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: 12-31 / in Starts: 7-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 8

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	261	5	Apr 26(1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,13-2	8-GF	S(1)	99	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.50	8.86	9	1	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.37	8b --- 0 out a12	9b end a11
2	262	9	Apr 29	NYG		BRO	L,15-19	GS-2	L(0-1)	2	1.1	5	5	5	2	1	0	0	16.20	7.66	11	1	2	0	0	5	23			1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.251	4.71	-0.55%	-3.28	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out d3
3	263	10	Apr 30	NYG		BRO	L,4-9	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.46	6.55	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.63	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	264	13	May 4	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	3	4.1	11	8	7	1	3	0	0	13.50	4.36	24	7	3	0	0	10	13			0	0	0	22	1	2	0	1	1	0	.95	-0.360	3.18	-0.73%	-6.01	1b start tie	5b --3 1 out d6
5	265	16	May 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,8-16	1-3		2	2.2	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	12.71	4.53	15	5	4	0	1	4		2	2	2	0	0	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.096	1.26	-0.24%	-2.67	1b 12- 1 out d4	3b 3 out d8
6	266	21	May 12	NYG	@	CHC	W,14-12	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	6.2	9	9	7	5	6	6	0	11.50	8.41	35	3	12	3	0	9	25			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.069	1.31	0.19%	-4.60	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a5
7	267	25	May 17(2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	8-GF		4	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	10.35	8.01	10	6	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.026	4.34	-0.06%	0.26	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
8	268	28	May 20	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(1-3)	2	10.0	8	4	2	2	4	1	0	7.50	6.66	40	15	11	4	1	8	66			0	0	0	38	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.048	4.82	0.10%	2.28	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
				Player went from New York Giants to Cincinnati Reds
9	269	33	May 25(1)	CIN		PIT	L,5-6	GS-9		4	9.0	7	5	5	2	0	1	0	6.92	6.27	35	11	14	1	5	7	51			0	1	1	29	2	0	0	0	2	0	.86	-0.178	.55	-0.07%	0.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
10	270	38	May 30(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-3	L(1-4)	4	2.0	7	6	6	1	0	0	0	7.90	6.17	14	4	3	0	0	6	17			0	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.280	.53	-0.13%	-4.63	1b start tie	3b --3 0 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	271	40	Jun 1(1)	CIN		STL	W,5-4	9-GF	W(2-4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.71	6.09	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	0.158	1.34	0.07%	0.60	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
12	272	42	Jun 3	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-9	GS-3	L(2-5)	1	2.0	10	7	7	1	1	1	0	8.80	6.26	17	3	2	0	1	10	8			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.393	.89	-0.23%	-6.09	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 0 out d5
13	273	47	Jun 8(2)	CIN		PHI	L,2-9			4	1.2	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	9.07	6.21	10												9	1	1	0		0
14	274	49	Jun 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.87	6.05	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.043	.30	0.01%	0.64	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
15	275	51	Jun 14	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-6)	1	7.0	10	2	2	4	2	0	0	8.05	5.78	34	11	7	0	1	10	47			3	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.121	.33	0.02%	2.36	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
16	276	57	Jun 20	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(3-6)	5	9.0	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	7.04	5.47	34	11	14	0	5	5	71			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.51	0.666	.43	0.11%	4.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	277	62	Jun 24	CIN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	6.15	5.09	36	14	9	4	0	11	65			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.451	.06	0.02%	4.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	278	64	Jun 27	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	8-GF	BW(5-6)	2	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.01	5.05	7	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	1	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.68	0.091	.19	0.00%	0.36	8t -2- 1 out a1	9t end tie
19	279	67	Jun 29(2)	CIN		BSN	L,3-10	2-7		1	5.2	6	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.92	5.11	24	10	5	0	1	6		2	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	.49	-0.010	.04	0.00%	1.02	2t 12- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	280	68	Jul 4(1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-15	GS-	L(5-7)	4	3.0	10	8	6	1	0	0	0	6.37	5.06	20						10						19	3	0	0		0
21	281	72	Jul 6(2)	CIN		CHC	W,8-7	7-8	BS(2)	1	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	6.51	5.23	7	2	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.302	.06	-0.01%	-2.44	7t 1-3 1 out a4	8t --- 1 out tie
22	282	76	Jul 12(1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	W(6-7)	5	9.0	9	5	4	0	1	0	0	6.26	4.97	37	25	2	0	2	9	52			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	1	2	.94	0.415	.08	0.02%	1.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
