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Larry Benton
Lawrence James Benton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 25, 1923
Final Game August 16, 1935
Born November 20, 1897 in St. Louis, MO
Died April 3, 1953 in Amberley, OH

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1923 25 BSN NL   5   9  35   9   1   0  10  0  128.0  141   78   71   4   57   42   4   3   561       0  4.99  3.99   80 1.547
 1924 26 BSN NL   5   7  30  13   4   0  11  1  128.0  129   63   59   4   64   41   3   4   555       0  4.15  3.83   92 1.508
 1925 27 BSN NL  14   7  31  21  16   2   4  1  183.3  170   72   63   6   70   49   2   2   773       0  3.09  4.01  130 1.309
 1926 28 BSN NL  14  14  43  27  12   1   9  1  231.7  244  113   99  10   81  103   7   3   996       0  3.85  3.56   92 1.403
 1927 29 TOT NL  17   7  40  33  11   1   6  2  233.3  255  116  106  12   81   90   4   2  1005       0  4.09  3.81   93 1.440
         BSN NL   4   2  11  10   3   0   1  0   60.3   72   33   30   3   27   25   2   2   269       0  4.48  3.72   83 1.641
         NYG NL  13   5  29  23   8   1   5  2  173.0  183   83   76   9   54   65   2   0   736       0  3.95  3.84   97 1.370
 1928 30 NYG NL  25   9  42  35  28   2   4  4  310.3  299  106   94  14   71   90   0   6  1263       0  2.73  3.90  143 1.192 MVP-4
 1929 31 NYG NL  11  17  39  30  14   3   7  3  237.0  276  129  109  16   61   63   0   1  1019       0  4.14  4.57  110 1.422
 1930 32 TOT NL   8  15  43  26  10   0   9  2  207.7  288  155  127  15   59   63   0   9   948       0  5.50  4.81   87 1.671
         NYG NL   1   3   8   4   1   0   3  1   30.0   42   31   26   8   14   16   0   1   147       0  7.80  4.72   61 1.867
         CIN NL   7  12  35  22   9   0   6  1  177.7  246  124  101   7   45   47   0   8   801       0  5.12  4.82   94 1.638
 1931 33 CIN NL  10  15  38  23  12   2  10  2  204.3  240   98   76   6   53   35   1   4   878       1  3.35  3.75  112 1.434
 1932 34 CIN NL   6  13  35  21   7   0   7  2  179.7  201  104   86  10   27   35   0   1   745       0  4.31  3.84   89 1.269
 1933 35 CIN NL  10  11  34  19   7   2  10  2  152.7  160   70   63   5   36   33   3   5   645       0  3.71  3.40   92 1.284
 1934 36 CIN NL   0   1  16   1   0   0   7  2   29.0   53   25   21   1    7    5   0   1   143       0  6.52  4.06   62 2.069
 1935 37 BSN NL   2   3  29   0   0   0  19  0   72.0  103   61   55   6   24   21   1   6   333       0  6.88  3.78   55 1.764
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .498 127 128 455 258 122  13 113 22 2297.0 2559 1190 1029 109  691  670  25  47  9864       1  4.03  3.96   98 1.415
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  43  24  11   1  10  2  219.0  244  113   98  10   65   63   2   4   940   0   0  4.03  3.96   98 1.415
 Career High     25  17  43  35  28   3  19  4  310.3  299  155  127  16   81  103   7   9  1263   0   1  2.73  4.81  143 1.192
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 25 BSN NL  35   31    4    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  13  .161  .257  .161   14    5   4           0    
 1924 26 BSN NL  30   33    4    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  10  .091  .143  .121  -27    4   2           0    
 1925 27 BSN NL  32   58    6   14   2  0   0    1   1  0   3  20  .241  .279  .276   48   16   8           0    
 1926 28 BSN NL  45   78    3   12   1  0   0    4   0      2  25  .154  .185  .167   -1   13   6           1    
 1927 29 TOT NL  42   68    5   12   1  0   0    7   0      1  19  .176  .211  .191    9   13  11           2    
         BSN NL  11   18    1    4   1  0   0    4   0      0   5  .222  .263  .278   50    5   3           1    
         NYG NL  31   50    4    8   0  0   0    3   0      1  14  .160  .192  .160   -5    8   8           1    
