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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: 27-13 / in Starts: 21-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1927 Pitching Game Log

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1927 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	140	2	Apr 13	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.00	2.95	34	60	1	1	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.55	0.45%
2	141	6	Apr 17	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	3	5.2	3	1	1	2	4	0	1	1.84	2.84	24	61	1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.67	0.23%
3	142	12	Apr 23	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-2	GS-3		5	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.55	2.84	13	43	0	1	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.04%
4	143	17	Apr 30	BSN	@	NYG	L,7-8	8-GF	L(2-1)	6	1.1	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.32	3.13	9		0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.49	-1.06%
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
5	144	19	May 6	BSN		CIN	L,3-5	GS-1		5	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.60	3.75	5	43	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.07%
6	145	22	May 12	BSN		PIT	L,7-8	GS-4		5	3.2	7	6	6	4	0	0	0	5.32	4.07	21	19	1	0	0	16	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.15	-0.38%
7	146	25	May 18	BSN		STL	W,8-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	3.86	3.42	35	73	0	2	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	2	.77	0.15%
8	147	29	May 27(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,13-5	CG	W(4-1)	8	9.0	13	5	5	4	4	0	0	4.10	3.32	41	41	0	2	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.00%
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
9	148	35	Jun 1	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	GS-5	L(4-2)	4	5.0	8	6	5	5	3	1	0	4.63	3.70	28	27	0	1	0	21	2	0	1	0	1	1	.39	-0.11%
10	149	39	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.2	7	3	2	4	4	0	0	4.31	3.61	34	55	0	1	0	28	1	1	0	2	1	3	.95	-0.03%
11	150	43	Jun 10	BSN	@	STL	W,11-8	GS-6		3	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	1	4.48	3.73	25	44	0	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	1	0	.43	-0.04%
				Player went from Boston Braves to New York Giants
12	151	51	Jun 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	3	6	4	1	0	4.48	3.97	28	48	0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	0	2.65	-0.12%
13	152	55	Jun 19	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-		4	5.0	2	1	1	2	8	0	0	4.29	3.72	19	65				17					0
14	153	58	Jun 23(2)	NYG		BSN	W,9-6	GS-6		3	6.0	6	5	5	2	0	1	0	4.54	3.87	25	38	1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.40	-0.24%
15	154	62	Jun 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-7	GS-	L(4-3)	2	4.0	4	5	3	4	3	0	0	4.65	3.88	21	37				16					0
16	155	66	Jun 30(2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-6	GS-7		3	7.0	13	6	6	1	2	0	0	4.89	3.76	33	28	1	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.18%
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
17	156	72	Jul 3(2)	NYG		BSN	W,8-7	GS-		2	0.1	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	5.38	3.75	8	19				8					0
18	157	76	Jul 8	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	9	2	2	4	6	0	0	5.07	3.64	40	63	0	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.15%
19	158	81	Jul 12	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.81	3.50	36	64	1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.47	0.36%
20	159	86	Jul 16(1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	10	5	3	5	2	0	0	4.67	3.51	40	48	1	0	0	35	2	0	0	3	0	1	.84	-0.05%
21	160	92	Jul 21	NYG		STL	L,6-7	GS-8		4	8.0	8	6	6	5	3	2	0	4.80	3.73	36	40	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.05%
22	161	96	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-3)	3	9.0	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.48	3.64	34	72	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.18%
23	162	99	Jul 29	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.48	3.71	23	49	0	0	0	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.02%
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
24	163	104	Aug 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(9-3)	5	9.0	6	1	1	4	1	0	0	4.27	3.71	34	68	0	0	0	29	3	1	0	2	1	0	.77	0.18%
25	164	108	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS-7	W(10-3)	5	7.0	8	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.25	3.69	31	47	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.05%
26	165	110	Aug 12	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	W(11-3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.22	3.67	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.06%
27	166	112	Aug 14	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(12-3)	1	9.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.04	3.64	34	74	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.26%
28	167	115	Aug 19(1)	NYG		PIT	L,3-9	GS-7	L(12-4)	4	6.1	9	7	7	1	3	0	0	4.26	3.58	28	29	0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.52	-0.23%
29	168	118	Aug 21(1)	NYG		CIN	W,9-8	6-8		1	3.0	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	4.24	3.66	11		0	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.01%
30	169	121	Aug 29(2)	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG(8)	W(13-4)	7	8.0	6	1	0	1	6	0	0	4.05	3.56	31	73	1	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.28	0.37%
Sep/Oct				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
31	170	124	Sep 3(2)	NYG		PHI	W,7-4	CG	W(14-4)	4	9.0	13	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.05	3.49	39	47	0	0	0	38	4	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	0.38%
32	171	128	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	W,9-6	GS-9	W(15-4)	2	8.1	12	6	5	2	3	0	0	4.11	3.45	39	38	0	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	1	3.76	0.15%
33	172	130	Sep 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-6	L(15-5)	3	6.0	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.08	3.44	28	43	0	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	9.01	0.27%
34	173	133	Sep 13(1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(15-6)	2	6.0	5	4	4	1	3	0	1	4.13	3.41	25	48	3	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	-0.33%
35	174	137	Sep 15(1)	NYG	@	STL	W,11-3	6-GF	S(1)	1	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	3.40	10		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.17%
36	175	141	Sep 17(2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	3-GF	W(16-6)	1	6.2	9	2	2	0	3	1	1	4.03	3.42	28		0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	1	0	3.07	0.39%
37	176	145	Sep 22(1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-4	L(16-7)	4	4.0	7	5	4	2	1	0	0	4.11	3.42	21	29	0	0	0	18	0	2	0	0	1	1	7.04	-1.16%
38	177	147	Sep 23	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.10	3.42	5		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	38.64	0.83%
39	178	152	Sep 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	0	2	2	0	4.11	3.49	22	52	0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.04%
40	179	155	Oct 2	NYG		PHI	W,5-4		W(17-7)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	3.48	4					4					0
							27-13		W-L:17-7,Sv:2	3.4	233.1	255	116	106	81	91	12	4	4.09	3.48	1005	48	11	13	0	897	33	14	4	24	12	12	2.06	0.35%

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