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Rube Benton

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Full name John Cleave Benton
Born June 27, 1890, Clinton, North Carolina
Died December 12, 1937, Dothan, Alabama
Buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
First Game: June 28, 1910; Final Game: September 21, 1925
Bat: Right Throw: Left Height: 6' 1" Weight: 190
Ejections: 1914 (2), 1915 (1), 1916 (1), 1919 (1). Total: 5
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                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1910 CIN N Daily Splits 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 0.0 1910 CIN N 1911 CIN N Daily Splits 6 14 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0i 6 0 2 0i 0i 0 0i .143 .143 .214 0.0 1911 CIN N 1912 CIN N Daily Splits 50 104 6 14 3 0 0 9 0 0 31 1 3 0 6 2 1 0 .135 .143 .163 0.0 1912 CIN N 1913 CIN N Daily Splits 23 48 8 10 0 1 0 6i 4 0i 7 0 2 0 0i 1i 0 0i .208 .269 .250 0.0 1913 CIN N 1914 CIN N Daily Splits 41 91 4 13 2 1 0 6 1 0 31 0 3 0 4 3 1 0 .143 .152 .187 0.0 1914 CIN N 1915 CIN N Daily Splits 35 53 1 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 .208 .208 .226 0.0 1915 CIN N 1915 NY N Daily Splits 10 23 2 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 .217 .217 .304 0.0 1915 NY N 1915 TOT N 45 76 3 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 16 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 .211 .211 .250 0.0 1915 TOT N 1916 NY N Daily Splits 38 78 3 7 0 1 0 4 2 0 21 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 .090 .113 .115 0.0 1916 NY N 1917 NY N Daily Splits 35 72 1 12 1 1 0 4 2 0 18 0 5 0 4 0 0 1 .167 .189 .208 0.0 1917 NY N 1918 NY N Daily Splits 3 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .333 .286 0.0 1918 NY N 1919 NY N Daily Splits 35 67 5 13 0 0 1 8 0 0 8 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 .194 .194 .239 0.0 1919 NY N 1920 NY N Daily Splits 33 65 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 .092 .092 .092 0.0 1920 NY N 1921 NY N Daily Splits 18 21 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .182 .190 0.0 1921 NY N 1923 CIN N Daily Splits 33 80 5 23 3 0 0 4 1 0 12 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 .288 .305 .325 0.0 1923 CIN N 1924 CIN N Daily Splits 32 46 5 12 2 0 0 3 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .261 .333 .304 0.0 1924 CIN N 1925 CIN N Daily Splits 33 45 0 9 2 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .265 .244 0.0 1925 CIN N Total (15 Years) Splits 437 825 45 142 19 4 1 60i 22 0i 188 2 38 0i 25i 17i 4 5i .172 .196 .208 0.0 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1917 NY N Daily Splits 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1917 NY N

