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.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 18	NYG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	8 (2)	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (4)	May 2	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	17 (3)	May 7	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
6	21 (3)	May 12	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
7	25 (3)	May 18	NYG	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	31 (5)	May 23 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	35 (3)	May 27 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	40 (4)	Jun 1	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
11	44 (3)	Jun 7	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	49 (4)	Jun 12	NYG		CIN	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	53 (3)	Jun 16	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	56 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
15	60 (3)	Jun 25 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	63 (2)	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	W,11-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	66 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	69 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	71 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-8		14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	75 (3)	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	78 (2)	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	82 (3)	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	86 (3)	Jul 24	NYG		PIT	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
24	91 (4)	Jul 29 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	97 (5)	Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	99 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,10-9	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	101 (1)	Aug 7	NYG		STL	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
28	105 (3)	Aug 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
29	108 (2)	Aug 17	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	110 (1)	Aug 19	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	114 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	116 (1)	Aug 24	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-16		13	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
33	119 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	124 (4)	Sep 2	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	129 (4)	Sep 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	132 (2)	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	136 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	137	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
39	142 (4)	Sep 16	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	145 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	NYG		STL	L,5-8	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	149 (3)	Sep 24	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	153 (3)	Sep 28	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
							42gm		310.0	15	69	1	85	5