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: 14-19 / in Starts: 11-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 9

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 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	377	1	Apr 12	CIN		PIT	L,1-4	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.90	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.006	.31	0.01%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
2	378	4	Apr 21	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		8	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.90	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.005	.54	-0.01%	-0.10	8b --3 1 out d3	8b end d 4
3	379	9	Apr 27	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-9	L(0-1)	5	8.0	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.79	3.11	33	9	11	1	4	9	52			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.005	4.11	0.01%	1.44	1b start a 1	9b 1-3 0 out a1
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	380	13	May 2	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-1	GS-1		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	3.10	2	0	1	0	0	1	49			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.004	1.50	-0.01%	-0.04	1b start tie	1b 1-- 1 out tie
5	381	18	May 7(2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	6	5	3	2	1	1	0	3.18	4.02	29	7	13	1	1	6	48			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.57	-0.088	1.40	-0.13%	-1.91	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
6	382	23	May 13	CIN	@	BRO	T,1-1	10-GF(10)		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	4.12	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	0.121	8.76	0.19%	0.42	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end tie
7	383	26	May 16	CIN		BSN	L,3-6	8-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	4.08	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.29	0.01%	0.47	8t 1-- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
8	384	32	May 21(2)	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(1-2)	4	9.0	10	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.60	3.70	37	14	9	0	0	9	60			2	1	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.249	2.28	0.29%	1.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
9	385	43	Jun 3(1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-5	3-GF	W(2-2)	12	6.1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.12	3.52	24	7	10	0	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.260	1.34	0.35%	3.01	3b --3 2 out tie	9b end a 4
10	386	47	Jun 6	CIN		STL	L,2-6	7-GF		2	3.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	2.68	3.71	14	2	5	1	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.123	1.44	-0.20%	-1.70	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 4
11	387	52	Jun 11(2)	CIN		CHC	L,8-9	7-8	BL(2-3)	4	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	2.84	3.93	8	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.88	-0.383	5.40	-0.43%	-2.17	7t --3 1 out a1	8t 123 1 out d1
12	388	57	Jun 18(1)	CIN		STL	L,1-13	3-8		6	4.1	9	5	5	0	0	1	0	3.61	4.13	21	4	8	0	1	9		1	0	1	1	0	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	-3.43	3t 1-- 2 out d7	8t 1-- 0 out d12
13	389	60	Jun 20(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	4.05	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	-0.027	.36	-0.02%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
14	390	67	Jun 25(2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	6-GF(8)	L(2-4)	4	2.2	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.11	4.01	14	2	5	1	2	5		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.261	.91	-0.11%	-2.27	6b 12- 1 out tie	8b end d 4
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
15	391	72	Jul 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	S(1)	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	4.00	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.91	0.180	2.65	0.04%	0.44	10b 1-3 2 out a1	10b end a 1
16	392	74	Jul 2(2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-4)	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.42	3.75	31	10	16	0	6	3	83			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.435	.31	0.09%	3.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
17	393	78	Jul 7	CIN		BSN	W,8-5	GS-7	W(4-4)	4	6.1	10	5	4	3	1	0	0	3.65	3.78	31	7	10	1	2	10	33			0	0	0	28	4	1	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.248	.29	-0.05%	-2.86	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out a2
18	394	83	Jul 12	CIN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.31	3.61	32	12	11	4	5	7	71			0	2	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	2	.94	0.307	.16	0.03%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	395	88	Jul 18	CIN		NYG	L,1-14	GS-1	L(5-5)	5	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.80	3.83	5	2	0	0	0	2	28			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	-0.343	.14	-0.02%	-3.79	1t start tie	1t --- 1 out d4
20	396	90	Jul 20	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-5)	1	9.0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.38	3.80	34	14	14	0	0	4	75			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.67	0.638	.07	0.02%	3.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
21	397	95	Jul 25	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-6)	4	7.0	6	3	2	3	1	0	1	3.31	3.84	32	10	12	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.092	.04	0.00%	0.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
22	398	98	Jul 29(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,8-9	9-GF	BL(6-7)	3	0.2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.39	3.85	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	5.01	-0.818	.03	0.00%	-2.28	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
23	399	101	Jul 30(2)	CIN		PIT	L,6-8	9-9	BL(6-8)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.48	3.84	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.39	-0.334	.01	0.00%	-0.85	9t -2- 0 out a1	9t --3 1 out tie
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
24	400	102	Aug 1	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	3-7		1	4.1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.31	3.86	17	7	6	1	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.050	.00	0.00%	1.25	3b 1-3 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
25	401	106	Aug 5(2)	CIN		STL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(6-9)	3	8.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.23	3.75	31	10	11	0	0	8	60			0	1	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.074	.00	0.00%	1.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
26	402	109	Aug 11	CIN	@	STL	L,5-8	GS-6		5	5.1	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.41	3.71	25	5	8	1	2	7	39			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.320	.00	0.00%	-1.66	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out tie
27	403	117	Aug 19(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-7	L(6-10)	7	7.0	6	3	2	0	3	1	1	3.36	3.74	28	7	11	1	2	6	58			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.088	.00	0.00%	0.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
28	404	119	Aug 24(2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	W(7-10)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.25	3.70	36	18	11	2	1	3	63			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.09	0.531	.00	0.00%	1.82	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
29	405	122	Aug 26(1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	3.69	5	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.42	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
30	406	125	Aug 27(2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	GS-6	W(8-10)	0	5.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.31	3.65	22	4	6	1	2	9	38			0	1	0	21	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
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
31	407	128	Sep 1	CIN		CHC	W,7-3	GS-1		4	0.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.52	3.70	4	0	0	0	0	2	32			0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.272	.00	0.00%	-2.96	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d2
32	408	133	Sep 6(2)	CIN		BRO	W,18-8	CG	W(9-10)	4	9.0	10	8	8	3	1	0	0	3.82	3.70	40	16	10	1	1	10	33			0	0	0	37	3	1	0	0	0	0	.15	0.104	.00	0.00%	-4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
33	409	137	Sep 10(1)	CIN		NYG	L,1-6	GS-7	L(9-11)	3	7.0	8	3	2	2	0	0	0	3.76	3.70	30	11	9	1	0	8	49			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.150	.00	0.00%	0.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
34	410	145	Sep 17(1)	CIN		BSN	W,5-2	CG	W(10-11)	6	9.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.66	3.66	34	14	12	0	3	6	67			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.334	.00	0.00%	1.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
							14-19		W-L:10-11,Sv:2,BSv:3	3.5	152.2	160	70	62	36	33	5	3	3.66	3.66	645	0.95		4%	8%	150	52	12	33%	7	9	0	590	29	9	3	9	0	10	1.06	-0.321	.68	0.06%	-5.62

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