Hoyt Benedict
Orland Hoyt Benedict
Born: July 12, 1929
Deceased: February 15, 1999
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170
Career: 1949-1959
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Hoyt Benedict compiled a career record of 76 wins and 70 losses and a 4.30 ERA in his 358-game pitching career with the Salisbury Cardinals, Albany Cardinals, Winston-Salem Cardinals, Fresno Cardinals, Omaha Cardinals, Columbus Cardinals, Allentown Cardinals, Amarillo Gold Sox, Pampa Oilers, Oklahoma City Indians, Plainview Ponies, Shreveport Sports, Victoria Rosebuds, Tulsa Oilers, San Antonio Missions and Montreal Royals. He began playing during the 1949 season and last took the field during the 1959 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | D | ESHL | Salisbury Cardinals | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 89.0 | 77 | 61 | 41 | 71 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 1950 | B | CARL | Winston-Salem Cardinals | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.05 | 14 | 60.0 | 57 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 1950 | D | GAFL | Albany Cardinals | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.45 | 29 | 159.0 | 159 | 91 | 61 | 91 | ||||||||||||
| 1953 | A | WL3 | Omaha Cardinals | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.91 | 26 | 2 | 55.0 | 63 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1953 | C | CALL | Fresno Cardinals | 4 | 10 | .286 | 6.50 | 17 | 13 | 88.7 | 96 | 67 | 64 | 9 | 50 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.06 | 51 | 5 | 155.0 | 81 | 81 | 70 | 16 | 61 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | A | EL | Allentown Cardinals | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.38 | 25 | 22 | 152.0 | 161 | 81 | 74 | 15 | 67 | ||||||||||
| 1956 | B | LONG | Pampa Oilers | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.61 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 182.0 | 192 | 94 | 73 | 19 | 59 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 1956 | A | WL3 | Amarillo Gold Sox | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | AA | TL | Oklahoma City Indians | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | AA | TL | Shreveport Sports | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.52 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 84 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 37 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1957 | B | LONG | Plainview Ponies | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.75 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 83.0 | 106 | 66 | 53 | 10 | 35 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1958 | AA | TL | Victoria Rosebuds | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.64 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 99.0 | 109 | 58 | 51 | 8 | 42 | 3 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 1959 | AA | TL | Victoria Rosebuds | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | AA | TL | San Antonio Missions | 23 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | AA | TL | Tulsa Oilers | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 76 | 70 | .521 | 4.30 | 358 | 88 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1209.7 | 1185 | 702 | 578 | 85 | 575 | 9 | 309 | 31 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | D | ESHL | Salisbury Cardinals | 17 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .147 | .171 | .147 | .318 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1950 | B | CARL | Winston-Salem Cardinals | 14 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1950 | D | GAFL | Albany Cardinals | 30 | 56 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .089 | .089 | .089 | .179 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | A | WL3 | Omaha Cardinals | 26 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | C | CALL | Fresno Cardinals | 17 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1954 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 51 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1955 | A | EL | Allentown Cardinals | 25 | 55 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .309 | .564 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 1955 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1956 | B | LONG | Pampa Oilers | 28 | 79 | 75 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .213 | .224 | .280 | .504 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | A | WL3 | Amarillo Gold Sox | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1956 | AA | TL | Oklahoma City Indians | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1957 | AA | TL | Shreveport Sports | 32 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | B | LONG | Plainview Ponies | 15 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .262 | .262 | .452 | .714 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | AA | TL | Victoria Rosebuds | 47 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1959 | AA | TL | (+) San Antonio Missions | 34 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AA | TL | (+) Tulsa Oilers | 34 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AA | TL | (+) Victoria Rosebuds | 34 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 329 | 431 | 420 | 15 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66 | .164 | .174 | .207 | .381 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | D | ESHL | Salisbury Cardinals | P | 17 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.176 |
| 1950 | D | GAFL | Albany Cardinals | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| 1950 | B | CARL | Winston-Salem Cardinals | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| 1953 | A | WL3 | Omaha Cardinals | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| 1953 | C | CALL | Fresno Cardinals | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| 1954 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| 1955 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| 1955 | A | EL | Allentown Cardinals | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| 1956 | A | WL3 | Amarillo Gold Sox | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| 1956 | AA | TL | Oklahoma City Indians | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| 1956 | B | LONG | Pampa Oilers | P | 28 | 12 | 37 | 3 | 4 | .942 | 1.750 |
| 1957 | AA | TL | Shreveport Sports | P | 30 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .633 |
| 1957 | B | LONG | Plainview Ponies | P | 12 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 2.417 |
| 1958 | AA | TL | Victoria Rosebuds | P | 47 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .489 |
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Montreal Royals | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 323 | 33 | 107 | 10 | 10 | .933 | .433 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | D | Eastern Shore League | Salisbury Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1950 | D | Georgia-Florida League | Albany Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1950 | B | Carolina League | Winston-Salem Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1953 | A | Western League | Omaha Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1953 | C | California League | Fresno Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1954 | A | South Atlantic League | Columbus Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1955 | A | South Atlantic League | Columbus Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1955 | A | Eastern League | Allentown Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1956 | A | Western League | Amarillo Gold Sox | |||
| 1956 | B | Southwestern League | Pampa Oilers | |||
| 1956 | AA | Texas League | Oklahoma City Indians | BOS | ||
| 1957 | B | Southwestern League | Plainview Ponies | |||
| 1957 | AA | Texas League | Shreveport Sports | |||
| 1958 | AA | Texas League | Victoria Rosebuds | LAN | ||
| 1959 | AA | Texas League | Victoria Rosebuds | LAN | ||
| 1959 | AA | Texas League | Tulsa Oilers | SLN | ||
| 1959 | AA | Texas League | San Antonio Missions | CHN | ||
| 1959 | AAA | International League | Montreal Royals | LAN |
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