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Rube Benton

John Cleave Benton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 27, 1890 in Clinton, NC(All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1910
Teams (by GP): Reds/Giants 1910-1925

Final Game: September 21, 1925
Died: December 12, 1937 in Dothan, AL
Buried: Baptist Church Cemetery, Salemburg, NC
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Standard Batting

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
1910 20 CIN NL 12 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -46 1 0 0 1
1911 21 CIN NL 6 16 14 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 .143 .143 .214 .357 1 3 0 2 /1
1912 22 CIN NL 50 108 104 6 14 3 0 0 9 1 0 31 .135 .143 .163 .306 -15 17 1 3 1
1913 23 CIN NL 23 54 48 8 10 0 1 0 8 0 0 4 7 .208 .269 .250 .519 49 12 0 2 1
1914 24 CIN NL 41 95 91 4 13 2 1 0 7 1 1 31 .143 .152 .187 .339 -0 17 0 3 1
1915 25 TOT NL 45 79 76 3 16 3 0 0 7 1 1 0 16 .211 .211 .250 .461 39 19 0 3 1
1915 25 CIN NL 35 55 53 1 11 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 11 .208 .208 .226 .434 30 12 0 2 1
1915 25 NYG NL 10 24 23 2 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 5 .217 .217 .304 .522 61 7 0 1 1
1916 26 NYG NL 38 84 78 3 7 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 21 .090 .113 .115 .228 -28 9 0 4 1
1917 27 NYG NL 35 79 72 1 12 1 1 0 2 0 2 18 .167 .189 .208 .398 23 15 0 5 1
1918 28 NYG NL 3 9 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .286 .619 90 2 0 0 /1
1919 29 NYG NL 35 71 67 5 13 0 0 1 7 0 0 8 .194 .194 .239 .433 30 16 0 3 1
1920 30 NYG NL 33 69 65 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .092 .092 .092 .185 -47 6 0 4 1
1921 31 NYG NL 18 24 21 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .182 .190 .372 -2 4 0 2 1
1923 33 CIN NL 33 85 80 5 23 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 12 .288 .305 .325 .630 68 26 1 3 1
1924 34 CIN NL 32 51 46 5 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 10 .261 .333 .304 .638 73 14 0 0 1
1925 35 CIN NL 33 53 45 0 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 .200 .265 .244 .510 32 11 0 4 1
15 Yrs 437 888 825 45 142 19 4 1 60 4 1 22 188 .172 .196 .208 .404 16 172 2 38
162 Game Avg. 162 329 306 17 53 7 1 0 22 1 8 70 .172 .196 .208 .404 16 64 1 14
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
CIN (9 yrs) 265 528 492 29 95 14 2 0 40 2 1 15 117 .193 .220 .230 .450 26 113 2 19
NYG (7 yrs) 172 360 333 16 47 5 2 1 20 2 0 7 71 .141 .159 .177 .336 1 59 0 19

