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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Rube Benton



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Birth Name:   John Cleave Benton
Nickname:   Rube
Born On:   06-27-1890  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Clinton, North Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-12-1937 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Dothan, Alabama
Cemetery:   Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   06-28-1910 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-21-1925
Draft:   Not Applicable

Rube Benton

Rube Benton Pitching Stats

1910 20 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 21 Reds 6 6 0 3 3 .500 2.01 5 0 0 44.2 189 44 10 18 0 23 - 28 3 3 0 0
1912 22 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 23 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 24 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 25 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 25 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 26 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 27 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 28 Giants 3 3 0 1 2 .333 1.88 2 0 0 24.0 90 17 5 8 0 3 - 9 1 0 0 0
1919 29 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 30 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 31 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 33 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 34 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 35 Reds 33 16 7 9 10 .474 4.05 6 1 1 146.2 648 182 66 88 3 34 - 36 0 1 1 -
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 0

Rube Benton

Rube Benton Hitting Stats

1910 20 Reds 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 - .091 .091 .091
1911 21 Reds 6 14 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 2 - 0 - .143 .143 .214
1912 22 Reds 50 104 6 14 3 0 0 0 9 0 0 31 3 - 1 - .135 .143 .163
1913 23 Reds 23 48 8 10 0 1 0 0 8 4 - 7 2 - 0 - .208 .269 .250
1914 24 Reds 41 91 4 13 2 1 0 0 7 1 - 31 3 - 0 - .143 .152 .187
1915 25 Reds 35 53 1 11 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 2 - 0 - .208 .208 .226
1915 25 Giants 10 23 2 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 - 0 - .217 .217 .304
1916 26 Giants 38 78 3 7 0 1 0 0 3 2 - 21 4 - 0 - .090 .113 .115
1917 27 Giants 35 72 1 12 1 1 0 0 2 2 - 18 5 - 0 - .167 .189 .208
1918 28 Giants 3 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 1 0 0 0 - .143 .333 .286
1919 29 Giants 35 67 5 13 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 8 3 - 0 - .194 .194 .239
1920 30 Giants 33 65 3 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 4 - 0 - .092 .092 .092
1921 31 Giants 18 21 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 - 4 2 - 0 - .143 .182 .190
1923 33 Reds 33 80 5 23 3 0 0 0 4 1 - 12 3 - 1 - .288 .305 .325
1924 34 Reds 32 46 5 12 2 0 0 0 3 5 - 10 0 - 0 - .261 .333 .304
1925 35 Reds 33 45 0 9 2 0 0 0 4 4 - 3 4 - 0 - .200 .265 .244
15 Years 437 825 45 142 19 4 1 0 60 22 0 188 38 0 2 - .172 .196 .208

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Rube Benton Fielding Stats

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
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

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Rube Benton Miscellaneous Stats

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

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Rube Benton Miscellaneous Items of Interest

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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