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Rube Benton
John Cleave Benton

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

Born: June 27, 1890 in Clinton, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1910
Final Game: September 21, 1925
Died: December 12, 1937 in Dothan, AL
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Standard Batting

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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
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		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	-1	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	5	.217	.217	.304	.522	61	7		0	1			1
1916	26	NYG	NL	38	84	78	3	7	0	1	0	3	1		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	91	2		0	0			/1
1919	29	NYG	NL	35	70	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 Seasons				437	887	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	25	113		2	19
NYG (7 yrs)				172	359	333	16	47	5	2	1	20	2	0	7	71	.141	.159	.177	.336	1	59		0	19

Advanced Batting

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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	.270	.269	.334	.250	.367	.519	.701	49	.232	-3.3	-0.4	.421	.125	.042
1914	24	CIN	NL	95	81	3	1.0	86	.217	.143	.262	.152	.331	.187	.351	.339	.681	-1	.090	-11.9	-1.4	.244	.066	.044	.0
1915	25	TOT	NL	79	64	4	1.7	80	.267	.211	.255	.211	.318	.250	.342	.461	.660	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	76	.278	.217	.249	.217	.311	.304	.333	.522	.644	61	.431	-1.1	-0.1	.444	.130	.087	.0
1916	26	NYG	NL	84	75	1	0.4	74	.123	.090	.248	.113	.306	.115	.332	.228	.638	-28	.017	-11.8	-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	78	.167	.143	.259	.333	.316	.286	.334	.619	.651	91	.621	0.1	0.0	.667	.429	.143
1919	29	NYG	NL	70	57	3	1.4	81	.207	.194	.263	.194	.317	.239	.346	.433	.663	30	.157	-5.9	-0.7	.296	.045	.045	.0
1920	30	NYG	NL	69	63	1	0.4	90	.118	.092	.276	.092	.330	.092	.367	.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	.375	-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 Seasons				887	722	38	1.4	90	.222	.172	.270	.196	.331	.208	.365	.404	.696	16	.135	-91.1	-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	-91.1	-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	.378	.450	.718	25	.159	-50.2	-5.4	.329	.069	.037	.0
NYG (7 yrs)				359	305	12	1.1	81	.176	.141	.261	.159	.317	.177	.347	.336	.664	1	.099	-40.8	-4.7	.238	.063	.036	1.3

Postseason Batting

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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

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
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		4	50	.153	.176	.186	.362	2	33	1	7
1914	24	132	284	268	18	40	6	2	0	26	2		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	2	78	1	17
1917	27	250	526	494	25	75	10	4	0	38	4	1	9	136	.152	.169	.188	.357	5	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	605	568	31	89	11	4	1	45	4	1	11	145	.157	.174	.195	.370	9	111	1	25
1920	30	321	674	633	34	95	11	4	1	48	4	1	11	159	.150	.166	.185	.351	4	117	1	29
1921	31	339	698	654	35	98	12	4	1	49	4	1	12	163	.150	.166	.185	.351	3	121	1	31
1922	32	339	698	654	35	98	12	4	1	49	4	1	12	163	.150	.166	.185	.351	3	121	1	31
1923	33	372	783	734	40	121	15	4	1	53	4	1	13	175	.165	.182	.200	.382	11	147	2	34
1924	34	404	834	780	45	133	17	4	1	56	4	1	18	185	.171	.191	.206	.398	15	161	2	34
1925	35	437	887	825	45	142	19	4	1	60	4	1	22	188	.172	.196	.208	.404	16	172	2	38

Neutralized Batting

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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	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1912	22	53	111	110	6	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	33	.000	.009	.000	.009	2	50
1913	23	24	54	50	8	10	0	1	0	8	0	4	7	.200	.259	.240	.499	3	23
1914	24	43	97	96	5	15	2	1	0	8	1	1	32	.156	.165	.198	.363	3	41
1915	25	47	79	79	4	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	17	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	45
1916	26	39	83	81	3	7	0	1	0	3	1	2	22	.086	.108	.111	.220	1	38
1917	27	36	79	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	78	78	7	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	35
1920	30	35	68	68	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	15	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	33
1921	31	19	24	23	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	.174	.208	.217	.426	1	18

1923	33	35	85	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	52	48	0	10	2	0	0	4	0	4	3	.208	.269	.250	.519	3	33
15 Seasons		464	904	878	54	99	13	4	0	68	4	24	198	.113	.138	.137	.275	41	437
162 Game Avg.		162	316	307	19	35	5	1	0	24	1	8	69	.113	.138	.137	.275	14	437

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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1910 NL--born 1890-06-27--3rd

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