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, 5,706th in major league 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

17.5

128

ERA

4.03

455

261

2297.0

670

WHIP

1.415

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-23 / in Starts: 8-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 63 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	35 (19-12-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 63 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	41 (21-13-7)

Most Driven In
L Durocher	1

Most Driven In By
H Hendrick	5
G Grantham	1
B Herman	1

1932 Batting Game Log

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1932 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	349	1	Apr 12	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	350	6 (4)	Apr 17	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.59	0.019	1.57	0.03%	0.05	P
3	351	10 (3)	Apr 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.36	-0.018	.97	-0.03%	-0.20	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	352	21 (10)	May 5	CIN		BSN	W,9-6	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
5	353	23 (1)	May 7	CIN		BSN	W,9-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.01	-0.079	2.49	-0.12%	-0.69	P
6	354	29 (5)	May 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9						P
7	355	34 (4)	May 18	CIN		NYG	L,3-9	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9						P
8	356	40 (5)	May 25	CIN		PIT	L,4-9	1-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	.72	0.000	1.61	0.00%	0.15	P
9	357	42 (1)	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-6	4-8	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	9	.42	0.043	.92	0.06%	1.01	P
10	358	47 (4)	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	9	.95	-0.048	2.18	-0.07%	-0.47	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	359	49 (1)	Jun 4	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	3-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	9	.55	-0.026	.94	-0.03%	-0.78	P
12	360	53 (3)	Jun 8	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-9	3-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	9						P
13	361	57 (3)	Jun 11 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.333	.300	.633	9	.46	0.018	.26	0.01%	0.09	P
14	362	62 (4)	Jun 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-6	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.286	.604	9	.90	-0.022	.69	-0.01%	-0.30	P
15	363	71 (8)	Jun 25 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-8	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.286	.604	9						P
16	364	75 (3)	Jun 29	CIN		STL	L,9-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.292	.261	.553	9	1.21	-0.061	.28	-0.01%	-0.46	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	365	80 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.222	.250	.222	.472	9	.73	-0.086	.13	-0.01%	-1.91	P
18	366	84 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.250	.222	.472	9						P
19	367	86 (1)	Jul 9	CIN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.226	.200	.426	9	.38	-0.030	.05	0.00%	-0.62	P
20	368	90 (3)	Jul 13	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.188	.212	.188	.400	9	1.23	-0.070	.19	-0.01%	-0.51	P
21	369	92 (1)	Jul 15	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	10-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.206	.182	.388	9	2.25	-0.057	.20	0.00%	-0.23	P
22	370	97 (4)	Jul 23	CIN		STL	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.194	.171	.366	9	1.29	-0.062	.02	0.00%	-0.45	P
23	371	101 (3)	Jul 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.175	.154	.329	9	1.18	-0.164	.01	0.00%	-1.96	P
24	372	106 (4)	Jul 31 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0	0	.171	.190	.171	.361	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	373	110 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.222	.186	.408	9	1.50	0.062	.00	0.00%	0.41	P
26	374	114 (3)	Aug 9	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-8	1-7	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.234	.200	.434	9	1.17	0.123	.00	0.00%	1.17	P
27	375	121 (6)	Aug 17	CIN		NYG	L,0-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.229	.196	.425	9	.99	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
28	376	123 (1)	Aug 19	CIN		BRO	L,0-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.229	.196	.425	9						P
29	377	128 (4)	Aug 24 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.235	.224	.460	9	1.02	0.101	.00	0.00%	0.70	P
30	378	133 (4)	Aug 31 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,10-11	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.235	.224	.460	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	379	136 (2)	Sep 4	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.235	.224	.460	9						P
32	380	140 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,10-4	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.250	.240	.490	9	.27	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.66	P
33	381	143 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-13	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.241	.231	.472	9	1.14	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.74	P
34	382	147 (3)	Sep 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.208	.250	.226	.476	9	1.52	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.07	P
35	383	152 (4)	Sep 21	CIN	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.241	.218	.460	9	2.10	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
							12-23		63	55	8	11	1	0	0	1	3	0	10	0	5		0		0	0	.200	.241	.218	.460		.96	-0.571	.50	-0.19%	-6.25

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