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Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Pitching Comparison

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Totals

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	98	88	.527	3.66	455	167	172	58	10	66	1688.1	1672	831	686	106	733	53	697	15	2	36	7342	2532	115	4.00	1.424	8.9	0.6	3.9	3.7
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	100	61	.621	4.00	224	191	24	94	5	4	1429.2	1392	721	635	82	740	30	703	6	1	43	6259	2225	112	4.40	1.491	8.8	0.5	4.7	4.4

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	0	0		1.93	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	6	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	20	7			1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	9.6
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	0	1.000	1.01	4	4	0	3	1	0	35.2	19	5	4	1	7	0	28	0	0	0	133	29			0.729	4.8	0.3	1.8	7.1

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Value

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1	24.7	8.9
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	224	191	1429.2	18.8	5.3

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Totals Against

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1	2532	6442	1312	205	49	73	44	62.39	0	155	133	7	.260	.336	.356	.692	87	.096	.277	779	2293	360	2420	2532
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	224	191	1429.2	2225	5438	993	265	52	46	53	46.46	3	143	72	5	.256	.345	.369	.715	87	.113	.281	698	2007	399	2138	2225

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	4.2	7	18	4	2	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	2	0	.333	.333	.444	.778		.111	.462	2	8	2	6	7
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	4	35.2	29	126	16	2	0	0	3	0.00	0	0	0	0	.151	.195	.190	.386		.040	.186	5	24	3	26	29

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Starting & Relieving

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	95	57	50.4	271	94	35	18	78.6	172	288
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	97	51	50.3	16	9	56	5	44.4	24	33

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	0			4	1	25	0		1	3
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	100	77.5						0	0

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Ratios

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1	9.5	10.0	-0.5
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	224	191	1429.2	11.2	11.8	-0.6

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	4.2	25.0	0.0	25.0
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	4	35.2	21.1	5.3	15.8

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Pitch Summary

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	224	191	1429.2

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	4.2
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	4	35.2	133	133	92	69.17

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Totals

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Al Benton	1	0	1.000	3.00	3	1	2	1	0	0	12.0	9	4	4	3	2	0	11	0	0	0	47	0.917	6.8	2.3	1.5	8.3
2	Monte Pearson	2	1	.667	3.46	3	3	0	3	0	0	26.0	30	14	10	2	13	0	12	0	0	1	118	1.654	10.4	0.7	4.5	4.2

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Game Logs

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Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Al Benton	DET	1939-08-03	7-GF(8)	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	4	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.17	0	0	0.00
2	Monte Pearson	NYY	1939-08-03	CG, W	9.0	11	3	1	2	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	41	17	35	10	1	0	1	0	0	12	3	0	1	1	57			0.2	2.25			0.55
3	Al Benton	DET	1938-09-17	CG, W	9.0	5	3	3	0	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	34	7	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	70			0.2	2.90			0.76
4	Monte Pearson	NYY	1938-09-17	CG(8), L	8.0	10	7	7	0	2	5	0	3	0	0	1	38	16	32	7	1	0	1	0	0	17	0	1	0	3	32			-0.3	-1.75			0.84
5	Al Benton	DET	1938-08-04	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.66	0	0	0.09
6	Monte Pearson	NYY	1938-08-04	CG, W	9.0	9	4	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	39	14	34	7	2	0	1	0	0	11	1	2	0	2	58			0.1	1.90			0.88

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Monte Pearson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Monte Pearson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1938	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1939	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Monte Pearson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Monte Pearson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-09-17	NYY	DET	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Flyball: CF
2	1938	1938-09-17	NYY	DET	ahead 2-3	t5	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1938	1938-09-17	NYY	DET	down 6-3	t7	---	2		Strikeout
4	1939	1939-08-03	NYY	DET	ahead 1-11	b7	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B

Monte Pearson (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Monte Pearson (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1938	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Monte Pearson (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Monte Pearson (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-09-17	DET	NYY	ahead 0-2	b2	-2-	2		Strikeout
2	1938	1938-09-17	DET	NYY	down 3-2	b5	---	0		Strikeout
3	1938	1938-09-17	DET	NYY	ahead 3-6	b6	---	2		Flyball: SS
4	1938	1938-09-17	DET	NYY	ahead 3-7	b8	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; B. Rogell to 3B; M. Christman to 2B

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Comparison

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Totals

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	512	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	200	.098	.112	.111	.223	-41	57	13	1	59		0
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	225	587	513	58	117	24	1	2	62	2	0	39	59	.228	.283	.290	.573	46	149	2	0	35		0

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	15	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.357	.333	.690	4	0	0	1		0

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Value

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	-6.0	-6.0	-6.0	0.0	-117	-1	-1	0
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	225	587	1.7	1.7	1.8	0.0	-44	0	0	0

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Sabermetric

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	7	58	67	534	7	.160	36	-107	-10.7	.014	2.6		0
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	225	587	27	156	167	433	43	.254	118	-43	-3.9	.062	8.7	100.00	2

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	15	1	5	6	10	3	.300	1			.083	6.0		0

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Win Probability

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	-8.6	-8.3	-0.7	-98.23	-9.7	-97.73	0.96
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	225	587	-4.1	-4.0	-0.6	-48.85	-4.6	-50.02	0.89

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Head-to-Head Batting

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Totals

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Al Benton	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1		0
2	Monte Pearson	3	11	9	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0	1		0

Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Game Logs

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Al Benton vs. Monte Pearson: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Al Benton	DET	1939-08-03		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Monte Pearson	NYY	1939-08-03	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.58	-0.060	1.42	-0.09%	-1.09			P
3	Al Benton	DET	1938-09-17	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1		0	0.61	-0.070	0.00	0.00%	-0.96			P
4	Monte Pearson	NYY	1938-09-17	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.72	-0.059	0.00	0.00%	-0.66			P
5	Al Benton	DET	1938-08-04		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Monte Pearson	NYY	1938-08-04	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	1		0	1.18	0.011	6.81	0.04%	-0.14			P

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