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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Team Record in Appearances: 21-29 / in Starts: 16-23

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 45, Entered with runners on base: 7

1912 Pitching Game Log

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1912 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	19	2	Apr 12	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(1-0)	99	10.0	8	2	2	4	1	0	0	1.80	3.85	38	65	0	2	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	3.96	0.82%
2	20	6	Apr 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-3		7	3.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.46	3.39	14	39	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	-0.35%
3	21	9	Apr 23	CIN		STL	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	2	9.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	1	2.45	3.40	38	74	0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	2	4.69	0.90%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	22	14	May 1	CIN	@	STL	W,8-5	10-GF(13)	BW(3-0)	7	4.0	3	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.42	3.54	18		0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	14.58	0.82%
5	23	17	May 5	CIN	@	STL	W,11-9	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.70	3.75	4		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.45	0.27%
6	24	18	May 7	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.93	3.83	5		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.09%
7	25	19	May 8	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	GS-6	W(4-0)	0	5.0	7	4	4	3	3	0	1	3.58	3.86	26	37	2	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	5.21	-0.53%
8	26	23	May 13	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	9	1	0	2	6	0	1	2.81	3.57	38	71	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	7.94	1.49%
9	27	27	May 18	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(6-0)	4	9.0	11	3	3	4	4	0	1	2.84	3.58	40	53	3	1	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	0	10.46	1.31%
10	28	31	May 22	CIN		NYG	L,1-6	CG	L(6-1)	3	9.0	12	6	5	1	2	0	1	3.17	3.50	39	42	2	2	0	34	3	0	0	1	3	1	4.89	-0.77%
11	29	33	May 24	CIN	@	STL	W,10-6	5-GF	W(7-1)	1	4.2	2	1	1	2	3	0	1	3.08	3.50	16		0	3	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	0.35%
12	30	35	May 26	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	5-GF(12)	L(7-2)	1	6.1	7	1	0	1	7	0	0	2.80	3.29	27		1	0	0	26	0	0	1	1	0	1	7.97	0.76%
13	31	38	May 30(1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-3)	3	8.0	7	3	3	4	1	1	0	2.86	3.54	35	53	1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	0.03%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
14	32	42	Jun 3	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	11	4	3	4	5	0	0	2.87	3.49	41	52	1	2	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.29	0.25%
15	33	46	Jun 8	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-7	L(8-4)	4	7.0	4	5	2	4	7	0	1	2.85	3.45	28	58	2	1	1	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.05	-0.25%
16	34	50	Jun 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,10-11	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	6.1	10	7	5	8	4	0	1	3.12	3.60	37	25	3	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.65	-0.34%
17	35	52	Jun 15	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	W(9-5)	1	9.0	9	3	1	2	5	0	0	2.95	3.51	40	64	1	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.46	0.18%
18	36	55	Jun 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(9-6)	2	8.0	14	4	2	2	8	0	0	2.90	3.38	39	48	1	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.10%
19	37	59	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	W,12-1	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	7	1	0	2	5	0	1	2.69	3.33	35	74	1	2	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.36	0.08%
20	38	64	Jun 27	CIN		CHC	L,1-6	CG	L(10-7)	3	9.0	12	6	4	1	4	0	1	2.78	3.28	40	46	2	1	1	37	0	2	0	0	0	1	.36	0.00%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
21	39	68	Jul 1	CIN		STL	W,12-6	GS-5	W(11-7)	3	5.0	9	5	4	3	1	0	1	2.94	3.34	28	29	2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.19	-0.01%
22	40	69	Jul 4(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-11	GS-3	L(11-8)	2	3.0	3	4	4	5	3	0	0	3.13	3.39	17	35	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.01%
23	41	73	Jul 7	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(12-8)	2	10.0	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.98	3.36	39	70	2	2	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	.07	0.02%
24	42	76	Jul 11(2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	GS-3	L(12-9)	3	2.1	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	2.99	3.38	14	43	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.08	0.00%
25	43	79	Jul 14	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(12-10)	2	9.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	0	2.94	3.41	34	66	0	1	0	28	0	1	1	0	0	0	.07	0.00%
