Larry Benton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: November 20, 1897 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: April 3, 1953 in Amberley, OH

Buried: St. Joseph Old Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: April 19, 1923 (Age 25-150d, 5,706th in major league history)
vs. NYG 8.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 7 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 16, 1935 (Age 37-269d)
vs. CIN 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Lawrence James Benton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.5

128

ERA

4.03

455

261

2297.0

670

WHIP

1.415

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-6		16	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 15	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-8	GF	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (2)	Apr 18	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
4	10 (3)	Apr 23	BSN		PHI	L,1-2	GS	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	14 (3)	Apr 29	BSN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (2)	May 2	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-9		7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
7	19 (1)	May 4	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GF	11	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
8	22 (2)	May 7	BSN	@	PIT	L,10-11	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	24 (1)	May 11	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	29 (4)	May 17	BSN	@	STL	L,5-8	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	34 (4)	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-14		18	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
12	35	May 26	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-13	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	41 (5)	Jun 2 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-11		35	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	44 (2)	Jun 5	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	47 (2)	Jun 10	BSN		CHC	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	50 (2)	Jun 14	BSN		PIT	W,3-2	GS	34	8.1	0	4	0	4	0
17	54 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	BSN		STL	L,0-4	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	56 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,8-7	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	59 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	64 (4)	Jun 28	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS	21	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	69 (4)	Jul 2	BSN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	74 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,5-14		20	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	77 (2)	Jul 9	BSN	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	83 (5)	Jul 14	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	88 (4)	Jul 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-8	GS	25	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	92 (3)	Jul 24	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	96 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	101 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,2-5	GS	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	103 (1)	Aug 6	BSN		PIT	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	106 (2)	Aug 9	BSN		STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	109 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	115 (5)	Aug 20	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	119 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	124 (4)	Aug 28	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	128 (3)	Sep 3	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-17	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	130 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-5	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	131	Sep 7 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-7	GS	25	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	135 (3)	Sep 9	BSN		NYG	L,2-3		3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
39	136	Sep 10	BSN		STL	W,11-3	GS	21	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
40	139 (2)	Sep 13	BSN		STL	W,5-4	GF	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
41	145 (5)	Sep 20 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	148 (2)	Sep 23	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	149	Sep 25 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,8-11		31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
							43gm		232.0	3	43	0	46	1