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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 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Reds/Giants 1910-1925

Final Game: September 21, 1925 (Age 35)
Died: December 12, 1937 in Dothan, AL
Buried: Baptist Church Cemetery, Salemburg, NC
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1910 CIN NL 20 P 12 38.0 14 1 13 0 1 1.000 3.32 1.17 .945 2.82 2.80
1911 CIN NL 21 P 6 44.2 7 0 6 1 2 .857 1.21 1.00 .943 2.78 2.73
1912 CIN NL 22 P 50 302.0 94 13 78 3 2 .968 2.71 1.82 .948 2.54 2.52
1913 CIN NL 23 P 23 144.1 39 0 35 4 0 .897 2.18 1.52 .955 2.61 2.60
1914 CIN NL 24 P 41 271.0 84 9 70 5 3 .940 2.62 1.93 .943 2.68 2.66
1915 TOT NL 25 P 45 237.0 83 8 72 3 2 .964 3.04 1.78 .952 2.72 2.71
1915 CIN NL 25 P 35 176.1 65 7 56 2 2 .969 3.22 1.80 .952 2.72 2.71
1915 NYG NL 25 P 10 60.2 18 1 16 1 0 .944 2.52 1.70 .952 2.71 2.71
1916 NYG NL 26 P 38 29 15 238.2 63 6 57 0 3 1.000 2.38 1.66 .959 2.67 2.67
1917 NYG NL 27 P 35 25 14 215.0 63 2 58 3 0 .952 2.51 1.71 .961 2.85 2.86
1918 NYG NL 28 P 3 3 2 24.0 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 3.00 2.67 .965 2.92 2.93
1919 NYG NL 29 P 35 28 11 209.0 63 3 60 0 0 1.000 2.71 1.80 .960 2.93 2.93
1920 NYG NL 30 P 33 25 12 193.1 89 13 74 2 0 .978 4.05 2.64 .957 2.80 2.83
1921 NYG NL 31 P 18 9 3 72.0 19 2 16 1 1 .947 2.25 1.00 .953 2.68 2.66
1923 CIN NL 33 P 33 26 15 219.0 66 7 57 2 2 .970 2.63 1.94 .958 2.41 2.40
1924 CIN NL 34 P 32 19 6 162.2 57 7 46 4 3 .930 2.93 1.66 .965 2.52 2.51
1925 CIN NL 35 P 33 16 6 146.2 35 3 31 1 3 .971 2.09 1.03 .957 2.44 2.41
15 Seasons P 437 180 84 2517.1 784 75 680 29 23 .963 2.70 1.73 .955 2.66 2.65
15 Seasons TOT 437 180 84 2517.1 784 75 680 29 23 .963 2.70 1.73 .955 2.66 2.65
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1910 CIN NL 20 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1911 CIN NL 21 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1912 CIN NL 22 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913 CIN NL 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1914 CIN NL 24 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1915 CIN NL 25 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1915 NYG NL 25 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1916 NYG NL 26 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1917 NYG NL 27 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 NYG NL 28 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1919 NYG NL 29 35 28 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1920 NYG NL 30 33 25 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1921 NYG NL 31 18 9 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1923 CIN NL 33 33 26 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1924 CIN NL 34 32 19 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1925 CIN NL 35 33 16 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 437 123 437 184 437 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1912 NL  50 (1st)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1912 NL  13 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1912 NL  78 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1924 NL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1920 NL  4.05 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1920 NL  2.64 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1916 NL  1.000 (1st)
1919 NL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1910 NL  born 1890-06-27 (3rd)

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