Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Pitching Comparison

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Totals

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	373	208	.642	2.56	696	600	81	436	90	32	5190.0	4868	1852	1476	165	951	8	2198	70	1	38	20893	6239	135	2.82	1.121	8.4	0.3	1.6	3.8
2	Larry Benton	25-37	1923	1935	128	128	.500	4.03	455	261	113	123	13	20	2297.0	2559	1190	1029	108	691	13	670	25	1	47	9864	3414	98	3.81	1.415	10.0	0.4	2.7	2.6

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	3	2	.600	3.56	7	5	2	4	0	1	43.0	36	18	17	3	12	1	29	0	0	0	175	51			1.116	7.5	0.6	2.5	6.1

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Value

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	696	600	5190.0	116.5	75.8
2	Larry Benton	25-37	1923	1935	455	261	2297.0	19.8	1.3

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Totals Against

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	696	600	5190.0	6239	18166	3530	700	193	307	300	50.58	56	204	272	144	.268	.307	.338	.645	82	.086	.291	1789	6149	1053	5889	6239
2	Larry Benton	25-37	1923	1935	455	261	2297.0	3414	8889	1926	394	131	114	120	48.72	5	200	148	110	.288	.337	.398	.735	101	.110	.298	1214	3539	633	3275	3414

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	7	5	43.0	51	156	26	5	2	2	3	40.00	1	2	5	2	.231	.282	.346	.629		.115	.262	19	54	10	48	51

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Starting & Relieving

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	398	66	57.1	64	13	20	6	84.2	81	96
2	Larry Benton	25-37	1923	1935	137	52	49.2	152	77	51	14	58.8	113	194

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	4	80	59.2	4	1	25	0	100.0	2	2

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Ratios

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	696	600	5190.0	10.5	4.6	6.0
2	Larry Benton	25-37	1923	1935	455	261	2297.0	6.8	7.0	-0.2

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	7	5	43.0	16.6	6.9	9.7

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Pitch Summary

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	696	600	5190.0
2	Larry Benton	25-37	1923	1935	455	261	2297.0

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	7	5	43.0	589	102	386	65.53

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Head-to-Head Pitching

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Totals

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Larry Benton	5	1	.833	3.54	9	6	1	4	1	0	56.0	51	26	22	4	23	0	20	0	0	1	235	1.321	8.2	0.6	3.7	3.2
2	Grover Alexander	3	5	.375	4.26	9	5	2	2	0	0	44.1	63	30	21	2	4	0	15	1	0	1	202	1.511	12.8	0.4	0.8	3.0

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Game Logs

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Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Grover Alexander	STL	1928-05-18	GS-3, L	3.0	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	8	16	3	2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	4	25			-0.3	-3.38			0.96
2	Larry Benton	NYG	1928-05-18	CG, W	9.0	10	6	6	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	39	12	38	4	4	0	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	6	44			0.0	-1.15			0.64
3	Grover Alexander	STL	1927-07-21	9-9, BW	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.00	2	1	4.28
4	Larry Benton	NYG	1927-07-21	GS-8	8.0	8	6	6	0	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	36	13	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	1	0	2	40			-0.1	-1.89			0.95
5	Grover Alexander	STL	1926-09-13	8-GF(14), L	6.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	5	21	5	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	0				0.4	2.15	2	0	2.18
6	Larry Benton	BSN	1926-09-13	8-GF(14), W	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	26	6	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.8	3.26	0	0	2.10
7	Grover Alexander	STL	1926-09-10	GS-7, L	6.2	15	9	4	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	36	18	33	14	1	0	1	0	0	16	0	1	0	1	18			-0.4	-6.16			1.15
8	Larry Benton	BSN	1926-09-10	GS-5	4.2	7	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	21	8	18	5	0	2	1	1	0	11	0	1	1	2	39			-0.1	-1.02			1.00
9	Grover Alexander	STL	1926-08-24 (1)	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.53	0	0	0.83
10	Larry Benton	BSN	1926-08-24 (1)	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	1	32	10	24	4	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	75			0.6	3.78			1.38
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Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batter vs. Pitcher

Larry Benton (Pitcher) vs. Grover Alexander (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Larry Benton (Pitcher) vs. Grover Alexander (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1923	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1925	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1926	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	1	0	0	0
	Totals	10	8	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.375	.400	.375	.775	0	1	0	0	0

