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Larry Benton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: November 20, 1897 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: April 3, 1953 in Amberley, OH

Buried: St. Joseph Old Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: April 19, 1923 (Age 25-150d, 5,706th in major league history)
vs. NYG 8.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 7 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 16, 1935 (Age 37-269d)
vs. CIN 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Lawrence James Benton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.5

128

ERA

4.03

455

261

2297.0

670

WHIP

1.415

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-9	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	45	11.0	0	7	0	7	0
3	6 (2)	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (5)	May 7	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	16 (3)	May 11	NYG		CHC	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
6	20 (3)	May 16 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS	29	6.0	0	3	1	4	0
7	23 (2)	May 18 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	26 (2)	May 22 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	30 (3)	May 25	NYG		BSN	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	33 (2)	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	GS	28	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	37 (3)	Jun 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
12	41 (3)	Jun 6	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
13	45 (3)	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-7	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	49 (3)	Jun 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	52 (2)	Jun 18 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	54 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,15-14		24	4.2	1	1	0	2	0
17	58 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-6	GF	18	4.1	1	1	0	2	0
18	62 (3)	Jun 25	NYG		BRO	L,10-12	GS	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	68 (5)	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	77 (3)	Jul 8	NYG		CIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	82 (4)	Jul 12	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	85 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	88 (2)	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,1-6	GS	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	92 (3)	Jul 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	95 (2)	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS	35	7.1	0	5	0	5	0
27	99 (3)	Jul 29	NYG	@	STL	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	102 (2)	Aug 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
29	104 (1)	Aug 5	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-10	GF	3	0.2	0	0	2	2	0
30	106 (1)	Aug 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	110 (3)	Aug 12	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	115 (4)	Aug 18	NYG		CHC	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
33	118 (2)	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	L,2-9	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	122 (3)	Aug 25	NYG		PIT	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	126 (3)	Sep 1	NYG		BSN	L,4-8	GS	20	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	129 (2)	Sep 4	NYG		BSN	L,7-8	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	132 (2)	Sep 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	138 (5)	Sep 15 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	141 (2)	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-5	GS	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
							39gm		237.0	11	58	3	72	7