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1910 CIN N Daily Splits 12 2 0 0 10 0 38 44 180 1 34 20 23 15 0i 1 1 1 0 1 4.74 2.50 -0.6 1910 CIN N 1911 CIN N Daily Splits 6 6 5 0 0 0 44.2 44 189 0 18 10 23 0i 28 3i 3 3 0 2i 1 3 3 2.01 2.50 0.5 1911 CIN N 1912 CIN N Daily Splits 50 39 22 2 8 2 302 316 1302 2 143 104 118 4 162 32 12 18 0 35 15 16 28 18 20 3.10 4.03 0.5 1912 CIN N 1913 CIN N Daily Splits 23 22 9 1 0 0 144.1 140 620 4 76 56 60 1i 68 21 6 9 0 16i 16i 5i 6i 11 7 3.49 4.68 -0.4 1913 CIN N 1914 CIN N Daily Splits 41 35 16 4 4 3 271 223 1116 3 124 89 95 2 121 30 11 11 3 28 20 8 47 16 18 2.96 3.09 -0.3 1914 CIN N 1915 CIN N Daily Splits 35 21 6 2 9 6 176.1 165 749 2 79 65 67 5 83 25 5 14 0 20 15 10 17 6 13 3.32 2.81 -0.7 1915 CIN N 1915 NY N Daily Splits 10 6 3 0 3 2 60.2 57 249 0 26 19 9 1 26 9 1 5 0 7 2 3 11 3 5 2.82 4.50 -0.2 1915 NY N 1915 TOT N 45 27 9 2 12 8 237 222 998 2 105 84 76 6 109 34 6 19 0 27 17 13 28 9 18 3.19 3.19 -0.9 1915 TOT N 1916 NY N Daily Splits 38 29 15 3 6 2 238.2 210 961 5 84 76 58 4 115 20 5 10 0 32 9 19 22 16 8 2.87 3.55 -1.4 1916 NY N 1917 NY N Daily Splits 35 25 14 3 8 2 215 190 865 5 78 65 41 2 70 19 3 7 0 27 9 12 16 15 9 2.72 3.88 -0.5 1917 NY N 1918 NY N Daily Splits 3 3 2 0 0 0 24 17 90 0 8 5 3 0 9 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 1 2 1.88 3.00 0.3 1918 NY N 1919 NY N Daily Splits 35 28 11 1 6 2 209 181 849 5 71 61 52 1 53 28 4 4 0 20 6 17 27 17 11 2.63 4.21 0.7 1919 NY N 1920 NY N Daily Splits 33 25 12 4 5 2 193.1 222 822 8 82 65 31 2 52 23 5 3 0 31 8 10 21 9 16 3.03 3.64 -0.6 1920 NY N 1921 NY N Daily Splits 18 9 3 1 4 0 72 72 297 2 28 23 17 0 11 9 2 0 0 9 4 11 6 5 2 2.88 6.22 0.4 1921 NY N 1923 CIN N Daily Splits 33 26 15 0 5 1 219 243 938 10 106 89 57 1 59 21 3 5 0 34 8 18 20 14 10 3.66 5.77 1.2 1923 CIN N 1924 CIN N Daily Splits 32 19 6 1 7 1 162.2 166 671 2 70 50 24 7 42 18 4 4 1 22 10 20 20 7 9 2.77 3.79 1.6 1924 CIN N 1925 CIN N Daily Splits 33 16 6 1 7 1 146.2 182 648 3 88 66 34 4 36 9 0 1 1 27 9 12 15 9 10 4.05 4.56 -0.2 1925 CIN N Total (15 Years) Splits 437 311 145 23 82 24 2517.1 2472 10546 52 1115 863 712 34 950 270 66 95 6 311 134 162 260i150 144 3.09 4.00 0.3 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

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Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1917 NY N Daily Splits 2 2 1 1 0 0 14 9 53 0 3 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0.00 2.00 1917 NY N

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1910 CIN N Daily Splits P 12 2 0 38 1 13 0 1 0 0 0i 0 1.000 1911 CIN N Daily Splits P 6 6 5 44.2 0 6 1 2 0 0 10i 4 .857 1912 CIN N Daily Splits P 50 39 22 298.2 13 78 3 2 0 4 49 31 6 .968 1913 CIN N Daily Splits P 23 22 9 143.1 0 35 4 0 0 0 12 7 0i .897 1914 CIN N Daily Splits P 41 35 16 269.1 9 70 5 3 0 5 38 30 8 .940 1915 CIN N Daily Splits P 35 21 6 174.2 7 56 2 2 0 2 24 17 1 .969 1915 NY N Daily Splits P 10 6 3 59.1 1 16 1 0 0 2 10 4 0 .944 1915 TOT N P 45 27 9 234 8 72 3 2 0 4 34 21 1 .964 1916 NY N Daily Splits P 38 29 15 238.2 6 57 0 3 0 1 19 18 1 1.000 1917 NY N Daily Splits P 35 25 14 215.1 2 58 3 0 0 1 23 9 2 .952 1918 NY N Daily Splits P 3 3 2 24 1 7 0 1 0 0 5 2 1 1.000 1919 NY N Daily Splits P 35 28 11 209 3 60 0 0 0 2 19 7 2 1.000 1920 NY N Daily Splits P 33 25 12 193.1 13 74 2 0 0 1 7 11 0 .978 1921 NY N Daily Splits P 18 9 3 72 2 16 1 1 0 1 6 3 1 .947 1923 CIN N Daily Splits P 33 26 15 218.2 7 57 2 2 0 2 14 13 2 .970 1924 CIN N Daily Splits P 32 19 6 162.2 7 46 4 3 0 2 7 8 1 .930 1925 CIN N Daily Splits P 33 16 6 146.2 3 31 1 3 0 1 9 3 0 .971 Total (15 Years) Splits P 437 311 145 2508.1 75 680 29 23 0 24 252i 167 25i .963 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

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Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1917 NY N Daily Splits P 2 2 1 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 5-14-1914 BOX CIN N Mal Eason Call at 1B 7-15-1914 BOX CIN N Lord Byron Balls and strikes 5-12-1915 BOX CIN N Lord Byron Call at 3B 6-22-1916 BOX NY N Lord Byron Bench jockeying 8-14-1919(2) BOX NY N Ernie Quigley Fighting

Transaction Information

Sold by Macon (South Atlantic) to Cincinnati Reds for $7000 (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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