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Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Pitching Comparison

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Totals

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	24-31	1939	1946	45	34	.570	3.13	120	84	19	48	6	6	680.2	618	278	237	41	253	11	311	6	0	6	2838	922	124	3.75	1.280	8.2	0.5	3.3	4.1

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	6			1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	9.6
2	Marius Russo	26-28	1941	1943	2	0	1.000	0.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	11	2	1	0	3	1	7	0	0	0	69	14			0.778	5.5	0.0	1.5	3.5

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Value

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	24-31	1939	1946	120	84	680.2	8.0	2.3

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Totals Against

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	24-31	1939	1946	120	84	680.2	922	2548	489	70	18	19	22	46.34	3	76	23	2	.243	.312	.332	.645	78	.090	.263	267	847	129	877	922

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	6	18											.333	.333					.462				6	6
2	Marius Russo	26-28	1941	1943	2	2	18.0	14	66											.167	.203					.186				14	14

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Starting & Relieving

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	24-31	1939	1946	56	67	55.2	37	14	38	1	85.7	19	36

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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									1	3
2	Marius Russo	26-28	1941	1943									0	0

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Ratios

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	24-31	1939	1946	120	84	680.2	11.0	8.9	2.0

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	26-28	1941	1943	2	2	18.0	10.1	4.3	5.8

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Pitch Summary

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	24-31	1939	1946	120	84	680.2

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	26-28	1941	1943	2	2	18.0

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Head-to-Head Pitching

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Totals

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	2	1	.667	3.57	7	3	3	2	1	2	35.1	35	17	14	2	10	1	14	1	0	1	149	1.274	8.9	0.5	2.5	3.6
2	Marius Russo	3	2	.600	3.63	7	5	0	4	0	0	44.2	42	21	18	3	23	3	24	1	0	0	193	1.455	8.5	0.6	4.6	4.8

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Game Logs

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Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	1946-07-31	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	33	6	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	81			0.3	4.39			0.63
2	Marius Russo	NYY	1946-07-31	GS-2, L	1.2	2	3	3	0	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	14	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	33			-0.2	-2.79			1.45
3	Al Benton	DET	1941-09-11	CG(12), W	12.0	8	4	3	1	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	49	13	44	6	1	1	0	1	0	11	0	1	0	2	74			0.4	2.32			1.99
4	Marius Russo	NYY	1941-09-11	CG(12), L	12.0	11	5	4	1	1	5	1	11	0	0	0	50	18	43	8	2	0	0	0	0	16	3	2	0	3	68			-0.1	1.32			1.66
5	Al Benton	DET	1941-08-19 (2)	GS-7, L	7.0	9	5	5	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	30	11	27	6	1	0	0	0	0	16	1	1	0	3	39			-0.1	-0.90			0.86
6	Marius Russo	NYY	1941-08-19 (2)	CG, W	9.0	10	3	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	37	12	36	9	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	61			0.4	2.27			0.98
7	Al Benton	DET	1940-05-05	9-GF, S	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.2	1.22	2	0	6.40
8	Marius Russo	NYY	1940-05-05	5-8	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	15	5	13	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0				0.1	2.16	0	0	0.49
9	Al Benton	DET	1939-09-16	8-GF(8)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.36	1	0	0.05
10	Marius Russo	NYY	1939-09-16	CG, W	9.0	11	5	4	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	41	15	37	9	0	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	1	2	47			0.2	0.25			1.00
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Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Batter vs. Pitcher

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Marius Russo (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Marius Russo (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	1939	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	1
2	1941	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0	0
	Totals	12	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	1

