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|name=Butch Benton |position=Catcher |image=Bentonmets.jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|8|24}} |birth_place=Tampa, Florida |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 14 |debutyear=1978 |debutteam=New York Mets |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 15 |finalyear=1985 |finalteam=Cleveland Indians |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.162 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=10 |teams=
}} Alfred Lee "Butch" Benton (born August 24, 1957 in Tampa, Florida) was a Major League Baseball right-handed catcher. He was selected sixth overall in the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets. Early yearsBenton played both football & baseball at Godby High School in Tallahassee, Florida. He declined a football scholarship to the University of Florida when the Mets drafted the highly touted prospect in the first round of the {{by|1975}} amateur draft. After four seasons in their farm system, in which he batted .275 with 22 home runs & 189 runs batted in, he made the jump from double A to the major leagues at age 21 in {{By|1978}} when he joined the Mets as a September call-up. New York MetsHe made his major league debut on September 14, pinch-hitting for Roy Lee Jackson. Facing the Montreal Expos' Dan Schatzeder, Benton flew out to center field.[1] He wouldn't break the lineup again until September 29 at Wrigley Field, when he was hit by a Mike Krukow pitch as a pinch hitter.[2] Benton scored his only run as a Met pinch running for Ed Kranepool the next day.[3] On October 1, the last day of the season, Benton saw his first opportunity to play in the field. Again facing the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley, Benton's first major league hit was an RBI single off Lynn McGlothen. He also singled off Dave Geisel in the ninth, driving in the fifth run of the Mets' 5-3 victory.[4] Benton was the sixth-youngest player to appear in the National League in 1978. Benton spent the entirety of the {{By|1979}} season with the Mets' triple A affiliate in Tidewater and fared poorly, hitting only .198 with three home runs & 25 RBIs. As the fourth catcher in the Mets' depth chart, he was called up midway through the {{by|1980}} season when both John Stearns & Ron Hodges were sidelined with injuries. Batting .263 at the time of his promotion, Benton managed just one hit in 21 at bats as Alex Trevino's back up over the remainder of the season in the major leagues. Chicago CubsBefore the {{By|1981}} season, the Mets traded him to the Cubs for future considerations.[5] He again spent the balance of the season in the minors, hitting just .202 for the triple A Iowa Cubs. The best season of Benton's minor league career came in {{by|1982}}, when he batted .330 with eleven home runs & 57 RBIs for Iowa. He was called up to the majors that September, and managed one hit in seven at bats over four games; the one hit coming against the Mets.[6] Cleveland IndiansBenton spent the next few seasons as a minor league journeyman. Before the {{By|1983}} season, the Cubs traded him to the Montreal Expos for infielder Jerry Manuel. Neither player saw any major league experience with his next franchise. Benton's .298 batting average & nine home runs for Montreal's triple A affiliate, the Wichita Aeros, earned him a minor league deal & invite to Spring training from the Philadelphia Phillies. However, he failed to make the club, and was released. Shortly afterwards, he signed with the Detroit Tigers, and spent the {{By|1984}} season catching for their triple A team in Evansville. He then signed with the Cleveland Indians organization, who decided to go into the {{By|1985}} season with three catchers (Benton, Jerry Willard & Chris Bando). On April 27, about six and a half years after his major league debut, Benton garnered his first extra-base hit, an RBI double off Scott McGregor. Later in the same inning, Benton got a single & second RBI off Tippy Martinez.[7] For the month, Benton batted .250 with three RBIs. Meanwhile, Willard & Bando combined to go 5-for-50 with two RBIs in April. With Willard out for the entire month of May with an injury, Benton saw his first real opportunity to earn a starting job. However, after going 2-for-3 with an RBI against the Texas Rangers on May 4,[8] Benton went 5-for-40 over the rest of the month. Shortly after Willard returned, Benton was demoted to triple A, where he remained for the duration of the season. The Indians released him in February {{By|1986}}. Career statistics
Benton played for the St. Petersburg Pelicans of the Senior Professional Baseball Association in {{by|1990}}. His team won the championship in the league's only full year of existence,[9] which may have prompted Benton's attempted comeback in {{By|1991}} at age 33 with the Toledo Mud Hens. He batted just .133 in nine games with the Tigers affiliate, and was subsequently released, and retired from baseball. Personal lifeBenton's second wife is the former Linn Abshier. They married in {{by|1996}}, and resides in Ocala, Florida. Between the two of them, they have nine children and many grandchildren. Benton has been a PGA golfer since {{by|2007}}, and is the Director of Golf at Black Bear Golf Club in Central Florida. He is a member of the MLBPAA and attends charity events along with other retired MLB players.[10] References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197809140.shtml |title=New York Mets 7, Montreal Expos 6 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=September 14, 1978}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197809292.shtml |title=Chicago Cubs 5, New York Mets 4 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=September 29, 1978}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197809300.shtml |title=Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 5 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=September 30, 1978}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197810010.shtml |title=New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 3 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=October 1, 1978}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/07/sports/mets-deal-bomback-glynn-and-benton.html |last=Durso |first=Joseph |date=April 7, 1981 |title=Mets Deal Bomback, Glynn & Benton |newspaper=The New York Times}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198209220.shtml |title=New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 2 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=September 22, 1982}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL198504270.shtml |title=Cleveland Indians 10, Baltimore Orioles 4 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=April 27, 1985}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE198505040.shtml |title=Cleveland Indians 3, Texas Rangers 1 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=May 4, 1985}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/tb/y2008/m06/d19/c2962079.jsp |title=Rays celebrate 'Turn Back the Clock' and honor the 1990 Senior League (SPBA) champions, St. Petersburg Pelicans |publisher=MLB.com |date=June 19, 2008}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/2016/06/08/godbys-butch-benton-set-history/85631776/ |last=Henry |first=Jim |date=June 8, 2016 |title=Godby’s Butch Benton set history in 1975 |newspaper=Tallahassee Democrat}} External links
21 : 1957 births|Living people|Baseball players from Florida|Chicago Cubs players|Cleveland Indians players|Evansville Triplets players|Iowa Cubs players|Iowa Oaks players|Jackson Mets players|Lynchburg Mets players|Major League Baseball catchers|Maine Guides players|Marion Mets players|New York Mets players|Sportspeople from Tampa, Florida|St. Petersburg Pelicans players|Tiburones de La Guaira players|Tidewater Tides players|Toledo Mud Hens players|Wausau Mets players|Wichita Aeros players |
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