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: 20-20 / in Starts: 16-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 1

1914 Pitching Game Log

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1914 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	92	1	Apr 14	CIN		CHC	W,10-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	1	1	6	1	0	0	1.00	4.21	32	74	0	1	0	25	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.45	0.49%
2	93	4	Apr 19	CIN		PIT	L,3-9	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	5.0	5	5	3	3	4	0	1	2.57	3.87	25	42	2	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	2.10	-0.35%
3	94	6	Apr 22	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-9	W(2-1)	2	8.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	1	2.45	3.44	33	66	0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.21%
4	95	11	Apr 27	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	2	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.03	3.24	31	79				28	0	1			0
5	96	13	Apr 29	CIN		STL	W,5-3		S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.97	3.16	3					3					0
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
6	97	14	May 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4	6-7	L(3-2)	1	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.38	3.11	9		0	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.19	-0.40%
7	98	17	May 6	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	3	0	0	1.88	3.11	34	76				30	1	0			0
8	99	21	May 10	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-	L(4-3)	3	7.0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	2.98	24	68				23					0
9	100	23	May 14	CIN		BSN	W,6-0	GS-	W(5-3)	3	5.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.47	2.80	21	63				17					0
10	101	25	May 16	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-3)	1	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	1	1.27	2.77	30	83				27	0	0			0
11	102	27	May 18	CIN		NYG	W,10-5	6-GF	S(2)	1	4.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	2.69	14		0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.09%
12	103	29	May 20	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	GS-6	L(6-4)	1	6.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	1	1.46	2.72	26	44	2	1	1	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.10	-0.23%
13	104	33	May 24	CIN		BRO	L,2-6	GS-	L(6-5)	3	6.0	9	4	4	2	7	0	0	1.80	2.60	29	43				27					0
14	105	36	May 27	CIN		PHI	W,8-6		S(3)	2	1.2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	2.57	7					6					0
15	106	41	May 31(2)	CIN		PIT	T,5-5	GS-5		3	5.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.08	2.54	23	39	0	2	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	5.41	-0.63%
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
16	107	43	Jun 2	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5		L(6-6)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.13	2.55	9					8					0
17	108	47	Jun 8	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(7-6)	5	9.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	1	2.12	2.60	35	71				30	0	1			0
18	109	52	Jun 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.2	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.26	2.62	25	45	0	0	0	20	3	0	1	1	1	0	4.99	-0.18%
19	110	55	Jun 18	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	9	1	0	4	6	0	0	2.08	2.61	37	69	3	0	1	31	1	2	0	0	1	0	5.38	1.18%
20	111	62	Jun 27	CIN		CHC	L,0-7	CG	L(8-7)	8	9.0	7	7	4	6	3	0	0	2.23	2.69	40	48	1	1	1	33	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.39	-0.33%
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	112	67	Jul 1	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-7	GS-7	L(8-8)	3	7.0	6	2	1	0	7	1	0	2.17	2.67	28	66	0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	-0.03%
22	113	72	Jul 5	CIN	@	STL	W,7-0	SHO	W(9-8)	3	9.0	3	0	0	5	3	0	0	2.03	2.72	34	79				29	1	1			0
23	114	73	Jul 8	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	9-9		2	0.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.10	2.76	3		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.20	-0.33%
24	115	75	Jul 10	CIN		BRO	L,6-11	GS-7	L(9-9)	1	7.0	9	8	6	4	3	0	0	2.37	2.79	36	30	2	0	1	30	1	2	0	0	1	3	1.90	-0.40%
25	116	79	Jul 14(2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	5	2	1	4	6	0	0	2.29	2.77	35	73				31	0	0			0
26	117	81	Jul 17	CIN		BSN	L,0-1	GS-	L(10-10)	2	8.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.23	2.80	31	66				27					0
27	118	85	Jul 21	CIN		NYG	L,5-6	GS-8		3	7.0	9	5	4	2	3	0	2	2.35	2.82	32	42	2	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.20%
28	119	90	Jul 27	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS-6	W(11-10)	5	6.0	6	5	3	2	3	0	1	2.43	2.83	25	45	3	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.03%
29	120	93	Jul 31	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(12-10)	3	9.0	11	3	3	0	2	1	0	2.45	2.86	35	55	1	2	1	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	.46	0.05%
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
30	121	95	Aug 3(1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-7	GS-5	L(12-11)	2	5.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.53	2.85	20	43	1	0	0	19	0	2	0	0	1	0	.55	-0.08%
31	122	99	Aug 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(13-11)	2	9.0	4	2	1	2	2	0	0	2.46	2.84	34	73	0	2	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	.30	0.07%
32	123	102	Aug 10	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS-	L(13-12)	3	7.0	7	3	2	0	5	0	0	2.47	2.77	27	58				26					0
33	124	107	Aug 17(1)	CIN		BSN	L,1-11	GS-	L(13-13)	6	7.0	8	9	5	3	5	0	1	2.60	2.77	37	35				28					0
34	125	111	Aug 21	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(14-13)	3	9.0	6	2	1	4	4	0	0	2.53	2.78	33	69	3	4	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.05	0.01%
35	126	114	Aug 24	CIN		BRO	W,4-0	SHO	W(15-13)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.43	2.74	33	80	0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	.06	0.01%
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
36	127	129	Sep 10	CIN		STL	L,2-3	GS-	L(15-14)	16	6.0	0	3	3	3	3	0	3	2.49	2.79	21	60				15					0
37	128	133	Sep 15	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-9	GS-7	L(15-15)	4	6.0	9	9	6	6	2	0	0	2.65	2.83	33	20	2	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	2	.00	0.00%
38	129	140	Sep 21(2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG(8)	L(15-16)	5	8.0	10	8	7	1	4	1	0	2.82	2.85	33	35	3	3	0	32	0	2	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
39	130	144	Sep 24(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-5	GS-5	L(15-17)	2	5.0	7	4	2	4	2	0	0	2.83	2.88	26	39	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
40	131	150	Sep 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(16-17)	3	9.0	12	3	2	2	2	0	0	2.80	2.87	42	53	0	2	1	40	1	0	0	0	0	4	.00	0.00%
41	132	155	Oct 4(2)	CIN		PIT	L,4-11	CG(6)	L(16-18)	5	6.0	7	11	7	3	1	0	0	2.97	2.89	31	20	1	0	1	24	1	1	0	0	0	4	.00	0.00%
							20-20		W-L:16-18,Sv:3	3.0	269.1	223	124	89	96	121	3	12	2.97	2.89	1116	56	26	21	7	978	21	16	2	6	6	26	1.40	-1.07%

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