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

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

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 19 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	7 (3)	Apr 25	BSN		PHI	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	0	4	1	5	0
3	11 (3)	Apr 29	BSN	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (3)	May 3	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	18 (2)	May 7	BSN		BRO	L,11-12		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
6	19	May 8	BSN		CIN	L,6-7	GS	26	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	22 (2)	May 14	BSN		STL	L,1-7	GS	21	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	24 (1)	May 16	BSN		STL	W,7-6	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	27 (2)	May 19	BSN		PIT	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	28	May 22	BSN		CHC	L,2-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	30 (1)	May 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	32 (1)	May 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-6	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
13	35 (2)	May 29 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,10-7	GF	29	6.2	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	41 (5)	Jun 2	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	44 (2)	Jun 5	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-7		29	6.1	0	3	0	3	0
16	48 (3)	Jun 9	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	0	2	1	3	1
17	51 (2)	Jun 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,11-12		10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
18	54 (2)	Jun 15	BSN	@	STL	L,3-5		11	2.2	1	1	0	2	0
19	56 (1)	Jun 18	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-8		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	57	Jun 20	BSN	@	PIT	W,14-8		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	59 (1)	Jun 22	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-9	GF	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	63 (3)	Jun 27	BSN		NYG	L,8-15		13	2.0	0	1	1	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	70 (6)	Jul 7 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,1-9		6	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
24	75 (4)	Jul 11	BSN		STL	L,4-10		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	80 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	81	Jul 17 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,5-9		13	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	86 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	89 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-5		23	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
29	94 (4)	Jul 29	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	98 (3)	Aug 2	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
31	102 (3)	Aug 7	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	GF	12	2.2	0	1	1	2	0
32	115 (12)	Aug 23	BSN		PIT	L,3-8		10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	118 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,2-8		29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	136 (17)	Sep 15	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	145 (8)	Sep 24	BSN	@	CHC	L,7-8		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
							35gm		128.0	5	33	4	42	2