Rube Benton

Full Name: John Cleave Benton	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: June 28, 1910
Birthdate: June 27, 1890	Final Game: September 21, 1925
Birthplace: Clinton, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: December 12, 1937
Deathplace: Dothan, Alabama
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on June 27, 1890 in Clinton, North Carolina, Rube Benton (John Cleave Benton) played for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants over the course of his 15 year career. Benton broke into the bigs on June 28, 1910 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.10 ERA in 302 innings pitched in 1912, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Rube Benton's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1912, when he posted a 3.10 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 162 batters. However, others believe that it was 1916, when he posted a 2.87 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 115 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1910	CIN	N	12	2	0	1	4.74	15	34	20	0	0	0	38	44	1	23	1	1
1911	CIN	N	6	6	3	3	2.01	28	18	10	5	0	0	44.2	44	0	23	3	3
1912	CIN	N	50	39	18	20	3.10	162	143	104	22	2	2	302	316	2	118	12	18
1913	CIN	N	23	22	11	7	3.49	68	76	56	9	1	0	144.1	140	4	60	6	9
1914	CIN	N	41	35	16	18	2.96	121	124	89	16	5	2	271	223	3	95	11	11
1915	NY	N	10	6	3	5	2.82	26	26	19	3	0	1	60.2	57	0	9	1	5
1915	CIN	N	35	21	6	13	3.32	83	79	65	6	2	4	176.1	165	2	67	5	14
1915	TOT	N	45	27	9	18	3.19	109	105	84	9	2	5	237	222	2	76	6	19
1916	NY	N	38	29	16	8	2.87	115	84	76	15	3	2	238.2	210	5	58	5	10
1917	NY	N	35	25	15	9	2.72	70	78	65	14	3	3	215	190	5	41	3	7
1918	NY	N	3	3	1	2	1.88	9	8	5	2	0	0	24	17	0	3	1	0
1919	NY	N	35	28	17	11	2.63	53	71	61	11	1	2	209	181	5	52	4	4
1920	NY	N	33	25	9	16	3.03	52	82	65	12	4	2	193.1	222	8	31	5	3
1921	NY	N	18	9	5	2	2.88	11	28	23	3	1	0	72	72	2	17	2	0
1923	CIN	N	33	26	14	10	3.66	59	106	89	15	0	1	219	243	10	57	3	5
1924	CIN	N	32	19	7	9	2.77	42	70	50	6	1	1	162.2	166	2	24	4	4
1925	CIN	N	33	16	9	10	4.05	36	88	66	6	1	1	146.2	182	3	34	0	1
Total			437	311	150	144	3.09	950	1115	863	145	24	21	2517.1	2472	52	712	66	95

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	AVG
1910	CIN	N	P	12	0	0	1	13	0	1	0	0	1.000
1911	CIN	N	P	6	6	44.2	0	6	1	2	4	3	.857
1912	CIN	N	P	50	0	0	13	78	3	2	0	0	.968
1913	CIN	N	P	23	0	0	0	35	4	0	0	0	.897
1914	CIN	N	P	41	0	0	9	70	5	3	0	0	.940
1915	NY	N	P	10	0	0	1	16	1	0	0	0	.944
1915	CIN	N	P	35	0	0	7	56	2	2	0	0	.969
1915	TOT	N	P	45	0	0	8	72	3	2	0	0	.964
1916	NY	N	P	38	0	0	6	57	0	3	0	0	1.000
1917	NY	N	P	35	0	0	2	58	3	0	0	0	.952
1918	NY	N	P	3	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	1.000
1919	NY	N	P	35	0	0	3	60	0	0	0	0	1.000
1920	NY	N	P	33	0	0	13	74	2	0	0	0	.978
1921	NY	N	P	18	9	72	2	16	1	1	0	0	.947
1923	CIN	N	P	33	0	0	7	57	2	2	0	0	.970
1924	CIN	N	P	32	0	0	7	46	4	3	0	0	.930
1925	CIN	N	P	33	0	0	3	31	1	3	0	0	.971
Total			P	437	15	116.2	75	680	29	23	4	3	.963

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1910	CIN	N	12	11	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
1911	CIN	N	6	14	0	2	0	2	.143	.143	.214	1	0	0	6	0	2	0
1912	CIN	N	50	104	6	14	0	9	.135	.143	.163	3	0	0	31	1	3	1
1913	CIN	N	23	48	8	10	0	8	.208	.269	.250	0	1	4	7	0	2	0
1914	CIN	N	41	91	4	13	0	7	.143	.152	.187	2	1	1	31	0	3	1
1915	NY	N	10	23	2	5	0	4	.217	.217	.304	2	0	0	5	0	1	1
1915	CIN	N	35	53	1	11	0	3	.208	.208	.226	1	0	0	11	0	2	0
1915	TOT	N	45	76	3	16	0	7	.211	.211	.250	3	0	0	16	0	3	1
1916	NY	N	38	78	3	7	0	3	.090	.112	.115	0	1	2	21	0	4	1
1917	NY	N	35	72	1	12	0	2	.167	.189	.208	1	1	2	18	0	5	0
1918	NY	N	3	7	1	1	0	0	.143	.333	.286	1	0	2	1	0	0	0
1919	NY	N	35	67	5	13	1	7	.194	.194	.239	0	0	0	8	0	3	0
1920	NY	N	33	65	3	6	0	3	.092	.092	.092	0	0	0	14	0	4	0
1921	NY	N	18	21	1	3	0	1	.143	.182	.190	1	0	1	4	0	2	0
1923	CIN	N	33	80	5	23	0	4	.287	.305	.325	3	0	1	12	1	3	0
1924	CIN	N	32	46	5	12	0	3	.261	.333	.304	2	0	5	10	0	0	0
1925	CIN	N	33	45	0	9	0	4	.200	.265	.244	2	0	4	3	0	4	0
Total			437	825	45	142	1	60	.172	.196	.208	19	4	22	188	2	38	4

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Macon (South Atlantic) to Cincinnati Reds (@June 17, 1910).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants for $3000 (August 19, 1915).
Sold by New York Giants to Cincinnati Reds (July 30, 1922).

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