Ray Benge

{{Short description|American baseball player (1902–1997)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ray Benge

|position=Pitcher

|image=RayBengeGoudeycard.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1902|4|22}}

|birth_place=Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1997|6|27|1902|4|22}}

|death_place=Centerville, Texas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= September 26

|debutyear= 1925

|debutteam= Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 2

|finalyear=1938

|finalteam= Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=101–130

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.52

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=655

|teams=

• Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1925}}–{{mlby|1926}})
• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1928}}–{{mlby|1932}})
• Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1933}}–{{mlby|1935}})
• Boston Bees ({{mlby|1936}})
• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1936}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1938}})

}}

Raymond Adelphia Benge (April 22, 1902 – June 27, 1997) was an American pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (1925–26), Philadelphia Phillies (1928–32 and 1936), Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–35), Boston Bees (1936) and Cincinnati Reds (1938). He led the National League in home runs allowed (24) and earned runs allowed (139) in 1929.

In 12 seasons Benge had a 101–130 win–loss record, 346 games (249 started), 102 complete games, 12 shutouts, 65 games finished, 19 saves, 1,875{{fraction|1|3}} innings pitched, 2,177 hits allowed, 1,108 runs allowed, 941 earned runs allowed, 132 home runs allowed, 598 walks, 655 strikeouts, 30 hit batsmen, 14 wild pitches, 8,278 batters faced and a 4.52 ERA.

Benge served in the US Navy during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ray-benge/ |title=Ray Benge |first1=David E. |last1=Skelton |website=sabr.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=May 9, 2020}} He died in Centerville, Texas, at the age of 95.