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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1989 LHP 28 31 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 .381 .188 .194 .032 .161
1989 RHP 122 408 109 16 0 19 59 27 86 .764 .317 .446 .179 .267
1990 LHP 9 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .167 .167 .000 .167
1990 RHP 52 164 40 8 1 3 18 14 40 .660 .300 .360 .116 .244
1991 LHP 15 17 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .328 .211 .118 .000 .118
1991 RHP 80 252 64 14 1 8 32 19 48 .722 .309 .413 .159 .254
1992 LHP 33 36 10 0 0 1 6 6 8 .742 .381 .361 .083 .278
1992 RHP 100 318 87 12 3 13 47 33 65 .796 .343 .453 .179 .274
1993 LHP 31 33 9 0 0 1 2 4 8 .715 .351 .364 .091 .273
1993 RHP 140 482 130 26 0 25 93 39 104 .803 .324 .479 .210 .270
1994 LHP 24 29 8 2 0 0 3 3 6 .689 .344 .345 .069 .276
1994 RHP 128 396 104 16 4 18 69 27 80 .766 .307 .460 .197 .263
1995 LHP 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .167 .000 .000 .000
1995 RHP 12 13 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 .564 .333 .231 .000 .231
1996 LHP 5 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.000 .500 .500 .000 .500
1996 RHP 18 16 5 0 0 1 2 3 6 .921 .421 .500 .188 .312
1997 LHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 RHP 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .533 .333 .200 .000 .200
1998 LHP 13 37 7 3 0 1 2 1 5 .562 .211 .351 .162 .189
1998 RHP 45 133 18 3 0 2 4 11 34 .403 .200 .203 .068 .135
Total LHP 164 207 46 6 0 3 15 17 40 .579 .284 .295 .072 .222
Total RHP 703 2187 561 95 9 89 327 176 467 .742 .312 .430 .174 .257
Total 776 2394 607 101 9 92 342 193 507 .728 .310 .419 .165 .254
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.