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: 20-15 / in Starts: 15-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 3

1919 Pitching Game Log

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1919 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	254	2	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-1		99	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	54.00	11.49	4	38	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	-0.31%
2	255	4	Apr 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27.00	6.99	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.81	0.11%
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
3	256	8	May 4	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	5	8.0	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	5.19	3.87	28	55	2	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.72	-0.23%
4	257	13	May 13	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.57	3.85	35	68	0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	3	4.01	0.65%
5	258	17	May 18	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.36	3.20	34	72	1	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.96	1.07%
6	259	20	May 23	NYG		STL	W,7-6	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.1	11	3	3	2	1	1	0	2.73	3.58	32	38	2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.49	0.09%
7	260	23	May 26	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	W(4-1)	2	9.0	7	3	1	2	1	0	0	2.36	3.44	36	64	1	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	2	6.17	0.73%
8	261	25	May 28	NYG		PIT	L,2-6	8-9	BS(1)	1	1.2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.68	3.54	10		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.33	0.05%
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
9	262	30	Jun 1	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	6	1	0	3	2	0	1	2.22	3.51	35	72	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	8.73	1.51%
10	263	35	Jun 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS-3	L(5-2)	4	2.1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.62	3.52	14	39	2	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	8.76	-0.64%
11	264	37	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS-8	W(6-2)	3	7.2	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.59	3.43	29	61	0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	5.72	0.95%
12	265	40	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	3.40	8		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	0.23%
13	266	42	Jun 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	BW(7-2)	1	2.0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.43	3.28	7		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	19.96	-0.64%
14	267	45	Jun 18	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-3)	2	7.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.57	3.21	27	55	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	6.94	-0.86%
15	268	49	Jun 22	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(7-4)	3	9.1	8	4	4	6	2	1	0	2.71	3.45	41	52	2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	13.38	-0.93%
16	269	55	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-4	5-GF	W(8-4)	7	5.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.66	3.41	22		0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.87	0.43%
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	270	58	Jul 3	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	GS-4	L(8-5)	2	3.1	7	6	3	1	1	0	0	2.86	3.39	20	28	0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	5.34	-1.10%
18	271	64	Jul 8	NYG		STL	W,8-1	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.60	3.28	33	81	1	0	0	31	1	1	1	0	0	2	3.68	1.11%
19	272	68	Jul 13	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.47	3.21	38	61	1	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	1	1	5.23	0.23%
20	273	72	Jul 23	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	W(11-5)	9	9.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.36	3.16	34	72	0	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	0	5.86	0.91%
21	274	76	Jul 27	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	GS-5		3	4.0	3	2	2	5	1	0	0	2.43	3.25	20	44	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.77	-0.21%
22	275	79	Jul 29(2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-8		1	7.2	10	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.56	3.19	33	45	1	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.82	0.00%
Aug				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
23	276	84	Aug 2	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS-5	L(11-6)	3	5.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.67	3.17	21	43	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.57	-1.22%
24	277	88	Aug 7	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	8-GF	S(2)	4	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.63	3.17	8		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.06	1.28%
25	278	91	Aug 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-7	L(11-7)	2	7.0	4	2	2	2	3	1	1	2.63	3.24	26	62	2	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.98	-0.11%
26	279	96	Aug 14(2)	NYG		CIN	W,9-3	GS-3	W(12-7)	3	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.57	3.26	12	59	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	7.18	0.47%
27	280	98	Aug 15(2)	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(12-8)	0	7.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.63	3.24	27	56	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	7.29	-0.47%
28	281	103	Aug 20(2)	NYG		STL	W,4-1	CG	W(13-8)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.54	3.19	34	70	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.83	0.49%
29	282	109	Aug 26(2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-4	GS-7	L(13-9)	5	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.59	3.16	29	54	1	0	1	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.07%
30	283	113	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-7	L(13-10)	3	7.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.64	3.13	29	50	1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.03%
Sept				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
31	284	116	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.52	3.07	30	77	0	2	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.33	0.05%
32	285	119	Sep 7(1)	NYG		BSN	W,2-1		W(15-10)	2	5.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.49	3.04	19					19	0	0	0		0
33	286	124	Sep 11	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	W(16-10)	3	9.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	1	2.52	3.02	33	66	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.01%
34	287	128	Sep 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS-5	L(16-11)	3	5.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	2.59	3.09	23	40	1	0	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.00%
35	288	135	Sep 25(1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,14-2	GS-4	W(17-11)	9	3.2	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.58	3.10	17	44	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
							20-15		W-L:17-11,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.5	209.0	181	71	60	52	53	5	4	2.58	3.10	849	56	19	6	2	766	20	6	1	17	3	18	5.36	3.54%

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