Jack Bentley
1913–1933 · bats L / throws L · ASB, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators (1901-60)
287G
.291AVG
.316OBP
.406SLG
More career statistics
170H
7HR
71RBI
0SB
46–33W–L
714.0IP
259K
4.01ERA
89GS
9SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 287 | 288 |
| Batting · At bats | 584 | 587 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Hits | 170 | 171 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 616 | 620 |
| Batting · RBI | 71 | 70 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 0 | 2 |
| Batting · Walks | 21 | 22 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,049 | 3,064 |
| Pitching · p gs | 89 | 90 |
| Pitching · p h | 761 | 764 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,142 | 2,138 |
| Pitching · p k | 259 | 257 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 287 | 616 | 584 | 58 | 170 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 71 | 21 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 237 | .291 | .316 | .406 | .722 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 714.0 | 138 | 89 | 39 | 46 | 33 | 9 | 761 | 365 | 318 | 37 | 263 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 4.01 | 1.434 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1926-04-26 to 1926-05-07
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1925-06-23 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1926-07-17 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1923-06-26 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 151 | 301 | 84 | 5 | 38 | 12 | 20 | .296 | .319 | .412 |
| Away | 137 | 319 | 87 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 19 | .287 | .304 | .399 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 92 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .256 | .272 | .326 |
| May | 67 | 175 | 48 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 13 | .293 | .314 | .409 |
| June | 38 | 60 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .310 | .333 | .362 |
| July | 44 | 73 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | .299 | .329 | .433 |
| August | 59 | 122 | 33 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 6 | .280 | .295 | .483 |
| September | 44 | 83 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .338 | .349 | .388 |
| October | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .214 | .267 | .357 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 44 | 88 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | .263 | .318 | .412 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 41 | 94 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 7 | .273 | .298 | .455 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 35 | 88 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | .256 | .284 | .354 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 35 | 69 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .362 | .362 | .478 |
| boston-braves | 31 | 81 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .299 | .309 | .455 |
| cincinnati-reds | 29 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | .214 | .233 | .268 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 23 | 55 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .462 | .473 | .538 |
| new-york-giants | 10 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .250 | .314 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 3 |
| 1914 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 30 | 40 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .275 | 124 | 54 |
| 1915 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | – |
| 1916 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 1923 |  New York Giants | 52 | 89 | 38 | 1 | 13 | – | .427 | 183 | 80 |
| 1924 | New York Giants | 46 | 98 | 26 | – | 6 | 1 | .265 | 188 | 60 |
| 1925 | New York Giants | 64 | 99 | 30 | 3 | 17 | – | .303 | 157 | 47 |
| 1926 | New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 244 | 63 | 2 | 28 | – | .258 | 27 | 8 |
| 1927 | New York Giants | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | .222 | 9 | 4 |
| 1933 | ASB | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | .333 | – | – |