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: 3-13 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 8

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 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	411	1	Apr 17	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	7-GF		99	3.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.00	4.52	13	2	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	.10	0.000	.28	0.00%	0.52	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
2	412	5	Apr 22	CIN		PIT	L,4-5	1-2		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	3.98	6	2	2	0	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.057	1.28	0.07%	1.36	1t 1-3 0 out d3	2t 3 out d4
3	413	8	Apr 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	3.85	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	0.206	4.42	0.20%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
4	414	9	Apr 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-4	7-9	H(1)	1	2.2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	3.64	12	1	7	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.062	2.06	0.06%	0.83	7b --- 0 out a3	9b 123 2 out a3
5	415	11	Apr 30	CIN	@	STL	L,6-10	5-5		1	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.08	3.64	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.045	.48	-0.05%	-2.02	5b --- 0 out d4	5b 12- 0 out d5
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
6	416	19	May 9	CIN		BSN	L,3-10	5-7		8	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.45	5.00	11	4	3	1	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.005	.18	0.00%	0.45	5t 12- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d5
7	417	21	May 11	CIN		BSN	L,5-8	8-GF		1	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	4.76	7	3	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.011	.06	0.00%	-0.30	8t 1-3 1 out d4	9t end d 4
8	418	22	May 12	CIN		BSN	L,2-8	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	4.65	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
9	419	33	May 30(1)	CIN		STL	L,6-9	8-9		17	1.1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.40	4.52	9	2	3	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.083	.19	-0.01%	-1.91	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 1 out d3
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
10	420	67	Jul 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-10	8-GF(8)		33	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.94	4.43	7	0	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-2.46	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d10
11	421	78	Jul 14(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-18	1-2		10	0.2	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	6.48	4.38	8	1	1	0	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-5.06	1b -2- 2 out d4	2b --3 1 out d9
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
12	422	108	Aug 11(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-8	5-GF(8)		27	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.23	4.15	14	7	4	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.80	5b -2- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
13	423	111	Aug 15(1)	CIN		BRO	W,7-5	7-GF	S(2)	3	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.09	3.97	9	2	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.173	.00	0.00%	0.45	7t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
14	424	114	Aug 17	CIN		BRO	L,4-12	GS-4	L(0-1)	1	3.2	7	7	4	3	3	0	0	5.74	3.97	21	7	1	0	1	7	25			1	0	0	17	2	1	0	1	0	1	.74	-0.318	.00	0.00%	-3.42	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d4
15	425	120	Aug 24(2)	CIN		BSN	L,9-10	3-5		6	2.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.28	4.02	11	3	2	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-1.99	3t 1-- 0 out d4	5t 1-- 0 out d4
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
16	426	127	Sep 2(2)	CIN		PIT	L,4-11	4-5		8	0.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.44	4.00	6	1	1	0	0	4		3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-2.91	4t 123 2 out d3	5t 1-3 1 out d6
							3-13		W-L:0-1,Sv:2,Hld:1	3.3	29.1	53	25	21	7	5	1	0	6.44	4.00	144	0.98		1%	6%	53	25	14	50%	1	1	0	136	13	2	1	3	0	2	.54	-0.244	.37	0.28%	-13.63

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