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: 17-16 / in Starts: 16-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 1

1923 Pitching Game Log

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1923 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	340	6	Apr 22	CIN		PIT	L,9-15	7-7		99	1.0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	27.00	9.04	9		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.04%
2	341	10	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	18.00	6.04	4		0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.02%
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	342	16	May 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	15.00	6.04	5		0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.07%
4	343	28	May 20	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-5	1-6		16	6.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.00	4.26	21		0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	.98	0.16%
5	344	36	May 30(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG(10)	W(1-0)	9	10.0	7	2	2	3	5	0	1	3.32	3.72	40	72	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.25%
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	345	41	Jun 3	CIN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	L(1-1)	3	9.0	8	4	1	2	7	0	0	2.57	3.22	36	66	3	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.05%
7	346	46	Jun 9	CIN		PHI	W,12-2	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.43	3.09	35	65	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.13%
8	347	51	Jun 16	CIN		NYG	W,9-1	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	8	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.15	3.28	36	64	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.36%
9	348	55	Jun 20	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	1.96	3.38	35	71	2	1	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	1	4.68	1.02%
10	349	57	Jun 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	3.38	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.19	0.43%
11	350	59	Jun 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	W(5-1)	1	9.0	10	5	5	3	2	2	0	2.35	3.81	38	46	1	1	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	4.36	0.35%
12	351	62	Jun 29(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(5-2)	3	8.0	12	5	2	2	0	0	0	2.34	3.80	36	42	1	1	1	33	2	0	0	2	0	2	3.32	-0.47%
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	352	66	Jul 3	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	11	5	5	3	6	1	0	2.63	3.84	40	48	0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	0	4.42	0.38%
14	353	71	Jul 9	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-13	GS-6	L(6-3)	5	6.0	11	9	7	3	1	1	0	3.17	4.01	31	16	2	0	0	27	0	2	0	1	1	1	5.10	-1.40%
15	354	76	Jul 13	CIN	@	PHI	W,21-7	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	12	7	7	4	1	0	1	3.53	4.06	41	32	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	2	1	0	.84	0.12%
16	355	82	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	GS-7	L(7-4)	5	7.0	4	1	0	4	4	0	0	3.29	4.03	30	67	1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	6.59	0.78%
17	356	86	Jul 22	CIN		STL	L,0-2	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	4.01	7		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.17%
18	357	88	Jul 24	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	W(8-4)	1	9.0	12	4	3	3	0	0	0	3.21	4.01	42	46	0	1	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	3	6.82	0.22%
19	358	92	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(8-5)	3	10.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.10	3.94	37	72	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.25	0.86%
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
20	359	98	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	W,5-3	GS-8	W(9-5)	3	7.1	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.90	32	48	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	6.01	-0.10%
21	360	102	Aug 6(1)	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	GS-8	L(9-6)	4	8.0	12	4	2	0	2	0	0	3.08	3.82	37	48	1	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	2	6.35	-0.31%
22	361	106	Aug 11(1)	CIN		BSN	W,10-6	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	14	6	5	2	0	0	0	3.19	3.81	43	35	0	0	0	41	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.65	0.11%
23	362	110	Aug 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-7	GS-5	L(10-7)	4	4.1	11	6	6	1	0	2	0	3.46	3.98	22	16	0	1	0	21	2	1	0	1	0	0	4.16	-0.57%
24	363	114	Aug 20(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	W(11-7)	3	9.0	11	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.43	3.98	39	56	0	0	0	37	1	1	0	2	0	1	2.90	0.38%
25	364	118	Aug 25	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-1	GS-7	W(12-7)	4	6.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.36	4.00	23	65	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	7.15	0.63%
26	365	122	Aug 29	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(12-8)	3	9.1	10	2	2	2	1	0	1	3.29	3.99	40	59	0	0	0	35	2	0	1	1	0	0	12.74	0.67%
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
27	366	126	Sep 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-7	GS-4	L(12-9)	4	4.0	10	5	4	0	1	0	0	3.41	3.95	20	25	2	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	5.01	-1.27%
28	367	130	Sep 7(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	W(13-9)	3	9.0	8	5	5	1	6	2	1	3.49	4.02	36	56	1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	-0.53%
29	368	135	Sep 11	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	GS-8	L(13-10)	3	8.0	7	4	2	3	2	0	0	3.44	4.00	33	55	0	2	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.72	-0.29%
30	369	140	Sep 15	CIN		BSN	W,7-5	GS-8	W(14-10)	3	7.2	14	5	4	0	1	0	1	3.48	3.97	36	34	0	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.72	0.25%
31	370	145	Sep 20(2)	CIN		PHI	W,8-7	GS-4		4	4.0	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.59	3.97	18	35	0	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	-0.52%
32	371	147	Sep 22	CIN		BRO	W,8-7	GS-7		1	7.0	6	5	2	1	1	0	0	3.56	3.95	29	51	0	1	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.88	-0.40%
33	372	150	Sep 25	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	3.94	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.81	0.10%
							17-16		W-L:14-10,Sv:1	3.5	218.2	243	106	86	57	59	10	5	3.54	3.94	938	50	14	13	2	854	34	8	1	18	6	19	4.07	1.32%

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