Rube Benton

1910–1925 · bats R / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, SHV

437G

.172AVG

.196OBP

.208SLG

More career statistics

142H

1HR

60RBI

4SB

150–144W–L

2,517.1IP

950K

3.09ERA

311GS

21SV

5Rare 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 · Caught stealing	1	5
Batting · Hit by pitch	2	3
Batting · Strikeouts	188	191
Batting · Plate appearances	887	889
Pitching · Batters faced	10,539	10,549
Pitching · p er	863	872
Pitching · p h	2,472	2,475
Pitching · p hr	52	55
Pitching · p ipouts	7,552	7,525
Pitching · p r	1,115	1,114
Pitching · p w	712	713

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
437	887	825	45	142	19	4	1	60	22	188	4	1	2	0	172	.172	.196	.208	.404

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
2,517.3	437	311	145	150	144	21	2,472	1,115	863	52	712	950	0	0	3.09	1.265

Streaks

4longest hitting streak · 1917-07-05 to 1917-07-20

4longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
66	15 scoreless innings	1915-06-11	1 in 6,007 pitcher-games	box score ↗
51	Three Batters Hit	1914-09-10	1 in 282 games	box score ↗
51	Three Wild Pitches	1914-07-27	1 in 273 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	220	435	75	1	26	7	86	.185	.189	.229
Away	217	454	67	0	34	15	105	.160	.181	.189

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	31	50	6	0	1	1	9	.130	.140	.174
May	84	159	20	0	9	8	33	.142	.176	.184
June	79	172	24	0	11	5	43	.147	.169	.196
July	94	186	41	1	19	4	29	.240	.242	.292
August	74	150	26	0	8	2	32	.186	.187	.200
September	69	159	22	0	11	2	44	.145	.151	.158
October	6	13	3	0	1	0	1	.250	.231	.333

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
brooklyn-dodgers	67	145	18	0	6	3	35	.131	.145	.168
chicago-cubs	66	133	20	0	5	2	31	.159	.165	.206
st-louis-cardinals	66	128	20	0	6	3	29	.172	.180	.216
pittsburgh-pirates	62	116	12	0	2	4	23	.111	.138	.111
boston-braves	56	122	24	0	11	6	24	.218	.246	.245
philadelphia-phillies	50	102	18	0	11	2	24	.191	.196	.223
new-york-giants	37	69	16	0	5	1	19	.239	.246	.299
cincinnati-reds	33	74	14	1	14	1	6	.209	.203	.269

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1910	Cincinnati Reds	12	11	1	–	–	–	.091	38	15
1911	Cincinnati Reds	6	14	2	–	2	–	.143	44	28
1912	Cincinnati Reds	50	105	14	–	9	1	.133	298	163
1913	Cincinnati Reds	23	48	10	–	6	–	.208	143	68
1914	Cincinnati Reds	41	91	13	–	6	1	.143	269	121
1915	Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants	45	76	16	–	6	1	.211	234	109
1916	New York Giants	38	78	7	–	4	1	.090	238	115
1917	New York Giants	35	72	12	–	4	–	.167	215	70
1918	New York Giants	3	7	1	–	–	–	.143	24	9
1919	New York Giants	35	66	13	1	8	–	.197	209	53
1920	New York Giants	33	65	6	–	3	–	.092	193	52
1921	New York Giants	18	21	3	–	1	–	.143	72	11
1923	Cincinnati Reds	33	80	23	–	4	–	.287	218	59
1924	Cincinnati Reds	32	46	12	–	3	–	.261	162	41
1925	Cincinnati Reds	33	45	9	–	4	–	.200	146	36