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Rube Benton Stats

Rube Benton was born on Friday, June 27, 1890, in Clinton, North Carolina. Benton was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 28, 1910, with the Cincinnati Reds. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rube Benton baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	John Cleave Benton
Nickname:	Rube
Born On:	06-27-1890
Born In:	Clinton, North Carolina
Zodiac:	Cancer
Died On:	12-12-1937
Died In:	Dothan, Alabama
Cemetery:	Baptist Church Cemetery, Salemburg, North Carolina

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Left
Height:	6-01
Weight:	190
First Game:	06-28-1910 (Age 20)
Last Game:	09-21-1925
Draft:	Not Applicable

Rube Benton Rube Benton Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1910	Reds	12	2	10	0	1	.000	4.74	0	0	0	38.0	180	44	20	34	1	23	-	15	1	1	1	-
1911	Reds	6	6	0	3	3	.500	2.01	5	0	0	44.2	189	44	10	18	0	23	-	28	3	3	0	-
1912	Reds	50	39	9	18	20	.474	3.10	22	2	2	302.0	1,302	316	104	143	2	118	-	162	12	18	0	-
1913	Reds	23	22	0	11	7	.611	3.49	9	1	0	144.1	618	140	56	76	4	60	-	68	6	9	0	-
1914	Reds	41	31	4	16	18	.471	2.96	16	5	2	271.0	1,115	223	89	124	3	95	-	121	11	11	3	-
1915	Reds	35	21	9	6	13	.316	3.32	6	2	4	176.1	749	165	65	79	2	67	-	83	5	14	0	-
1915	Giants	10	7	3	3	5	.375	2.82	3	0	1	60.2	248	57	19	26	0	9	-	26	1	5	0	-
1916	Giants	38	30	6	16	8	.667	2.87	15	3	2	238.2	960	210	76	84	5	58	-	115	5	10	0	-
1917	Giants	35	25	8	15	9	.625	2.72	14	3	3	215.0	865	190	65	78	5	41	-	70	3	7	0	-
1918	Giants	3	3	0	1	2	.333	1.88	2	0	0	24.0	90	17	5	8	0	3	-	9	1	0	0	-
1919	Giants	35	28	6	17	11	.607	2.63	11	1	2	209.0	848	181	61	71	5	52	-	53	4	4	0	-
1920	Giants	33	25	5	9	16	.360	3.03	12	4	2	193.1	821	222	65	82	8	31	-	52	5	3	0	-
1921	Giants	18	9	4	5	2	.714	2.88	3	1	0	72.0	297	72	23	28	2	17	-	11	2	0	0	-
1923	Reds	33	26	5	14	10	.583	3.66	15	0	1	219.0	938	243	89	106	10	57	-	59	3	5	0	-
1924	Reds	32	15	7	7	9	.438	2.77	6	1	1	162.2	671	166	50	70	2	24	-	42	4	4	1	-
1925	Reds	33	16	7	9	10	.474	4.05	6	1	1	146.2	648	182	66	88	3	34	-	36	0	1	1	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
15 Years		437	305	83	150	144	.510	3.09	145	24	21	2,517.1	10,539	2,472	863	1,115	52	712	-	950	66	95	6	-

