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, 5,242nd in MLB 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

17.1

W

128

L

128

ERA

4.03

G

455

GS

261

SV

IP

2297.0

SO

670

WHIP

1.415

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1920	22	PTH	B	13	10	.565	2.20	27						205.0	160	61	50		69									1.117	7.0		3.0			PTH VIRL
1921	23	PTH	B	18	18	.500		41						297.0	285			7	118									1.357	8.6	0.2	3.6			PTH VIRL
1922	24	MEM	A	15	13	.536	3.29	38						216.0	229	105	79		73									1.398	9.5		3.0			MEM SOUA
1923	25	BSN	NL	5	9	.357	4.99	35	9	10	2	0	0	128.0	141	78	71	5	57		42	4	0	3	561	79	4.21	1.547	9.9	0.4	4.0	3.0	0.74
1924	26	BSN	NL	5	7	.417	4.15	30	13	11	4	0	1	128.0	129	63	59	3	64		41	3	0	4	555	92	4.27	1.508	9.1	0.2	4.5	2.9	0.64
1925	27	BSN	NL	14	7	.667	3.09	31	21	4	16	2	1	183.1	170	72	63	5	70		49	2	0	2	773	130	4.11	1.309	8.3	0.2	3.4	2.4	0.70
1926	28	BSN	NL	14	14	.500	3.85	43	27	9	12	1	1	231.2	244	113	99	10	81		103	7	0	3	996	92	3.73	1.403	9.5	0.4	3.1	4.0	1.27
1927	29	TOT	NL	17	7	.708	4.09	40	33	6	11	1	2	233.1	255	116	106	12	81		90	4	0	2	1005	94	4.02	1.440	9.8	0.5	3.1	3.5	1.11
1927	29	BSN	NL	4	2	.667	4.48	11	10	1	3	0	0	60.1	72	33	30	3	27		25	2	0	2	269	84	4.29	1.641	10.7	0.4	4.0	3.7	0.93
1927	29	NYG	NL	13	5	.722	3.95	29	23	5	8	1	2	173.0	183	83	76	9	54		65	2	0	0	736	98	3.92	1.370	9.5	0.5	2.8	3.4	1.20
1928	30	NYG	NL	25	9	.735	2.73	42	36	4	28	2	4	310.1	299	106	94	14	71		90	0	0	6	1263	142	3.60	1.192	8.7	0.4	2.1	2.6	1.27	MVP-4
1929	31	NYG	NL	12	17	.414	4.14	39	31	7	14	3	2	237.0	276	129	109	16	61		63	0	0	1	1019	111	4.28	1.422	10.5	0.6	2.3	2.4	1.03
1930	32	TOT	NL	8	15	.348	5.50	43	26	9	10	0	2	207.2	288	155	127	15	59		63	0	0	9	948	88	4.69	1.671	12.5	0.7	2.6	2.7	1.07
1930	32	NYG	NL	1	3	.250	7.80	8	4	3	1	0	1	30.0	42	31	26	8	14		16	0	0	1	147	61	7.30	1.867	12.6	2.4	4.2	4.8	1.14
1930	32	CIN	NL	7	12	.368	5.12	35	22	6	9	0	1	177.2	246	124	101	7	45		47	0	0	8	801	94	4.24	1.638	12.5	0.4	2.3	2.4	1.04
1931	33	CIN	NL	10	15	.400	3.35	38	23	11	12	2	2	204.1	240	98	76	6	53		35	1	1	4	878	111	3.94	1.434	10.6	0.3	2.3	1.5	0.66
1932	34	CIN	NL	6	13	.316	4.31	35	22	6	7	0	1	179.2	201	104	86	10	27		35	0	0	1	745	89	3.80	1.269	10.1	0.5	1.4	1.8	1.30
1933	35	CIN	NL	10	11	.476	3.71	34	19	10	7	2	2	152.2	160	70	63	5	36		33	3	0	5	645	91	3.56	1.284	9.4	0.3	2.1	1.9	0.92
1934	36	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	6.52	16	1	7	0	0	2	29.0	53	25	21	1	7		5	0	0	1	143	63	3.95	2.069	16.4	0.3	2.2	1.6	0.71
1935	37	BSN	NL	2	3	.400	6.88	29	0	19	0	0	0	72.0	103	61	55	6	24		21	1	0	6	333	55	4.60	1.764	12.9	0.8	3.0	2.6	0.88
1936	38	BLT	AA	1	1	.500	6.75	6						20.0	31	21	15		9									2.000	14.0		4.1			BLT IL
13 Yrs				128	128	.500	4.03	455	261	113	123	13	20	2297.0	2559	1190	1029	108	691		670	25	1	47	9864	98	4.01	1.415	10.0	0.4	2.7	2.6	0.97
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.500	4.03	43	25	11	12	1	2	218	243	113	98	10	66		64	2	0	4	937	98	4.01	1.415	10.0	0.4	2.7	2.6	0.97
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BSN (6 yrs)				44	42	.512	4.22	179	80	54	37	3	3	803.1	859	420	377	32	323		281	19	0	20	3487	90	4.10	1.471	9.6	0.4	3.6	3.1	0.87
CIN (5 yrs)				33	52	.388	4.20	158	87	40	35	4	8	743.1	900	421	347	29	168		155	4	1	19	3212	94	3.90	1.437	10.9	0.4	2.0	1.9	0.92
NYG (4 yrs)				51	34	.600	3.66	118	94	19	51	6	9	750.1	800	349	305	47	200		234	2	0	8	3165	113	4.04	1.333	9.6	0.6	2.4	2.8	1.17

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

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