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	17-16 / in Starts: 16-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	57 (32-17-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (28-18-10)

Most Driven In
L Fonseca	2
B Hargrave	1
B Pinelli	1
I Caveney	0

Most Driven In By
J Daubert	3
S Bohne	2

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 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	340	6 (5)	Apr 22	CIN		PIT	L,9-15	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	341	10 (3)	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,4-8	8-GF	0	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	342	16 (5)	May 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
4	343	28 (11)	May 20	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-5	1-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.74	-0.038	1.42	-0.04%	-0.42	P
5	344	36 (7)	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.93	-0.047	.99	-0.03%	-0.32	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
6	345	41 (4)	Jun 3	CIN		CHC	L,3-4	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.73	-0.037	1.09	-0.03%	-0.34	P
7	346	46 (4)	Jun 9	CIN		PHI	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.37	-0.054	.55	-0.05%	-1.80	P
8	347	51 (4)	Jun 16	CIN		NYG	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.235	.294	.529	9	.61	-0.061	2.15	-0.13%	-0.40	P
9	348	55 (3)	Jun 20	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.300	.550	9	.73	-0.059	2.35	-0.11%	-0.60	P
10	349	57 (1)	Jun 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.300	.550	9						P
11	350	59 (1)	Jun 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.292	.542	9	1.34	-0.010	3.84	-0.02%	-0.23	P
12	351	62 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.259	.481	9	.70	-0.057	2.41	-0.12%	-0.55	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	352	66 (3)	Jul 3	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.226	.258	.484	9	.69	-0.019	2.02	-0.03%	-0.41	P
14	353	71 (4)	Jul 9	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-13	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.242	.303	.545	9	1.19	0.115	6.26	0.36%	0.77	P
15	354	76 (4)	Jul 13	CIN	@	PHI	W,21-7	CG	5	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.316	.351	.667	9	.21	0.049	.85	0.12%	2.13	P
16	355	82 (5)	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.300	.333	.633	9	1.65	-0.134	9.17	-0.45%	-1.15	P
17	356	86 (3)	Jul 22	CIN		STL	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.300	.333	.633	9						P
18	357	88 (1)	Jul 24	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.293	.310	.341	.651	9	.94	-0.008	4.28	-0.02%	-0.37	P
19	358	92 (3)	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.311	.341	.652	9	1.08	-0.001	5.45	0.00%	-0.09	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
20	359	98 (5)	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.313	.340	.653	9	.90	0.072	4.20	0.20%	0.75	P
21	360	102 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.300	.327	.627	9	.95	-0.048	6.19	-0.19%	-0.34	P
22	361	106 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,10-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.309	.333	.642	9	.27	-0.029	.51	-0.03%	-0.37	P
23	362	110 (3)	Aug 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.298	.321	.620	9	1.62	-0.081	7.47	-0.23%	-0.84	P
24	363	114 (3)	Aug 20 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.288	.300	.322	.622	9	.87	-0.035	2.99	-0.07%	-0.67	P
25	364	118 (3)	Aug 25	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-1	GS-7	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.295	.317	.344	.662	9	.93	0.094	6.10	0.37%	0.76	P
26	365	122 (3)	Aug 29	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.328	.354	.682	9	1.24	0.028	8.73	0.12%	0.32	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
27	366	126 (3)	Sep 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.324	.348	.672	9	.86	-0.023	7.30	-0.12%	-0.26	P
28	367	130 (3)	Sep 7 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.315	.338	.653	9	.93	-0.125	4.65	-0.37%	-1.90	P
29	368	135 (4)	Sep 11	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.307	.329	.635	9	.82	-0.042	3.40	-0.11%	-0.42	P
30	369	140 (4)	Sep 15	CIN		BSN	W,7-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.304	.325	.628	9	.19	0.003	.72	0.01%	-0.34	P
31	370	145 (4)	Sep 20 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,8-7	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.313	.333	.646	9	.47	0.018	1.76	0.04%	0.27	P
32	371	147 (1)	Sep 22	CIN		BRO	W,8-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.305	.325	.630	9	.83	-0.042	2.24	-0.07%	-0.42	P
33	372	150 (2)	Sep 25	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.305	.325	.630	9						P
							17-16		85	80	5	23	3	0	0	4	1	0	12	1	3		0		0	0	.288	.305	.325	.630		.79	-0.571	3.30	-1.00%	-7.24

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