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

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 52 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 15 go ahead, 6 lacking some details

2 Tms
CIN	29
NYG	26

Platoon
vs RHB	36
vs LHB	19

Home/Road
Away	39
Home	16

Outs
0	18
2	18
1	15
Unk	4

8 Opps
CHC	16
BRO	9
PHI	6
STL	6
CIN	6
NYG	5
BSN	4
PIT	3

45 Batters
Cy Williams	3
Gavvy Cravath	3
Rogers Hornsby	2
Hi Myers	2
Max Flack	2
Morrie Rath	2
Frankie Frisch	2
Jake Daubert	2
Ed Konetchy	1
Charlie Hollocher	1
Jim Hickman	1
Walter Schmidt	1
Max Carey	1
Burleigh Grimes	1
Joe Kelly	1
Gus Felix	1
Pat Duncan	1
Otto Miller	1
Tommy Leach	1
Les Mann	1
Dode Paskert	1
Dave Robertson	1
John Titus	1
Frank Snyder	1
Miller Huggins	1
Sherry Magee	1
Jack Fournier	1
Austin McHenry	1
Arnold Statz	1
Charlie Pick	1
Rollie Zeider	1
John Hummel	1
Tony Kaufmann	1
Irish Meusel	1
Casey Stengel	1
Hal Chase	1
Bob O'Farrell	1
Burt Shotton	1
Lee Meadows	1
Vic Saier	1
Milt Stock	1
Howard Freigau	1
Gabby Hartnett	1
Frank Schulte	1
George Cutshaw	1

12 Parks
Polo Grounds (NYC)	17
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	11
Crosley Fld (CIN)	6
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	5
Baker Bowl (PHI)	4
Braves Fld (BOS)	2
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2
Robison Fld (STL)	2
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2
WestSide Grd (CHI)	2
South End (BOS)	1
WashingtonPk (NYC)	1

Where Hit
9	18
7	11
89	5
8	3
78	2

19 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
-2-	6
12-	5
1--	5
--3	1
-23	1

80 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	31
1 on	12
2 on	6
Any on	18

Inning
1	9
2	6
3	7
4	5
5	9
6	5
7	4
8	6
9	4

1-3	22
4-6	19
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	3
+2	5
+1	3
Tied	14
-1	3
-2	2
-3	5
-4..	6
Unk	6

Ahead	19
Tied	14
Behind	16
Unk	6

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	12
RF	9
1B	8
2B	6
LF	6
C	4
3B	4
P	3
PH	2
SS	1

