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Santo Rodriguez League
4-1-2082
John Benton Left Field
Retired (1998, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .728 Status Deceased (2037) Option Years 0  
H 607 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 11-06-1964
HR 92 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1987)		 Majors Svc Time 7 years
(27 games)
RBI 342
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A- Velocity D    Mentor vR B+
Speed C  Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 1
1B B  (60.6%) LF A+ (100%) Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF D- (6.3%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF B+ (68.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1987 Minors 23 44.00 4 / 8 2 / 6 3 / 6 6 / 9 3 / 3 5 / 5 7 / 7 30 / 44
1988 Minors 24 48.00 1 / 1 3 / 7 2 / 8 7 / 9 8 / 9 8 / 8 4 / 6 33 / 48
1988 Pos (RF) 24 9.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 9
1989 Majors 25 61.04 162 103 0 0 / 10 0 / 4 4 / 11 4 / 9 10 / 11 4 / 7 6 / 9 28 / 61
1990 Minors 26 35.00 0 / 4 2 / 11 2 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 4 2 / 6 1 / 3 12 / 35
1990 Majors 26 27.17 72 41 0 1 / 3 3 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 3 2 / 4 10 / 27
1990 Pos (RF) 26 6.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 6
1991 Majors 27 36.28 102 64 39 0 / 4 1 / 6 1 / 3 1 / 7 2 / 5 1 / 4 1 / 7 7 / 36
1992 Minors 28 23.00 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 5 1 / 3 2 / 5 3 / 5 8 / 23
1992 Majors 28 46.40 117 88 0 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 6 1 / 2 2 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 8 4 / 46
1992 Pos (RF) 28 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1993 Majors 29 62.47 162 121 0 1 / 11 1 / 6 0 / 12 2 / 11 1 / 6 2 / 13 2 / 3 9 / 62
1994 Majors 30 53.57 142 103 11 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 14 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 53
1995 Majors 31 19.02 147 1 0 0 / 6 0 / 0 0 / 6 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 19
1996 Majors 32 19.23 162 0 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 6 2 / 5 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 19
1997 Majors 33 3.39 25 0 15 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3
1998 Minors 34 12.00 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 12
1998 Majors 34 21.55 59 44 0 -4 / 3 -5 / 3 -4 / 2 -4 / 4 -7 / 6 -2 / 1 -1 / 2 -27 / 21
Total 1150 565 65 4 / 70 7 / 67 9 / 81 25 / 85 24 / 68 23 / 69 25 / 69 122 / 525
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1998-11-01John Benton has retired from the New York Hawks
1998-07-28The Atlanta Hawks have promoted John Benton to the major league team.
1998-07-04The Atlanta Hawks have acquired John Benton from the waiver wire.
1998-05-09The St. Louis Sarcosuchus have waived John Benton.
1998-03-25The St. Louis Sarcosuchus have designated John Benton for assignment. The St. Louis Sarcosuchus have designated Wally Nordyke for assignment.
1997-04-28John Benton of the St. Louis Sarcosuchus is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1995-04-18The St. Louis Sarcosuchus have acquired John Benton from the waiver wire.
1995-04-01The Tampa Bay Tortugas have promoted Odie Tannehill to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tortugas have designated John Benton for assignment.
1994-09-09John Benton of the Tampa Bay Tortugas is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1992-05-22The Tampa Bay Tortugas have promoted John Benton to the major league team.
1992-04-01The Tampa Bay Tortugas have designated Wade Shriver for assignment. The Tampa Bay Tortugas have sent John Benton to the minors.
1991-06-04John Benton of the Tampa Bay Tortugas is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1990-07-13The Tampa Bay Tortugas have promoted John Benton to the major league team.
1990-04-01The Tampa Bay Tortugas have promoted Joe Gordon to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tortugas have sent John Benton to the minors.