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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 Pitching

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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
1910 20 CIN NL 0 1 .000 4.74 12 2 10 0 0 0 38.0 44 34 20 1 23 15 1 1 1 180 62 1.763 10.4 0.2 5.4 3.6 0.65
1911 21 CIN NL 3 3 .500 2.01 6 6 0 5 0 0 44.2 44 18 10 0 23 28 3 0 3 189 165 1.500 8.9 0.0 4.6 5.6 1.22
1912 22 CIN NL 18 20 .474 3.10 50 39 9 22 2 2 302.0 316 143 104 2 118 162 18 0 12 1302 109 1.437 9.4 0.1 3.5 4.8 1.37
1913 23 CIN NL 11 7 .611 3.49 23 22 0 9 1 0 144.1 140 76 56 4 60 68 9 0 6 618 92 1.386 8.7 0.2 3.7 4.2 1.13
1914 24 CIN NL 16 18 .471 2.96 41 31 4 16 5 2 271.0 223 124 89 3 95 121 11 3 11 1115 99 1.173 7.4 0.1 3.2 4.0 1.27
1915 25 TOT NL 9 18 .333 3.19 45 28 12 9 2 5 237.0 222 105 84 2 76 109 19 0 6 997 87 1.257 8.4 0.1 2.9 4.1 1.43
1915 25 CIN NL 6 13 .316 3.32 35 21 9 6 2 4 176.1 165 79 65 2 67 83 14 0 5 749 86 1.316 8.4 0.1 3.4 4.2 1.24
1915 25 NYG NL 3 5 .375 2.82 10 7 3 3 0 1 60.2 57 26 19 0 9 26 5 0 1 248 90 1.088 8.5 0.0 1.3 3.9 2.89
1916 26 NYG NL 16 8 .667 2.87 38 30 6 15 3 2 238.2 210 84 76 5 58 115 10 0 5 960 85 1.123 7.9 0.2 2.2 4.3 1.98
1917 27 NYG NL 15 9 .625 2.72 35 25 8 14 3 3 215.0 190 78 65 5 41 70 7 0 3 865 93 1.074 8.0 0.2 1.7 2.9 1.71
1918 28 NYG NL 1 2 .333 1.88 3 3 0 2 0 0 24.0 17 8 5 0 3 9 0 0 1 90 140 0.833 6.4 0.0 1.1 3.4 3.00
1919 29 NYG NL 17 11 .607 2.63 35 28 6 11 1 2 209.0 181 71 61 5 52 53 4 0 4 848 106 1.115 7.8 0.2 2.2 2.3 1.02
1920 30 NYG NL 9 16 .360 3.03 33 25 5 12 4 2 193.1 222 82 65 8 31 52 3 0 5 821 99 1.309 10.3 0.4 1.4 2.4 1.68
1921 31 NYG NL 5 2 .714 2.88 18 9 4 3 1 0 72.0 72 28 23 2 17 11 0 0 2 297 129 1.236 9.0 0.3 2.1 1.4 0.65
1923 33 CIN NL 14 10 .583 3.66 33 26 5 15 0 1 219.0 243 106 89 10 57 59 5 0 3 938 106 1.370 10.0 0.4 2.3 2.4 1.04
1924 34 CIN NL 7 9 .438 2.77 32 15 7 6 1 1 162.2 166 70 50 2 24 42 4 1 4 671 137 1.168 9.2 0.1 1.3 2.3 1.75
1925 35 CIN NL 9 10 .474 4.05 33 16 7 6 1 1 146.2 182 88 66 3 34 36 1 1 0 648 101 1.473 11.2 0.2 2.1 2.2 1.06
15 Seasons 150 144 .510 3.09 437 305 83 145 24 21 2517.1 2472 1115 863 52 712 950 95 6 66 10539 101 1.265 8.8 0.2 2.5 3.4 1.33
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .510 3.09 40 28 8 13 2 2 231 227 102 79 5 65 87 9 1 6 966 101 1.265 8.8 0.2 2.5 3.4 1.33
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
CIN (9 yrs) 84 91 .480 3.28 265 178 51 85 12 11 1504.2 1523 738 549 27 501 614 66 6 45 6410 103 1.345 9.1 0.2 3.0 3.7 1.23
NYG (7 yrs) 66 53 .555 2.79 172 127 32 60 12 10 1012.2 949 377 314 25 211 336 29 0 21 4129 98 1.145 8.4 0.2 1.9 3.0 1.59

