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Larry Benton
Lawrence James Benton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 20, 1897 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1923
Final Game: August 16, 1935
Died: April 3, 1953 in Amberley, OH
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1923 25 BSN NL 5 9 .357 4.99 35 9 10 1 0 0 128.0 141 78 71 4 57 42 4 0 3 561 79 1.547 9.9 0.3 4.0 3.0 0.74
1924 26 BSN NL 5 7 .417 4.15 30 13 11 4 0 1 128.0 129 63 59 4 64 41 3 0 4 555 91 1.508 9.1 0.3 4.5 2.9 0.64
1925 27 BSN NL 14 7 .667 3.09 31 21 4 16 2 1 183.1 170 72 63 6 70 49 2 0 2 773 130 1.309 8.3 0.3 3.4 2.4 0.70
1926 28 BSN NL 14 14 .500 3.85 43 27 9 12 1 1 231.2 244 113 99 10 81 103 7 0 3 996 92 1.403 9.5 0.4 3.1 4.0 1.27
1927 29 TOT NL 17 7 .708 4.09 40 33 6 11 1 2 233.1 255 116 106 12 81 90 4 0 2 1005 93 1.440 9.8 0.5 3.1 3.5 1.11
1927 29 BSN NL 4 2 .667 4.48 11 10 1 3 0 0 60.1 72 33 30 3 27 25 2 0 2 269 83 1.641 10.7 0.4 4.0 3.7 0.93
1927 29 NYG NL 13 5 .722 3.95 29 23 5 8 1 2 173.0 183 83 76 9 54 65 2 0 0 736 97 1.370 9.5 0.5 2.8 3.4 1.20
1928 30 NYG NL 25 9 .735 2.73 42 35 4 28 2 4 310.1 299 106 94 14 71 90 0 0 6 1263 143 1.192 8.7 0.4 2.1 2.6 1.27 MVP-4
1929 31 NYG NL 11 17 .393 4.14 39 30 7 14 3 3 237.0 276 129 109 16 61 63 0 0 1 1019 110 1.422 10.5 0.6 2.3 2.4 1.03
1930 32 TOT NL 8 15 .348 5.50 43 26 9 10 0 2 207.2 288 155 127 15 59 63 0 0 9 948 87 1.671 12.5 0.7 2.6 2.7 1.07
1930 32 NYG NL 1 3 .250 7.80 8 4 3 1 0 1 30.0 42 31 26 8 14 16 0 0 1 147 61 1.867 12.6 2.4 4.2 4.8 1.14
1930 32 CIN NL 7 12 .368 5.12 35 22 6 9 0 1 177.2 246 124 101 7 45 47 0 0 8 801 94 1.638 12.5 0.4 2.3 2.4 1.04
1931 33 CIN NL 10 15 .400 3.35 38 23 10 12 2 2 204.1 240 98 76 6 53 35 1 1 4 878 112 1.434 10.6 0.3 2.3 1.5 0.66
1932 34 CIN NL 6 13 .316 4.31 35 21 7 7 0 2 179.2 201 104 86 10 27 35 0 0 1 745 89 1.269 10.1 0.5 1.4 1.8 1.30
1933 35 CIN NL 10 11 .476 3.71 34 19 10 7 2 2 152.2 160 70 63 5 36 33 3 0 5 645 92 1.284 9.4 0.3 2.1 1.9 0.92
1934 36 CIN NL 0 1 .000 6.52 16 1 7 0 0 2 29.0 53 25 21 1 7 5 0 0 1 143 62 2.069 16.4 0.3 2.2 1.6 0.71
1935 37 BSN NL 2 3 .400 6.88 29 0 19 0 0 0 72.0 103 61 55 6 24 21 1 0 6 333 55 1.764 12.9 0.8 3.0 2.6 0.88
13 Seasons 127 128 .498 4.03 455 258 113 122 13 22 2297.0 2559 1190 1029 109 691 670 25 1 47 9864 98 1.415 10.0 0.4 2.7 2.6 0.97
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .498 4.03 43 25 11 12 1 2 219 244 113 98 10 66 64 2 0 4 941 98 1.415 10.0 0.4 2.7 2.6 0.97
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BSN (6 yrs) 44 42 .512 4.22 179 80 54 36 3 3 803.1 859 420 377 33 323 281 19 0 20 3487 90 1.471 9.6 0.4 3.6 3.1 0.87
CIN (5 yrs) 33 52 .388 4.20 158 86 40 35 4 9 743.1 900 421 347 29 168 155 4 1 19 3212 94 1.437 10.9 0.4 2.0 1.9 0.92
NYG (4 yrs) 50 34 .595 3.66 118 92 19 51 6 10 750.1 800 349 305 47 200 234 2 0 8 3165 113 1.333 9.6 0.6 2.4 2.8 1.17

