Larry Benton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: November 20, 1897 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: April 3, 1953 in Amberley, OH

Buried: St. Joseph Old Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: April 19, 1923 (Age 25-150d, 5,706th in major league history)
vs. NYG 8.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 7 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 16, 1935 (Age 37-269d)
vs. CIN 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Lawrence James Benton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.5

128

ERA

4.03

455

261

2297.0

670

WHIP

1.415

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-15 / in Starts: 21-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 82 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	57 (33-16-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 82 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (27-17-10)

Most Driven In
Z Taylor	2
E Moore	1
B Terry	1
G Harper	1
D Burrus	1
E Brown	1
D Bancroft	0

Most Driven In By
F Lindstrom	2
E Roush	2
D Gautreau	1

1927 Batting Game Log

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1927 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	143	2 (1)	Apr 13	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.13	-0.093	2.32	-0.11%	-0.92	P
2	144	6 (3)	Apr 17	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-2	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.59	-0.038	3.73	-0.05%	-0.46	P
3	145	12 (5)	Apr 23	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-2	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.91	0.080	2.44	0.13%	1.00	P
4	146	17 (4)	Apr 30	BSN	@	NYG	L,7-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	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
5	147	19 (1)	May 6	BSN		CIN	L,3-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	148	22 (2)	May 12	BSN		PIT	L,7-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.05	-0.026	1.89	-0.03%	-0.22	P
7	149	25 (2)	May 18	BSN		STL	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	9	1.17	0.136	1.33	0.09%	1.44	P
8	150	29 (3)	May 27 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,13-5	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		0		0	0	.083	.154	.167	.321	9	.61	0.043	.55	0.02%	-0.68	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	151	35 (5)	Jun 1	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	9	1.03	0.079	.54	0.03%	0.91	P
10	152	39 (3)	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.188	.235	.250	.485	9	.96	-0.050	.54	-0.02%	-0.53	P
11	153	43 (3)	Jun 10	BSN	@	STL	W,11-8	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.278	.541	9	.66	0.014	.36	0.01%	0.16	P
				Player went from Boston Braves to New York Giants
12	154	51	Jun 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.238	.250	.488	9	1.28	-0.062	2.40	-0.07%	-0.61	P
13	155	55 (3)	Jun 19	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0	0	.190	.261	.238	.499	9						P
14	156	58 (2)	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,9-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.182	.250	.227	.477	9	.74	-0.028	.86	-0.02%	-0.37	P
15	157	62 (3)	Jun 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-7	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.217	.280	.261	.541	9						P
16	158	66 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.259	.240	.499	9	.79	-0.039	.79	-0.02%	-0.38	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	159	67	Jul 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-7	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.259	.240	.499	9						PR
18	160	72 (4)	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,8-7	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.259	.240	.499	9						P
19	161	76 (3)	Jul 8	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.214	.267	.250	.517	9	.64	0.027	.75	0.02%	-0.05	P
20	162	81 (4)	Jul 12	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.242	.226	.468	9	1.33	-0.102	1.44	-0.07%	-1.05	P
21	163	86 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.206	.428	9	.89	-0.066	.63	-0.03%	-0.57	P
22	164	90 (3)	Jul 19	NYG		CHC	L,5-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.206	.428	8						PR
23	165	92 (1)	Jul 21	NYG		STL	L,6-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.211	.194	.405	9	1.17	-0.057	.76	-0.02%	-0.47	P
24	166	96 (3)	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.195	.179	.375	9	1.23	-0.088	.50	-0.02%	-0.75	P
25	167	99 (2)	Jul 29	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.146	.186	.171	.357	9	1.19	-0.059	1.31	-0.04%	-0.61	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
26	168	104 (4)	Aug 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.191	.178	.369	9	.58	-0.021	.45	-0.01%	-0.12	P
27	169	108 (3)	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.184	.170	.354	9	.45	-0.024	.31	-0.01%	-0.30	P
28	170	110 (1)	Aug 12	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.184	.170	.354	9						P
29	171	112 (1)	Aug 14	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.163	.196	.184	.380	9	.49	-0.012	.45	-0.01%	-0.25	P
30	172	115 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,3-9	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.208	.196	.404	9	1.08	0.021	1.10	0.01%	0.15	P
31	173	118 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,9-8	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.208	.196	.404	9						P
32	174	121 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG(8)	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.232	.222	.454	9	1.71	0.111	3.53	0.14%	0.77	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
33	175	124 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.193	.220	.211	.431	9	.28	-0.036	.81	-0.06%	-1.50	P
34	176	128 (3)	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	W,9-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.206	.197	.403	9	.50	-0.050	2.28	-0.14%	-1.23	P
35	177	130 (1)	Sep 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.215	.194	.409	9	.63	0.023	5.05	0.11%	0.16	P
36	178	133 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.175	.212	.190	.403	9	1.35	-0.051	8.02	-0.18%	-0.47	P
37	179	137 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,11-3	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.209	.188	.396	9	.00	0.003	.00	0.01%	-0.17	P
38	180	141 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.214	.194	.408	9	1.52	0.119	4.85	0.23%	1.34	P
39	181	145 (3)	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.179	.214	.194	.408	9	1.66	-0.023	13.44	-0.11%	-0.23	P
40	182	147 (1)	Sep 23	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.214	.194	.408	9						P
41	183	152 (4)	Sep 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.179	.225	.194	.419	9	1.50	0.007	.94	0.00%	0.08	P
42	184	155 (2)	Oct 2	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.225	.194	.419	9						P
							27-15		82	67	5	12	1	0	0	7	2	0	19	2	10		2		0	0	.179	.225	.194	.419		.92	-0.262	1.74	-0.23%	-5.95

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