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: 14-19 / in Starts: 11-14

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: 4

1920 Pitching Game Log

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1920 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	289	5	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,0-3	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.00	3.80	31	67	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.01%
2	290	10	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG(6)	L(0-2)	9	5.2	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	3.68	3.48	28	37	0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.90	-0.35%
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
3	291	13	May 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.52	3.32	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.95	0.18%
4	292	16	May 7	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	GS-9		2	9.0	12	4	4	1	5	0	0	3.70	2.84	39	51	1	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.63	-0.37%
5	293	19	May 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-2)	5	9.0	7	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.70	2.86	37	74	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.35%
6	294	22	May 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS-5		4	5.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.29	2.88	23	33	0	2	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.18%
7	295	26	May 22	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	BL(1-3)	3	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.43	3.03	8		0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	8.66	-0.64%
8	296	29	May 25	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.03	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	0.11%
9	297	32	May 28	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-3)	2	9.0	9	0	0	2	4	0	1	2.76	3.01	38	71	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.27%
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
10	298	37	Jun 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,9-10	GS-5		3	4.2	9	4	2	2	2	0	0	2.85	3.03	26	34	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.08	-0.24%
11	299	42	Jun 6	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-8	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	7.0	8	8	5	3	1	1	0	3.26	3.33	31	33	0	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.30%
12	300	46	Jun 10	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	10-GF(11)	L(2-5)	3	2.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	3.31	9		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.23	-0.21%
13	301	48	Jun 12	NYG		STL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-6)	1	7.0	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.10	3.36	25	60	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.06%
14	302	51	Jun 15	NYG		STL	L,7-8	8-GF	L(2-7)	2	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.14	3.32	9		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	-0.14%
15	303	55	Jun 22	NYG		CHC	L,4-10	GS-6	L(2-8)	6	5.1	10	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.27	3.43	25	37	1	2	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.15%
16	304	60	Jun 26(2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG(8)	L(2-9)	3	8.0	14	8	7	1	2	0	0	3.71	3.35	39	25	2	0	0	36	4	2	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.15%
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
17	305	66	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	L,1-8	GS-1	L(2-10)	4	0.2	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.99	3.35	7	30	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.27%
18	306	67	Jul 2(1)	NYG		BSN	L,7-9	9-9		0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.15	3.49	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.08%
19	307	75	Jul 11	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(3-10)	8	9.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.95	3.42	35	64	0	2	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.33	0.23%
20	308	79	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-0	SHO(17)	W(4-10)	4	17.0	9	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.36	3.31	60	111	0	1	0	56	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	0.79%
21	309	85	Jul 23	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-11)	6	8.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.21	3.24	29	68	0	0	0	27	1	2	0	1	1	0	2.56	0.21%
22	310	89	Jul 28	NYG		STL	W,6-5	8-13		4	6.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.23	24		0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.48	0.64%
23	311	92	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	L,2-6	GS-7	L(4-12)	2	7.0	8	6	6	0	1	1	0	3.37	3.29	29	38	0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.88	-0.82%
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
24	312	97	Aug 6(1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(5-12)	5	9.0	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	3.22	3.32	36	66	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.36	0.51%
25	313	102	Aug 11(1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(6-12)	4	9.0	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.03	3.33	36	67	1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	5.04	0.88%
26	314	108	Aug 15(2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG(7)	W(7-12)	3	7.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.95	3.27	29	60	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	0.67%
27	315	111	Aug 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-3	L(7-13)	4	2.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.08	3.36	14	32	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	5.83	-0.74%
28	316	115	Aug 24	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-3	L(7-14)	3	3.0	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	3.02	3.36	18	34	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	8.92	-1.49%
29	317	117	Aug 26	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	4-7		1	3.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.96	3.39	13		0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.40	0.23%
30	318	120	Aug 28	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-14)	1	9.0	12	0	0	1	3	0	2	2.81	3.38	37	65	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	8.77	1.80%
Sept				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
31	319	125	Sep 1	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-5	L(8-15)	3	4.2	6	4	2	0	1	0	0	2.84	3.35	21	41	1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	7.26	-0.33%
32	320	129	Sep 5	NYG		PHI	W,8-1	GS-7	W(9-15)	3	6.2	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.79	3.30	26	59	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.91	0.37%
33	321	145	Sep 20(2)	NYG		CIN	L,3-9	GS-6	L(9-16)	14	6.0	11	7	7	0	2	2	0	3.03	3.40	29	24	0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	-0.68%
							14-19		W-L:9-16,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.5	193.1	222	82	65	31	52	9	3	3.03	3.40	822	51	7	11	0	764	31	8	2	10	2	17	2.91	0.16%

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