 1928 30 NYG NL  42  112   12   16   2  1   0    8   0      5  17  .143  .179  .179   -7   20   6           0     MVP-4
 1929 31 NYG NL  41   86    2    9   1  0   1    8   0      1  15  .105  .115  .151  -35   13   1           0    
 1930 32 TOT NL  43   72    3   14   0  1   1    8   0      4  17  .194  .237  .264   23   19   3           0    
         NYG NL   8   10    2    3   0  0   1    3   0      1   4  .300  .364  .600  129    6   1           0    
         CIN NL  35   62    1   11   0  1   0    5   0      3  13  .177  .215  .210    6   13   2           0    
 1931 33 CIN NL  38   66    2   11   2  0   0    1   0      3  13  .167  .203  .197   11   13   2           0    
 1932 34 CIN NL  35   54    8   11   1  0   0    1   0      3  11  .204  .246  .222   28   12   5           0    
 1933 35 CIN NL  34   53    4    9   0  0   0    2   0      1  14  .170  .200  .170    7    9   2           1   2
 1934 36 CIN NL  16    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   0      0   3  .286  .286  .286   55    2   0           0   0
 1935 37 BSN NL  29   20    1    4   1  0   0    1   0      1   4  .200  .238  .250   36    5   2           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     462  738   54  122  12  2   2   42   1  0  30 181  .165  .202  .195    6  144  52   0   0   4   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        259   19   43   4  1   1   15   0  0  11  63  .165  .202  .195    6   50  18   0   0   1   1
 Career High     45  112   12   16   2  1   1    8   1  0   5  25                          20  11   0   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 25 BSN NL   39   30    1   0.9   104| .161  .288| .257  .347| .161  .401| .418  .748|  14  .045  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1924 26 BSN NL   37   32    1   0.8   101| .091  .285| .143  .340| .121  .397| .264  .737| -27  .043  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1925 27 BSN NL   69   52    5   2.6   106| .241  .289| .279  .345| .276  .412| .555  .757|  48  .221  -4.2  -0.4 100%
 1926 28 BSN NL   87   72    2   0.7    95| .154  .275| .185  .334| .167  .382| .352  .716|  -1  .035 -10.6  -1.1     
 1927 29 TOT NL   82   67    2   0.8   102| .176  .287| .211  .346| .191  .396| .402  .742|   9  .039  -8.7  -0.9     
         BSN NL   22   17    1   1.6    97| .222  .280| .263  .337| .278  .386| .541  .723|  50  .124  -1.2  -0.1     
         NYG NL   60   50    1   0.5   104| .160  .290| .192  .349| .160  .400| .352  .749|  -5  .020  -7.6  -0.8     
 1928 30 NYG NL  123  102    4   1.1   110| .143  .291| .179  .356| .179  .414| .358  .771|  -7  .059 -18.1  -1.8     
 1929 31 NYG NL   88   78    1   0.3   121| .105  .304| .115  .368| .151  .443| .266  .811| -35  .006 -18.8  -1.7     
 1930 32 TOT NL   79   61    5   2.2   122| .194  .306| .237  .364| .264  .455| .501  .818|  23  .140  -9.2  -0.8     
         NYG NL   12    8    2   6.6   125| .300  .309| .364  .367| .600  .460| .964  .827| 129  .556   0.4   0.0     
         CIN NL   67   53    3   1.5   122| .177  .305| .215  .363| .210  .454| .425  .817|   6  .076  -9.6  -0.8     
 1931 33 CIN NL   71   57    3   1.4    98| .167  .278| .203  .336| .197  .392| .400  .728|  11  .102  -8.1  -0.8     
 1932 34 CIN NL   62   48    3   1.7   101| .204  .280| .246  .333| .222  .406| .468  .739|  28  .133  -5.4  -0.5     
 1933 35 CIN NL   57   48    2   1.1    90| .170  .272| .200  .324| .170  .372| .370  .696|   7  .085  -6.4  -0.7     
 1934 36 CIN NL    7    5    1   5.3   103| .286  .285| .286  .340| .286  .405| .572  .744|  55  .553  -0.5   0.0     