26	44	83	Jul 18(2)	CIN		BSN	W,7-1	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	2	1	0	0	6	0	1	2.79	3.33	29	87	3	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.00%
27	45	86	Jul 21	CIN		NYG	L,6-12	GS-2		2	2.0	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	2.86	3.33	12	34	0	2	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.08	-0.01%
28	46	89	Jul 24	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	8-9		2	2.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	2.83	3.32	8		0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	0.00%
29	47	90	Jul 26	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9	GS-3		1	3.0	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	2.98	3.35	16	31	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
30	48	91	Jul 27	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9	3-5		0	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	3.03	3.44	11		1	3	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	49	93	Jul 30	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-4	7-GF(11)	W(14-10)	2	5.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.95	3.40	20		0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
32	50	95	Aug 1(1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	9-GF	BS(2)	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	3.40	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	51	97	Aug 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(14-11)	0	8.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	1	3.01	3.40	32	50	2	2	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	52	101	Aug 7	CIN	@	BSN	W,11-3	CG	W(15-11)	4	9.0	12	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.01	3.38	40	52	1	0	1	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
35	53	107	Aug 15(1)	CIN		BRO	L,3-7	CG(10)	L(15-12)	7	10.0	12	7	4	1	3	0	0	3.04	3.34	43	48	2	0	0	42	3	1	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
36	54	111	Aug 18	CIN		BSN	L,4-5	GS-1	L(15-13)	2	1.0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	3.11	3.34	8	33	1	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
37	55	113	Aug 20(2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-4	GS-3	L(15-14)	1	2.2	5	4	2	2	3	0	0	3.15	3.33	14	37	0	0	0	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
38	56	115	Aug 22	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	L(15-15)	1	9.0	4	3	3	5	10	0	0	3.14	3.29	35	72	2	1	0	29	0	1	1	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	57	118	Aug 26	CIN		NYG	W,5-0	SHO	W(16-15)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.03	3.25	30	83	0	0	1	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
40	58	121	Aug 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-7		3	7.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.98	3.23	24	69	1	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	1	0	.00	0.00%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
41	59	124	Sep 1(2)	CIN		PIT	W,11-6	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.01	3.21	15		0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
42	60	128	Sep 4	CIN		STL	L,0-3	GS-8	L(16-16)	2	8.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.02	3.20	33	53	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
43	61	132	Sep 8	CIN		CHC	W,10-8	GS-5		3	4.0	9	5	4	9	3	0	0	3.12	3.27	29	20	0	0	1	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
44	62	134	Sep 12(1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(16-17)	3	8.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.06	3.24	28	74	1	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
45	63	138	Sep 16(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(17-17)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.96	3.20	32	81	1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
46	64	142	Sep 20(1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(18-17)	3	9.0	7	2	1	4	3	0	1	2.90	3.22	39	66	2	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
47	65	146	Sep 26(1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,10-11	9-GF	BS(3)	5	0.2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.89	3.24	5		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
48	66	147	Sep 26(2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-10	GS-2	L(18-18)	-1	2.0	8	9	9	2	2	0	1	3.15	3.25	18	4	2	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
49	67	151	Sep 29	CIN	@	STL	L,5-8	GS-6	L(18-19)	2	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	0	0	3.28	3.23	23	32	3	1	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
50	68	155	Oct 6	CIN		PIT	L,6-16	GS-6	L(18-20)	6	5.0	11	6	5	3	6	0	0	3.38	3.21	30	26	0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
							21-29		W-L:18-20,Sv:2,BSv:3	2.6	298.2	316	143	112	118	163	2	18	3.38	3.21	1305	51	49	31	6	1137	35	15	4	16	7	25	1.94	4.80%

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