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Ray Benge

Birthdate:

4/22/1902

Died:

6/27/1997

Height / Weight:

' " / 160 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Jacksonville, TX, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Brooklyn Dodgers Ray Benge in 1933 was the best fielding pitcher for the most games played in the National League with an average of 1.000 in 37 games. He pitches an overhand curved ball. Cleveland had him for two years (1925-1926) but let him go to the Three-! League. The Phillies got him in Waco, Texas, in 1928 and kept him for six seasons before letting him go to the Dodgers. He was born in Jacksonville, Texas, April 22, 1902. Stands 5 feet, 9 1/2 inches high and weighs 160 pounds. He throws and bats right-handed. He started out to be a school teacher in Texas but found he could pitch good ball and became a ball player instead.

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Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1925	CLE (AL)	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	11.2	9	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.54
1926	CLE (AL)	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	11.2	15	11	5	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	3.86
1928	PHI (NL)	40	28	8	18	1	12	1	201.2	219	117	102	15	88	0	68	0	5	0	4.55
1929	PHI (NL)	38	27	11	15	4	9	2	199.0	255	147	139	24	77	0	78	1	4	0	6.29
1930	PHI (NL)	38	29	11	15	1	14	0	225.2	305	178	143	22	81	0	70	5	1	0	5.70
1931	PHI (NL)	38	31	14	18	2	16	2	247.0	251	107	87	12	61	0	117	2	5	0	3.17
1932	PHI (NL)	41	28	13	12	6	13	2	222.1	247	119	100	15	58	0	89	1	4	0	4.05
1933	BRO (NL)	37	30	10	17	1	16	2	228.2	238	104	87	11	55	0	74	1	6	0	3.42
1934	BRO (NL)	36	32	14	12	0	14	1	227.0	252	124	109	11	61	0	64	1	3	0	4.32
1935	BRO (NL)	23	17	9	9	1	5	1	124.2	142	77	62	12	47	0	39	0	1	0	4.48
1936	BSN (NL)	21	19	7	9	0	2	0	115.0	161	79	74	6	38	0	32	1	1	0	5.79
1936	PHI (NL)	15	6	1	4	1	0	0	45.2	70	35	24	3	19	0	13	1	0	0	4.73
1938	CIN (NL)	9	0	1	1	2	0	0	15.1	13	8	7	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	4.11
13 years		346	249	101	130	19	102	12	1875.1	2177	1108	941	132	598	0	655	14	30	0	4.52

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1925	CLE (AL)	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	SLG
1926	CLE (AL)	8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	SLG
1928	PHI (NL)	42	58	1	12	1	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	7	0	.207	.258	SLG
1929	PHI (NL)	43	74	8	15	0	0	0	4	1	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	.203	.213	SLG
1930	PHI (NL)	38	88	9	18	3	0	0	7	2	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	.205	.222	SLG
1931	PHI (NL)	38	88	6	18	2	0	0	7	0	9	0	0	0	0	6	0	.205	.205	SLG
1932	PHI (NL)	41	75	2	13	1	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	.173	.184	SLG
1933	BRO (NL)	37	76	5	14	3	0	0	4	2	12	0	0	0	0	6	0	.184	.205	SLG
1934	BRO (NL)	36	89	7	15	1	0	0	7	3	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	.169	.196	SLG
1935	BRO (NL)	23	47	3	9	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.191	.191	SLG
1936	BSN (NL)	21	43	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	.140	.140	SLG
1936	PHI (NL)	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1938	CIN (NL)	9	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	SLG
13 years		353	659	45	124	12	0	0	38	13	69	0	0	0	0	34	0	.188	.204	.SLG

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