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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

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Team Record in Appearances: 32-10 / in Starts: 28-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 3

1928 Pitching Game Log

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1928 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	180	1	Apr 11	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.00	3.81	34	66	0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.48%
2	181	5	Apr 18	NYG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	1.00	3.14	34	74	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.53%
3	182	8	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	L(2-1)	7	8.2	11	5	4	4	3	0	0	2.03	3.33	40	43	0	0	0	36	3	0	1	0	0	1	5.31	-0.75%
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	183	13	May 2	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	1.77	3.42	34	74	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.55	1.18%
5	184	17	May 7	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.61	3.30	37	64	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	2	3.12	0.54%
6	185	21	May 12	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(4-2)	4	8.0	6	4	3	3	2	0	0	1.88	3.35	33	55	0	2	0	26	1	1	0	0	2	2	3.90	-0.49%
7	186	25	May 18	NYG	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	10	6	6	1	2	2	0	2.48	3.71	39	44	1	0	0	38	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.93	0.05%
8	187	31	May 23(2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.17	3.55	31	82	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	0.96%
9	188	35	May 27(1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG(11)	W(7-2)	3	11.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.31	3.50	41	61	0	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	2	0	4.40	0.20%
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	189	40	Jun 1	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	10	3	0	1	3	0	0	2.08	3.42	41	63	0	1	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	4	7.47	0.95%
11	190	44	Jun 7	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	W(9-2)	5	9.0	9	3	3	3	4	1	0	2.17	3.52	36	58	1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	1	0	6.96	0.51%
12	191	49	Jun 12	NYG		CIN	W,10-1	CG	W(10-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.07	3.45	31	73	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.13	0.40%
13	192	53	Jun 16	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	SHO	W(11-2)	3	9.0	9	0	0	4	4	0	0	1.91	3.46	37	69	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.90	0.67%
14	193	56	Jun 21(2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(11-3)	4	8.0	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.01	3.44	33	52	0	0	0	31	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.00%
15	194	60	Jun 25(1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-4	CG	W(12-3)	3	9.0	9	4	4	4	3	0	0	2.14	3.46	41	52	0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	2	.87	0.17%
16	195	63	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	W,11-8	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	3.46	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.07%
17	196	66	Jun 30(2)	NYG		BSN	W,12-5	CG	W(13-3)	2	9.0	10	5	4	2	3	0	0	2.24	3.43	38	50	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.01	-0.48%
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	197	69	Jul 4(2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	W(14-3)	3	5.0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	3.42	22	49				22	0	0			0
19	198	71	Jul 7(1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-8	5-6	BL(14-4)	2	2.0	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	2.43	3.42	14		0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	6.39	-1.55%
20	199	75	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-1		3	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.65	3.52	8	28	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.28	-0.91%
21	200	78	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(15-4)	2	9.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.62	3.50	32	69	2	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	2	0	5.00	1.07%
22	201	82	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.68	3.57	26	46	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.20	-0.12%
23	202	86	Jul 24	NYG		PIT	W,6-3	CG	W(16-4)	3	9.0	12	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.70	3.57	39	50	0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	0.39%
24	203	91	Jul 29(1)	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(17-4)	4	10.0	9	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.70	3.56	43	62	1	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	2	1	5.18	0.90%
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
25	204	97	Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	GS-7		4	7.0	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	2.74	3.53	30	46	1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	2	0	2.61	-0.31%
26	205	99	Aug 4(2)	NYG		CIN	W,10-9	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.71	3.51	7		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	10.61	0.67%
27	206	101	Aug 7	NYG		STL	W,10-1	CG	W(18-4)	2	9.0	6	1	1	6	2	0	0	2.64	3.56	36	67	0	0	1	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.32	1.50%
28	207	105	Aug 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	W(19-4)	6	9.0	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.61	3.52	34	61	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.56	1.38%
29	208	108	Aug 17	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.59	3.50	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	40.74	3.32%
30	209	110	Aug 19	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	W(20-4)	1	9.0	9	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.57	3.52	37	64	1	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.78	4.40%
31	210	114	Aug 23(1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS-7	W(21-4)	3	7.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	2.61	3.54	28	53	0	2	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.23	-0.20%
32	211	116	Aug 24	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-16	4-6		0	2.2	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.62	3.59	13		0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	-0.32%
33	212	119	Aug 28(1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	GS-8	L(21-5)	3	8.0	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	2.60	3.57	33	52	0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	1	1	9.43	0.18%
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
34	213	124	Sep 2	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	W(22-5)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.58	3.55	36	59	0	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.44	0.44%
35	214	129	Sep 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-3	CG	W(23-5)	2	9.0	7	3	3	2	7	1	0	2.60	3.55	36	66	1	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	0	2.28	0.05%
36	215	132	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	L(23-6)	3	8.1	6	3	3	4	2	1	0	2.62	3.62	33	57	0	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.15	-0.85%
37	216	136	Sep 11(2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-6	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	3.61	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	55.18	1.75%
38	217	137	Sep 13(1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-2	CG	W(24-6)	1	9.0	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.55	3.58	33	64	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	0	1	3.87	1.23%
39	218	142	Sep 16	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	GS-8	L(24-7)	2	8.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.51	3.57	28	74	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.96	2.15%
40	219	145	Sep 20(1)	NYG		STL	L,5-8	GS-7	L(24-8)	3	7.0	6	6	6	4	3	2	0	2.64	3.67	31	40	0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	0	20.21	-2.73%
41	220	149	Sep 24	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	W(25-8)	3	9.0	11	4	4	1	3	0	0	2.68	3.64	38	51	0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	3	0	21.61	0.24%
42	221	153	Sep 28	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	GS-8	L(25-9)	3	8.0	10	4	4	3	2	2	0	2.73	3.72	35	45	0	2	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	19.78	-0.24%
							32-10		W-L:25-9,Sv:4,BSv:1	3.1	310.1	299	106	94	71	90	14	0	2.73	3.72	1264	58	8	10	1	1161	35	7	2	29	21	19	6.58	17.43%

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