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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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 13	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	6 (3)	Apr 17	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-2	GS	24	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	12 (5)	Apr 23	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-2	GS	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	17 (4)	Apr 30	BSN	@	NYG	L,7-8	GF	9	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (1)	May 6	BSN		CIN	L,3-5	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	22 (2)	May 12	BSN		PIT	L,7-8	GS	21	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
7	25 (2)	May 18	BSN		STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
8	29 (3)	May 27 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	35 (5)	Jun 1	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	39 (3)	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	34	7.2	1	1	0	2	0
11	43 (3)	Jun 10	BSN	@	STL	W,11-8	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
				Player went from Boston Braves to New York Giants
12	51	Jun 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	1
13	55 (3)	Jun 19	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	58 (2)	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,9-6	GS	25	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
15	62 (3)	Jun 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-7	GS	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	66 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-6	GS	33	7.0	0	2	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	72 (5)	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,8-7	GS	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	76 (3)	Jul 8	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	81 (4)	Jul 12	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	86 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	92 (5)	Jul 21	NYG		STL	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	96 (3)	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	99 (2)	Jul 29	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	23	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	104 (4)	Aug 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	108 (3)	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	110 (1)	Aug 12	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	112 (1)	Aug 14	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	115 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,3-9	GS	28	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
29	118 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,9-8		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	121 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	124 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
32	128 (3)	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	W,9-6	GS	39	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
33	130 (1)	Sep 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	133 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	137 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,11-3	GF	10	3.1	1	1	0	2	0
36	141 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	GF	28	6.2	1	2	0	3	2
37	145 (3)	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	147 (1)	Sep 23	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	152 (4)	Sep 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	22	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	155 (2)	Oct 2	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							40gm		233.0	13	43	3	59	3