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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-25 / in Starts: 8-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 1

1915 Pitching Game Log

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1915 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	133	2	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.00	1.74	34	77	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	0.64%
2	134	7	Apr 20	CIN		STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.50	2.91	33	79				28	0	0			0
3	135	10	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	2.87	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.57	0.49%
4	136	12	Apr 25	CIN		CHC	T,4-4	GS-		1	5.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	0	1.48	3.11	19	48				18					0
5	137	13	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	W,13-12		S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	3.08	3					3					0
6	138	15	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	L,8-9	5-6	L(2-1)	1	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.98	3.14	10		1	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.30	-0.44%
7	139	16	Apr 29	CIN	@	STL	W,10-9		S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.91	3.04	3					3					0
8	140	17	Apr 30	CIN	@	STL	L,2-6	GS-	L(2-2)	0	4.0	8	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.06	3.58	23	24				19					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
9	141	21	May 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-2	GS-6	W(3-2)	6	5.1	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.63	3.52	21	61	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	0.32%
10	142	23	May 11	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(4-2)	3	11.0	6	1	1	3	6	0	1	2.22	3.27	42	84	0	2	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.40	0.68%
11	143	27	May 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-7	GS-7	L(4-3)	3	7.0	8	7	6	5	5	0	1	2.91	3.31	34	35	0	1	0	26	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.29	-0.24%
12	144	31	May 25	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS-	L(4-4)	9	6.0	7	2	1	2	0	0	1	2.77	3.37	26	50				21					0
13	145	33	May 29	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	L(4-5)	3	9.0	7	3	1	3	4	0	0	2.55	3.26	35	66	1	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.41	-0.05%
14	146	36	May 31(2)	CIN	@	STL	T,4-4			1	1.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.63	3.23	8					7					0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
15	147	38	Jun 2	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-		1	7.0	7	4	4	6	2	0	0	2.85	3.33	34	43				25					0
16	148	43	Jun 8	CIN		BSN	L,3-4		L(4-6)	5	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.93	3.37	6					3					0
17	149	46	Jun 11	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-6)	2	15.0	8	0	0	6	14	0	1	2.46	3.15	55	109				47	1	0			0
18	150	50	Jun 16	CIN		NYG	L,3-5	GS-		4	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	2	2.47	3.11	29	58				26					0
19	151	53	Jun 20	CIN		PHI	W,2-1		S(4)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.45	3.11	3					2					0
20	152	55	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	L,2-6	GS-6	L(5-7)	2	5.1	8	6	6	3	1	0	2	2.83	3.20	25	26	3	1	1	20	1	3	0	2	0	0	.83	-0.11%
21	153	58	Jun 27(1)	CIN		CHC	L,1-4	GS-	L(5-8)	3	8.0	4	4	1	3	3	0	2	2.72	3.22	36	64				31					0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
22	154	63	Jul 1	CIN		STL	W,5-4	GS-		3	8.0	11	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.83	3.15	35	46				31					0
23	155	67	Jul 5(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-5		S(5)	3	3.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.76	3.14	11					10					0
24	156	69	Jul 6(1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(14)	L(5-9)	0	13.0	16	5	5	4	8	0	0	2.82	3.04	60	59	3	0	0	53	2	1	2	0	0	2	2.74	0.11%
25	157	73	Jul 10	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-7	GS-5	L(5-10)	3	5.0	7	5	5	1	2	0	0	3.03	3.01	23	34	0	0	0	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.16%
26	158	77	Jul 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS-4	L(5-11)	4	4.0	6	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.07	2.96	18	43	2	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.14%
27	159	80	Jul 17(2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-3			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	2.96	3					3					0
28	160	82	Jul 20	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-6	GS-	L(5-12)	2	2.0	4	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.31	3.01	12	25				8					0
29	161	86	Jul 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	8-9	BW(6-12)	2	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.27	3.03	9		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.05%
30	162	87	Jul 24(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	3.30	3.07	6		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.13	-0.02%
31	163	94	Jul 29(2)	CIN		BSN	L,6-7	GS-		4	5.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.42	3.03	23	37				22					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
32	164	98	Aug 1(2)	CIN		BRO	W,6-3		S(6)	2	5.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.32	3.00	21					21					0
33	165	101	Aug 5(1)	CIN		NYG	L,2-5	GS-5	L(6-13)	3	5.0	7	5	2	1	1	0	0	3.33	2.98	23	39	1	1	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.03%
34	166	104	Aug 7	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	4-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.32	3.02	4		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.00%
35	167	105	Aug 8	CIN		PHI	L,6-14			0	4.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.40	3.00	18					17					0
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants
36	168	114	Aug 25(2)	NYG		PIT	L,7-9	GS-5	L(6-14)	16	4.0	12	6	6	0	3	0	2	3.63	2.99	26	17	1	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.13%
37	169	119	Aug 31(2)	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	W(7-14)	5	9.0	9	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.50	2.90	36	71	0	1	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	2	.10	0.02%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
38	170	125	Sep 6(1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-2		W(8-14)	5	4.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3.43	2.88	12					11					0
39	171	129	Sep 9(1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-7	L(8-15)	2	7.0	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	3.35	2.85	27	63	0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.00%
40	172	133	Sep 12(1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,17-5		S(7)	2	4.2	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.28	2.84	17					15					0
41	173	135	Sep 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	9-GF(11)	L(8-16)	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	3.29	2.85	12		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
42	174	138	Sep 17(1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-9	GS-6	L(8-17)	3	6.0	10	9	6	4	2	0	0	3.45	2.88	31	20	2	0	0	24	2	1	1	0	1	1	.00	0.00%
43	175	142	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-1		S(8)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.42	2.87	6					6					0
44	176	145	Sep 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(9-17)	2	9.0	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	3.28	2.81	33	78	0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
45	177	152	Oct 4(2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG(12)	L(9-18)	11	11.2	12	5	3	1	1	0	1	3.23	2.81	49	59	3	1	0	45	2	0	0	1	0	2	.00	0.00%
							18-25		W-L:9-18,Sv:8,BSv:1	2.4	234.0	222	105	84	76	109	2	19	3.23	2.81	998	52	17	10	1	869	15	11	3	8	1	14	1.34	0.88%

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