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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 26 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,13-2	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	9 (3)	Apr 29	NYG		BRO	L,15-19	GS	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	10	Apr 30	NYG		BRO	L,4-9	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (2)	May 4	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS	24	4.1	0	2	0	2	1
5	16 (2)	May 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,8-16		15	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
6	21 (4)	May 12	NYG	@	CHC	W,14-12	GS	35	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	25 (3)	May 17 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	28 (2)	May 20	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
				Player went from New York Giants to Cincinnati Reds
9	33	May 25 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,5-6	GS	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
10	38 (4)	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	40 (1)	Jun 1 (1)	CIN		STL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	42 (1)	Jun 3	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-9	GS	17	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	47 (4)	Jun 8 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,2-9		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	49 (1)	Jun 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	51 (1)	Jun 14	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-2	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	57 (5)	Jun 20	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	62 (4)	Jun 24	CIN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	64 (1)	Jun 27	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	67 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,3-10		24	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	68	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-15	GS	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	72 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,8-7		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	76 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	79 (2)	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	W,14-8	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	83 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	88 (4)	Jul 23 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	93 (4)	Jul 27	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	98 (4)	Aug 2	CIN		STL	L,8-9	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	101 (2)	Aug 8	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	GS	25	4.1	0	1	1	2	0
29	103 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,0-18		19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	106 (2)	Aug 13	CIN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	110 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	GS	27	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	111	Aug 17 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,8-9	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	115 (3)	Aug 22	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	120 (4)	Aug 26	CIN		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	125 (4)	Aug 30 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	130 (4)	Sep 4	CIN	@	STL	L,2-13	GS	30	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
37	133 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	134	Sep 9	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
39	138 (3)	Sep 13	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	140 (1)	Sep 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-13		13	2.1	0	3	0	3	0
41	141	Sep 17 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-6		14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	144 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-10	GS	30	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
43	152 (7)	Sep 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS	31	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
							43gm		208.0	14	23	1	38	2