 1935 37 BSN NL   23   18    1   1.5    97| .200  .275| .238  .330| .250  .393| .488  .722|  36  .109  -1.7  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      824  670   31   1.2   106| .165  .288| .202  .346| .195  .409| .397  .755|   6  .076 -101.2  -9.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1923 25 BSN NL   P   35      5   33    4    2  .905  .957  1.09  1.34  2.67  2.41    9  128.0
 1924 26 BSN NL   P   30      3   30    1    2  .971  .965  1.10  1.42  2.32  2.52   13  128.0
 1925 27 BSN NL   P   31      6   39    3    2  .938  .957  1.45  1.35  2.21  2.44   21  183.3
 1926 28 BSN NL   P   43      3   43    0    1 1.000  .958  1.07  1.39  1.79  2.57   27  231.7
 1927 29 TOT NL   P   40     13   43    3    3  .949  .957  1.40  1.29  2.16  2.33   33  233.3
         BSN NL   P   11      3   10    1    0  .929  .956  1.18  1.29  1.94  2.33   10   60.3
         NYG NL   P   29     10   33    2    3  .956  .958  1.48  1.29  2.24  2.33   23  173.0
 1928 30 NYG NL   P   42     15   69    1    5  .988  .966  2.00  1.27  2.44  2.42   35  310.3
 1929 31 NYG NL   P   39     11   58    3    7  .958  .964  1.77  1.23  2.62  2.39   30  237.0
 1930 32 TOT NL   P   43     14   23    1    2  .974  .964  0.86  1.10  1.60  2.21   26  207.7
         NYG NL   P    8      2    3    0    1 1.000  .962  0.62  1.10  1.50  2.22    4   30.0
         CIN NL   P   35     12   20    1    1  .970  .964  0.91  1.10  1.62  2.21   22  177.7
 1931 33 CIN NL   P   38     10   48    2    5  .967  .959  1.53  1.20  2.56  2.22   23  204.3
 1932 34 CIN NL   P   35      6   38    2    1  .957  .957  1.26  1.21  2.20  2.29   21  179.7
 1933 35 CIN NL   P   34      5   27    2    1  .941  .964  0.94  1.28  1.89  2.36   19  152.7
 1934 36 CIN NL   P   16      0    6    0    1 1.000  .952  0.38  1.12  1.86  2.27    1   29.0
 1935 37 BSN NL   P   29      2   12    0    1 1.000  .959  0.48  1.18  1.75  2.31    0   72.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1923 25 BSN NL   P   35      5   33    4    2  .905  .957  1.09  1.34  2.67  2.41    9  128.0
 1924 26 BSN NL   P   30      3   30    1    2  .971  .965  1.10  1.42  2.32  2.52   13  128.0
 1925 27 BSN NL   P   31      6   39    3    2  .938  .957  1.45  1.35  2.21  2.44   21  183.3
 1926 28 BSN NL   P   43      3   43    0    1 1.000  .958  1.07  1.39  1.79  2.57   27  231.7
 1927 29 TOT NL   P   40     13   43    3    3  .949  .957  1.40  1.29  2.16  2.33   33  233.3
         BSN NL   P   11      3   10    1    0  .929  .956  1.18  1.29  1.94  2.33   10   60.3
         NYG NL   P   29     10   33    2    3  .956  .958  1.48  1.29  2.24  2.33   23  173.0
 1928 30 NYG NL   P   42     15   69    1    5  .988  .966  2.00  1.27  2.44  2.42   35  310.3
 1929 31 NYG NL   P   39     11   58    3    7  .958  .964  1.77  1.23  2.62  2.39   30  237.0
 1930 32 TOT NL   P   43     14   23    1    2  .974  .964  0.86  1.10  1.60  2.21   26  207.7
         NYG NL   P    8      2    3    0    1 1.000  .962  0.62  1.10  1.50  2.22    4   30.0
         CIN NL   P   35     12   20    1    1  .970  .964  0.91  1.10  1.62  2.21   22  177.7
 1931 33 CIN NL   P   38     10   48    2    5  .967  .959  1.53  1.20  2.56  2.22   23  204.3
 1932 34 CIN NL   P   35      6   38    2    1  .957  .957  1.26  1.21  2.20  2.29   21  179.7
 1933 35 CIN NL   P   34      5   27    2    1  .941  .964  0.94  1.28  1.89  2.36   19  152.7
 1934 36 CIN NL   P   16      0    6    0    1 1.000  .952  0.38  1.12  1.86  2.27    1   29.0
 1935 37 BSN NL   P   29      2   12    0    1 1.000  .959  0.48  1.18  1.75  2.31    0   72.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 455     93  469   22   33  .962  .961  1.24  1.26  2.20  2.37  258 2297.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       455     93  469   22   33  .962  .961  1.24  1.26  2.20  2.37  258   2297
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1928-NL-4-0.46
Car-447-0.46 shares

