Larry Benton stats
Bio
- Age
- 128 yearsNov 20, 1897
Larry Benton played 13 MLB seasons, 1923 to 1935.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 455
- W
- 127
- L
- 128
- ERA
- 4.03
- IP
- 2,297.0
- K
- 670
- BB
- 691
- WHIP
- 1.41
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | ATL | 35 | 5 | 9 | 4.99 | 128.0 | 42 | 57 | 1.55 |
| 1924 | ATL | 30 | 5 | 7 | 4.15 | 128.0 | 41 | 64 | 1.51 |
| 1925 | ATL | 31 | 14 | 7 | 3.09 | 183.1 | 49 | 70 | 1.31 |
| 1926 | ATL | 43 | 14 | 14 | 3.85 | 231.2 | 103 | 81 | 1.40 |
| 1927 |  ATL/SF | 40 | 17 | 7 | 4.09 | 233.1 | 90 | 81 | 1.44 |
| 1928 | SF | 42 | 25 | 9 | 2.73 | 310.1 | 90 | 71 | 1.19 |
| 1929 | SF | 39 | 11 | 17 | 4.14 | 237.0 | 63 | 61 | 1.42 |
| 1930 |  SF/CIN | 43 | 8 | 15 | 5.50 | 207.2 | 63 | 59 | 1.67 |
| 1931 | CIN | 38 | 10 | 15 | 3.35 | 204.1 | 35 | 53 | 1.43 |
| 1932 | CIN | 35 | 6 | 13 | 4.31 | 179.2 | 35 | 27 | 1.27 |
| 1933 | CIN | 34 | 10 | 11 | 3.71 | 152.2 | 33 | 36 | 1.28 |
| 1934 | CIN | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6.52 | 29.0 | 5 | 7 | 2.07 |
| 1935 | ATL | 29 | 2 | 3 | 6.88 | 72.0 | 21 | 24 | 1.76 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 122
- SHO
- 13
- K/9
- 2.6
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | ATL | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | ATL | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | ATL | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | ATL/SF | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | SF | 0 | 28 | 2 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | SF | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | SF/CIN | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | CIN | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | CIN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CIN | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 128 yearsNov 20, 1897
- Debut
- 1923
What were Larry Benton's career stats?
Larry Benton played 13 seasons for the Braves, the Giants and the Reds. He had 127 wins and 670 strikeouts with a 4.03 ERA over 2,297.0 innings. His best season was 1928: 25 wins, a 2.73 ERA and 90 strikeouts.
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