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1923 25 BSN NL 35 39 31 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 .161 .257 .161 .418 15 5 0 4 1
1924 26 BSN NL 30 37 33 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .091 .143 .121 .264 -27 4 0 2 1
1925 27 BSN NL 32 69 58 6 14 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 20 .241 .279 .276 .555 48 16 0 8 1
1926 28 BSN NL 45 87 78 3 12 1 0 0 4 0 2 25 .154 .185 .167 .352 -1 13 1 6 1
1927 29 TOT NL 42 82 68 5 12 1 0 0 7 0 1 19 .176 .211 .191 .402 9 13 2 11 1
1927 29 BSN NL 11 22 18 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 .222 .263 .278 .541 50 5 1 3 1
1927 29 NYG NL 31 60 50 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 14 .160 .192 .160 .352 -5 8 1 8 1
1928 30 NYG NL 42 123 112 12 16 2 1 0 8 0 5 17 .143 .179 .179 .358 -7 20 0 6 1 MVP-4
1929 31 NYG NL 41 88 86 2 9 1 0 1 8 0 1 15 .105 .115 .151 .266 -35 13 0 1 1
1930 32 TOT NL 43 79 72 3 14 0 1 1 8 0 4 17 .194 .237 .264 .501 23 19 0 3 1
1930 32 NYG NL 8 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 .300 .364 .600 .964 129 6 0 1 /1
1930 32 CIN NL 35 67 62 1 11 0 1 0 5 0 3 13 .177 .215 .210 .425 6 13 0 2 1
1931 33 CIN NL 38 71 66 2 11 2 0 0 1 0 3 13 .167 .203 .197 .400 11 13 0 2 1
1932 34 CIN NL 35 62 54 8 11 1 0 0 1 0 3 11 .204 .246 .222 .468 28 12 0 5 1
1933 35 CIN NL 34 57 53 4 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 14 .170 .200 .170 .370 7 9 2 1 2 1
1934 36 CIN NL 16 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 55 2 0 0 0 1
1935 37 BSN NL 29 23 20 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 .200 .238 .250 .488 36 5 0 0 2 1
13 Seasons 462 824 738 54 122 12 2 2 42 1 0 30 181 .165 .202 .195 .397 6 144 2 4 52
162 Game Avg. 162 289 259 19 43 4 1 1 15 0 11 63 .165 .202 .195 .397 6 50 1 18
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BSN (6 yrs) 182 277 238 19 42 6 0 0 10 1 0 12 77 .176 .222 .202 .424 17 48 0 2 25
CIN (5 yrs) 158 264 242 15 44 3 1 0 10 0 10 54 .182 .217 .202 .420 14 49 2 1 11
NYG (4 yrs) 122 283 258 20 36 3 1 2 22 0 8 50 .140 .169 .182 .351 -10 47 1 16

