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	20-14 / in Starts: 16-8
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 79 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	55 (30-18-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 79 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	47 (22-16-8)

Most Driven In
W Holke	2
D Robertson	1
B Rariden	1
J RodrÃguez	0

Most Driven In By
H Zimmerman	1
G Burns	0

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 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	216	6 (5)	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.65	-0.035	2.15	-0.07%	-0.97	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
2	217	14 (7)	May 3	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.81	-0.214	6.09	-0.43%	-1.04	P
3	218	19 (4)	May 12	NYG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.14	-0.010	.52	-0.02%	-0.44	P
4	219	24 (4)	May 19	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	5-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.50	-0.011	1.75	-0.02%	-0.12	P
5	220	26 (1)	May 22	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8						P
6	221	28 (1)	May 24	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.04	-0.063	9.51	-0.18%	-0.46	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
7	222	34 (5)	Jun 2	NYG	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.60	-0.042	2.85	-0.12%	-0.54	P
8	223	38 (3)	Jun 6	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.059	.059	.059	.118	9	.82	0.104	3.34	0.26%	0.79	P
9	224	43 (4)	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.095	.095	.190	.286	9	.57	0.092	2.84	0.28%	1.18	P
10	225	47 (3)	Jun 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.125	.125	.208	.333	9	1.37	-0.086	6.25	-0.24%	-0.14	P
11	226	57 (9)	Jun 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.208	.333	9						P
12	227	59 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.115	.115	.192	.308	9	1.05	-0.050	5.19	-0.15%	-0.51	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
13	228	65 (5)	Jul 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.214	.357	9	.30	0.006	1.59	0.02%	0.11	P
14	229	67 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	NYG		STL	W,4-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.214	.357	9						P
15	230	72 (4)	Jul 13	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.161	.161	.226	.387	9	.45	-0.020	2.90	-0.08%	-0.87	P
16	231	75 (2)	Jul 16	NYG		CHC	W,4-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.188	.281	.469	9	.29	0.024	1.70	0.08%	0.60	P
17	232	78 (2)	Jul 20	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.206	.229	.294	.523	9	.57	-0.003	2.37	-0.01%	-0.09	P
18	233	85 (6)	Jul 29	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.189	.211	.270	.481	9	.27	-0.020	1.34	-0.06%	-0.37	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
19	234	90 (4)	Aug 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.179	.200	.256	.456	9	.89	-0.044	2.54	-0.08%	-0.58	P
20	235	94 (3)	Aug 7	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.179	.200	.256	.456	9						P
21	236	97 (2)	Aug 10	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.186	.205	.256	.460	9	.56	-0.022	.57	-0.01%	-0.34	P
22	237	104 (6)	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.196	.213	.261	.474	9	.20	0.002	.20	0.00%	-0.08	P
23	238	108 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		STL	L,4-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.191	.208	.255	.464	9	1.49	-0.035	1.36	-0.02%	-0.19	P
24	239	111 (2)	Aug 22	NYG		CIN	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.180	.196	.240	.436	9	.39	-0.027	.70	-0.03%	-0.63	P
25	240	117 (5)	Aug 27	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.189	.204	.245	.449	9	1.70	-0.012	2.03	-0.01%	0.14	P
26	241	121 (3)	Aug 31 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	T,1-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.193	.207	.246	.453	9	1.32	-0.105	1.17	-0.06%	-0.40	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
27	242	125 (3)	Sep 4	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.193	.207	.246	.453	9						P
28	243	128 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.203	.217	.254	.471	9	2.40	-0.045	2.09	-0.02%	-0.34	P
29	244	132 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,6-13	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.203	.217	.254	.471	9						P
30	245	133	Sep 10 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.197	.210	.246	.456	9	1.44	-0.062	.73	-0.02%	-0.43	P
31	246	138 (4)	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-7	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.190	.203	.238	.441	9	.92	0.039	.14	0.00%	0.24	P
32	247	143 (4)	Sep 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.182	.206	.227	.433	9	.69	-0.009	.01	0.00%	-0.32	P
33	248	146 (2)	Sep 21	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.171	.194	.214	.409	9	.69	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-1.09	P
34	249	152 (5)	Sep 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.169	.192	.211	.403	9	2.32	0.227	.00	0.00%	0.91	P
35	250	156 (3)	Oct 2 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-8	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.167	.189	.208	.398	1	.44	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.59	P
							20-14		79	72	1	12	1	1	0	4	2	0	18	0	4		4		0		.167	.189	.208	.398		.88	-0.465	2.19	-0.98%	-5.38

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