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1910 20 CIN NL 12 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1911 21 CIN NL 6 16 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1912 22 CIN NL 50 108 -17 0 0 0 9 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.9 .483 .495 -0.8 -0.0 -5 $ 1
1913 23 CIN NL 23 54 -3 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 2 3 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1914 24 CIN NL 41 95 -12 0 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .490 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1915 25 CIN NL 35 55 -4 -0 0 0 4 -0 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1915 25 NYG NL 10 24 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .512 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1916 26 NYG NL 38 84 -11 0 0 0 6 -4 -0.6 2 -2 -0.6 .485 .496 -0.6 0.0 -2 $ 1
1917 27 NYG NL 35 79 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1918 28 NYG NL 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .524 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1919 29 NYG NL 35 71 -5 0 0 0 5 0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $ 1
1920 30 NYG NL 33 69 -12 0 0 0 5 -6 -0.8 2 -4 -0.8 .477 .495 -0.8 -0.0 -4 $ 1
1921 31 NYG NL 18 24 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1923 33 CIN NL 33 85 -4 0 0 0 8 4 0.4 2 7 0.4 .513 .503 0.4 0.0 7 $ 1
1924 34 CIN NL 32 51 -2 0 0 0 4 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 $ 1
1925 35 CIN NL 33 53 -5 0 0 0 6 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
15 Seasons 437 888 -91 1 0 0 73 -16 -2.1 25 9 -2.1 .495 .499 -2.0 -0.1 9 $
CIN (9 yrs) 265 528 -51 0 0 0 46 -5 -0.7 15 10 -0.7 .498 .500 -0.6 -0.0 10 $
NYG (7 yrs) 172 360 -39 1 0 0 27 -11 -1.4 10 -1 -1.4 .492 .499 -1.4 -0.0 -1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1910 20 CIN NL 11 10 0 0.0 85 .200 .091 .258 .091 .332 .091 .342 .182 .674 -46 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1911 21 CIN NL 16 14 0 0.0 93 .250 .143 .264 .143 .341 .214 .365 .357 .706 1 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .250 .071 .071
1912 22 CIN NL 108 93 2 0.6 97 .192 .135 .277 .143 .346 .163 .376 .306 .722 -15 .025 -16.6 -1.7 .211 .038 .029 .0
1913 23 CIN NL 54 40 3 2.0 91 .244 .208 .268 .269 .333 .250 .365 .519 .698 49 .244 -3.3 -0.4 .421 .125 .042
1914 24 CIN NL 95 81 3 1.0 86 .217 .143 .261 .152 .329 .187 .349 .339 .679 -0 .090 -11.8 -1.4 .244 .066 .044 .0
1915 25 TOT NL 79 64 4 1.7 81 .267 .211 .256 .211 .319 .250 .342 .461 .661 39 .227 -5.8 -0.7 .311 .039 .039 .0
1915 25 CIN NL 55 45 2 1.2 82 .262 .208 .258 .208 .321 .226 .345 .434 .667 30 .135 -4.7 -0.6 .256 .000 .019
1915 25 NYG NL 24 19 2 2.8 77 .278 .217 .250 .217 .312 .304 .335 .522 .647 61 .433 -1.1 -0.1 .444 .130 .087 .0
1916 26 NYG NL 84 75 1 0.4 74 .123 .090 .247 .113 .305 .115 .330 .228 .635 -28 .016 -11.7 -1.4 .169 .064 .026 .0
1917 27 NYG NL 79 65 3 1.2 76 .222 .167 .253 .189 .310 .208 .334 .398 .644 23 .141 -6.7 -0.8 .283 .069 .042
1918 28 NYG NL 9 6 1 4.5 79 .167 .143 .260 .333 .318 .286 .336 .619 .653 90 .621 0.1 0.0 .667 .429 .143
1919 29 NYG NL 71 57 3 1.4 82 .207 .194 .264 .194 .319 .239 .347 .433 .666 30 .157 -6.0 -0.7 .296 .045 .045 .0
1920 30 NYG NL 69 63 1 0.4 90 .118 .092 .277 .092 .330 .092 .368 .185 .698 -47 .018 -12.4 -1.4 .102 .000 .000
1921 31 NYG NL 24 20 1 1.3 107 .176 .143 .299 .182 .350 .190 .412 .372 .762 -2 .094 -3.1 -0.3 .278 .095 .048
1923 33 CIN NL 85 60 8 3.6 105 .338 .288 .291 .305 .349 .325 .405 .630 .754 68 .374 -3.8 -0.4 .491 .050 .038
1924 34 CIN NL 51 34 5 4.0 103 .333 .261 .289 .333 .344 .304 .402 .638 .746 73 .435 -1.6 -0.2 .559 .152 .043
1925 35 CIN NL 53 40 3 2.0 112 .214 .200 .298 .265 .355 .244 .425 .510 .780 32 .153 -4.5 -0.4 .417 .133 .044
15 Yrs 888 722 38 1.4 90 .222 .172 .270 .196 .331 .208 .365 .404 .696 16 .135 -91.0 -10.0 .291 .067 .036 1.6
162 Game Avg. 329 268 14 1.4 90 .222 .172 .270 .196 .331 .208 .365 .404 .696 16 .135 -91.0 -10.0 .291 .067 .036 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CIN (9 yrs) 528 417 26 1.7 96 .253 .193 .276 .220 .340 .230 .377 .450 .717 26 .160 -50.1 -5.4 .329 .069 .037 .0
NYG (7 yrs) 360 305 12 1.1 82 .176 .141 .261 .159 .317 .177 .347 .336 .665 1 .098 -40.8 -4.7 .238 .063 .036 1.3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1917 27 NYG NL WS CHW L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 28 NYG NL 9 0.0% 11.1% 22.2% 11.1% 100% 0.50 7.0 67%
1919 29 NYG NL 71 1.4% 11.3% 0.0% 1.4% 8% 8.4 67.0 9.6 82%
1920 30 NYG NL 69 0.0% 20.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.6 21.7 74%
1921 31 NYG NL 24 0.0% 16.7% 4.2% 4.2% 33% 4.00 5.3 21.0 71%
1923 33 CIN NL 85 0.0% 14.1% 1.2% 3.5% 13% 12.00 6.7 20.0 80%
1924 34 CIN NL 51 0.0% 19.6% 9.8% 3.9% 17% 2.00 4.6 15.3 71%
1925 35 CIN NL 53 0.0% 5.7% 7.6% 3.8% 22% 0.75 15.0 11.3 79%
15 Yrs 362 0.3% 51.9% 6.1% 6.6% 17% 8.55 4.4 825.0 13.8 176%
MLB Averages 1.4% 19.0% 16.6% 11.9% 24% 1.15 9.9 136.0 9.2 168%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1910 20 12 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -46 1 0 0
1911 21 18 27 25 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 .120 .120 .160 .280 -19 4 0 2
1912 22 68 135 129 6 17 4 0 0 11 1 0 43 .132 .138 .163 .301 -16 21 1 5
1913 23 91 189 177 14 27 4 1 0 19 1 0 4 50 .153 .176 .186 .362 2 33 1 7
1914 24 132 284 268 18 40 6 2 0 26 2 0 5 81 .149 .168 .187 .354 1 50 1 10
1915 25 177 363 344 21 56 9 2 0 33 3 1 5 97 .163 .177 .201 .378 9 69 1 13
1916 26 215 447 422 24 63 9 3 0 36 4 1 7 118 .149 .165 .185 .350 3 78 1 17
1917 27 250 526 494 25 75 10 4 0 38 4 1 9 136 .152 .169 .188 .357 6 93 1 22
1918 28 253 535 501 26 76 11 4 0 38 4 1 11 137 .152 .172 .190 .361 7 95 1 22
1919 29 288 606 568 31 89 11 4 1 45 4 1 11 145 .157 .174 .195 .370 10 111 1 25
1920 30 321 675 633 34 95 11 4 1 48 4 1 11 159 .150 .166 .185 .351 4 117 1 29
1921 31 339 699 654 35 98 12 4 1 49 4 1 12 163 .150 .166 .185 .351 3 121 1 31
1922 32 339 699 654 35 98 12 4 1 49 4 1 12 163 .150 .166 .185 .351 3 121 1 31
1923 33 372 784 734 40 121 15 4 1 53 4 1 13 175 .165 .182 .200 .382 11 147 2 34
1924 34 404 835 780 45 133 17 4 1 56 4 1 18 185 .171 .191 .206 .398 15 161 2 34
1925 35 437 888 825 45 142 19 4 1 60 4 1 22 188 .172 .196 .208 .404 16 172 2 38

