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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-29 / in Starts: 16-23
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	85 (39-28-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	70 (32-24-14)

Most Driven In
A Phelan	3
T Clarke	2
D Egan	2
J Esmond	1
E Grant	1

Most Driven In By
D Hoblitzell	2
A Marsans	1
J Bates	1
A Kyle	1

1912 Batting Game Log

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1912 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	19	2 (1)	Apr 12	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9	2.49	-0.044	6.55	-0.07%	-0.82	P
2	20	6 (3)	Apr 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.95	-0.055	5.91	-0.10%	-0.59	P
3	21	9 (2)	Apr 23	CIN		STL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.81	-0.068	2.87	-0.14%	-0.93	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	22	14 (4)	May 1	CIN	@	STL	W,8-5	10-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	9	5.18	-0.185	20.89	-0.45%	-0.69	P
5	23	17 (2)	May 5	CIN	@	STL	W,11-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
6	24	18	May 7	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
7	25	19	May 8	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.32	0.041	5.68	0.11%	0.50	P
8	26	23 (3)	May 13	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.92	-0.066	3.92	-0.17%	-0.96	P
9	27	27 (3)	May 18	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.118	.118	.118	.235	9	1.40	-0.241	8.83	-0.92%	-1.88	P
10	28	31 (3)	May 22	CIN		NYG	L,1-6	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.105	.105	.105	.211	9	.92	-0.047	5.93	-0.18%	-0.40	P
11	29	33 (1)	May 24	CIN	@	STL	W,10-6	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.095	.095	.095	.190	9	1.46	-0.074	5.34	-0.16%	-0.40	P
12	30	35 (1)	May 26	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	5-GF(12)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.083	.083	.083	.167	9	1.60	-0.122	5.68	-0.26%	-0.50	P
13	31	38 (2)	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.074	.074	.074	.148	9	1.04	-0.085	3.34	-0.16%	-0.58	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	32	42 (3)	Jun 3	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.097	.097	.129	.226	9	1.10	0.175	2.25	0.22%	2.14	P
15	33	46 (3)	Jun 8	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.121	.212	9	.96	-0.050	2.67	-0.08%	-0.37	P
16	34	50 (3)	Jun 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,10-11	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.081	.081	.108	.189	9	1.35	-0.165	1.49	-0.11%	-1.88	P
17	35	52 (1)	Jun 15	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.098	.098	.122	.220	9	.66	0.014	.68	0.01%	0.68	P
18	36	55 (2)	Jun 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.114	.205	9	1.61	-0.119	2.06	-0.09%	-0.85	P
19	37	59 (3)	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	W,12-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		1		.104	.104	.125	.229	9	.44	-0.002	.26	0.00%	1.99	P
20	38	64 (4)	Jun 27	CIN		CHC	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.118	.118	.137	.255	9	1.94	-0.135	.80	-0.03%	-0.70	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	39	68 (3)	Jul 1	CIN		STL	W,12-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.113	.113	.132	.245	9	.87	0.025	.13	0.00%	1.02	P
22	40	69	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.130	.241	9	.75	0.029	.05	0.00%	0.51	P
23	41	73 (3)	Jul 7	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.105	.105	.123	.228	9	1.69	-0.134	.08	0.00%	-0.84	P
24	42	76 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.105	.105	.123	.228	9						P
25	43	79 (2)	Jul 14	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.102	.102	.119	.220	9	.62	-0.032	.03	0.00%	-0.21	P
26	44	83 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.127	.238	9	.51	0.069	.01	0.00%	0.16	P
27	45	86 (2)	Jul 21	CIN		NYG	L,6-12	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.127	.238	9						P
28	46	89 (2)	Jul 24	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.127	.238	9						P
29	47	90	Jul 26	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.109	.109	.125	.234	9	.97	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
30	48	91	Jul 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.108	.108	.123	.231	9	.30	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
31	49	93 (1)	Jul 30	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-4	7-GF(11)	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.119	.119	.149	.269	9	1.56	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.06	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	50	95 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.119	.119	.149	.269	9						P
33	51	97 (1)	Aug 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.114	.114	.143	.257	9	.87	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
34	52	101 (3)	Aug 7	CIN	@	BSN	W,11-3	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.133	.133	.173	.307	9	.38	-0.046	.00	0.00%	0.88	P
35	53	107 (5)	Aug 15 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,3-7	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0		.127	.127	.165	.291	9	.77	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
36	54	111 (3)	Aug 18	CIN		BSN	L,4-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.127	.127	.165	.291	9						P
37	55	113 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.163	.288	9	1.37	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.32	P
38	56	115 (1)	Aug 22	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.134	.145	.171	.315	9	1.17	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.57	P
39	57	118 (2)	Aug 26	CIN		NYG	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.141	.151	.176	.328	9	.86	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
40	58	121 (2)	Aug 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.138	.148	.172	.320	9	2.28	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-1.41	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	59	124 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,11-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.136	.146	.170	.317	9	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
42	60	128 (3)	Sep 4	CIN		STL	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.133	.143	.167	.310	9	.70	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.35	P
43	61	132 (3)	Sep 8	CIN		CHC	W,10-8	GS-5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.143	.152	.176	.328	9	.83	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.32	P
44	62	134 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.140	.149	.172	.321	9	.57	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
45	63	138 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.134	.143	.165	.308	9	1.18	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-1.28	P
46	64	142 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0		0		.129	.137	.158	.296	9	.51	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-1.00	P
47	65	146 (3)	Sep 26 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,10-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.129	.137	.158	.296	9						P
48	66	147	Sep 26 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.129	.137	.158	.296	9						P
49	67	151 (3)	Sep 29	CIN	@	STL	L,5-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.126	.135	.155	.290	9	.79	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.53	P
50	68	155 (3)	Oct 6	CIN		PIT	L,6-16	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.133	.142	.162	.303	9	.45	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.10	P
							21-29		109	105	6	14	3	0	0	9	0	0	31	1	3		3		1		.133	.142	.162	.303		1.09	-1.822	1.83	-2.60%	-10.56

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