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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.8

150

144

ERA

3.09

437

311

2517.1

950

WHIP

1.265

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 9-9 / in Starts: 7-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 3

1921 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1921 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	322	16	May 3	NYG		BSN	W,7-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	1.00	3.02	31	76	0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.83	0.42%
2	323	24	May 14	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-0)	10	9.0	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.50	3.41	35	69	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.18	0.63%
3	324	28	May 18	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	9	1	1	2	2	0	0	0.69	3.41	33	60	1	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	0.79%
4	325	34	May 26(1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	GS-9	W(3-0)	7	8.2	8	3	3	3	1	0	0	1.30	3.54	35	54	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	1	2	5.66	0.27%
5	326	38	May 28(2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	8-GF	L(3-1)	1	1.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.49	3.69	8		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.83	-0.81%
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
6	327	43	Jun 1(2)	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.19	3.71	33	73	0	1	1	31	0	1	0	1	0	3	1.99	0.22%
7	328	48	Jun 7	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS-4	L(4-2)	5	4.0	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	1.64	3.72	18	35	2	0	0	17	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.52	-0.39%
8	329	50	Jun 11	NYG	@	STL	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	3.71	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.00%
9	330	54	Jun 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS-1		3	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	1.93	3.92	7	38	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	-0.35%
10	331	55	Jun 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	7-13	BS(1)	0	6.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.20	3.85	25		0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	11.91	0.54%
11	332	59	Jun 21	NYG		BSN	L,5-16	GS-2		4	2.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.58	3.84	12	34	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.76	-0.52%
12	333	64	Jun 25(2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,17-4	GS-4	W(5-2)	3	4.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.84	3.77	18	37	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.72	-0.35%
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
13	334	68	Jul 3(2)	NYG		BSN	W,10-5	7-7	H(1)	7	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.80	3.73	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.87	0.23%
14	335	71	Jul 6	NYG		BRO	L,4-11	7-8		2	2.0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	2.85	3.90	10		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.02%
15	336	74	Jul 9	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	5-7		2	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.86	3.84	10		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	8.00	0.56%
16	337	76	Jul 11	NYG		CHC	L,2-7	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.94	3.88	6		2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.02%
17	338	83	Jul 19	NYG		PIT	L,1-10	5-5		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	3.87	2		1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.00%
18	339	84	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.88	3.90	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.04	0.11%
							9-9		W-L:5-2,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.2	72.0	72	28	23	17	11	2	0	2.88	3.90	294	53	6	3	1	267	9	4	0	11	2	6	4.35	1.30%

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Benton Pages

Rube Benton Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Rube Benton Pages at Baseball Reference