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: 12-21 / in Starts: 8-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 8

1925 Pitching Game Log

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1925 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	405	4	Apr 17	CIN		STL	L,6-8	1-7		99	6.2	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.35	2.20	27		0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.97	0.32%
2	406	10	Apr 24	CIN	@	STL	W,7-6	8-GF	W(1-0)	6	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	2.20	7		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	10.68	0.74%
3	407	12	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	CG	L(1-1)	1	9.0	15	6	4	0	3	0	0	2.55	1.86	42	40	2	1	0	41	1	1	0	0	1	2	4.69	-1.22%
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	408	15	May 2	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-18	1-3		5	1.2	5	7	4	3	2	1	0	4.19	2.82	14		1	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	.60	-0.24%
5	409	19	May 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,8-9	8-12		7	4.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.24	2.75	18		0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	1	8.36	-0.14%
6	410	23	May 15	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-7	GS-3	L(1-2)	4	2.0	6	5	4	0	1	1	0	5.33	3.14	13	27	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.21	-0.71%
7	411	27	May 20	CIN	@	BSN	W,15-8	3-5	W(2-2)	4	2.2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.82	3.37	12		0	1	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.53	0.04%
8	412	30	May 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-7	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	3.35	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.05	0.15%
9	413	35	May 28	CIN		CHC	L,3-13	7-7		4	0.0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	3.35	4		1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.03%
10	414	36	May 29	CIN		CHC	L,6-10	6-8		0	2.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.35	3.29	8		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.12%
11	415	39	May 31	CIN	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(2-3)	1	6.0	9	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.86	3.25	30	33	0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.53	-0.17%
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
12	416	42	Jun 3	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	2-7		2	5.1	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.46	3.14	21		2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.38	0.03%
13	417	48	Jun 10	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(3-3)	6	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.03	2.99	37	61	0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	1	2.92	0.51%
14	418	51	Jun 14	CIN		BRO	L,3-12	GS-5	L(3-4)	3	4.0	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.55	2.99	18	31	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	-0.39%
15	419	55	Jun 18	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	11-GF(13)	L(3-5)	3	3.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	4.32	2.97	13		0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	1	1	12.11	0.05%
16	420	61	Jun 26	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	2.96	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.06%
17	421	64	Jun 28	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	GS-7	L(3-6)	1	7.0	8	3	1	0	2	1	0	3.95	3.01	30	55	0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.76	0.02%
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
18	422	70	Jul 5	CIN		STL	L,1-3	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.90	2.97	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.01%
19	423	73	Jul 9(1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS-	W(4-6)	3	7.2	11	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.86	2.95	34	44				32					0
20	424	78	Jul 13	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	W(5-6)	3	9.0	6	1	0	4	0	0	0	3.44	3.01	35	69	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.18%
21	425	82	Jul 17	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-6)	3	9.0	8	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.11	2.95	36	71	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	3	0	2	.64	0.16%
22	426	88	Jul 25(2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-8	GS-5	L(6-7)	7	4.0	8	6	6	1	2	1	1	3.54	3.08	22	23	0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.14%
23	427	90	Jul 27(1)	CIN		STL	W,4-2	CG	W(7-7)	1	9.0	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.41	2.98	35	60	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.21	0.21%
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	428	98	Aug 2(2)	CIN		BSN	L,3-5	GS-8	L(7-8)	5	7.0	10	5	2	0	2	0	0	3.36	2.90	32	45	0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.96	-0.15%
25	429	105	Aug 10(2)	CIN		BRO	L,7-13	GS-1	L(7-9)	7	0.2	4	6	4	2	0	0	0	3.65	2.95	8	22	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	-0.31%
26	430	107	Aug 12	CIN		BRO	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	2.94	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.00%
27	431	108	Aug 14	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-14	4-8		1	4.0	6	6	6	2	1	0	0	3.95	2.95	20		1	0	0	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	.83	0.03%
28	432	112	Aug 18(2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,11-10	GS-		3	6.0	9	7	3	1	1	0	0	3.98	2.92	28	34				27					0
29	433	117	Aug 24	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.92	2.89	6		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.04%
30	434	122	Aug 28	CIN	@	BRO	W,12-7	GS-7	W(8-9)	3	6.2	10	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.06	2.90	31	32	0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.01%
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	435	131	Sep 5(2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(9-9)	7	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.87	2.91	33	72	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.03	0.01%
32	436	133	Sep 7(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,8-6			1	1.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.90	2.89	7					7					0
33	437	145	Sep 21	CIN		BSN	L,6-7	2-6	L(9-10)	13	3.2	6	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.05	2.86	18		2	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							12-21		W-L:9-10,Sv:1	3.6	146.2	182	88	66	34	36	5	1	4.05	2.86	649	45	9	2	0	605	23	9	4	10	4	12	2.15	-0.83%

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