9 107 1 .991 93.0 10.26 +0.9 1.215
1962 Knoxville - AA 2B 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 1.000 10.0 2.70 -0.0 .000
1962 Knoxville - AA 3B 52 42 28 65 6 102 9 .912 391.1 2.14 -3.3 .926
1962 Knoxville - AA SS 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 .500 6.0 1.50 -0.6 .542
1963 Dayton - AA 1B 4 3 16 3 4 19 0 1.000 24.2 6.93 +0.7 1.244
1963 Dayton - AA 2B 13 10 33 32 9 68 3 .956 100.0 5.85 -1.3 .906
1963 Dayton - AA 3B 96 92 76 156 10 244 12 .951 830.0 2.52 +5.0 1.028
1963 Dayton - AA SS 5 5 7 11 2 20 2 .900 44.0 3.68 -2.6 .769
1964 Dayton - AA 1B 1 1 6 0 1 6 0 1.000 10.0 5.40 +0.0 .000
1964 Dayton - AA 2B 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 +0.1 1.038
1964 Dayton - AA 3B 92 71 60 135 18 207 12 .942 693.2 2.53 -3.2 .974
1964 Dayton - AA SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Panhandle - A 2B 30 27 57 65 14 124 2 .984 250.0 4.39 -3.2 .925
1965 Panhandle - A 3B 99 94 80 171 14 263 12 .954 822.1 2.75 +2.6 1.030
1965 Panhandle - A SS 10 7 15 11 1 26 0 1.000 61.2 3.79 +0.6 1.005
TOTAL 1B 62 34 338 25 36 367 4 .989 358.0 9.13 +1.9 1.062
TOTAL 2B 146 113 281 286 77 583 16 .973 1051.0 4.86 -13.4 .901
TOTAL 3B 497 416 352 751 72 1165 62 .947 3859.0 2.57 -1.0 .994
TOTAL SS 112 89 183 228 42 427 16 .963 818.2 4.52 -10.4 .950
TOTAL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1955 Drafted in the 1955 first-year player draft out of high school (Naugatuck; Naugatuck, CT) by the Detroit Dynamos. (Round 18, Pick 16, 288th overall pick).
06/19/1955 Released by the Detroit organization.
06/17/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Tampa Cigar Kings organization.
09/12/1956 Wins the 1956 Championship with the Marshalltown Maples!
06/18/1958 Injured (hip flexor strain),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
07/04/1962 Injured (sore knee),day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
04/08/1963 Released by the Kansas City organization.
04/09/1963 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Dayton Dukes organization.
05/06/1963 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
06/17/1963 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
09/23/1963 Wins the 1963 Championship with the Dayton Dukes!
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
04/01/1965 Released by the Dallas organization.
04/02/1965 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Panhandle Jackrabbits organization.
04/22/1965 Injured (tired arm),day-to-day for 5 days.
09/19/1965 Retired from professional baseball.
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