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Marius Russo (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Marius Russo (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1939	1939-08-28	NYY	DET	ahead 0-6	t3	12-	2		Single; G. Selkirk Scores; J. Gordon to 2B
2	1939	1939-08-28	NYY	DET	ahead 1-8	t5	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
3	1939	1939-08-28	NYY	DET	ahead 1-10	t7	1-3	0		Strikeout
4	1939	1939-08-28	NYY	DET	ahead 2-14	t8	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1941	1941-08-19 (2)	NYY	DET	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
6	1941	1941-08-19 (2)	NYY	DET	ahead 0-2	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; P. Rizzuto to 2B
7	1941	1941-08-19 (2)	NYY	DET	ahead 0-3	t7	1--	1		Single; P. Rizzuto to 2B
8	1941	1941-09-11	NYY	DET	tied 1-1	b2	12-	2		Groundout: P-1B
9	1941	1941-09-11	NYY	DET	tied 2-2	b5	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
10	1941	1941-09-11	NYY	DET	tied 2-2	b7	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
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Marius Russo (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Marius Russo (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	1939	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
2	1941	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0	0	2
3	1946	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	0	0	0	0	3

Marius Russo (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Marius Russo (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1939	1939-08-28	DET	NYY	down 7-0	b3	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
2	1939	1939-08-28	DET	NYY	down 10-1	b6	---	1		Strikeout
3	1941	1941-08-19 (2)	DET	NYY	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt P-SS-2B
4	1941	1941-08-19 (2)	DET	NYY	down 2-0	b5	---	2		Foul Popfly: 1B
5	1941	1941-09-11	DET	NYY	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Single to CF; B. Perry to 2B
6	1941	1941-09-11	DET	NYY	tied 2-2	t4	---	1		Strikeout
7	1941	1941-09-11	DET	NYY	tied 2-2	t6	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
8	1941	1941-09-11	DET	NYY	tied 2-2	t9	1--	1		Strikeout (foul bunt)
9	1941	1941-09-11	DET	NYY	tied 4-4	t11	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
10	1946	1946-07-31	DET	NYY	ahead 0-2	b2	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Batting Comparison

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Batting Totals

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	24-31	1939	1946	122	268	235	23	50	8	1	0	25	1	0	17	53	.213	.266	.255	.521	40	60	4	0	16		0

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	26-28	1941	1943	2	8	7	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.375	.571	.946	4	0	0	0		0

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Batting Value

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	24-31	1939	1946	122	268	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	-21	0	1	0

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Batting Sabermetric

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	24-31	1939	1946	122	268	9	67	72	205	15	.275	48	-21	-2.0	.043	4.4	100.00	1

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	Marius Russo	26-28	1941	1943	2	8	2	3	3	5		.400	1			.286	3.5		0

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Batting Win Probability

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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		-97.73	0.96
2	Marius Russo	24-31	1939	1946	122	268	-1.9	-1.7	-0.6	-17.86		-20.23	0.84

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Head-to-Head Batting

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Totals

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	7	13	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.154	.154	.231	.385	3	3	0	0		0
2	Marius Russo	7	19	17	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.235	.235	.235	.471	4	1	0	2		0

Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: Game Logs

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Al Benton vs. Marius Russo: 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	1946-07-31	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0		0	0.28	-0.027	0.12	-0.01%	-0.19			P
2	Marius Russo	NYY	1946-07-31	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Al Benton	DET	1941-09-11	*	12	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1	0	0		0	1.68	-0.234	0.00	0.00%	-0.92			P
4	Marius Russo	NYY	1941-09-11	*	12	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	2.28	-0.252	0.00	0.00%	-1.53			P
5	Al Benton	DET	1941-08-19 (2)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	1.04	-0.099	0.00	0.00%	-0.99			P
6	Marius Russo	NYY	1941-08-19 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	1		0	0.82	-0.021	0.02	0.00%	0.76			P
7	Al Benton	DET	1940-05-05		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Marius Russo	NYY	1940-05-05		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.09	-0.029	2.35	-0.04%	-0.25			P
9	Al Benton	DET	1939-09-16		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Marius Russo	NYY	1939-09-16	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	1.29	0.003	0.00	0.00%	-0.57			P
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