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1923 BSN NL 25 P 35 42 5 33 4 2 .905 1.09 .960 1.34
1924 BSN NL 26 P 30 34 3 30 1 2 .971 1.10 .965 1.42
1925 BSN NL 27 P 31 48 6 39 3 2 .938 1.45 .958 1.35
1926 BSN NL 28 P 43 46 3 43 0 1 1.000 1.07 .957 1.39
1927 TOT NL 29 P 40 59 13 43 3 3 .949 1.40 .958 1.29
1927 BSN NL 29 P 11 14 3 10 1 0 .929 1.18 .957 1.29
1927 NYG NL 29 P 29 45 10 33 2 3 .956 1.48 .958 1.29
1928 NYG NL 30 P 42 85 15 69 1 5 .988 2.00 .965 1.27 MVP-4
1929 NYG NL 31 P 39 72 11 58 3 7 .958 1.77 .964 1.23
1930 TOT NL 32 P 43 38 14 23 1 2 .974 0.86 .963 1.10
1930 NYG NL 32 P 8 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.63 .960 1.10
1930 CIN NL 32 P 35 33 12 20 1 1 .970 0.91 .964 1.10
1931 CIN NL 33 P 38 60 10 48 2 5 .967 1.53 .958 1.20
1932 CIN NL 34 P 35 46 6 38 2 1 .957 1.26 .957 1.21
1933 CIN NL 35 P 34 34 5 27 2 1 .941 0.94 .965 1.28
1934 CIN NL 36 P 16 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.38 .967 1.12
1935 BSN NL 37 P 29 14 2 12 0 1 1.000 0.48 .957 1.18
13 Seasons P 455 584 93 469 22 33 .962 1.24 .961 1.26
13 Seasons TOT 455 584 93 469 22 33 .962 1.24 .923 1.26
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1928 NL (4, 46%)
0.46 Career Shares (452nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1925 NL  3.093 (4th)
1928 NL  2.726 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1926 NL  14 (10th)
1927 NL  17 (9th)
1928 NL  25 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1925 NL  .667 (6th)
1927 NL  .708 (1st)
1928 NL  .735 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1925 NL  1.309 (10th)
1928 NL  1.192 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 NL  8.346 (2nd)
1928 NL  8.671 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1928 NL  2.059 (3rd)
1929 NL  2.317 (6th)
1932 NL  1.353 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 NL  4.001 (6th)
1927 NL  3.471 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1926 NL  43 (7th)
1928 NL  42 (4th)
1930 NL  43 (8th)
1931 NL  38 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1928 NL  4 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1926 NL  231.7 (10th)
1928 NL  310.3 (2nd)
1929 NL  237.0 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1926 NL  103 (3rd)
1927 NL  90 (8th)
1928 NL  90 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1927 NL  33 (6th)
1928 NL  35 (3rd)
1929 NL  30 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1928 NL  28 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1925 NL  2 (5th)
1928 NL  2 (7th)
1929 NL  3 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  10 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1926 NL  81 (7th)
1927 NL  81 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  244 (9th)
1928 NL  299 (3rd)
1929 NL  276 (7th)
1930 NL  288 (8th)
Career  2559 (210th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1926 NL  1.272 (10th)
1928 NL  1.268 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 NL  .295 (7th)
1931 NL  .264 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1926 NL  14 (7th)
1929 NL  17 (2nd)
1930 NL  15 (6th)
1931 NL  15 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  99 (7th)
1927 NL  106 (8th)
1930 NL  127 (8th)
Career  1029 (202nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1924 NL  4 (7th)
1928 NL  6 (2nd)
1930 NL  9 (3rd)
1933 NL  5 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1926 NL  7 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1926 NL  996 (7th)
1928 NL  1263 (2nd)
1929 NL  1019 (8th)
Career  9864 (234th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1935 NL  19 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1925 NL  130 (5th)
1928 NL  143 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 12 (185), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 75 (329), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (606), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Clarence Mitchell (942)
  3. Ed Whitson (939)
  4. Dolly Gray (934)
  5. Mike Caldwell (930)
  6. Hal Carlson (929)
  7. Fritz Ostermueller (927)
  8. Denny Galehouse (927)
  9. Dick Ruthven (927)
  10. Bob Purkey (922)
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  2. Vince Colbert (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bobby Wallace (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bubba Church (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fred Frankhouse (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fred Hutchinson (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fred Hutchinson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Fred Frankhouse (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Fred Frankhouse (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  11. Dolly Gray (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tommy Thomas (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tommy Thomas (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Fred Toney (982)
  6. Steve Trachsel (981)
  7. Bill Lee (980)
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  2. Zane Smith (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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

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 Doc Farrell, Kent Greenfield and Hugh McQuillan.

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

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