Rube Benton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: June 27, 1890 in Clinton, NC us

Died: December 12, 1937 in Dothan, AL

Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: June 28, 1910 (Age 20-001d, 3,352nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 7 BB, L

Last Game: September 21, 1925 (Age 35-086d)
vs. BSN 3.2 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: John Cleave Benton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.8

150

144

ERA

3.09

437

311

2517.1

950

WHIP

1.265

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-9 / in Starts: 13-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1913 Pitching Game Log

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1913 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	69	7	Apr 20	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	GS-		99	4.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	1	2.25	2.81	17	56				14
2	70	12	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-		5	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2.08	4.86	4	49				1
3	71	15	Apr 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	2	6.0	7	6	3	3	3	0	1	3.48	4.11	29	40	0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	.78	-0.18%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	72	19	May 3	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS-7	W(1-1)	3	7.0	7	4	4	3	3	0	0	4.15	3.65	27	47	3	3	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.05%
5	73	22	May 7	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-3	L(1-2)	3	2.0	5	5	4	3	0	0	0	5.59	4.01	12	25	0	1	0	8	2	0	0	1	1	0	.73	-0.12%
6	74	28	May 14	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	W(2-2)	6	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	1	4.45	3.69	36	66	0	2	0	28	1	2	0	0	2	0	.47	0.08%
7	75	31	May 19	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-8	GS-		4	8.0	7	5	3	6	2	1	2	4.21	4.35	37	48				28
8	76	37	May 25	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-2)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.38	3.84	33	79	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.09%
9	77	41	May 30(2)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-	L(3-3)	4	4.1	5	6	5	6	3	1	0	3.99	4.23	23	28				16
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
10	78	46	Jun 4	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	4	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.84	4.16	35	69	1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.79	0.12%
11	79	51	Jun 11	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(5-3)	6	9.0	4	2	0	1	9	0	0	3.33	3.72	33	83				31	1	0
12	80	55	Jun 15	CIN		BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.05	3.55	35	69				34	0	3
13	81	59	Jun 19	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	GS-7	L(6-4)	3	7.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.23	3.51	26	53	1	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
14	82	62	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	GS-3		3	3.0	5	5	5	2	0	0	1	3.63	3.58	16	27	2	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	1	0	.03	-0.01%
15	83	63	Jun 25	CIN		CHC	W,12-4	5-6	W(7-4)	1	1.0	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.70	3.67	8		0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	.03	0.00%
16	84	65	Jun 27	CIN		CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(8-4)	1	9.0	4	1	1	7	7	0	0	3.44	3.64	37	75	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.01%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
17	85	69	Jul 1	CIN		STL	W,11-4	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	10	4	2	3	3	0	0	3.32	3.58	39	55				32	2	1
18	86	75	Jul 6(1)	CIN		PIT	L,4-10	GS-4	L(9-5)	4	4.0	6	5	3	3	3	0	0	3.45	3.57	21	34	2	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
19	87	79	Jul 9	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS-4		2	3.1	8	4	4	0	1	0	1	3.66	3.55	19	29	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
20	88	81	Jul 11	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	W(10-5)	1	9.0	8	3	0	3	3	0	0	3.39	3.50	39	65	0	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	2	.00	0.00%
21	89	83	Jul 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-5	L(10-6)	2	4.0	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.57	3.50	20	29	0	0	0	17	1	1	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
22	90	92	Jul 22(2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	GS-	W(11-6)	7	8.1	10	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.48	3.41	34	59				31
23	91	96	Jul 27(2)	CIN		BRO	L,1-8	CG	L(11-7)	4	9.0	13	8	3	0	2	1	0	3.45	3.42	40	41				39	1	3
							14-9		W-L:11-7	3.5	143.1	140	76	55	60	68	4	9	3.45	3.42	620	51	9	7	0	530	16	15	1	5	6	5	.33	-0.08%

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