Larry Benton Notable

b. November 20, 1897 · Boston Braves 1923–1927, 1935, New York Giants 1927–1930, Cincinnati Reds 1930–1934

Larry Benton played for three clubs across 13 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Boston Braves in 1923 and closing with the Boston Braves in 1935.

He went 127 and 128 with a 4.03 earned run average, pitching 2,297 innings in 455 games. He struck out 670, completed 122 of his 258 starts and threw 13 shutouts. Across 462 games he batted .165, with 122 hits and 54 runs. He finished with 2 home runs, 12 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He led the league in wins once, in 1928, with 25.

He was born in St. Louis, MO, USA on November 20, 1897, and died on April 3, 1953. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	1	1928

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1923	BSN	35	31	4	5	0	0	0	0	4	13	0	.161
1924	BSN	30	33	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	10	0	.091
1925	BSN	32	58	6	14	2	0	0	1	3	20	1	.241
1926	BSN	45	78	3	12	1	0	0	4	2	25	0	.154
1927	BSN/NYG	42	68	5	12	1	0	0	7	1	19	0	.176
1928	NYG	42	112	12	16	2	1	0	8	5	17	0	.143
1929	NYG	41	86	2	9	1	0	1	8	1	15	0	.105
1930	CIN/NYG	43	72	3	14	0	1	1	8	4	17	0	.194
1931	CIN	38	66	2	11	2	0	0	1	3	13	0	.167
1932	CIN	35	54	8	11	1	0	0	1	3	11	0	.204
1933	CIN	34	53	4	9	0	0	0	2	1	14	0	.170
1934	CIN	16	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.286
1935	BSN	29	20	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	.200
Career	—	462	738	54	122	12	2	2	42	30	181	1	.165

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1923	BSN	5	9	35	9	0	128.0	141	71	57	42	4.99
1924	BSN	5	7	30	13	1	128.0	129	59	64	41	4.15
1925	BSN	14	7	31	21	1	183.1	170	63	70	49	3.09
1926	BSN	14	14	43	27	1	231.2	244	99	81	103	3.85
1927	BSN/NYG	17	7	40	33	2	233.1	255	106	81	90	4.09
1928	NYG	25	9	42	35	4	310.1	299	94	71	90	2.73
1929	NYG	11	17	39	30	3	237.0	276	109	61	63	4.14
1930	CIN/NYG	8	15	43	26	2	207.2	288	127	59	63	5.50
1931	CIN	10	15	38	23	2	204.1	240	76	53	35	3.35
1932	CIN	6	13	35	21	2	179.2	201	86	27	35	4.31
1933	CIN	10	11	34	19	2	152.2	160	63	36	33	3.71
1934	CIN	0	1	16	1	2	29.0	53	21	7	5	6.52
1935	BSN	2	3	29	0	0	72.0	103	55	24	21	6.88
Career	—	127	128	455	258	22	2297.0	2559	1029	691	670	4.03

On this day & linked events

1897

Born November 20, 1897

St. Louis, MO, USA

1953

Died April 3, 1953

1923

Major-league debut: Larry Benton

Larry Benton made a major-league debut on April 19, 1923.

1935

Final major-league game: Larry Benton

Larry Benton played a final major-league game on August 16, 1935.

Image: Goudey, public domain