Rube Benton Rube Benton Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1910	Reds	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	6	0	-	0	-	.091	.091	.091
1911	Reds	6	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	-	6	2	-	0	-	.143	.143	.214
1912	Reds	50	104	6	14	3	0	0	0	9	0	-	31	3	-	1	-	.135	.143	.163
1913	Reds	23	48	8	10	0	1	0	0	8	4	-	7	2	-	0	-	.208	.269	.250
1914	Reds	41	91	4	13	2	1	0	0	7	1	-	31	3	-	0	-	.143	.152	.187
1915	Reds	35	53	1	11	1	0	0	0	3	0	-	11	2	-	0	-	.208	.208	.226
1915	Giants	10	23	2	5	2	0	0	0	4	0	-	5	1	-	0	-	.217	.217	.304
1916	Giants	38	78	3	7	0	1	0	0	3	2	-	21	4	-	0	-	.090	.113	.115
1917	Giants	35	72	1	12	1	1	0	0	2	2	-	18	5	-	0	-	.167	.189	.208
1918	Giants	3	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-	1	0	-	0	-	.143	.333	.286
1919	Giants	35	67	5	13	0	0	1	0	7	0	-	8	3	-	0	-	.194	.194	.239
1920	Giants	33	65	3	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	-	14	4	-	0	-	.092	.092	.092
1921	Giants	18	21	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	-	4	2	-	0	-	.143	.182	.190
1923	Reds	33	80	5	23	3	0	0	0	4	1	-	12	3	-	1	-	.288	.305	.325
1924	Reds	32	46	5	12	2	0	0	0	3	5	-	10	0	-	0	-	.261	.333	.304
1925	Reds	33	45	0	9	2	0	0	0	4	4	-	3	4	-	0	-	.200	.265	.244
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
15 Years		437	825	45	142	19	4	1	0	60	22	-	188	38	-	2	-	.172	.196	.208

Rube Benton Rube Benton Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1910 Reds	P	12	2	114	14	1.2	14	1	13	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.32	-
1911 Reds	P	6	6	134	7	1.2	6	0	6	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	1.21	-
1912 Reds	P	50	39	906	94	1.9	91	13	78	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	2.71	-
1913 Reds	P	23	22	433	39	1.7	35	0	35	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.897	2.18	-
1914 Reds	P	41	31	813	84	2.0	79	9	70	5	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.940	2.62	-
1915 Reds	P	35	21	529	65	1.9	63	7	56	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	3.22	-
1915 Giants	P	10	7	182	18	1.8	17	1	16	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	2.52	-
1916 Giants	P	38	30	716	63	1.7	63	6	57	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.38	-
1917 Giants	P	35	25	645	63	1.8	60	2	58	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.952	2.51	-
1918 Giants	P	3	3	72	8	2.7	8	1	7	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.00	-
1919 Giants	P	35	28	627	63	1.8	63	3	60	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.71	-
1920 Giants	P	33	25	580	89	2.7	87	13	74	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	4.05	-
1921 Giants	P	18	9	216	19	1.1	18	2	16	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.947	2.25	-
1923 Reds	P	33	26	657	66	2.0	64	7	57	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	2.63	-
1924 Reds	P	32	15	488	57	1.8	53	7	46	4	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.930	2.93	-
1925 Reds	P	33	16	440	35	1.1	34	3	31	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	2.09	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		437	305	7,552	784	1.8	755	75	680	29	23	n/a	n/a	n/a	.963	2.70	--
15 Years		437	305	7,552	784	1.8	755	75	680	29	23	n/a	n/a	n/a	.963	2.70	--

Rube Benton Rube Benton Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1910 Reds	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.65	3.55	5.45
1911 Reds	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.3	7.0	1.22	5.64	4.63
1912 Reds	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.4	11.6	1.37	4.83	3.52
1913 Reds	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.9	6.0	1.13	4.24	3.74
1914 Reds	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.9	13.0	1.27	4.02	3.15
1915 Reds	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.8	17.7	1.24	4.24	3.42
1915 Giants	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.6	5.8	2.89	3.86	1.34
1916 Giants	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.7	26.0	1.98	4.34	2.19
1917 Giants	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.0	36.0	1.71	2.93	1.72
1918 Giants	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	7.0	0.0	3.00	3.38	1.13
1919 Giants	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	67.0	8.4	9.6	1.02	2.28	2.24
1920 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.6	21.7	1.68	2.42	1.44
1921 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.3	21.0	0.65	1.38	2.13
1923 Reds	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.7	20.0	1.04	2.42	2.34
1924 Reds	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.6	15.3	1.75	2.32	1.33
1925 Reds	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	15.0	11.3	1.06	2.21	2.09
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
15 Years	4	1	.800	-	-	n/a	825.0	4.4	13.8	1.33	3.40	2.55

Rube Benton Rube Benton Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1910 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1911 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1912 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1913 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1914 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1915 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1915 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1916 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1917 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	Stats
1918 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1919 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1920 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1921 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1923 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1924 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1925 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
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