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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-13 / in Starts: 15-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 5

1925 Pitching Game Log

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1925 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	66	2	Apr 16	BSN		NYG	L,1-8	9-GF		99	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.20	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.00%
2	67	8	Apr 25	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.70	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.04%
3	68	10	Apr 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-15	4-6		1	3.0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.27	12		0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.45	-0.04%
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
4	69	17	May 6	BSN		BRO	L,0-10	8-8		8	0.1	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	7.71	2.62	6		0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.01%
5	70	26	May 18	BSN		CIN	W,5-4	6-9	W(1-0)	11	3.1	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	6.75	3.57	15		0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.66	0.03%
6	71	28	May 20	BSN		CIN	L,8-15	9-GF		1	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.00	3.42	6		0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.01	0.00%
7	72	35	May 28	BSN		NYG	L,6-8	6-8	L(1-1)	7	3.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	6.75	3.86	10		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.13%
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
8	73	43	Jun 5	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG(10)	L(1-2)	7	9.2	7	1	1	7	2	0	0	4.15	3.90	42	66	0	3	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.31	0.16%
9	74	56	Jun 20	BSN	@	STL	W,11-10	4-4		14	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.98	4.04	2		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.02%
10	75	57	Jun 21	BSN	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	W(2-2)	0	9.0	12	3	2	3	3	0	0	4.11	3.60	43	53	0	0	0	40	1	1	0	0	0	1	.14	0.04%
11	76	61	Jun 26(1)	BSN		PHI	W,8-6	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	11	6	5	4	7	0	0	4.31	3.23	42	46				37	2	1			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
12	77	66	Jul 1	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	L(3-3)	4	8.1	11	4	3	4	2	0	0	4.13	3.22	38	45	0	1	0	32	0	1	1	0	1	0	.18	-0.03%
13	78	72	Jul 5(2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-2	GS-6		3	6.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.00	3.10	23	52	0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.00%
14	79	78	Jul 10	BSN		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.43	3.08	33	77	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	.07	0.02%
15	80	83	Jul 15	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	6	3	2	3	0	1	0	3.25	3.28	36	62	0	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	1	.01	0.00%
16	81	88	Jul 20	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.22	3.22	35	60	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.01	0.00%
17	82	92	Jul 24	BSN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.00	3.08	34	71	0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
18	83	95	Jul 28	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(7-4)	3	7.0	9	5	5	4	4	0	1	3.25	3.09	34	39	2	0	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
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
19	84	99	Aug 1	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-6	10-10	BS(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	3.09	3		0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
20	85	101	Aug 2(2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-3	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	3.08	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
21	86	104	Aug 6	BSN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	W(8-4)	3	9.0	13	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.27	3.04	40	44	0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
22	87	110	Aug 11	BSN	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	4	2	2	6	1	0	0	3.17	3.12	36	66	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
23	88	114	Aug 16(2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-	L(9-5)	4	6.0	8	4	4	1	2	1	1	3.31	3.19	27	41				25					0
24	89	119	Aug 22(1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(10-5)	5	9.0	5	2	0	4	2	0	0	3.08	3.19	32	71				27	0	1			0
25	90	124	Aug 27	BSN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	L(10-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	5	3	0	0	2.95	3.19	35	73	1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sept				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
26	91	129	Sep 1	BSN		CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-6)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.77	3.14	36	73	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
27	92	133	Sep 6(1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,14-1	CG	W(12-6)	4	9.0	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.61	3.05	36	70	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
28	93	137	Sep 10(1)	BSN		PHI	L,0-4	GS-	L(12-7)	3	8.0	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.60	3.05	32	62				28					0
29	94	143	Sep 16(2)	BSN	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	W(13-7)	5	9.0	10	6	6	5	2	0	0	2.77	3.07	41	40	0	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	2	2	.00	0.00%
30	95	147	Sep 21	BSN	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS-1		4	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	2.91	3.14	6	35	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	96	151	Sep 27(2)	BSN	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	W(14-7)	5	7.0	8	6	6	4	5	1	0	3.09	3.18	33	38				28	2	1			0
							18-13		W-L:14-7,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.9	183.1	170	72	63	70	50	5	2	3.09	3.18	773	56	5	9	0	684	25	7	2	9	7	13	.20	0.07%

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