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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 12	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	6	0	7	0
2	6 (3)	Apr 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	9 (2)	Apr 23	CIN		STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (4)	May 1	CIN	@	STL	W,8-5	GF	18	4.0	0	2	0	2	1
5	17 (2)	May 5	CIN	@	STL	W,11-9	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
6	18	May 7	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	19	May 8	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	23 (3)	May 13	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
9	27 (3)	May 18	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	31 (3)	May 22	CIN		NYG	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
11	33 (1)	May 24	CIN	@	STL	W,10-6	GF	16	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
12	35 (1)	May 26	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	27	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	38 (2)	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	42 (3)	Jun 3	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	46 (3)	Jun 8	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS	28	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
16	50 (3)	Jun 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,10-11	GS	37	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
17	52 (1)	Jun 15	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	55 (2)	Jun 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	59 (3)	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	64 (4)	Jun 27	CIN		CHC	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	68 (3)	Jul 1	CIN		STL	W,12-6	GS	28	5.0	0	3	0	3	1
22	69	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-11	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	73 (3)	Jul 7	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	76 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	GS	14	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
25	79 (2)	Jul 14	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	83 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,7-1	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	86 (2)	Jul 21	CIN		NYG	L,6-12	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	89 (2)	Jul 24	CIN		NYG	L,7-8		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	90	Jul 26	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	91	Jul 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9		11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	93 (1)	Jul 30	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-4	GF	20	5.0	0	6	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	95 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	97 (1)	Aug 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	101 (3)	Aug 7	CIN	@	BSN	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	107 (5)	Aug 15 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,3-7	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	111 (3)	Aug 18	CIN		BSN	L,4-5	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	113 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-4	GS	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
38	115 (1)	Aug 22	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	118 (2)	Aug 26	CIN		NYG	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	121 (2)	Aug 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	124 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,11-6	GF	15	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	128 (3)	Sep 4	CIN		STL	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
43	132 (3)	Sep 8	CIN		CHC	W,10-8	GS	29	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	134 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	138 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
46	142 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
47	146 (3)	Sep 26 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,10-11	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
48	147	Sep 26 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-10	GS	18	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	151 (3)	Sep 29	CIN	@	STL	L,5-8	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	155 (3)	Oct 6	CIN		PIT	L,6-16	GS	30	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
							50gm		302.0	13	78	3	94	2