Larry Benton
Lawrence James Benton
Born: November 20, 1897
St. Louis, MO USA
Deceased: 1953
Amberley, OH USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 165
Career: 1923-1935
Minor League Statistics
Larry Benton compiled a career record of 127 wins and 128 losses in his 462-game career with the Boston Braves, New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds. He began playing during the 1923 season and last took the field during the 1935 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1923 | NL | Boston Braves | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.99 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 128.0 | 141 | 78 | 71 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 561 |
1924 | NL | Boston Braves | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.15 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 128.0 | 129 | 63 | 59 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 555 |
1925 | NL | Boston Braves | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.09 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 183.3 | 170 | 72 | 63 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 773 |
1926 | NL | Boston Braves | 14 | 14 | .500 | 3.85 | 43 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 231.7 | 244 | 113 | 99 | 10 | 81 | 0 | 103 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 996 |
1927 | NL | Boston Braves | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.48 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60.3 | 72 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 269 |
1927 | NL | New York Giants | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.95 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 173.0 | 183 | 83 | 76 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 736 |
1928 | NL | New York Giants | 25 | 9 | .735 | 2.73 | 42 | 35 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 310.3 | 299 | 106 | 94 | 14 | 71 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1263 |
1929 | NL | New York Giants | 11 | 17 | .393 | 4.14 | 39 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 237.0 | 276 | 129 | 109 | 16 | 61 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1019 |
1930 | NL | New York Giants | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.80 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 42 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 147 |
1930 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 7 | 12 | .368 | 5.12 | 35 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 177.7 | 246 | 124 | 101 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 801 |
1931 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 10 | 15 | .400 | 3.35 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 204.3 | 240 | 98 | 76 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 878 |
1932 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.31 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 179.7 | 201 | 104 | 86 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 745 |
1933 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.71 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 152.7 | 160 | 70 | 63 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 645 |
1934 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.52 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 53 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 143 |
1935 | NL | Boston Braves | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.88 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 103 | 61 | 55 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 333 |
Totals | 127 | 128 | .498 | 4.03 | 455 | 258 | 113 | 122 | 13 | 22 | 2297.0 | 2559 | 1190 | 1029 | 109 | 691 | 0 | 670 | 25 | 1 | 47 | 9864 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1923 | NL | Boston Braves | 35 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .161 | .257 | .161 | .418 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1924 | NL | Boston Braves | 30 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .091 | .143 | .121 | .264 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | NL | Boston Braves | 32 | 69 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .241 | .279 | .276 | .555 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | NL | Boston Braves | 45 | 87 | 78 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .154 | .185 | .167 | .352 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | NL | Boston Braves | 11 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .222 | .263 | .278 | .541 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | NL | New York Giants | 31 | 60 | 50 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .352 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1928 | NL | New York Giants | 42 | 123 | 112 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .143 | .179 | .179 | .358 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | NL | New York Giants | 41 | 88 | 86 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .105 | .115 | .151 | .266 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | NL | New York Giants | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .364 | .600 | .964 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 67 | 62 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .177 | .215 | .210 | .425 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 38 | 71 | 66 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .167 | .203 | .197 | .400 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 62 | 54 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .204 | .246 | .222 | .468 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 34 | 57 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .170 | .200 | .170 | .370 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1935 | NL | Boston Braves | 29 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .238 | .250 | .488 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 462 | 824 | 738 | 54 | 122 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 181 | .165 | .202 | .195 | .397 | 144 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1923 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 2 | .905 | 1.086 | |
1924 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.100 | |
1925 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 2 | .938 | 1.452 | |
1926 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.070 | |
1927 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | |
1927 | NL | New York Giants | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 3 | .956 | 1.483 | |
1928 | NL | New York Giants | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 69 | 1 | 5 | .988 | 2.000 | |
1929 | NL | New York Giants | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 58 | 3 | 7 | .958 | 1.769 | |
1930 | NL | New York Giants | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | |
1930 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .970 | .914 | |
1931 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 48 | 2 | 5 | .967 | 1.526 | |
1932 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.257 | |
1933 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .941 | .941 | |
1934 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | |
1935 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .483 | |
Totals | 455 | 0 | 0.0 | 93 | 469 | 22 | 33 | .962 | 1.235 |
Awards
1928 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
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