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: 12-23 / in Starts: 8-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 7

1932 Pitching Game Log

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1932 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	342	1	Apr 12	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	8-GF	W(1-0)	99	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.29	8	4	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.042	.88	-0.07%	-0.02	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
2	343	6	Apr 17	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	L(1-1)	4	9.0	8	4	3	3	2	0	0	3.27	3.52	37	11	13	1	0	8	56			0	1	0	33	1	2	0	0	0	1	1.49	-0.354	3.94	-0.56%	0.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	344	10	Apr 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	7	5	4	2	0	0	0	4.00	3.57	31	10	13	1	2	6	43			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.224	1.39	-0.36%	-1.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	345	21	May 5	CIN		BSN	W,9-6	6-6		12	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.00	3.91	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	-0.160	6.77	-0.20%	-1.27	6t 1-3 2 out a2	6t 123 2 out a1
5	346	23	May 7	CIN		BSN	W,9-8	GS-8		1	7.0	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.60	3.75	29	10	11	1	0	5	56			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.081	2.56	0.12%	0.45	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
6	347	29	May 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	GS-3	L(1-3)	5	2.0	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	4.33	3.68	12	3	3	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	12	3	0	0	1	0	2	.96	-0.295	2.28	-0.42%	-3.64	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d4
7	348	34	May 18	CIN		NYG	L,3-9	7-8		4	2.0	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.97	4.17	10	1	5	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.248	2.93	-0.37%	-2.67	7t 1-3 0 out tie	8t 3 out d5
8	349	40	May 25	CIN		PIT	L,4-9	1-6		6	5.2	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.93	3.95	24	6	10	1	2	8		1	1	0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.099	.77	-0.13%	-1.03	1t -2- 0 out d4	6t -23 2 out d4
9	350	42	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-6	4-7		1	4.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.42	3.85	17	3	8	2	2	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.047	.47	0.06%	2.05	4b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d2
10	351	47	May 30(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-4)	2	7.0	10	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.53	3.76	29	7	11	4	1	10	40			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.178	1.38	-0.25%	-0.53	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	352	49	Jun 4	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	3-GF(8)		4	5.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.21	3.61	20	6	10	0	5	3		1	1	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.12	-0.005	.21	-0.01%	1.36	3b -2- 1 out d5	8b end d 4
12	353	53	Jun 8	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-9	3-4		3	1.1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.10	3.71	10	2	3	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.20	-0.077	.21	-0.05%	-3.90	3b -23 2 out d4	4b 3 out d9
13	354	57	Jun 11(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-9	W(2-4)	2	8.2	11	3	3	0	5	2	0	3.96	3.84	37	6	15	0	0	11	55			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.244	.66	0.09%	1.61	1b start a 1	9b 1-3 2 out a1
14	355	62	Jun 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-6	GS-2		4	1.1	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.45	3.86	8	2	1	0	0	4	29			0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.288	.84	-0.13%	-2.68	1b start a 2	2b -2- 1 out d1
15	356	71	Jun 25(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-8	7-7		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.38	3.81	3	0	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.13	0.01%	0.50	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
16	357	75	Jun 29	CIN		STL	L,9-10	GS-7		3	7.0	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.71	28	8	13	0	3	7	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.067	.18	0.01%	1.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	358	80	Jul 4(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.07	3.60	37	24	2	0	1	8	58			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.141	.13	0.01%	1.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
18	359	84	Jul 6(2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.02	3.56	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	.06	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
19	360	86	Jul 9	CIN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(4-4)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.71	3.47	31	12	10	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.15	0.432	.14	0.03%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	361	90	Jul 13	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	L(4-5)	3	9.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.65	3.40	34	11	13	1	2	7	62			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	1	0	0	.82	0.024	.13	0.00%	1.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
21	362	92	Jul 15	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	10-GF(12)	L(4-6)	1	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.63	3.34	12	1	6	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	-0.032	.22	0.00%	0.47	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 1
22	363	97	Jul 23	CIN		STL	W,3-2	GS-8		7	8.0	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.45	3.33	29	10	14	1	1	4	65			0	1	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	.94	0.156	.01	0.00%	1.93	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
23	364	101	Jul 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(5-6)	3	9.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.41	3.24	34	19	5	0	1	7	62			0	0	0	34	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.47	0.426	.01	0.00%	2.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
24	365	106	Jul 31(2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-	L(5-7)	3	6.1	7	6	5	0	0	2	0	3.60	3.43	26						37						26					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	366	110	Aug 6(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	L(5-8)	5	8.2	7	4	0	0	2	1	0	3.37	3.45	33	10	14	0	5	7	64			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.434	.00	0.00%	0.32	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
26	367	114	Aug 9	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-8	1-7		2	6.0	9	5	5	0	3	1	0	3.54	3.47	27	8	7	1	0	9		2	2	0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.401	.00	0.00%	-2.49	1b 12- 0 out a2	7b -23 0 out a1
27	368	121	Aug 17	CIN		NYG	L,0-8	GS-5	L(5-9)	7	4.0	9	6	4	1	0	1	0	3.70	3.57	21	9	4	1	0	7	23			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	-0.229	.00	0.00%	-3.52	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out d4
28	369	123	Aug 19	CIN		BRO	L,0-6	8-GF		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.71	3.56	7	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.05	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.02	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
29	370	128	Aug 24(2)	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(6-9)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.55	3.56	33	6	17	0	1	7	72			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.528	.00	0.00%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	371	133	Aug 31(2)	CIN		BRO	L,10-11	GS-2		6	1.1	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.81	3.55	10	2	2	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.355	.00	0.00%	-3.69	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	372	136	Sep 4	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	GS-3	L(6-10)	3	2.2	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.97	3.56	13	2	5	1	0	5	31			0	1	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-2.89	1t start tie	3t --3 2 out d4
32	373	140	Sep 9(1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,10-4	8-GF	S(1)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.92	3.55	6	3	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.243	.00	0.00%	1.39	8b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 6
33	374	143	Sep 11(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-13	GS-5	L(6-11)	1	5.0	7	9	6	2	3	1	0	4.13	3.60	25	12	1	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	1	0	2	1.03	-0.517	.00	0.00%	-6.55	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d6
34	375	147	Sep 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-7	L(6-12)	3	7.0	15	7	7	2	1	1	0	4.33	3.67	35	9	8	0	0	15	18			0	0	0	32	5	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.394	.00	0.00%	-2.99	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
35	376	152	Sep 21	CIN	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-6	L(6-13)	5	6.0	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.28	3.66	24	4	13	1	1	6	51			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.032	.00	0.00%	1.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
							12-23		W-L:6-13,Sv:1	3.5	178.2	201	104	85	27	35	11	0	4.28	3.66	745	0.91		4%	6%	187	46	11	82%	3	7	1	706	44	9	1	15	0	11	.96	-2.151	.65	-2.21%	-13.50

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