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Ashburn Crawford League
3-5-2013
Claude Benz Relief Pitcher
Retired (1975, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.47 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 37-68 Status Retired (1975) Option Years 0  
SV 84 Age 74 (OS 75) Date of Birth 08-06-1938
K 851 Drafted Round 3, Pick 69
(1959)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(130 games)
IP 927.0
WHIP 1.60
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L F  Endurance D+   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity A    Mentor Val A-
Speed C  Bunt B- Control C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1961 LAN
4
 6
35
0
0
0
0
 4
41.1
 56 28 27 2 31
33
2.10
5.88
1962 LAN
7
 9
71
0
0
0
0
 4
75.2
 87 50 48 3 42
77
1.70
5.71
1963 LAN
4
 8
70
0
0
0
0
 3
85.0
 88 67 62 2 49
76
1.61
6.56
1964 COL
0
 2
61
0
0
0
2
 1
83.0
 88 44 43 4 42
81
1.57
4.66
1965 COL
3
 1
49
1
0
0
2
 0
62.2
 63 35 27 2 33
49
1.53
3.88
1966 COL
1
 6
34
3
0
0
0
 2
80.2
 91 68 68 2 39
72
1.61
7.59
1967 COL
1
 3
36
2
0
0
4
 0
68.0
 78 47 43 2 32
54
1.62
5.69
1968 COL-SEA
0
 0
6
0
0
0
0
 0
10.0
 15 15 15 0 10
12
2.50
13.50
1969 LAN
2
 3
33
0
0
0
1
 1
45.0
 50 23 23 1 14
48
1.42
4.60
1970 LAN
2
 3
44
0
0
0
2
 0
57.0
 58 35 30 1 24
50
1.44
4.74
1971 LAN
3
 12
89
0
0
0
28
 6
86.1
 91 54 52 4 45
83
1.58
5.42
1972 LAN
1
 4
61
0
0
0
14
 4
68.2
 79 46 40 1 32
58
1.62
5.24
1973 LAN
8
 7
98
0
0
0
26
 5
98.1
 110 58 54 4 38
92
1.51
4.94
1974 LAN-TOR
1
 4
50
0
0
0
5
 0
65.0
 66 32 29 3 30
65
1.48
4.02
1975 TOR
0
 0
1
0
0
0
0
 0
0.1
 2 2 2 0 0
1
6.00
54.00
2013
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
37
 68
738
6
0
0
84
 30
927.0
 1022 604 563 31 461
851
1.60
5.47
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Claude Benz has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1975-04-14The Toronto Seagulls have waived Claude Benz.
1975-04-05The Toronto Seagulls have promoted Humberto Damphousse to the major league team. The Toronto Seagulls have promoted Jesse Tarvinova to the major league team. The Toronto Seagulls have designated Rollin Neale for assignment. The Toronto Seagulls have designated Claude Benz for assignment.
1974-08-27The Toronto Seagulls have promoted Claude Benz to the major league team. The Toronto Seagulls have sent Charlie Shores to the minors.
1974-08-26The Toronto Seagulls have acquired Claude Benz from the waiver wire.
1974-07-13The Los Angeles Red have waived Claude Benz.
1974-06-26The Los Angeles Red have promoted John Howe to the major league team. The Los Angeles Red have designated Claude Benz for assignment.
1969-06-06The Los Angeles Red have promoted Claude Benz to the major league team. The Los Angeles Red have sent Thurman Bockus to the minors.
1969-04-08The Los Angeles Red have acquired Claude Benz from the waiver wire.
1969-04-01The Seattle Blaze have waived Claude Benz.
1968-05-05The Seattle Blaze have acquired Claude Benz from the waiver wire.
1968-05-01The Colorado Stoners have waived Claude Benz.
1968-04-27The Colorado Stoners have promoted Jose Ditmar to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have designated Claude Benz for assignment.
1967-04-19The Colorado Stoners have removed Claude Benz from the trade block.
1966-08-29The Colorado Stoners have promoted Claude Benz to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Miguel Ramirez to the minors.
1966-08-25The Colorado Stoners have promoted Miguel Ramirez to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have designated Claude Benz for assignment.
1966-06-13The Colorado Stoners have placed Claude Benz on the trade block.
1964-09-29The Colorado Stoners have promoted Claude Benz to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Spider Loudell to the minors.
1964-09-20The Colorado Stoners have promoted Spider Loudell to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted Ozzie Hall to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Claude Benz to the minors.
1964-09-10The Colorado Stoners have promoted Claude Benz to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted Verne Hickman to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Jimmy Dugan to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Ozzie Hall to the minors.
1964-09-05The Colorado Stoners have promoted Elmer Kalfass to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Claude Benz to the minors.
1964-06-26The Colorado Stoners have promoted Claude Benz to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Joe Aldridge to the minors.
1964-06-23The Colorado Stoners have promoted Joe Aldridge to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Claude Benz to the minors.
1964-03-07Trade #1452116 has been completed between the Los Angeles Red and the Colorado Stoners. The Colorado Stoners receive Joe Johnson, Claude Benz, Nelson Stone from the Los Angeles Red in exchange for Willie Rhines, Max Weaver, Heinie Howard.
1961-07-13The Los Angeles Red have promoted Claude Benz to the major league team. The Los Angeles Red have promoted Dick Abbott to the major league team. The Los Angeles Red have designated Larry Ryan for assignment. The Los Angeles Red have designated Brian Katt for assignment.
1961-07-13The Los Angeles Red have acquired Claude Benz from the waiver wire.
1961-07-03The Seattle Blaze have waived Claude Benz.
1960-08-23The Seattle Blaze have placed Claude Benz on the trade block.
1959-04-09The Seattle Blaze have acquired Claude Benz from the waiver wire.
1959-04-05The Cleveland Cannibals have waived Claude Benz.
1959-04-05The Cleveland Cannibals have acquired Claude Benz from the waiver wire.
1959-04-01The Detroit Falcons have waived Claude Benz.