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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Team Record in Appearances: 15-24 / in Starts: 11-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 4

1929 Pitching Game Log

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1929 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	222	1	Apr 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-9	8-GF	S(1)	99	2.0	4	5	1	2	1	1	0	4.50	11.29	12		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	1	1	2.25	0.27%
2	223	3	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG(11)	L(0-1)	4	11.0	10	3	3	4	3	1	0	2.77	5.56	45	64	0	0	0	40	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.86	0.70%
3	224	6	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.40	5.79	9		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.61	0.21%
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
4	225	12	May 7	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(0-2)	9	10.0	13	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.52	4.35	42	57	0	1	0	40	2	0	0	0	2	0	3.85	0.16%
5	226	16	May 11	NYG		CHC	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-2)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.85	3.88	32	85	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	0.60%
6	227	20	May 16(1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	6.0	8	4	4	2	0	0	0	2.48	3.87	29	38	0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.72	-0.12%
7	228	23	May 18(1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	8-GF	L(1-4)	1	1.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.81	3.83	10		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.59	-0.29%
8	229	26	May 22(1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-6	L(1-5)	3	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.02	4.03	27	48	0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.01%
9	230	30	May 25	NYG		BSN	W,10-3	CG	W(2-5)	2	9.0	10	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.02	3.92	36	59	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.12%
10	231	33	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	GS-6	L(2-6)	3	6.0	10	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.30	3.85	28	36	2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.07%
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
11	232	37	Jun 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(3-6)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	2	1	0	3.01	3.92	31	73	0	1	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.01	0.66%
12	233	41	Jun 6	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	11	4	3	1	2	1	0	3.01	3.95	38	52	0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	1	5.47	0.94%
13	234	45	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-7	GS-4	L(4-7)	3	4.0	8	5	5	1	2	0	0	3.40	3.88	19	27	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.52	-0.43%
14	235	49	Jun 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.27	3.80	35	65	0	0	0	33	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.50%
15	236	52	Jun 18(1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS-1		3	0.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.75	3.80	5	20	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	-0.61%
16	237	54	Jun 19(1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,15-14	3-7		0	4.2	7	6	6	3	0	2	0	4.12	4.11	24		0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	2	0	3.94	-0.61%
17	238	58	Jun 22(1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-6	5-GF	W(6-7)	2	4.1	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	4.03	4.09	18		0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	1	0	.86	0.20%
18	239	62	Jun 25	NYG		BRO	L,10-12	GS-9		2	9.0	14	10	5	1	3	1	0	4.11	4.07	44	31	0	0	0	42	2	0	0	0	1	1	2.84	-0.58%
19	240	68	Jun 30(2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	GS-7	L(6-8)	4	7.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.17	4.10	26	50	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	2.96	-0.17%
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
20	241	73	Jul 4(2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-0	SHO	W(7-8)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.88	3.98	32	77				31	1	0			0
21	242	77	Jul 8	NYG		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-8)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.62	3.94	30	80	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.78	1.05%
22	243	82	Jul 12	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(9-8)	3	10.0	8	3	2	5	2	1	0	3.50	4.02	41	63	0	1	0	35	0	0	0	1	1	0	7.02	0.34%
23	244	85	Jul 14(2)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.47	4.00	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.08%
24	245	88	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(9-9)	2	5.0	8	5	5	2	0	1	0	3.66	4.08	24	29	1	0	0	22	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.90	-0.21%
25	246	92	Jul 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	GS-5	L(9-10)	3	5.0	8	5	2	1	0	0	0	3.65	4.06	26	36	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.41	-0.30%
26	247	95	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS-8	L(9-11)	3	7.1	11	6	6	2	2	1	0	3.82	4.10	35	32	0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	-0.16%
27	248	99	Jul 29	NYG	@	STL	W,11-2	CG	W(10-11)	3	9.0	10	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.72	4.06	38	57	0	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	0	.24	0.06%
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
28	249	102	Aug 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	W(11-11)	2	9.0	9	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.59	4.00	34	66	0	2	0	31	0	1	0	2	1	1	.37	0.10%
29	250	104	Aug 5	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-10	9-GF	S(2)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.58	3.99	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.21	0.04%
30	251	106	Aug 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-8		1	8.0	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.57	3.93	30	53	0	2	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.54	0.01%
31	252	110	Aug 12	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	L(11-12)	4	9.0	11	5	5	3	0	1	0	3.63	3.99	40	42	1	1	0	36	2	0	0	1	1	1	.29	-0.02%
32	253	115	Aug 18	NYG		CHC	L,0-1	GS-8	L(11-13)	5	8.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.54	3.93	30	72	0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	0	.18	0.03%
33	254	118	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	L,2-9	GS-5	L(11-14)	2	5.0	6	5	2	0	4	1	0	3.54	3.93	22	45	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	.03	-0.01%
34	255	122	Aug 25	NYG		PIT	W,10-5	CG	W(12-14)	3	9.0	11	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.60	3.90	37	44	0	1	0	34	2	0	0	2	1	0	.00	0.00%
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
35	256	126	Sep 1	NYG		BSN	L,4-8	GS-4	L(12-15)	6	3.1	9	6	6	2	0	0	0	3.78	3.91	20	16	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
36	257	129	Sep 4	NYG		BSN	L,7-8	10-GF(10)		2	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.77	3.93	6		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	258	132	Sep 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS-7		5	7.0	13	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.85	3.91	33	31	0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	1	.00	0.00%
38	259	138	Sep 15(2)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-	L(12-16)	4	2.0	8	6	6	1	1	1	0	4.04	3.96	15	16				13					0
39	260	141	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-5	GS-2	L(12-17)	3	1.2	7	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.20	3.94	13	22	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
							15-24		W-L:12-17,Sv:2	3.1	237.2	276	129	111	63	62	16	0	4.20	3.94	1022	48	6	11	0	930	38	10	0	23	18	12	2.03	2.52%

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