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Rube Benton

Birthdate:

6/27/1890

Died:

12/12/1937

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Clinton, NC, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

In 1912, John Benton led the National League in games started, 39 and in games pitched, 50, while fashioning an 18-20 record with a very fine 3.10 earned run average and struck out the fourth highest total of batters, 162, in the league.

Born in Clifton, North Carolina, the left-handed Rube Benton won 155 major-league games in a career spanning 15 seasons. He won over 10 games in eight seasons and while pitching for the New York Giants under legendary manager John McGraw, the 6 ft 1 inch, 190 pound mound ace pitched a complete game five-hit, 2-0 victory in Game 3 of the 1917 World Series over the White Sox. And, Rube Benton also started the final Game 6, pitching five innings only to lose 4-2 on all unearned runs on errors by his Giants teammates. The White Sox won the Series 4 games to 2.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1910	CIN (NL)	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	38.0	44	34	20	1	23	0	15	1	1	1	4.74
1911	CIN (NL)	6	6	3	3	0	5	0	44.2	44	18	10	0	23	0	28	3	3	0	2.01
1912	CIN (NL)	50	39	18	20	2	22	2	302.0	316	143	104	2	118	0	162	12	18	0	3.10
1913	CIN (NL)	23	22	11	7	0	9	1	144.1	140	76	56	4	60	0	68	6	9	0	3.49
1914	CIN (NL)	41	31	16	18	2	16	5	271.0	223	124	89	3	95	0	121	11	11	3	2.96
1915	CIN (NL)	35	21	6	13	4	6	2	176.1	165	79	65	2	67	0	83	5	14	0	3.32
1915	NYG (NL)	10	7	3	5	1	3	0	60.2	57	26	19	0	9	0	26	1	5	0	2.82
1916	NYG (NL)	38	30	16	8	2	15	3	238.2	210	84	76	5	58	0	115	5	10	0	2.87
1917	NYG (NL)	35	25	15	9	3	14	3	215.0	190	78	65	5	41	0	70	3	7	0	2.72
1918	NYG (NL)	3	3	1	2	0	2	0	24.0	17	8	5	0	3	0	9	1	0	0	1.88
1919	NYG (NL)	35	28	17	11	2	11	1	209.0	181	71	61	5	52	0	53	4	4	0	2.63
1920	NYG (NL)	33	25	9	16	2	12	4	193.1	222	82	65	8	31	0	52	5	3	0	3.03
1921	NYG (NL)	18	9	5	2	0	3	1	72.0	72	28	23	2	17	0	11	2	0	0	2.88
1923	CIN (NL)	33	26	14	10	1	15	0	219.0	243	106	89	10	57	0	59	3	5	0	3.66
1924	CIN (NL)	32	15	7	9	1	6	1	162.2	166	70	50	2	24	0	42	4	4	1	2.77
1925	CIN (NL)	33	16	9	10	1	6	1	146.2	182	88	66	3	34	0	36	0	1	1	4.05
16 years		437	305	150	144	21	145	24	2517.1	2472	1115	863	52	712	0	950	66	95	6	3.09

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1910	CIN (NL)	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	.91	SLG
1911	CIN (NL)	6	14	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	.143	.143	SLG
1912	CIN (NL)	50	104	6	14	3	0	0	9	0	31	1	0	0	1	3	0	.135	.143	SLG
1913	CIN (NL)	23	48	8	10	0	1	0	8	4	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	.208	.269	SLG
1914	CIN (NL)	41	91	4	13	2	1	0	7	1	31	1	0	0	0	3	0	.143	.152	SLG
1915	CIN (NL)	35	53	1	11	1	0	0	3	0	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	.208	.208	SLG
1915	NYG (NL)	10	23	2	5	2	0	0	4	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	.217	.217	SLG
1916	NYG (NL)	38	78	3	7	0	1	0	3	2	21	1	0	0	0	4	0	.90	.113	SLG
1917	NYG (NL)	35	72	1	12	1	1	0	2	2	18	0	0	0	0	5	0	.167	.189	SLG
1918	NYG (NL)	3	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	SLG
1919	NYG (NL)	35	67	5	13	0	0	1	7	0	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	.194	.194	SLG
1920	NYG (NL)	33	65	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	.92	.92	SLG
1921	NYG (NL)	18	21	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.143	.182	SLG
1923	CIN (NL)	33	80	5	23	3	0	0	4	1	12	0	0	0	1	3	0	.288	.305	SLG
1924	CIN (NL)	32	46	5	12	2	0	0	3	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.333	SLG
1925	CIN (NL)	33	45	0	9	2	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	.200	.265	SLG
16 years		437	825	45	142	19	4	1	60	22	188	4	1	0	2	38	0	.172	.196	.SLG

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