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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: 5-30 / in Starts: 1-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 10

1923 Pitching Game Log

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1923 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	1	3	Apr 19(1)	BSN		NYG	L,3-4	GS-8		99	8.0	5	2	2	7	4	0	0	2.25	4.66	35	61	1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.14%
2	2	7	Apr 25	BSN		PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	5	7.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	1	3.00	4.44	32	50	1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	1	2.78	-0.11%
3	3	11	Apr 29	BSN	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	3	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.45	4.08	29	63	1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.51	0.33%
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	4	15	May 3	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(1-2)	3	8.0	8	6	5	6	2	1	0	3.30	4.70	37	40	0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.53%
5	5	18	May 7	BSN		BRO	L,11-12	7-8		3	1.2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.41	4.71	6		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.01%
6	6	19	May 8	BSN		CIN	L,6-7	GS-6		0	5.0	9	6	5	3	3	0	0	4.17	4.56	26	27	0	1	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	1	2.74	-0.42%
7	7	22	May 14	BSN		STL	L,1-7	GS-5	L(1-3)	5	5.0	7	6	6	1	2	2	0	4.97	4.98	21	30	1	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.35%
8	8	24	May 16	BSN		STL	W,7-6	12-GF(14)	W(2-3)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.63	4.76	9		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.37%
9	9	27	May 19	BSN		PIT	L,0-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.53	4.72	4		1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.04	0.00%
10	10	28	May 22	BSN		CHC	L,2-8	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.44	4.82	4		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.01%
11	11	30	May 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-4	7-8	W(3-3)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.25	4.74	7		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.05%
12	12	32	May 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-6	8-GF	L(3-4)	1	1.2	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.47	4.77	8		1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	-0.37%
13	13	35	May 29(1)	BSN		PHI	W,10-7	3-GF	W(4-4)	1	6.2	8	2	2	4	3	0	0	4.26	4.67	29		0	0	0	24	0	0	0	3	1	0	.63	0.10%
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
14	14	41	Jun 2	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	8-GF		3	2.0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	4.12	4.68	10		0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.49	-0.01%
15	15	44	Jun 5	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-7	1-7		2	6.1	7	6	6	3	2	1	0	4.55	4.80	29		3	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.01%
16	16	48	Jun 9	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	2	2	2	0	0	4.35	4.65	28	53	1	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	.11	0.00%
17	17	51	Jun 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,11-12	5-7	L(4-5)	2	2.1	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.58	4.75	10		0	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.05	-0.01%
18	18	54	Jun 15	BSN	@	STL	L,3-5	3-5		2	2.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.54	4.69	11		0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
19	19	56	Jun 18	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-8	5-6		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.46	4.64	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
20	20	57	Jun 20	BSN	@	PIT	W,14-8	9-9	BW(5-5)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.42	4.63	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.00%
21	21	59	Jun 22	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-9	3-GF(8)		1	6.0	5	4	4	4	1	0	1	4.54	4.67	27		3	0	0	22	1	0	0	3	0	2	.00	0.00%
22	22	63	Jun 27	BSN		NYG	L,8-15	7-9		4	2.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	4.53	4.73	13		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
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
23	23	70	Jul 7(1)	BSN		CHC	L,1-9	3-3		9	0.1	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	4.62	4.76	6		0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
24	24	75	Jul 11	BSN		STL	L,4-10	6-7		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.52	4.72	6		0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
25	25	80	Jul 17(1)	BSN		CIN	L,3-4	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.42	4.66	7		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
26	26	81	Jul 17(2)	BSN		CIN	L,5-9	6-7		-1	1.2	2	3	3	4	0	0	2	4.63	4.83	13		3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
27	27	86	Jul 21(2)	BSN		PIT	L,4-6	9-GF		3	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	4.81	6		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
28	28	89	Jul 25(1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-5	2-7	L(5-6)	3	5.1	7	4	3	1	2	0	0	4.61	4.70	23		1	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	29	94	Jul 29	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(5-7)	3	8.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	4.43	4.56	30	60	0	2	0	28	0	2	0	2	0	1	.00	0.00%
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
30	30	98	Aug 2	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-7	L(5-8)	3	7.0	9	5	5	2	4	0	0	4.55	4.45	29	41	0	2	0	26	2	1	0	2	0	1	.00	0.00%
31	31	102	Aug 7	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	6-GF(8)		4	2.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.53	4.40	12		1	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	32	115	Aug 23	BSN		PIT	L,3-8	7-8		15	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.60	4.38	10		0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	33	118	Aug 27(1)	BSN		CIN	L,2-8	2-8		3	7.0	8	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.63	4.37	29		0	1	0	24	3	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
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	34	136	Sep 15	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		18	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.59	4.36	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
35	35	145	Sep 24	BSN	@	CHC	L,7-8	6-6	BL(5-9)	8	0.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.74	4.36	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							5-30		W-L:5-9,BSv:2	2.8	127.1	141	78	67	57	41	5	5	4.74	4.36	562	47	18	14	0	481	21	6	0	15	5	14	.95	-0.81%

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