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: 20-14 / in Starts: 16-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 6

1917 Pitching Game Log

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1917 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	216	6	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	12	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.00	1.82	36	57	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	1	2.29	0.24%
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
2	217	14	May 3	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG(10)	L(1-1)	13	10.0	7	4	1	2	3	0	0	1.42	2.05	40	69	1	0	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	1	4.82	-0.13%
3	218	19	May 12	NYG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	W(2-1)	8	9.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	0	1.93	1.90	32	68	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.40%
4	219	24	May 19	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	5-8	L(2-2)	6	3.2	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.27	1.82	16		0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.53	-0.52%
5	220	26	May 22	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	1.79	7		0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	0.06%
6	221	28	May 24	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	GS-6		1	5.1	6	3	3	3	4	0	1	2.54	1.95	24	45	1	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	5.53	-1.10%
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
7	222	34	Jun 2	NYG	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	W(3-2)	8	9.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.25	1.87	33	81	1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.70	0.73%
8	223	38	Jun 6	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-5	L(3-3)	3	5.0	7	5	1	1	2	0	0	2.21	1.88	26	42	3	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	3	5.51	-1.19%
9	224	43	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	9	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.18	1.78	35	66	4	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.54	0.73%
10	225	47	Jun 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.03	1.77	32	76	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.52	1.34%
11	226	57	Jun 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS-2		10	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.22	1.78	8	42	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.71	-0.64%
12	227	59	Jun 29(1)	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	GS-8	W(6-3)	1	8.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	2	2.11	1.95	32	69	0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.52	0.66%
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
13	228	65	Jul 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS-4		5	3.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.36	1.94	15	36	0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.26	-0.78%
14	229	67	Jul 7(1)	NYG		STL	W,4-3	8-9	H(1)	1	1.1	2	3	2	1	0	0	1	2.53	2.02	7		0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	18.56	0.53%
15	230	72	Jul 13	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	W(7-3)	5	6.1	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.55	2.17	23	57	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.80	0.13%
16	231	75	Jul 16	NYG		CHC	W,4-2	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.49	2.13	8		1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.79	0.80%
17	232	78	Jul 20	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.27	2.09	29	82	0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	1.04%
18	233	85	Jul 29	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-8	W(9-3)	8	7.0	11	3	3	0	1	1	0	2.37	2.20	34	44	0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	3	4.52	-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
19	234	90	Aug 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS-5		3	4.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.52	2.19	21	38	0	0	0	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.16	-0.49%
20	235	94	Aug 7	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	9-GF	S(2)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	2.18	1		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.67	0.24%
21	236	97	Aug 10	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	W(10-3)	2	9.0	12	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.61	2.19	38	47	1	0	0	35	1	1	0	3	2	0	1.38	0.01%
22	237	104	Aug 15(2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-1	CG	W(11-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.50	2.26	34	72	0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.57	0.13%
23	238	108	Aug 18(2)	NYG		STL	L,4-5	7-GF	L(11-4)	2	2.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.52	2.28	12		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.01%
24	239	111	Aug 22	NYG		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-4)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.36	2.30	31	79	1	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.51	0.42%
25	240	117	Aug 27	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	CG	L(12-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.28	2.29	32	70	0	2	1	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.15%
26	241	121	Aug 31(2)	NYG	@	BRO	T,1-1	CG(11)		3	11.0	7	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.19	2.37	41	80	0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.21%
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
27	242	125	Sep 4	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	9-GF		3	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.23	2.38	5		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.05%
28	243	128	Sep 6(1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-5	GS-7	L(12-6)	1	7.0	7	5	4	4	2	1	0	2.35	2.50	31	43	2	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	2	.92	-0.23%
29	244	132	Sep 10(1)	NYG		BRO	L,6-13	8-GF	BS(1)	3	2.0	3	6	6	2	1	0	1	2.63	2.54	12		4	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.10%
30	245	133	Sep 10(2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	GS-7	L(12-7)	-1	7.0	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	2.58	2.50	26	63	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.01%
31	246	138	Sep 13(1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-7	CG(8)	L(12-8)	2	8.0	10	7	4	3	0	1	1	2.66	2.63	33	37	1	2	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	.07	-0.01%
32	247	143	Sep 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-8)	4	9.0	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.54	2.56	35	74	1	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
33	248	146	Sep 21	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-9	W(14-8)	2	8.2	5	1	1	5	4	0	0	2.47	2.58	36	69	2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	249	152	Sep 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	6-GF	W(15-8)	7	4.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.43	2.56	15		0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
35	250	156	Oct 2(2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-8	5-GF(8)	L(15-9)	2	4.0	10	8	8	3	3	0	0	2.72	2.57	25		0	0	0	22	7	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							20-14		W-L:15-9,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.4	215.1	191	78	65	41	70	5	6	2.72	2.57	865	60	23	9	2	798	27	9	2	12	6	11	2.88	2.60%

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