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: 18-25 / in Starts: 13-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 12

1926 Pitching Game Log

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1926 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	97	1	Apr 13	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-6	3-6		99	3.2	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	2.45	1.94	16		0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.05%
2	98	3	Apr 15	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-8			1	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	7.36	6.30	2					1					0
3	99	6	Apr 18	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	L(0-1)	2	8.2	4	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.38	5.06	32	65	2	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	1	0	4.36	-0.34%
4	100	10	Apr 23	BSN		PHI	L,1-2	GS-3	L(0-2)	4	2.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.91	4.87	12	39	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.09	-0.20%
5	101	14	Apr 29	BSN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(1-2)	5	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.80	4.04	35	70	1	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.80	0.29%
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
6	102	17	May 2	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-9	3-4		2	1.2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.55	3.90	7		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.05%
7	103	19	May 4	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	8-GF	BL(1-3)	1	1.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.67	3.81	11		1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	2	2	5.09	-0.25%
8	104	22	May 7	BSN	@	PIT	L,10-11	11-GF(11)	BL(1-4)	2	0.1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.62	4.02	5		0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.10	-0.30%
9	105	24	May 11	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-6	L(1-5)	3	5.0	5	6	5	3	0	0	0	4.45	4.14	24	32	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	3	1	1.52	-0.32%
10	106	29	May 17	BSN	@	STL	L,5-8	GS-6	L(1-6)	5	6.0	13	7	7	1	1	1	1	5.40	4.41	30	18	0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	3	0	.24	-0.07%
11	107	34	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-14	2-5		5	3.1	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	6.05	4.66	18		0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.12%
12	108	35	May 26	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-13			2	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	2	0	6.04	5.13	13					13					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
13	109	41	Jun 2(2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-11	2-9		6	7.2	10	7	7	2	6	1	0	6.36	4.96	35		0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	1	0	.56	-0.15%
14	110	44	Jun 5	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(2-6)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	9	0	0	5.58	4.43	34	79	0	1	0	32	1	1	0	0	1	1	.37	0.11%
15	111	47	Jun 10	BSN		CHC	W,8-4	CG	W(3-6)	4	9.0	11	4	4	1	3	0	0	5.37	4.21	40	51	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	1	0	2	.73	0.07%
16	112	50	Jun 14	BSN		PIT	W,3-2	GS-9	W(4-6)	3	8.1	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	5.03	4.13	34	63	1	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.60	0.01%
17	113	54	Jun 19(1)	BSN		STL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(4-7)	4	8.0	10	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.98	4.04	35	47	1	2	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.04%
18	114	56	Jun 21(1)	BSN		BRO	W,8-7	9-GF(11)	BW(5-7)	1	2.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.85	4.00	10		0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.01%
19	115	59	Jun 23(1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-3	CG	L(5-8)	1	9.0	7	3	1	4	4	0	0	4.50	3.95	37	65	0	2	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.51	-0.03%
20	116	64	Jun 28	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	3	1	1	0	5	1	0	4.33	3.92	21	67	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.01%
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
21	117	69	Jul 2	BSN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(6-8)	3	9.0	9	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.14	3.80	36	64	0	1	0	35	2	1	0	0	1	1	.12	0.02%
22	118	74	Jul 5(2)	BSN		BRO	L,5-14	4-8		2	4.1	6	3	3	0	3	0	1	4.22	3.74	20		2	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
23	119	77	Jul 9	BSN	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.18	3.79	5	51	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.00%
24	120	83	Jul 14	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	W(7-8)	4	9.0	10	4	4	4	2	0	0	4.17	3.80	40	49	1	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	1	0	.01	0.00%
25	121	88	Jul 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-8	GS-5	L(7-9)	5	5.0	5	6	6	6	2	0	0	4.42	3.88	25	29	2	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	1	0	.01	0.00%
26	122	92	Jul 24	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(8-9)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	1	4.20	3.85	31	71	0	1	0	28	1	1	0	2	1	0	.01	0.00%
27	123	96	Jul 31(1)	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(9-9)	6	9.0	8	1	0	3	8	0	0	3.95	3.75	37	74	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	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
28	124	101	Aug 4(2)	BSN		PIT	L,2-5	GS-6	L(9-10)	3	5.0	7	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.00	3.77	22	37	0	2	0	19	0	1	0	0	1	0	.01	0.00%
29	125	103	Aug 6	BSN		PIT	L,4-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.97	3.77	4		1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
30	126	106	Aug 9	BSN		STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-10)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	3.76	3.75	32	77	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
31	127	109	Aug 14(1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS-8	W(11-10)	4	7.0	6	3	2	5	3	0	1	3.71	3.79	32	53	2	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	128	115	Aug 20	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(11-11)	5	7.0	11	5	5	3	1	0	0	3.81	3.80	34	33	1	0	0	31	2	2	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	129	119	Aug 24(1)	BSN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	W(12-11)	3	9.0	4	1	1	6	6	0	0	3.68	3.80	32	75	1	1	0	24	0	0	0	2	1	0	.00	0.00%
34	130	124	Aug 28	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(12-12)	3	8.0	9	5	5	2	4	0	1	3.76	3.77	36	46	0	1	0	32	1	1	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
35	131	128	Sep 3	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-17	GS-4	L(12-13)	5	3.0	8	5	5	0	0	1	0	3.93	3.83	15	23	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
36	132	130	Sep 4(2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-5	9-GF(10)	W(13-13)	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.90	3.82	6		1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	133	131	Sep 7(1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-7	GS-5	L(13-14)	2	4.1	9	7	6	3	4	1	0	4.08	3.87	25	20	0	1	0	21	1	1	0	1	0	2	.00	0.00%
38	134	135	Sep 9	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	9-9	BS(4)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	3.87	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	135	136	Sep 10	BSN		STL	W,11-3	GS-5		0	4.2	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.11	3.85	21	39	1	1	0	18	0	2	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
40	136	139	Sep 13	BSN		STL	W,5-4	8-GF(14)	W(14-14)	2	7.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.98	3.85	26		0	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
41	137	145	Sep 20(1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		6	6.0	8	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.99	3.86	27	42	0	2	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
42	138	148	Sep 23	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	3.86	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
43	139	149	Sep 25(1)	BSN		PIT	L,8-11	2-8		1	7.0	7	4	3	2	2	0	0	3.96	3.84	31		2	1	0	27	0	1	0	0	1	2	.00	0.00%
							18-25		W-L:14-14,Sv:1,BSv:4	2.9	231.2	245	113	102	81	103	10	7	3.96	3.84	996	51	22	21	0	871	28	14	3	14	22	13	.57	-1.33%

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