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Wally Berger League
9-19-2116
Brian Benton Left Field
Retired (1982, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .259 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .709 Status Deceased (2015) Option Years 0  
H 877 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 08-24-1944
HR 71 Drafted Round 1, Pick 4
(1966)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(59 games)
RBI 390
SB 89
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR B 
Speed C+ Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm D  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (98.4%)   Health D- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1966 STL
56
203
16
51
7
2
4
23
13
 44 0 1
3
 1 0
.659
.295
.365
.113
.251
1967 STL
53
139
20
24
4
1
1
11
21
 26 0 2
8
 1 3
.515
.278
.237
.065
.173
1968 STL
46
159
20
43
10
1
5
12
13
 29 0 0
2
 0 1
.766
.326
.440
.170
.270
1969 STL
51
182
18
32
3
3
2
13
18
 38 2 2
3
 4 2
.513
.255
.258
.082
.176
1970 STL
49
126
18
38
9
0
3
13
13
 24 1 2
1
 2 0
.811
.366
.444
.143
.302
1971 STL
48
126
27
40
6
3
1
15
17
 14 1 1
7
 3 1
.837
.400
.437
.119
.317
1972 STL
56
126
19
33
5
1
4
18
13
 21 0 1
1
 1 1
.741
.329
.413
.151
.262
1973 STL
33
43
7
12
4
1
1
6
3
 7 0 0
1
 0 0
.814
.326
.488
.209
.279
1974 STL
42
53
10
15
2
1
2
7
7
 13 0 1
1
 0 1
.832
.361
.472
.189
.283
1975 STL-WAS-CIN
55
97
14
29
7
0
2
9
12
 14 0 1
3
 4 0
.806
.373
.433
.134
.299
1975 STL
20
26
6
7
2
0
0
2
6
 5 0 0
1
 0 0
.752
.406
.346
.077
.269
1975 WAS
7
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
 1 0 0
0
 1 0
.452
.286
.167
.000
.167
1975 CIN
28
65
8
21
5
0
2
7
5
 8 0 1
2
 3 0
.859
.366
.492
.169
.323
1976 CIN
79
174
25
46
4
2
5
26
16
 23 0 0
6
 1 1
.723
.326
.397
.132
.264
1977 CIN
113
300
52
92
8
2
11
32
39
 27 1 0
9
 2 2
.845
.388
.457
.150
.307
1978 CIN
49
134
24
37
7
1
5
20
21
 25 0 2
4
 2 0
.825
.369
.455
.179
.276
1979 CIN
120
328
42
75
12
0
8
43
35
 61 2 3
8
 5 2
.643
.304
.338
.110
.229
1980 CIN
118
365
45
109
20
0
7
53
26
 56 5 1
12
 6 6
.764
.353
.411
.112
.299
1981 CIN
107
339
45
94
19
2
5
41
30
 57 2 2
6
 6 6
.727
.338
.389
.112
.277
1982 CIN
130
487
55
107
21
4
5
48
48
 76 2 4
14
 10 5
.600
.290
.310
.090
.220
Total
1205
3381
457
877
148
24
71
390
345
 555 16 23
89
 48 31
.709
.329
.380
.121
.259
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Brian Benton has retired from the Cincinnati Reds
1978-06-12Brian Benton of the Cincinnati River Gamblers is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1976-04-30Brian Benton of the Cincinnati River Gamblers is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1975-08-15A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati River Gamblers and the Washington Bullets. The Washington Bullets receive Jerry Signer, Gene Carlyle, Joe Holbert, Draft Pick - 1976 Round 1 (CIN) from the Cincinnati River Gamblers in exchange for Alex Rubio, Brian Benton, General Arroyo, Al Groh.
1975-07-30A trade has been completed between the Washington Bullets and the St. Louis Eagles. The St. Louis Eagles receive Rogeiro Yamagucchi, Shane Bluma, Draft Pick - 1977 Round 2 (WAS), Draft Pick - 1976 Round 2 (WAS) from the Washington Bullets in exchange for Don Bradley, Brian Benton.
1968-04-01The St. Louis Eagles have promoted Brian Benton to the major league team. The St. Louis Eagles have promoted Floyd Baumgartner to the major league team.
1967-08-07The St. Louis Eagles have sent Brian Benton to the minors.
1966-06-20The St. Louis Eagles have promoted Brian Benton to the major league team.