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: 3-26

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 9

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	427	8	Apr 25	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.18	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.033	.81	0.04%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
2	428	9	Apr 26	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.68	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.032	1.30	0.04%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
3	429	12	Apr 29	BSN		PHI	W,7-5	5-GF	W(1-0)	2	4.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.71	17	5	7	0	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.311	2.18	0.32%	2.24	5t -2- 2 out d2	9t end a 2
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	430	13	May 4	BSN		STL	L,0-3	7-8		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.82	7	1	5	0	2	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.037	.61	0.04%	1.31	7t 1-3 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
5	431	15	May 6	BSN		PIT	L,6-8	3-9	L(1-1)	1	6.1	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0.61	3.25	25	4	14	1	4	4		0	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	-0.072	2.53	-0.06%	1.21	3t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-3 1 out tie
6	432	18	May 11	BSN		CHC	L,7-14	7-GF		4	3.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	1	2.04	4.03	17	1	8	0	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.006	.01	-0.01%	-1.55	7t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
7	433	23	May 19	BSN	@	STL	L,3-7	7-GF(8)	L(1-2)	7	2.0	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	3.20	4.25	12	5	1	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	-0.279	1.55	-0.12%	-2.90	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 4
8	434	26	May 23	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-7	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.74	4.43	10	5	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.022	.06	-0.01%	-0.91	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
9	435	28	May 25	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-11	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.97	4.37	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.013	.09	0.00%	-0.45	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
10	436	30	May 27	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-9	3-4		1	0.2	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.01	4.34	8	1	1	0	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.110	.09	-0.02%	-3.94	3b -2- 1 out d3	4b -2- 0 out d7
11	437	34	May 30(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-9	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.97	4.76	7	6	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.17	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 6
12	438	35	May 31(1)	BSN		NYG	L,3-15	8-GF		0	2.0	9	7	7	1	1	1	0	6.91	5.16	16	2	3	0	1	9		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-6.04	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d13
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
13	439	45	Jun 14(1)	BSN		STL	W,5-4	7-GF	W(2-2)	13	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.23	4.93	12	3	4	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.309	.03	0.00%	1.45	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end a 1
14	440	47	Jun 16(1)	BSN		CIN	L,6-7	4-8		1	5.0	5	3	3	3	5	0	0	6.11	4.65	22	4	5	1	0	5		2	0	2	0	0	19	1	0	2	0	0	0	.56	0.039	.01	0.00%	0.89	4t -23 0 out d2	8t 3 out d1
15	441	53	Jun 21	BSN		CHC	L,3-11	6-GF		4	3.2	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.46	4.59	17	4	5	0	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	2	0	2	0	0	.12	0.019	.00	0.00%	-1.39	6t 1-3 1 out d5	9t end d 8
16	442	54	Jun 22(1)	BSN		CHC	L,4-7	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	6.53	4.71	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	.24	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
17	443	62	Jun 27(2)	BSN		PHI	L,7-8			4	3.2	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	6.18	4.49	14												14					0
18	444	64	Jun 29	BSN		PHI	L,1-3	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.04	4.46	3	0	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
19	445	66	Jun 30(2)	BSN		PHI	L,5-15			0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.98	4.40	9												9					0
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	446	68	Jul 3	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-13	4-5		2	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.00	4.37	7	2	3	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.15	4b -2- 2 out d6	5b 3 out d7
21	447	70	Jul 4(2)	BSN		NYG	L,3-12			0	3.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	6.00	4.22	13												13					0
22	448	72	Jul 6(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-15			1	3.2	7	7	6	3	2	1	0	6.59	4.48	20												16					0
23	449	79	Jul 15	BSN	@	STL	L,6-13	3-GF(8)		8	5.1	6	3	3	0	1	2	0	6.45	4.77	22	11	4	2	1	6		1	1	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.86	3b --3 2 out d7	8b end d 8
24	450	84	Jul 20(1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-14	4-5		4	1.0	3	5	5	2	0	0	0	7.08	4.84	8	1	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-4.72	4b -23 1 out d5	5b -2- 1 out d11
25	451	92	Jul 28(2)	BSN		PHI	W,11-10	6-8		7	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	4.76	10	6	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.028	.00	0.00%	1.45	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d3
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
26	452	98	Aug 4(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-9	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.78	4.78	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.48	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
27	453	100	Aug 5	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-9	3-GF(8)		0	6.0	8	7	7	3	1	1	0	7.10	4.93	30	15	3	0	0	8		2	2	2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.39	-0.165	.00	0.00%	-4.48	3b 12- 0 out tie	8b end d 9
28	454	104	Aug 11(1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.00	4.90	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
29	455	110	Aug 16(2)	BSN		CIN	L,3-4	9-9	L(2-3)	4	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.13	4.90	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.29	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-0.92	9t --- 0 out tie	9t --3 0 out tie
							3-26		W-L:2-3	2.7	72.0	103	61	57	24	21	7	1	7.13	4.90	334	1.01		5%	9%	80		14	50%	4	2	0	305	12	6	2	4	0	1	.55	-0.213	.47	0.22%	-18.53

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