23	283	79	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	W,14-8	7-GF	S(2)	2	2.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.11	4.92	9	1	6	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.065	.03	0.00%	1.39	7b --- 2 out a2	9b end a 6
24	284	83	Jul 19(1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	10	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.84	4.74	37	19	3	1	2	10	56			0	0	0	35	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	0.283	.25	0.04%	3.17	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
25	285	88	Jul 23(2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-6	GS-6		3	6.0	9	4	4	2	3	0	0	5.84	4.64	28	5	9	1	3	9	39			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.147	.28	-0.03%	-0.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
26	286	93	Jul 27	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	GS-6		3	5.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.83	4.60	23	5	7	0	2	6	42			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.32	-0.214	.15	-0.01%	-1.34	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	287	98	Aug 2	CIN		STL	L,8-9	GS-9		5	9.0	10	6	6	1	3	0	0	5.84	4.45	36	12	12	3	1	8	45			0	1	0	34	2	2	0	2	1	2	1.25	-0.039	.02	0.00%	-0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
28	288	101	Aug 8	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	GS-5	L(7-8)	5	4.1	10	8	4	1	0	0	0	5.92	4.42	25	8	6	0	1	10	18			0	0	0	21	1	2	0	0	1	1	.48	-0.300	.00	0.00%	-5.60	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d8
29	289	103	Aug 10(1)	CIN		PHI	L,0-18	5-8		1	4.0	7	6	4	1	3	0	0	6.02	4.35	19	5	3	0	0	7		1	1	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	.02	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-4.19	5t 1-- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d15
30	290	106	Aug 13	CIN		NYG	L,6-7	CG(10)	L(7-9)	2	10.0	12	7	6	0	4	1	0	5.97	4.28	42	11	15	3	1	12	46			0	0	0	38	3	2	0	1	3	1	1.44	-0.372	.00	0.00%	-0.98	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
31	291	110	Aug 17(1)	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	GS-6		3	5.1	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.76	4.27	27	8	8	0	2	9	42			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.21	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-0.67	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out tie
32	292	111	Aug 17(2)	CIN		BSN	L,8-9	13-GF(13)		-1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.73	4.26	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.51	13t -23 1 out d1	13t end d 2
33	293	115	Aug 22	CIN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(8-9)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	7	0	0	5.46	4.09	34	11	9	0	3	7	76			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.531	.00	0.00%	4.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
34	294	120	Aug 26	CIN		STL	L,1-3	CG	L(8-10)	3	9.0	12	3	3	0	3	0	0	5.32	3.99	36	12	11	1	3	10	54			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.079	.00	0.00%	2.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
35	295	125	Aug 30(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(8-11)	3	8.0	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.23	3.97	35	13	8	1	0	9	51			0	0	0	30	1	2	0	1	1	0	1.01	0.102	.00	0.00%	2.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	296	130	Sep 4	CIN	@	STL	L,2-13	GS-6	L(8-12)	4	5.2	12	9	9	3	1	0	0	5.52	3.97	30	10	6	0	0	10	7			0	1	0	26	3	2	0	1	1	0	.99	-0.177	.00	0.00%	-3.56	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d6
37	297	133	Sep 7(2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.49	3.98	4	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.070	.00	0.00%	1.32	7b -2- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
38	298	134	Sep 9	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	L(8-13)	1	8.0	13	8	7	3	0	1	0	5.59	4.05	38						23						33	1	0	0		1
39	299	138	Sep 13	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.61	4.06	5	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.36	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
40	300	140	Sep 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-13	1-4		1	2.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	5.68	4.03	13	5	1	1	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-2.38	1b -2- 2 out d2	4b 12- 0 out d5
41	301	141	Sep 17(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-6	3-6		1	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.57	4.02	14	8	3	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.051	.00	0.00%	2.49	3b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d5
42	302	144	Sep 20(1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-10	GS-6	L(8-14)	2	5.2	11	6	3	2	0	0	0	5.54	4.01	30	10	8	0	1	10	27			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	2	1.39	-0.195	.00	0.00%	-1.81	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d4
43	303	152	Sep 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS-7	L(8-15)	5	6.1	11	7	5	2	3	1	0	5.59	4.04	31	7	10	1	2	9	28			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.576	.00	0.00%	-2.82	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d2
							12-31		W-L:8-15,Sv:2,BSv:2	2.6	207.2	288	155	129	59	63	15	0	5.59	4.04	948	1.31		5%	8%	249	39	12	67%	13	5	1	860	50	18	0	20	17	11	.98	-0.982	.60	-1.47%	-17.46

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