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Name	Team	Age
John Benton	Retired (1998, Age 33)	Died (2037, Age 73)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 5 (1987)	LF	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Santo Rodriguez League	0	7 years (27 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	C+	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	B+	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	11/6/1964
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	3
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (CF)
B+ (68.3 %)	B  (60.6 %)	D- (6.3 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1987

Minors

44.00

4 / 8

2 / 6

3 / 6

6 / 9

3 / 3

5 / 5

7 / 7

30 / 44

1988

Minors

48.00

1 / 1

3 / 7

2 / 8

7 / 9

8 / 9

8 / 8

4 / 6

33 / 48

1988

Pos (RF)

9.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 9

1989

Majors

61.04

162

103

0

0 / 10

0 / 4

4 / 11

4 / 9

10 / 11

4 / 7

6 / 9

28 / 61

1990

Minors

35.00

0 / 4

2 / 11

2 / 4

3 / 3

2 / 4

2 / 6

1 / 3

12 / 35

1990

Majors

27.17

72

41

0

1 / 3

3 / 5

0 / 4

1 / 5

2 / 3

1 / 3

2 / 4

10 / 27

1990

Pos (RF)

6.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 6

1991

Majors

36.28

102

64

39

0 / 4

1 / 6

1 / 3

1 / 7

2 / 5

1 / 4

1 / 7

7 / 36

1992

Minors

23.00

1 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 5

1 / 3

2 / 5

3 / 5

8 / 23

1992

Majors

46.40

117

88

0

0 / 7

0 / 5

1 / 6

1 / 2

2 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 8

4 / 46

1992

Pos (RF)

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1993

Majors

62.47

162

121

0

1 / 11

1 / 6

0 / 12

2 / 11

1 / 6

2 / 13

2 / 3

9 / 62

1994

Majors

53.57

142

103

11

0 / 3

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 14

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 7

0 / 53

1995

Majors

19.02

147

1

0

0 / 6

0 / 0

0 / 6

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 19

1996

Majors

19.23

162

0

0

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 6

2 / 5

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 19

1997

Majors

3.39

25

0

15

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

1998

Minors

12.00

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 3

1 / 12

1998

Majors

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

Date	Transaction
1998-11-01	John Benton has retired from the New York Hawks
1998-07-28	The Atlanta Hawks have promoted John Benton to the major league team.
1998-07-04	The Atlanta Hawks have acquired John Benton from the waiver wire.
1998-05-09	The St. Louis Sarcosuchus have waived John Benton.
1998-03-25	The St. Louis Sarcosuchus have designated John Benton for assignment. The St. Louis Sarcosuchus have designated Wally Nordyke for assignment.
1997-04-28	John Benton of the St. Louis Sarcosuchus is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1995-04-18	The St. Louis Sarcosuchus have acquired John Benton from the waiver wire.
1995-04-01	The Tampa Bay Tortugas have promoted Odie Tannehill to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tortugas have designated John Benton for assignment.
1994-09-09	John Benton of the Tampa Bay Tortugas is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1992-05-22	The Tampa Bay Tortugas have promoted John Benton to the major league team.
1992-04-01	The Tampa Bay Tortugas have designated Wade Shriver for assignment. The Tampa Bay Tortugas have sent John Benton to the minors.
1991-06-04	John Benton of the Tampa Bay Tortugas is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1990-07-13	The Tampa Bay Tortugas have promoted John Benton to the major league team.
1990-04-01	The Tampa Bay Tortugas have promoted Joe Gordon to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tortugas have sent John Benton to the minors.