ERA
1925 NL-3.09-4
1928 NL-2.73-5

Wins
1926 NL-14-10
1927 NL-17-9
1928 NL-25-1

Won-Loss %
1925 NL-.667-6
1927 NL-.708-1
1928 NL-.735-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1925 NL-1.309-10
1928 NL-1.192-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1925 NL-8.35-2
1928 NL-8.67-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1928 NL-2.06-3
1929 NL-2.32-6
1932 NL-1.35-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1926 NL-4.00-6
1927 NL-3.47-8

Games
1926 NL-43-7
1928 NL-42-4
1930 NL-43-8
1931 NL-38-8

Saves
1928 NL-4-3

Innings
1926 NL-231.7-10
1928 NL-310.3-2
1929 NL-237.0-8

Strikeouts
1926 NL-103-3
1927 NL-90-8
1928 NL-90-5

Games Started
1927 NL-33-6
1928 NL-35-3
1929 NL-30-7

Comp. Games
1928 NL-28-1

Shutouts
1925 NL-2-5
1928 NL-2-7
1929 NL-3-4

Home Runs Allow.
1926 NL-10-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1926 NL-81-7
1927 NL-81-5

Hits Allowed
1926 NL-244-9
1928 NL-299-3
1929 NL-276-7
1930 NL-288-8

SO to Walk
1926 NL-1.27-10
1928 NL-1.27-8

Losses
1926 NL-14-7
1929 NL-17-2
1930 NL-15-6
1931 NL-15-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1926 NL-99-7
1927 NL-106-8
1930 NL-127-8

Wild Pitches
1924 NL-4-7
1928 NL-6-2
1930 NL-9-3
1933 NL-5-10

Hit Batsmen
1926 NL-7-5

Batters Faced
1926 NL-996-7
1928 NL-1263-2
1929 NL-1019-8

Games Finished
1935 NL-19-3

Adjusted ERA+
1925 NL-130-5
1928 NL-143-5

        

Black Ink: Pitching - 12 (182) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 75 (323) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1066) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 20.5 (596) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  3. Slim Sallee (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Slim Sallee (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Allie Reynolds (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Allie Reynolds (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 30, 1922: Traded by the New York Giants with Harry Hulihan, Fred Toney, and $100,000 to the Boston Braves for Hugh McQuillan.

June 12, 1927: Traded by the Boston Braves with Zack Taylor and Herb Thomas to the New York Giants for Hugh McQuillan, Kent Greenfield, and Doc Farrell.

May 21, 1930: Traded by the New York Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Hughie Critz.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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