Larry Benton

1923–1935 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants

462G

.165AVG

.202OBP

.195SLG

More career statistics

122H

2HR

42RBI

1SB

127–128W–L

2,297.0IP

670K

4.03ERA

261GS

22SV

4Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	738	739
Batting · Caught stealing	0	2
Batting · Strikeouts	181	178
Batting · Plate appearances	824	825
Batting · RBI	42	43
Pitching · Batters faced	9,864	9,867
Pitching · p er	1,029	1,032
Pitching · p h	2,559	2,558
Pitching · p ipouts	6,891	6,887
Pitching · p r	1,190	1,189
Pitching · p w	691	693

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
462	824	738	54	122	12	2	2	42	30	181	1	0	4	0	144	.165	.202	.195	.397

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
2,297.0	455	261	123	127	128	22	2,559	1,190	1,029	109	691	670	0	0	4.03	1.415

Streaks

3longest hitting streak · 1923-07-29 to 1923-08-27

6longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
90	Six Home Runs Allowed	1930-05-12	1 in 18,629 games	box score ↗
62	Three Sacrifice Bunts	1925-06-26	1 in 730 games	box score ↗
42	Four Runs, No Outs	1929-06-18	1 in 121 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	228	407	54	0	20	13	89	.147	.165	.174
Away	234	418	68	2	23	17	89	.183	.203	.216

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	42	59	5	1	2	1	11	.094	.102	.170
May	82	124	23	1	8	5	19	.204	.226	.257
June	90	160	20	0	8	2	40	.138	.138	.152
July	95	169	28	0	14	4	39	.182	.189	.208
August	85	180	29	0	5	9	39	.180	.211	.211
September	67	133	17	0	6	9	30	.150	.195	.159
October	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
st-louis-cardinals	70	133	19	0	10	6	29	.165	.188	.191
pittsburgh-pirates	70	97	14	0	1	2	17	.154	.165	.176
philadelphia-phillies	64	132	12	1	6	8	25	.112	.152	.140
brooklyn-dodgers	63	100	20	0	6	0	25	.220	.200	.231
chicago-cubs	57	117	23	1	4	6	33	.215	.248	.280
boston-braves	50	97	12	0	5	2	18	.129	.144	.151
cincinnati-reds	48	94	11	0	9	2	26	.126	.138	.138
new-york-giants	40	55	11	0	2	4	5	.229	.273	.292

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1923	Boston Braves	35	31	5	–	–	–	.161	127	41
1924	Boston Braves	30	33	3	–	–	–	.091	128	41
1925	Boston Braves	32	58	14	–	1	1	.241	183	50
1926	Boston Braves	45	78	12	–	4	–	.154	231	103
1927	Boston Braves, New York Giants	42	67	12	–	7	–	.179	233	91
1928	New York Giants	42	112	16	–	9	–	.143	310	90
1929	New York Giants	41	86	9	1	8	–	.105	237	62
1930	Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants	43	73	14	1	8	–	.192	207	63
1931	Cincinnati Reds	38	66	11	–	1	–	.167	203	35
1932	Cincinnati Reds	35	55	11	–	1	–	.200	178	35
1933	Cincinnati Reds	34	53	9	–	2	–	.170	152	33
1934	Cincinnati Reds	16	7	2	–	1	–	.286	29	5
1935	Boston Braves	29	20	4	–	1	–	.200	72	21