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

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1910	20	-5.3	Macon	SALL	C		11	5	.688			21
1910	20	-7.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	4.74	8.05	12	2	10	0	0	0	38.0	44	34	20	1	23		15	1	1	1	180	1.763	10.4	0.2	5.4	3.6	0.65
1911	21	-7.6	Chattanooga	SOUA	A		18	13	.581	1.93	2.73	36						313.0	246	95	67		56							0.965	7.1		1.6
1911	21	-6.0	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	3	.500	2.01	3.63	6	6	0	5	0	0	44.2	44	18	10	0	23		28	3	0	3	189	1.500	8.9	0.0	4.6	5.6	1.22
1912	22	-4.7	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	18	20	.474	3.10	4.26	50	39	8	22	2	2	302.0	316	143	104	2	118		162	18	0	12	1302	1.437	9.4	0.1	3.5	4.8	1.37
1913	23	-4.0	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	11	7	.611	3.49	4.74	23	22	0	9	1	0	144.1	140	76	56	4	60		68	9	0	6	618	1.386	8.7	0.2	3.7	4.2	1.13
1914	24	-2.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	16	18	.471	2.96	4.12	41	35	4	16	4	2	271.0	223	124	89	3	95		121	11	3	11	1115	1.173	7.4	0.1	3.2	4.0	1.27
1915	25		2 Teams	NL	Maj	CIN-NYG	9	18	.333	3.19	3.99	45	27	12	9	2	5	237.0	222	105	84	2	76		109	19	0	6	997	1.257	8.4	0.1	2.9	4.1	1.43
1915	25	-1.7	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	6	13	.316	3.32	4.03	35	21	9	6	2	4	176.1	165	79	65	2	67		83	14	0	5	749	1.316	8.4	0.1	3.4	4.2	1.24
1915	25	-1.7	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	3	5	.375	2.82	3.86	10	6	3	3	0	1	60.2	57	26	19	0	9		26	5	0	1	248	1.088	8.5	0.0	1.3	3.9	2.89
1916	26	-1.4	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	16	8	.667	2.87	3.17	38	29	6	15	3	2	238.2	210	84	76	5	58		115	10	0	5	960	1.123	7.9	0.2	2.2	4.3	1.98
1917	27	-0.1	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	15	9	.625	2.72	3.27	35	25	8	14	3	3	215.0	190	78	65	5	41		70	7	0	3	865	1.074	8.0	0.2	1.7	2.9	1.71
1918	28	0.4	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	1	2	.333	1.88	3.00	3	3	0	2	0	0	24.0	17	8	5	0	3		9	0	0	1	90	0.833	6.4	0.0	1.1	3.4	3.00
1919	29	1.1	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	17	11	.607	2.63	3.06	35	28	6	11	1	2	209.0	181	71	61	5	52		53	4	0	4	848	1.115	7.8	0.2	2.2	2.3	1.02
1920	30	1.9	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	9	16	.360	3.03	3.82	33	25	5	12	4	2	193.1	222	82	65	8	31		52	3	0	5	821	1.309	10.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	1.68
1921	31	3.5	St. Paul	AA	AA		6	7	.462	4.70	6.16	15						92.0	111	63	48		26							1.489	10.9		2.5
1921	31	3.1	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	5	2	.714	2.88	3.50	18	9	4	3	1	0	72.0	72	28	23	2	17		11	0	0	2	297	1.236	9.0	0.3	2.1	1.4	0.65
1922	32	4.0	St. Paul	AA	AA		22	11	.667	3.24	3.91	42						283.0	271	123	102		96							1.297	8.6		3.1
1923	33	4.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	14	10	.583	3.66	4.36	33	26	5	15	0	1	219.0	243	106	89	10	57		59	5	0	3	938	1.370	10.0	0.4	2.3	2.4	1.04
1924	34	5.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	7	9	.438	2.77	3.87	32	19	7	6	1	1	162.2	166	70	50	2	24		42	4	1	4	671	1.168	9.2	0.1	1.3	2.3	1.75
1925	35	5.7	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	9	10	.474	4.05	5.40	33	16	7	6	1	1	146.2	182	88	66	3	34		36	1	1	0	648	1.473	11.2	0.2	2.1	2.2	1.06
1926	36	6.8	Minneapolis	AA	AA		12	16	.429	3.76	5.16	39						232.0	276	133	97		63							1.461	10.7		2.4
1927	37	7.7	Minneapolis	AA	AA		18	13	.581	4.64	6.05	46						256.0	326	172	132		68							1.539	11.5		2.4
1928	38	8.5	Minneapolis	AA	AA		15	13	.536	3.46	4.50	41						250.0	274	125	96		75		76	8		12		1.396	9.9		2.7	2.7	1.01
1929	39	9.9	Minneapolis	AA	AA		20	14	.588	3.61	4.40	45						284.0	303	139	114		78							1.342	9.6		2.5
1930	40	10.7	Minneapolis	AA	AA		8	12	.400	6.34	7.72	41						183.0	264	157	129		63							1.787	13.0		3.1
1931	41	12.7	Minneapolis	AA	AA		13	13	.500	4.61	5.81	36						209.0	264	135	107		49							1.498	11.4		2.1
1932	42	13.5	Minneapolis	AA	AA		18	7	.720	4.13	4.83	35						220.0	281	118	101		58							1.541	11.5		2.4
1933	43	15.1	Minneapolis	AA	AA		11	12	.478	4.67	5.59	31						206.0	247	128	107		62							1.500	10.8		2.7
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		150	144	.510	3.09	3.99	437	311	82	145	23	21	2517.1	2472	1115	863	52	712		950	95	6	66	10539	1.265	8.8	0.2	2.5	3.4	1.33
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		172	136	.558			428						2528.0	2863	1388	1100		694		76	8		12
All Levels (24 Seasons)							322	280	.535			865	311	82	145	23	21	5045.1	5335	2503	1963	52	1406		1026	103	6	78	10539

AA (10 seasons)					Minors		143	118	.548	4.20	5.25	371						2215.0	2617	1293	1033		638		76	8		12		1.470	10.6		2.6
A (1 season)					Minors		18	13	.581	1.93	2.73	36						313.0	246	95	67		56							0.965	7.1		1.6
C (1 season)					Minors		11	5	.688			21