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: 23-13 / in Starts: 16-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 3

1916 Pitching Game Log

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1916 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	178	12	May 3	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	GS-5		99	5.0	8	4	3	2	3	0	0	5.40	2.32	25	38	0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.19%
2	179	16	May 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-5	6-6		5	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5.06	3.44	3		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.01%
3	180	19	May 12	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.68	3.27	8		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.02%
4	181	20	May 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-4		S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.38	2.69	2					2					0
5	182	23	May 18	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.59	2.20	33	78	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.47	0.36%
6	183	27	May 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.1	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.13	2.32	35	53	1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.65	0.33%
7	184	31	May 27(2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	9	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.83	2.20	35	68	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	3	0	0	7.40	1.13%
8	185	35	May 31	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	7	0	0	1.87	2.04	35	66	1	1	0	33	4	0	0	1	0	0	5.98	0.94%
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
9	186	40	Jun 6	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-1)	5	8.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.10	2.04	31	55	0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.25	-0.36%
10	187	43	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	GS-4	L(4-2)	6	3.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.48	2.02	16	34	0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.92	-0.35%
11	188	50	Jun 23	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-4	GS-6		9	6.0	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	2.83	2.33	25	41	1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.42	-0.46%
12	189	54	Jun 26(2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-		2	11.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.52	2.25	41	83				39					0
13	190	56	Jun 28	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	2.25	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	0.22%
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
14	191	60	Jul 1	NYG		PHI	L,2-9	GS-7	L(4-3)	2	7.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.72	2.28	28	45	0	1	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.79	-0.40%
15	192	62	Jul 4(1)	NYG		BRO	L,6-7	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.69	2.25	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.03%
16	193	66	Jul 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	9	4	4	2	6	1	0	2.82	2.34	38	57	1	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	.65	0.18%
17	194	68	Jul 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-4	8-9	W(6-3)	2	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.78	2.35	4		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	0.12%
18	195	72	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(7-3)	2	10.0	9	2	2	1	8	0	1	2.68	2.25	37	73	2	3	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.10	0.31%
19	196	77	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS-5	W(8-3)	4	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	2	0	2.98	2.54	24	32	1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.06%
20	197	81	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS-	L(8-4)	3	2.0	8	6	6	0	1	0	1	3.43	2.55	15	17				14					0
21	198	84	Jul 28	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(9-4)	4	10.0	6	2	0	4	4	0	1	3.14	2.59	43	76	1	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.07	0.01%
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
22	199	90	Aug 2	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	1	3.06	2.62	35	69	0	0	0	31	0	2	0	1	0	0	.54	0.11%
23	200	95	Aug 9(1)	NYG		STL	L,0-3	GS-8	L(10-5)	6	8.0	3	3	1	1	3	0	1	2.94	2.60	30	70	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	.30	-0.07%
24	201	100	Aug 14(1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG(8)	L(10-6)	4	8.0	11	8	6	5	3	1	0	3.15	2.74	41	30	1	0	0	35	4	0	0	1	0	3	.26	-0.12%
25	202	105	Aug 18(2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-8			3	3.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.21	2.70	13					12					0
26	203	107	Aug 20	NYG	@	STL	L,0-5	GS-	L(10-7)	1	7.0	10	4	4	5	1	0	0	3.30	2.77	33	37				28					0
27	204	112	Aug 26	NYG	@	PIT	T,1-1	CG(14)		5	14.0	9	1	1	6	7	0	1	3.08	2.77	57	91	2	0	0	45	0	0	2	1	0	1	.02	0.01%
28	205	115	Aug 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-2		3	1.1	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.21	2.82	7	39	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	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
29	206	118	Sep 2(2)	NYG	@	BSN	T,5-5	GS-6		2	6.0	5	5	5	1	2	0	2	3.36	2.83	25	43	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	0.00%
30	207	122	Sep 6(1)	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	CG	W(11-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	1	3.25	2.80	31	78	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	208	123	Sep 6(2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	CG	L(11-8)	-1	9.0	10	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.19	2.74	36	63	1	0	1	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	209	129	Sep 12	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(12-8)	5	9.0	7	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.09	2.69	35	70	0	1	1	34	0	1	0	0	0	3	.02	0.00%
33	210	133	Sep 16(1)	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	W(13-8)	3	9.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.04	2.65	32	70	1	2	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.00%
34	211	137	Sep 19(1)	NYG		PIT	W,9-2	4-GF	W(14-8)	2	5.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.96	2.61	17		0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.00%
35	212	143	Sep 23(2)	NYG		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(15-8)	3	7.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.87	2.55	24	77				23	0	0			0
36	213	147	Sep 27	NYG		STL	W,3-2	3-7		3	4.2	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	2.81	2.53	18		2	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
37	214	150	Sep 30(1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(16-8)	2	9.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.70	2.49	28	89	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	.00	0.00%
38	215	153	Oct 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-9	GS-3		2	2.1	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	2.87	2.49	14	25	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
							23-13		W-L:16-8,Sv:2	3.1	238.2	209	84	76	58	115	5	11	2.87	2.49	960	57	15	13	2	871	25	6	2	18	2	20	1.42	1.75%

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