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	23-13 / in Starts: 16-11
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	47 (25-13-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (23-16-9)

Most Driven In
B Kauff	2
F Merkle	1
B McKechnie	1
W Holke	0
L McCarty	0

Most Driven In By
L Doyle	1
B Herzog	1
G Burns	0
D Robertson	0

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 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	178	12 (11)	May 3	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.97	-0.021	2.54	-0.02%	-0.15	P
2	179	16 (3)	May 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-5	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	180	19 (2)	May 12	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	181	20	May 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	182	23 (2)	May 18	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.33	-0.125	2.24	-0.13%	-1.83	P
6	183	27 (3)	May 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.03	0.139	2.41	0.20%	1.42	P
7	184	31 (3)	May 27 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.35	-0.025	1.29	-0.06%	-0.32	P
8	185	35 (3)	May 31	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.063	.063	.063	.125	9	.73	-0.060	3.34	-0.16%	-0.99	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
9	186	40 (4)	Jun 6	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.056	.056	.056	.111	9	1.48	-0.100	5.76	-0.23%	-0.66	P
10	187	43 (2)	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.105	.105	.211	.316	9	.66	0.083	2.41	0.18%	0.66	P
11	188	50 (6)	Jun 23	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.095	.095	.190	.286	9	1.43	-0.071	4.59	-0.14%	-0.50	P
12	189	54 (3)	Jun 26 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.080	.080	.160	.240	9						P
13	190	56 (1)	Jun 28	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.080	.080	.160	.240	9						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
14	191	60 (3)	Jul 1	NYG		PHI	L,2-9	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.185	.296	9	.48	-0.003	1.44	-0.01%	-0.01	P
15	192	62 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,6-7	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.185	.296	9						P
16	193	66 (3)	Jul 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.133	.133	.200	.333	9	.59	-0.029	.70	-0.02%	-0.41	P
17	194	68 (1)	Jul 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-4	8-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.133	.133	.200	.333	9						P
18	195	72 (3)	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0		0		.121	.121	.182	.303	9	1.30	-0.098	1.73	-0.08%	-0.56	P
19	196	77 (4)	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.118	.118	.176	.294	9	.53	-0.016	.57	-0.01%	-0.46	P
20	197	81 (3)	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.118	.118	.176	.294	9						P
21	198	84 (2)	Jul 28	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.132	.132	.184	.316	9	1.23	-0.057	.85	-0.02%	-0.20	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
22	199	90 (5)	Aug 2	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.119	.119	.167	.286	9	.38	-0.034	.28	-0.02%	-0.98	P
23	200	95 (4)	Aug 9 (1)	NYG		STL	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.136	.136	.182	.318	9	1.56	-0.008	1.02	0.00%	-0.05	P
24	201	100 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-8	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.130	.130	.174	.304	9	.23	-0.011	.17	-0.01%	-0.16	P
25	202	105 (4)	Aug 18 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.130	.130	.174	.304	9						P
26	203	107 (1)	Aug 20	NYG	@	STL	L,0-5	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.128	.128	.170	.298	9						P
27	204	112 (4)	Aug 26	NYG	@	PIT	T,1-1	CG(14)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.135	.151	.173	.324	9	1.91	-0.088	.02	0.00%	-0.33	P
28	205	115 (2)	Aug 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.135	.151	.173	.324	9						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
29	206	118 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	T,5-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.130	.145	.167	.312	9	1.00	-0.045	.01	0.00%	-0.29	P
30	207	122 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.121	.136	.155	.291	9	.74	0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
31	208	123	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.115	.129	.148	.277	9	1.04	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
32	209	129 (5)	Sep 12	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.109	.123	.141	.264	9	1.26	-0.068	.02	0.00%	-1.05	P
33	210	133 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.103	.116	.132	.248	9	.43	-0.027	.01	0.00%	-0.67	P
34	211	137 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,9-2	4-GF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.125	.129	.254	9	.72	0.098	.01	0.00%	0.91	P
35	212	143 (5)	Sep 23 (2)	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.096	.120	.123	.243	9						P
36	213	147 (3)	Sep 27	NYG		STL	W,3-2	3-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.095	.118	.122	.240	9	.96	-0.025	.03	0.00%	-0.17	P
37	214	150 (2)	Sep 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.091	.114	.117	.231	9	.83	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.58	P
38	215	153 (2)	Oct 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.090	.113	.115	.228	9	.19	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
							23-13		84	78	3	7	0	1	0	4	2	0	21	0	4		1		1		.090	.113	.115	.228		.96	-0.706	1.07	-0.52%	-8.39

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