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1910 20 13 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
1911 21 6 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1912 22 53 113 109 6 14 3 0 0 8 1 0 33 .128 .136 .156 .292 2 50
1913 23 24 56 50 8 10 0 1 0 8 0 4 7 .200 .259 .240 .499 3 23
1914 24 43 100 96 5 15 2 1 0 8 1 1 32 .156 .165 .198 .363 3 41
1915 25 47 84 81 4 19 4 0 0 9 1 0 17 .235 .235 .284 .519 5 45
1916 26 39 87 81 3 7 0 1 0 3 1 2 22 .086 .108 .111 .220 1 38
1917 27 36 84 77 1 15 1 1 0 3 0 2 19 .195 .215 .234 .449 4 35
1918 28 4 14 10 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 .200 .429 .400 .829 1 3
1919 29 41 82 79 7 17 0 0 1 10 0 0 9 .215 .215 .253 .468 5 35
1920 30 35 75 71 6 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 15 .127 .127 .127 .254 1 33
1921 31 19 26 23 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 .174 .208 .217 .426 1 18
1923 33 35 88 83 5 23 3 0 0 4 0 1 13 .277 .294 .313 .607 7 33
1924 34 34 54 49 6 13 2 0 0 3 0 5 11 .265 .333 .306 .639 5 32
1925 35 35 56 48 0 10 2 0 0 4 0 4 3 .208 .269 .250 .519 3 33
15 Yrs 464 947 883 54 158 20 4 1 67 4 24 198 .179 .202 .214 .416 41 437
162 Game Avg. 162 331 308 19 55 7 1 0 23 1 8 69 .179 .202 .214 .416 14 437

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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