finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1925 left 12 december 1937 dothan , alabama clinton , north carolina 1910 september 21 150-144 3.09 950 pitcher cincinnati reds win-loss record earned run average strikeouts june 28 27 june 1890 rube benton.jpg rube benton
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rube benton

john cleave `` rube '' benton -lrb- june 27 , 1890 -- december 12 , 1937 -rrb- was a pitcher , born in clinton , north carolina , for major league baseball 's cincinnati reds -lrb- 1910 -- 15 and 1923 -- 25 -rrb- and new york giants -lrb- 1915 -- 21 -rrb- .
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 , 2,517 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 .
