Rube Benton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: June 27, 1890 in Clinton, NC us

Died: December 12, 1937 in Dothan, AL

Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: June 28, 1910 (Age 20-001d, 3,352nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 7 BB, L

Last Game: September 21, 1925 (Age 35-086d)
vs. BSN 3.2 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: John Cleave Benton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.8

150

144

ERA

3.09

437

311

2517.1

950

WHIP

1.265

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-21 / in Starts: 8-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 7

1924 Pitching Game Log

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1924 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	373	6	Apr 21	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	GS-9		99	9.0	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	3.19	32	77	0	3	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	2	2.51	0.53%
2	374	11	Apr 27	CIN		STL	L,4-6	GS-6		5	5.2	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.45	3.08	25	39	0	0	0	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.93	-0.39%
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
3	375	18	May 4(2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	6-7		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.20	2.92	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.88	0.33%
4	376	24	May 15	CIN		BSN	L,0-4	9-GF		10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	2.91	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.01%
5	377	26	May 17	CIN		BSN	L,4-8	GS-3	L(0-1)	1	2.2	8	5	3	0	1	0	1	3.15	2.94	16	27	2	0	0	14	1	2	0	2	0	1	4.37	-0.67%
6	378	28	May 21	CIN		BRO	L,2-9	7-GF		3	2.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.18	2.83	10		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.08	-0.01%
7	379	31	May 24	CIN		NYG	W,6-5	CG	W(1-1)	2	9.0	9	5	5	3	1	0	1	3.69	3.12	40	47	0	0	0	36	3	1	0	0	0	0	3.74	0.31%
8	380	36	May 28(1)	CIN	@	STL	L,0-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	3	7.0	9	6	2	1	0	0	0	3.49	3.13	32	42	0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.98	-0.07%
9	381	40	May 31	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	3.12	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.01%
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
10	382	48	Jun 11	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	8-8		10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.32	3.18	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.01%
11	383	50	Jun 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-8	4-7		2	3.2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.25	3.17	16		1	0	0	15	0	0	1	2	0	2	5.54	0.02%
12	384	53	Jun 17	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-6	L(1-3)	2	6.0	10	5	1	0	1	0	0	3.04	3.08	29	41	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	2	2.17	-0.13%
13	385	58	Jun 22	CIN		PIT	W,9-4	4-GF	W(2-3)	4	5.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.75	3.01	19		0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.06%
14	386	63	Jun 26	CIN		STL	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(2-4)	3	10.0	7	2	1	1	4	0	0	2.47	2.89	39	75	0	0	1	36	1	1	1	0	2	1	.76	0.07%
15	387	68	Jun 29	CIN		CHC	L,2-6	GS-6	L(2-5)	2	5.2	6	5	3	3	1	0	0	2.65	2.98	27	39	0	1	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.09%
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
16	388	74	Jul 4(2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-2	6-GF	S(1)	4	4.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.51	2.98	15		0	0	0	14	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.19	0.20%
17	389	80	Jul 10	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(3-5)	5	9.0	8	1	0	2	2	0	0	2.24	2.98	37	69	0	1	0	34	0	0	1	0	0	0	.44	0.12%
18	390	85	Jul 16(1)	CIN		BRO	L,4-5	GS-7	L(3-6)	5	7.0	11	4	4	0	4	0	0	2.46	2.87	30	43	0	0	0	29	1	2	0	2	1	0	.55	-0.04%
19	391	90	Jul 20	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	GS-9	W(4-6)	3	8.0	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.86	29	56	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	4	0	0	.47	0.11%
20	392	94	Jul 26	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	2.29	2.80	28	60	0	0	0	28	2	1	0	1	0	1	.32	0.01%
21	393	99	Jul 30(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(4-7)	3	8.0	10	3	3	2	0	1	0	2.36	2.96	34	48	1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.14	0.01%
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
22	394	108	Aug 8	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-8	GS-4	L(4-8)	8	4.0	8	6	3	0	1	0	0	2.51	2.94	19	29	1	1	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	1	.53	-0.09%
23	395	112	Aug 11	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.47	2.92	7		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.01%
24	396	113	Aug 14	CIN		BRO	L,0-5	GS-8	L(4-9)	2	8.0	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.31	2.87	29	70	0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	1	.11	0.01%
25	397	116	Aug 17(2)	CIN		BRO	L,5-8	4-4		2	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.30	2.92	6		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.03	0.00%
26	398	120	Aug 22	CIN		PHI	L,3-5	7-9	BS(1)	4	3.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	2.91	10		0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	1	.07	0.00%
27	399	128	Aug 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-12	6-6		7	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	2.91	5		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	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
28	400	131	Sep 1(2)	CIN		STL	W,9-0	SHO	W(5-9)	1	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.09	2.88	30	85	1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.01%
29	401	135	Sep 6	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	GS-8	W(6-9)	4	7.1	11	6	5	1	6	0	0	2.29	2.81	33	39	1	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
30	402	141	Sep 14	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.33	2.81	6		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	403	146	Sep 19	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-5	GS-		4	3.0	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.52	2.92	16	28				15	3	0	0		0
32	404	153	Sep 28(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	W(7-9)	8	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.49	2.91	37	66				33	2	0	0		0
							11-21		W-L:7-9,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.8	162.2	169	70	45	24	41	2	4	2.49	2.91	670	52	7	7	1	624	22	10	7	20	7	14	1.27	0.33%

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