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.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	7 (4)	Apr 20	CIN		STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	10 (2)	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
4	12 (1)	Apr 25	CIN		CHC	T,4-4	GS	0	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	13	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	W,13-12	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	15 (1)	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	L,8-9		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	16	Apr 29	CIN	@	STL	W,10-9	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	17	Apr 30	CIN	@	STL	L,2-6	GS	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	21 (3)	May 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-2	GS	21	5.1	0	4	0	4	0
10	23 (1)	May 11	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
11	27 (3)	May 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-7	GS	34	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
12	31 (3)	May 25	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS	0	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	33 (1)	May 29	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	36 (2)	May 31 (2)	CIN	@	STL	T,4-4		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	38 (1)	Jun 2	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	43 (4)	Jun 8	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	46 (2)	Jun 11	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	15.0	2	5	0	7	1
18	50 (3)	Jun 16	CIN		NYG	L,3-5	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	53 (2)	Jun 20	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	55 (1)	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	L,2-6	GS	25	5.1	0	3	0	3	1
21	58 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,1-4	GS	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	63 (4)	Jul 1	CIN		STL	W,5-4	GS	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
23	67 (3)	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-5	GF	0	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
24	69 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	60	13.0	1	8	0	9	0
25	73 (3)	Jul 10	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-7	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	77 (3)	Jul 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	80 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-3	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	82 (1)	Jul 20	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-6	GS	0	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	86 (3)	Jul 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	87	Jul 24 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	94 (6)	Jul 29 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,6-7	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	98 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,6-3	GF	0	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
33	101 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,2-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	104 (2)	Aug 7	CIN		NYG	L,4-5		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	105	Aug 8	CIN		PHI	L,6-14		0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants
36	114	Aug 25 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,7-9	GS	26	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	119 (4)	Aug 31 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	125 (5)	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	129 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	133 (3)	Sep 12 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,17-5	GF	0	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
41	135 (1)	Sep 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
42	138 (2)	Sep 17 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-9	GS	31	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
43	142 (3)	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-1	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	145 (2)	Sep 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
45	152 (6)	Oct 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	49	11.2	0	0	0	0	0
							45gm		237.0	8	72	3	83	2