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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-19 / in Starts: 11-8
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 57 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	35 (19-10-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 57 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	37 (19-11-6)

Most Driven In
H Rice	1
W Roettger	1

Most Driven In By
C Hafey	2
J Bottomley	2
S Adams	0

1933 Batting Game Log

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1933 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	384	1	Apr 12	CIN		PIT	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	385	4 (2)	Apr 21	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
3	386	9 (4)	Apr 27	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.90	0.000	2.38	0.00%	-1.01	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	387	13 (3)	May 2	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-1	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9						P
5	388	18 (4)	May 7 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	1.12	-0.055	2.72	-0.08%	-0.42	P
6	389	23 (4)	May 13	CIN	@	BRO	T,1-1	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9						P
7	390	26 (2)	May 16	CIN		BSN	L,3-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9						P
8	391	32 (5)	May 21 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	.78	-0.064	1.49	-0.07%	-0.98	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	392	43 (10)	Jun 3 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-5	3-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	.51	0.001	1.13	0.00%	0.02	P
10	393	47 (3)	Jun 6	CIN		STL	L,2-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9						P
11	394	52 (4)	Jun 11 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,8-9	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9						P
12	395	57 (4)	Jun 18 (1)	CIN		STL	L,1-13	3-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	9	.13	-0.007	.23	-0.01%	-0.34	P
13	396	60 (2)	Jun 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	9						P
14	397	67 (6)	Jun 25 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9	.75	0.021	.54	0.01%	0.12	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	398	72 (4)	Jul 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9						P
16	399	74 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	.65	0.020	.24	0.00%	-0.02	P
17	400	78 (3)	Jul 7	CIN		BSN	W,8-5	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	9	.73	0.148	.26	0.03%	1.44	P
18	401	83 (4)	Jul 12	CIN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.240	.208	.448	9	.61	-0.038	.10	0.00%	-0.58	P
19	402	88 (4)	Jul 18	CIN		NYG	L,1-14	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.240	.208	.448	9						P
20	403	90 (1)	Jul 20	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.192	.222	.192	.415	9	1.91	-0.112	.08	0.00%	-0.61	P
21	404	95 (4)	Jul 25	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.207	.179	.385	9	.97	-0.048	.05	0.00%	-0.38	P
22	405	98 (2)	Jul 29 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,8-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.207	.179	.385	8						P
23	406	101 (2)	Jul 30 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,6-8	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.207	.179	.385	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	407	102	Aug 1	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	3-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.200	.172	.372	9	.45	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
25	408	106 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.188	.161	.349	9	1.14	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.35	P
26	409	109 (2)	Aug 11	CIN	@	STL	L,5-8	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.171	.147	.318	9	1.44	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-1.20	P
27	410	117 (7)	Aug 19 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.189	.167	.356	9	.74	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.05	P
28	411	119 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.195	.175	.370	9	.60	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
29	412	122 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.195	.175	.370	9						P
30	413	125 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.163	.182	.163	.345	9	.79	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.71	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	414	128 (2)	Sep 1	CIN		CHC	W,7-3	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.182	.163	.345	9						P
32	415	133 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,18-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.184	.167	.350	9	.11	0.012	.00	0.00%	-1.33	P
33	416	137 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,1-6	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.216	.184	.399	9	.58	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.48	P
34	417	145 (7)	Sep 17 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.170	.200	.170	.370	9	.30	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-1.38	P
							14-19		57	53	4	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	14	1	2		2	2	0	0	.170	.200	.170	.370		.73	-0.369	.46	-0.13%	-7.52

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