OrderPos
1st	10
4th	10
3rd	9
2nd	7
9th	5
5th	4
8th	4
Unk	3
6th	2
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1910	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1910-08-17 (1)	Sherry Magee	PHI		CIN		b 7			1	4	7
1912	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1912-05-30 (1)	Frank Schulte	CHC		CIN	behind 0-2	b 3	2	1--	2	2	9	22%	51%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; J. Sheckard Scores
3	3	2	1	1912-07-27	Otto Miller	BRO		CIN	ahead 7-1	b 3	1	-2-	2	8	2	2%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; B. Fisher Scores
1913	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1913-05-19	John Titus	BSN		CIN		b 2			1		9
5	5	2	1	1913-05-30 (2)	Ed Konetchy	STL		CIN		b 5			1		3			IPHR
6	6	3	1	1913-06-04	John Hummel	BRO	@	CIN	behind 0-3	t 4	0	12-	3	3	9	23%	50%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; C. Stengel Scores; G. Cutshaw Scores
7	7	4	1	1913-07-27 (2)	George Cutshaw	BRO	@	CIN		t 9	2		1	2	4			IPHR
1914	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1914-07-01	Tommy Leach	CHC		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	11%	66%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
9	9	2	1	1914-07-31	Milt Stock	NYG		CIN	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	---	1	8	5	8%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	3	1	1914-09-21 (2)	Casey Stengel	BRO		CIN	ahead 5-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	1%	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
1915	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1915-04-25	Vic Saier	CHC	@	CIN		t 4	1		2	5	3			IPHR
12	12	2	1	1915-04-30	Miller Huggins	STL		CIN		b 4			1		4			IPHR
1916	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1916-06-23	Hi Myers	BRO		NYG	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	-2-	2	1	8	15%	90%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Cheney Scores
14	14	2	1	1916-07-08	Walter Schmidt	PIT		NYG	behind 2-6	b 9	2	1--	2	9	PH	1%	1%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; G. Gibson Scores
15	15	3	1	1916-07-19	Rollie Zeider	CHC		NYG	behind 2-7	b 4	0	1--	2	7	5	9%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Saier Scores
16	16	4	2	1916-07-19	Les Mann	CHC		NYG	behind 4-8	b 5	0	---	1	2	9	6%	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	5	1	1916-08-14 (1)	Gavvy Cravath	PHI		NYG	ahead 6-0	b 8	2	-2-	2	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Niehoff Scores
1917	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1917-07-13	Hal Chase	CIN	@	NYG	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	1	4	3	8%	21%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (CF-RF)
19	19	2	1	1917-07-29	Cy Williams	CHC		NYG	behind 2-6	b 8	0	---	1	5	8	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	3	1	1917-08-31 (2)	Jim Hickman	BRO		NYG	behind 0-1	b 9	1	---	1	5	8	48%	57%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (LF-CF)
21	21	4	1	1917-09-06 (1)	Gavvy Cravath	PHI	@	NYG	ahead 4-2	t 5	2	---	1	4	9	9%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	5	1	1917-09-13 (1)	Joe Kelly	BSN		NYG	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	12-	3	6	7	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Konetchy Scores/unER; R. Smith Scores/unER; J. Kelly Scores/unER
1919	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1919-05-13	Charlie Hollocher	CHC	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	6	12%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	2	1	1919-05-23	Burt Shotton	STL	@	NYG	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	1	1	7	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	3	1	1919-06-22	Jake Daubert	CIN		NYG	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	3	12%	64%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
26	26	4	1	1919-08-10	Dave Robertson	CHC		NYG	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	8	20%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Herzog Scores
27	27	5	1	1919-09-15	Pat Duncan	CIN		NYG	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	12%	67%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1920-04-20	Gavvy Cravath	PHI	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 8	2	12-	3	9	PH	45%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Miller Scores; M. Wheat Scores
29	29	2	1	1920-06-06	Hi Myers	BRO		NYG	ahead 5-0	b 6	1	---	1	4	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	3	1	1920-06-12	Austin McHenry	STL	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 7	2	---	1	6	7	14%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	4	1	1920-06-22	Max Flack	CHC	@	NYG	behind 0-3	t 3	1	---	1	1	9	8%	24%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Deep RF)
32	32	5	1	1920-07-02 (1)	Charlie Pick	BSN	@	NYG	ahead 5-4	t 9	2	1--	2	2	4	13%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Powell Scores
33	33	6	1	1920-07-31	Jake Daubert	CIN	@	NYG	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	3	7%	87%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
34	34	7	1	1920-08-20	Dode Paskert	CHC		NYG	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	8	12%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	8	1	1920-09-20 (2)	Morrie Rath	CIN	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	4	13%	60%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (CF-RF)
36	36	9	2	1920-09-20 (2)	Morrie Rath	CIN	@	NYG	ahead 5-1	t 6	2	1--	2	1	4	5%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (CF-RF); B. Rariden Scores
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1921-06-15	Max Flack	CHC		NYG	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	2	1	1921-07-06	Burleigh Grimes	BRO	@	NYG	ahead 7-0	t 8	1	---	1	9	1	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1923-06-25	Arnold Statz	CHC		CIN	tied 3-3	b 5	0	---	1	1	8	14%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	2	2	1923-06-25	Bob O'Farrell	CHC		CIN	behind 4-6	b 8	0	---	1	4	2	14%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	3	1	1923-07-03	Tony Kaufmann	CHC		CIN	behind 3-6	b 6	2	---	1	9	1	8%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	4	1	1923-07-09	Frankie Frisch	NYG		CIN	ahead 6-3	b 6	2	12-	3	3	4	8%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); R. Youngs Scores; H. Groh Scores
43	43	5	1	1923-08-16	Frankie Frisch	NYG		CIN	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	--3	2	3	5	5%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Youngs Scores
44	44	6	2	1923-08-16	Irish Meusel	NYG		CIN	ahead 5-0	b 5	1	---	1	4	7	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	7	1	1923-08-20 (2)	Cy Williams	PHI		CIN	behind 0-4	b 3	0	-2-	2	2	8	11%	35%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Sand Scores
46	46	8	1	1923-08-25	Jack Fournier	BRO		CIN	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	4	3	13%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47	47	9	1	1923-09-07 (2)	Rogers Hornsby	STL		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	10%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	10	2	1923-09-07 (2)	Rogers Hornsby	STL		CIN	behind 2-5	b 8	0	12-	3	3	3	38%	61%		Home Run; M. Flack Scores; R. Blades Scores
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1924-07-30 (1)	Gus Felix	BSN		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Inside-the-park Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
50	50	2	1	1924-09-19	Cy Williams	PHI		CIN	behind 3-2	b 3	1	---	1	3	8
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1925-05-02	Lee Meadows	PIT		CIN	ahead 5-1	b 1	2	-2-	2	9	1	8%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Smith Scores
52	52	2	1	1925-05-15	Frank Snyder	NYG		CIN	behind 1-2	b 2	1	-23	3	8	2	18%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); I. Meusel Scores; T. Jackson Scores/unER
53	53	3	1	1925-06-28	Max Carey	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 2-0	t 7	1	---	1	1	8	9%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
54	54	4	1	1925-07-25 (2)	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		CIN	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	8	2	7%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
55	55	5	1	1925-09-05 (2)	Howard Freigau	CHC		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	5	9%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)

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3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 15 go ahead, 6 lacking some details

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