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	20-15 / in Starts: 15-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 70 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	40 (16-13-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 70 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (20-14-8)

Most Driven In
H Zimmerman	2
H Chase	2
B Kauff	1
A Statz	1
F Snyder	1
Self	1
M GonzÃ¡lez	0

Most Driven In By
A Fletcher	2
R Youngs	1
L Doyle	1
Self	1
G Burns	0

1919 Batting Game Log

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1919 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	254	2 (1)	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						9						P
2	255	4 (1)	Apr 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						9						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
3	256	8 (3)	May 4	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.15	0.118	3.76	0.23%	0.97	P
4	257	13 (4)	May 13	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.65	-0.047	2.31	-0.10%	-0.40	P
5	258	17 (3)	May 18	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.55	-0.039	2.77	-0.12%	-1.00	P
6	259	20 (2)	May 23	NYG		STL	W,7-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.40	-0.019	1.66	-0.05%	-0.21	P
7	260	23 (2)	May 26	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.077	.077	.077	.154	9	.25	-0.018	1.17	-0.05%	-0.40	P
8	261	25 (1)	May 28	NYG		PIT	L,2-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.077	.077	.077	.154	9						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	262	30 (4)	Jun 1	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.063	.063	.063	.125	9	.94	-0.069	4.73	-0.21%	-0.61	P
10	263	35 (4)	Jun 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.059	.059	.059	.118	9	1.87	-0.064	10.50	-0.21%	-0.66	P
11	264	37 (1)	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.77	0.012	5.35	0.05%	0.08	P
12	265	40 (2)	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	9						P
13	266	42 (1)	Jun 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	9						P
14	267	45 (2)	Jun 18	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.86	-0.043	4.80	-0.15%	-0.35	P
15	268	49 (3)	Jun 22	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.115	.115	.115	.231	9	1.13	0.093	8.81	0.43%	0.52	P
16	269	55 (5)	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-4	5-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.48	0.031	2.55	0.10%	0.47	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
17	270	58 (2)	Jul 3	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.172	.172	.172	.345	9	1.90	0.075	11.16	0.26%	0.59	P
18	271	64 (5)	Jul 8	NYG		STL	W,8-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.156	.156	.156	.313	9	.46	-0.033	2.48	-0.11%	-0.47	P
19	272	68 (3)	Jul 13	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.48	-0.056	2.54	-0.18%	-1.29	P
20	273	72 (3)	Jul 23	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.205	.205	.282	.487	9	.87	0.205	9.06	1.28%	1.77	P
21	274	76 (3)	Jul 27	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.205	.205	.282	.487	9	.83	-0.005	4.62	-0.02%	-0.14	P
22	275	79 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.195	.195	.268	.463	9	.96	-0.045	5.42	-0.15%	-0.63	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
23	276	84 (4)	Aug 2	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.190	.262	.452	9	.68	-0.016	7.71	-0.11%	-0.13	P
24	277	88 (3)	Aug 7	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.190	.190	.262	.452	9						P
25	278	91 (2)	Aug 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.182	.182	.250	.432	9	1.73	-0.081	8.43	-0.24%	-0.64	P
26	279	96 (4)	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,9-3	GS-4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.200	.200	.267	.467	9	.13	0.012	1.00	0.06%	0.30	P
27	280	98 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.213	.213	.277	.489	9	.62	0.014	4.59	0.06%	0.15	P
28	281	103 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.200	.200	.260	.460	9	.59	-0.024	1.37	-0.03%	-0.36	P
29	282	109 (5)	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.192	.192	.250	.442	9	2.10	-0.099	2.07	-0.06%	-0.84	P
30	283	113 (3)	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.204	.204	.259	.463	9	.73	-0.007	.34	0.00%	-0.09	P
Sept		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
31	284	116 (2)	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.193	.193	.246	.439	9	1.76	-0.115	.67	-0.03%	-0.63	P
32	285	119 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	0-GF(10)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.203	.203	.254	.458	9						P
33	286	124 (4)	Sep 11	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.206	.206	.254	.460	9	.59	0.043	.06	0.00%	0.60	P
34	287	128 (3)	Sep 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.203	.203	.250	.453	9	.71	-0.017	.03	0.00%	-0.13	P
35	288	135 (6)	Sep 25 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,14-2	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.197	.197	.242	.439	9	.96	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-1.09	P
							20-15		70	66	5	13	0	0	1	8	0	0	8	0	3		1		0		.197	.197	.242	.439		3.60	0.68%

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