peoplepill id: rube-benton
RB
United States of America
2 views today
11 views this week
Rube Benton
American baseball player

Rube Benton

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
American baseball player
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Place of death
Dothan, Alabama, U.S.A.
Age
47 years
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

John Cleave "Rube" Benton (June 27, 1890 – December 12, 1937) was a pitcher, born in Clinton, North Carolina, for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds (1910–15 and 1923–25) and New York Giants (1915–21).

He helped the Giants win the 1917 National League pennant and the 1921 World Series. Benton threw a shutout against the Chicago White Sox in Game 3 of the 1917 World Series, but was the losing pitcher in Game 6 on the final day of the Series.

He pitched for the Giants in the 1921 season but did not make an appearance in that World Series, which the Giants won in eight games over the crosstown Yankees.

In 15 seasons he had a 150–144 Win–Loss record, 437 Games, 305 Games Started, 145 Complete Games, 24 Shutouts, 83 Games Finished, 21 Saves, 2,51713 Innings, 2,472 Hits Allowed, 1,115 Runs Allowed, 863 Earned Runs Allowed, 52 Home Runs Allowed, 712 Walks, 950 Strikeouts, 66 Wild Pitches, 10,539 Batters Faced, 6 Balks and a 3.09 ERA.

He died in an automobile accident in Dothan, Alabama.

Career highlights

  • Led National League in Games (50), Games Started (39), Hit Batsmen (18) and Batters Faced (1,302) in 1912.
  • Led National League in Hit Batsmen (19) in 1915.
  • Led National League in walks per 9 innings pitched (1.33) in 1924.
  • Ranks 74th on List of Major League Baseball career hit batsmen leaders (95).
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Rube Benton is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Rube Benton
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes