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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CIN		CHC	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 19	CIN		PIT	L,3-9	GS	25	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 22	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	11 (4)	Apr 27	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	13 (1)	Apr 29	CIN		STL	W,5-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	14	May 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	17 (2)	May 6	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	21 (3)	May 10	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	GS	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	23 (1)	May 14	CIN		BSN	W,6-0	GS	0	5.0	0	4	0	4	0
10	25 (1)	May 16	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
11	27 (1)	May 18	CIN		NYG	W,10-5	GF	14	4.0	0	0	1	1	0
12	29 (1)	May 20	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	GS	26	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	33 (3)	May 24	CIN		BRO	L,2-6	GS	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	36 (2)	May 27	CIN		PHI	W,8-6	GF	0	1.2	1	1	0	2	0
15	41 (4)	May 31 (2)	CIN		PIT	T,5-5	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	43 (1)	Jun 2	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	47 (3)	Jun 8	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
18	52 (4)	Jun 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	25	5.2	1	0	0	1	0
19	55 (2)	Jun 18	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
20	62 (6)	Jun 27	CIN		CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	67 (4)	Jul 1	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-7	GS	28	7.0	0	5	0	5	0
22	72 (4)	Jul 5	CIN	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	73	Jul 8	CIN		BRO	W,6-5		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	75 (1)	Jul 10	CIN		BRO	L,6-11	GS	36	7.0	1	2	1	4	0
25	79 (3)	Jul 14 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	81 (1)	Jul 17	CIN		BSN	L,0-1	GS	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	85 (3)	Jul 21	CIN		NYG	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	90 (4)	Jul 27	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	93 (2)	Jul 31	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	95 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-7	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	99 (3)	Aug 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	102 (2)	Aug 10	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS	0	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
33	107 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,1-11	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	1
34	111 (3)	Aug 21	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	114 (2)	Aug 24	CIN		BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	129 (14)	Sep 10	CIN		STL	L,2-3	GS	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	133 (3)	Sep 15	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-9	GS	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	140 (6)	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	144 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-5	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	150 (5)	Sep 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
41	155 (4)	Oct 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,4-11	CG	31	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
							41gm		271.0	9	70	5	84	3