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1917 27 NYG NL WS L CHW 1 1 .500 0.00 2 2 0 1 1 0 14.0 9 3 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 53 0.714 5.8 0.0 0.6 5.1 8.00
1 WS 1 1 .500 0.00 2 2 0 1 1 0 14.0 9 3 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 53 0.714 5.8 0.0 0.6 5.1 8.00

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

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

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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
1910 CIN NL 20 P 12 14 1 13 0 1 1.000 1.17 .943 1.77
1911 CIN NL 21 P 6 7 0 6 1 2 .857 1.00 .943 1.72
1912 CIN NL 22 P 50 94 13 78 3 2 .968 1.82 .947 1.55
1913 CIN NL 23 P 23 39 0 35 4 0 .897 1.52 .959 1.57
1914 CIN NL 24 P 41 84 9 70 5 3 .940 1.93 .943 1.65
1915 TOT NL 25 P 45 83 8 72 3 2 .964 1.78 .951 1.68
1915 CIN NL 25 P 35 65 7 56 2 2 .969 1.80 .951 1.68
1915 NYG NL 25 P 10 18 1 16 1 0 .944 1.70 .950 1.68
1916 NYG NL 26 P 38 63 6 57 0 3 1.000 1.66 .957 1.63
1917 NYG NL 27 P 35 63 2 58 3 0 .952 1.71 .962 1.78
1918 NYG NL 28 P 3 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.67 .962 2.03
1919 NYG NL 29 P 35 63 3 60 0 0 1.000 1.80 .959 1.89
1920 NYG NL 30 P 33 89 13 74 2 0 .978 2.64 .956 1.75
1921 NYG NL 31 P 18 19 2 16 1 1 .947 1.00 .953 1.52
1923 CIN NL 33 P 33 66 7 57 2 2 .970 1.94 .958 1.34
1924 CIN NL 34 P 32 57 7 46 4 3 .930 1.66 .967 1.42
1925 CIN NL 35 P 33 35 3 31 1 3 .971 1.03 .957 1.35
15 Seasons P 437 784 75 680 29 23 .963 1.73 .954 1.61
15 Seasons TOT 437 784 75 680 29 23 .963 1.73 .917 1.61
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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1924 NL--2.766--4th
Career--3.085--191st

Wins s c a p y
1912 NL--18--8th
1919 NL--17--7th
Career--150--237th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1913 NL--.611--10th
1916 NL--.667--6th
1917 NL--.625--8th
1919 NL--.607--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1917 NL--1.074--7th
1924 NL--1.168--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL--7.406--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 NL--1.716--9th
1920 NL--1.443--4th
1923 NL--2.342--10th
1924 NL--1.328--1st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1912 NL--4.828--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1912 NL--50--1st
1915 NL--45--6th
1919 NL--35--9th

Saves s c a p y
1912 NL--2--10th
1914 NL--2--10th
1915 NL--5--2nd
1916 NL--2--8th
1917 NL--3--2nd
1919 NL--2--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1912 NL--302.0--5th
Career--2517.3--228th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1912 NL--162--4th
1914 NL--121--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1912 NL--39--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1912 NL--22--8th
Career--145--237th

Shutouts s c a p y
1914 NL--5--6th
1920 NL--4--7th
Career--24--187th

Home Runs s c a p y
1920 NL--8--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1912 NL--118--3rd
1914 NL--95--6th

Hits s c a p y
1912 NL--316--2nd
Career--2472--229th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1920 NL--1.677--9th
1924 NL--1.750--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1912 NL--.060--1st
1914 NL--.100--4th
1915 NL--.076--9th
1924 NL--.111--1st
Career--.186--145th

Losses s c a p y
1912 NL--20--3rd
1914 NL--18--4th
1915 NL--18--3rd
1920 NL--16--6th
Career--144--178th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1912 NL--104--5th
1914 NL--89--5th
1915 NL--84--5th
1916 NL--76--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1912 NL--12--3rd
1913 NL--6--7th
1914 NL--11--5th
1915 NL--6--10th
1920 NL--5--9th
1924 NL--4--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1912 NL--18--1st
1913 NL--9--7th
1914 NL--11--5th
1915 NL--19--1st
1916 NL--10--4th
1917 NL--7--7th
Career--95--76th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1912 NL--1302--1st
Career--10539--203rd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1924 NL--137--3rd

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 68 (368), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 29 (446), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 17, 1910: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from Macon (South Atlantic). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 19, 1915: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Cincinnati Reds for $3,000.

July 30, 1922: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Giants.

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