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Larry Benton

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Full Name: Lawrence James Benton Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/165 First Game: April 25, 1923
Birthdate: November 20, 1897 Final Game: August 16, 1935
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: April 3, 1953
Deathplace: Amberley, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on November 20, 1897 in St. Louis, Missouri, Larry Benton (Lawrence James Benton) played for the Boston Braves, New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 13 year career. Benton broke into the bigs on April 25, 1923 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 4.99 ERA in 128 innings pitched in 1923, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Larry Benton's best season was 1928, when he posted a 2.73 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 90 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1923 BOS N 35 9 5 9 4.99 42 78 71 1 0 0 128 141 4 57 0 3 4
1924 BOS N 30 13 5 7 4.15 41 63 59 4 0 1 128 129 4 64 0 4 3
1925 BOS N 31 21 14 7 3.09 49 72 63 16 2 1 183.1 170 6 70 0 2 2
1926 BOS N 43 27 14 14 3.85 103 113 99 12 1 1 231.2 244 10 81 0 3 7
1927 NY N 29 23 13 5 3.95 65 83 76 8 1 2 173 183 9 54 0 0 2
1927 BOS N 11 10 4 2 4.48 25 33 30 3 0 0 60.1 72 3 27 0 2 2
1927 TOT N 40 33 17 7 4.09 90 116 106 11 1 2 233.1 255 12 81 0 2 4
1928 NY N 42 36 25 9 2.73 90 106 94 28 2 4 310.1 299 14 71 0 6 0
1929 NY N 39 31 11 17 4.14 63 129 109 14 3 3 237 276 16 61 0 1 0
1930 NY N 8 4 1 3 7.80 16 31 26 1 0 1 30 42 8 14 0 1 0
1930 CIN N 35 22 7 12 5.12 47 124 101 9 0 1 177.2 246 7 45 0 8 0
1930 TOT N 43 26 8 15 5.50 63 155 127 10 0 2 207.2 288 15 59 0 9 0
1931 CIN N 38 23 10 15 3.35 35 98 76 12 2 2 204.1 240 6 53 0 4 1
1932 CIN N 35 22 6 13 4.31 35 104 86 7 0 2 179.2 201 10 27 0 1 0
1933 CIN N 34 19 10 11 3.71 33 70 63 7 2 2 152.2 160 5 36 0 5 3
1934 CIN N 16 1 0 1 6.52 5 25 21 0 0 2 29 53 1 7 0 1 0
1935 BOS N 29 0 2 3 6.88 21 61 55 0 0 0 72 103 6 24 0 6 1
Total 455 261 127 128 4.03 670 1190 1029 122 13 22 2297 2559 109 691 0 47 25

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1923 BOS N P 35 0 0 5 33 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .905
1924 BOS N P 30 0 0 3 30 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1925 BOS N P 31 0 0 6 39 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1926 BOS N P 43 0 0 3 43 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1927 NY N P 29 0 0 10 33 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1927 BOS N P 11 0 0 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1927 TOT N P 40 0 0 13 43 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1928 NY N P 42 0 0 15 69 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1929 NY N P 39 0 0 11 58 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1930 NY N P 8 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1930 CIN N P 35 0 0 12 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1930 TOT N P 43 0 0 14 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1931 CIN N P 38 0 0 10 48 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1932 CIN N P 35 0 0 6 38 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1933 CIN N P 34 0 0 5 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1934 CIN N P 16 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1935 BOS N P 29 0 0 2 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 455 0 0 93 469 22 33 0 0 0 0 0 .962

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1923 BOS N 35 31 4 5 0 0 .161 .257 .161 0 0 4 13 0 4 0 0 0
1924 BOS N 30 33 4 3 0 0 .091 .143 .121 1 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 0
1925 BOS N 32 58 6 14 0 1 .241 .279 .276 2 0 3 20 0 8 1 0 0
1926 BOS N 45 78 3 12 0 4 .154 .185 .167 1 0 2 25 1 6 0 0 0
1927 NY N 31 50 4 8 0 3 .160 .192 .160 0 0 1 14 1 8 0 0 0
1927 BOS N 11 18 1 4 0 4 .222 .263 .278 1 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 0
1927 TOT N 42 68 5 12 0 7 .176 .211 .191 1 0 1 19 2 11 0 0 0
1928 NY N 42 112 12 16 0 8 .143 .179 .179 2 1 5 17 0 6 0 0 0
1929 NY N 41 86 2 9 1 8 .105 .115 .151 1 0 1 15 0 1 0 0 0
1930 NY N 8 10 2 3 1 3 .300 .364 .600 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0
1930 CIN N 35 62 1 11 0 5 .177 .215 .210 0 1 3 13 0 2 0 0 0
1930 TOT N 43 72 3 14 1 8 .194 .237 .264 0 1 4 17 0 3 0 0 0
1931 CIN N 38 66 2 11 0 1 .167 .203 .197 2 0 3 13 0 2 0 0 0
1932 CIN N 35 54 8 11 0 1 .204 .246 .222 1 0 3 11 0 5 0 0 0
1933 CIN N 34 53 4 9 0 2 .170 .200 .170 0 0 1 14 1 2 0 0 2
1934 CIN N 16 7 0 2 0 1 .286 .286 .286 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1935 BOS N 29 20 1 4 0 1 .200 .238 .250 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0
Total 462 738 54 122 2 42 .165 .202 .195 12 2 30 181 4 52 1 0 2

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by New York Giants with Fred Toney, Harry Hulihan and $100000 to Boston Braves in exchange for Hugh McQuillan (July 30, 1922).
  • Traded by Boston Braves with Zack Taylor and Herb Thomas to New York Giants in exchange for Hugh McQuillan, Kent Greenfield and Doc Farrell (June 12, 1927).
  • Traded by New York Giants to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Hughie Critz (May 21, 1930).

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