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.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	6 (4)	Apr 17	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
3	10 (3)	Apr 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	21 (10)	May 5	CIN		BSN	W,9-6		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	23 (1)	May 7	CIN		BSN	W,9-8	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	29 (5)	May 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	GS	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
7	34 (4)	May 18	CIN		NYG	L,3-9		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	40 (5)	May 25	CIN		PIT	L,4-9		24	5.2	0	3	0	3	0
9	42 (1)	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-6		17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	47 (4)	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	49 (1)	Jun 4	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	GF	20	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
12	53 (3)	Jun 8	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-9		10	1.1	0	0	1	1	0
13	57 (3)	Jun 11 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	37	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
14	62 (4)	Jun 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-6	GS	8	1.1	0	2	0	2	0
15	71 (8)	Jun 25 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-8		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	75 (3)	Jun 29	CIN		STL	L,9-10	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	80 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	84 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	86 (1)	Jul 9	CIN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	90 (3)	Jul 13	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
21	92 (1)	Jul 15	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	97 (4)	Jul 23	CIN		STL	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
23	101 (3)	Jul 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
24	106 (4)	Jul 31 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS	0	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	110 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
26	114 (3)	Aug 9	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-8		27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	121 (6)	Aug 17	CIN		NYG	L,0-8	GS	21	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	123 (1)	Aug 19	CIN		BRO	L,0-6	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	128 (4)	Aug 24 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	133 (4)	Aug 31 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,10-11	GS	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	136 (2)	Sep 4	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	GS	13	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
32	140 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,10-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	143 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-13	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	147 (3)	Sep 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS	35	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	152 (4)	Sep 21	CIN	@	STL	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
							35gm		180.0	6	38	2	46	1