Rube Benton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: June 27, 1890 in Clinton, NC us

Died: December 12, 1937 in Dothan, AL

Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: June 28, 1910 (Age 20-001d, 3,352nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 7 BB, L

Last Game: September 21, 1925 (Age 35-086d)
vs. BSN 3.2 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: John Cleave Benton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.8

150

144

ERA

3.09

437

311

2517.1

950

WHIP

1.265

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-19 / in Starts: 11-14
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 69 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	39 (23-9-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 69 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (21-14-8)

Most Driven In
F Snyder	1
E Smith	1
L Doyle	1
G Kelly	0

Most Driven In By
A Fletcher	1
G Burns	1
F Frisch	0

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	289	5 (4)	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,0-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.56	-0.027	1.16	-0.03%	-0.18	P
2	290	10 (4)	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.02	-0.099	3.91	-0.12%	-0.94	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	291	13 (2)	May 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	292	16 (2)	May 7	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.83	-0.060	1.33	-0.06%	-0.55	P
5	293	19 (2)	May 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.56	0.111	.87	0.10%	1.58	P
6	294	22 (2)	May 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.04	-0.026	1.73	-0.03%	-0.21	P
7	295	26 (3)	May 22	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
8	296	29 (2)	May 25	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
9	297	32 (2)	May 28	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.37	-0.027	.58	-0.03%	-0.65	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	298	37 (4)	Jun 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,9-10	GS-5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.29	-0.058	1.99	-0.05%	-0.61	P
11	299	42 (4)	Jun 6	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-8	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	9	.39	0.024	.67	0.03%	0.15	P
12	300	46 (3)	Jun 10	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	9	2.17	-0.058	3.79	-0.06%	-0.20	P
13	301	48 (1)	Jun 12	NYG		STL	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.050	.050	.050	.100	9	1.17	-0.057	1.96	-0.06%	-0.35	P
14	302	51 (2)	Jun 15	NYG		STL	L,7-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.048	.048	.048	.095	9	1.78	-0.043	1.88	-0.03%	-0.21	P
15	303	55 (3)	Jun 22	NYG		CHC	L,4-10	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.087	.087	.174	9	.67	0.019	.64	0.01%	0.10	P
16	304	60 (4)	Jun 26 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	.39	-0.029	.50	-0.02%	-0.38	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	305	66 (5)	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	L,1-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9						P
18	306	67	Jul 2 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,7-9	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9						P
19	307	75 (7)	Jul 11	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	1.18	0.060	1.20	0.04%	0.18	P
20	308	79 (3)	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG(17)	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.081	.081	.081	.162	9	1.64	-0.141	1.41	-0.07%	-0.43	P
21	309	85 (5)	Jul 23	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.075	.075	.075	.150	9	1.81	-0.190	4.03	-0.25%	-1.25	P
22	310	89 (3)	Jul 28	NYG		STL	W,6-5	8-13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	1.47	-0.071	2.68	-0.08%	-0.23	P
23	311	92 (2)	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.90	0.010	3.38	0.02%	0.25	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	312	97 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.085	.085	.085	.170	9	.36	-0.026	1.37	-0.06%	-0.69	P
25	313	102 (4)	Aug 11 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.078	.078	.078	.157	9	.79	-0.087	3.60	-0.24%	-1.29	P
26	314	108 (5)	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG(7)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.094	.094	.189	9	1.28	0.186	5.71	0.50%	2.18	P
27	315	111 (2)	Aug 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.093	.093	.093	.185	9	.81	-0.020	3.70	-0.05%	-0.21	P
28	316	115 (3)	Aug 24	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.29	-0.007	1.61	-0.02%	-0.09	P
29	317	117 (1)	Aug 26	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.089	.089	.089	.179	9	1.50	-0.034	7.71	-0.11%	-0.26	P
30	318	120 (2)	Aug 28	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.085	.085	.085	.169	9	.45	-0.041	3.25	-0.18%	-0.72	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	319	125 (4)	Sep 1	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.098	.098	.098	.197	9	1.88	-0.004	13.32	-0.02%	0.01	P
32	320	129 (3)	Sep 5	NYG		PHI	W,8-1	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.095	.095	.095	.190	9	.33	-0.010	2.29	-0.04%	-0.45	P
33	321	145 (15)	Sep 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,3-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.092	.092	.092	.185	9	1.40	-0.071	4.95	-0.15%	-0.60	P
							14-19		69	65	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	0	4		3		0	0	.092	.092	.092	.185		1.01	-0.776	2.61	-1.06%	-6.03

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