Larry Benton (Pitcher) vs. Grover Alexander (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Larry Benton (Pitcher) vs. Grover Alexander (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1923	1923-07-07 (1)	CHC	BSN	ahead 1-8	t3	1--	1		Single to LF; A. Elliott to 3B
2	1925	1925-07-20	CHC	BSN	tied 2-2	t5	---	1		Single to RF
3	1925	1925-09-01	CHC	BSN	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Single to CF
4	1925	1925-09-01	CHC	BSN	down 1-0	t5	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
5	1925	1925-09-01	CHC	BSN	down 2-0	t7	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1926	1926-09-10	STL	BSN	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
7	1926	1926-09-10	STL	BSN	down 3-1	t5	--3	0		Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; T. Thevenow Scores
8	1926	1926-09-13	STL	BSN	tied 4-4	t9	---	0		Strikeout
9	1926	1926-09-13	STL	BSN	tied 4-4	t12	---	0		Walk
10	1926	1926-09-13	STL	BSN	tied 4-4	t13	1-3	2		Flyball: SS

Grover Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Larry Benton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Grover Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Larry Benton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1925	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1926	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1928	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0

Grover Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Larry Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Grover Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Larry Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1925	1925-07-20	BSN	CHC	down 2-1	b4	1-3	1		Strikeout Looking
2	1925	1925-07-20	BSN	CHC	ahead 2-3	b6	1--	1		Strikeout
3	1925	1925-09-01	BSN	CHC	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
4	1925	1925-09-01	BSN	CHC	ahead 0-1	b5	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; F. Gibson to 3B
5	1925	1925-09-01	BSN	CHC	ahead 0-2	b8	---	0		Groundout: C-1B
6	1926	1926-08-24 (1)	BSN	STL	ahead 1-2	t9	1--	1		Strikeout
7	1926	1926-09-10	BSN	STL	tied 0-0	b3	-2-	1		Flyball: C
8	1926	1926-09-10	BSN	STL	ahead 0-3	b4	1-3	2		Groundout: SS-1B
9	1926	1926-09-13	BSN	STL	tied 4-4	b9	---	1		Foul Popfly: 1B
10	1926	1926-09-13	BSN	STL	tied 4-4	b12	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
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Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Comparison

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Totals

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	703	1981	1810	154	378	60	13	11	163	3	6	77	276	.209	.242	.275	.517	43	497		2	88		0
2	Larry Benton	25-37	1923	1935	462	826	738	54	122	12	2	2	42	1	2	30	181	.165	.202	.195	.397	6	144	2	4	52		0

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	7	16	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	3		0

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Value

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	703	1981	3.1	3.1	3.3	-0.2	-144	0	1	0
2	Larry Benton	25-37	1923	1935	462	826	-2.4	-2.4	-2.3	-0.1	-106	-1	0	0

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Sabermetric

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	703	1981	84	457	487	1526	126	.241	306	-146	-15.5	.066	6.6	0.0	6
2	Larry Benton	25-37	1923	1935	462	826	16	156	171	672	31	.216	94	-102	-9.9	.030	4.1	33.3	3

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	7	16	0	1	4	15	0	.100	2			.000	4.3		0

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Win Probability

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	703	1981	-12.3	-10.0	-2.3	-117.03	-12.0	-115.80	1.00
2	Larry Benton	25-37	1923	1935	462	826	-8.4	-9.0	-0.5	-99.67	-9.7	-101.90	0.89

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Head-to-Head Batting

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Totals

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Larry Benton	9	22	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.211	.250	.211	.461	4		0	2		0
2	Grover Alexander	9	17	15	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	.333	.375	.333	.708	5		0	0		0

Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Game Logs

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Larry Benton vs. Grover Alexander: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Grover Alexander	STL	1928-05-18	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Larry Benton	NYG	1928-05-18	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2		0	0		0	0.31	0.006	0.92	0.01%	0.16			P
3	Grover Alexander	STL	1927-07-21		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Larry Benton	NYG	1927-07-21	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.17	-0.057	0.76	-0.02%	-0.47			P
5	Grover Alexander	STL	1926-09-13		7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0		0	3.15	-0.108	41.07	-0.85%	-0.32			P
6	Larry Benton	BSN	1926-09-13		7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1		0	2.28	-0.122	0.00	0.00%	-0.56			P
7	Grover Alexander	STL	1926-09-10	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.38	-0.088	13.46	-0.51%	-0.58			P
8	Larry Benton	BSN	1926-09-10	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.11	-0.060	0.00	0.00%	-0.82			P
9	Grover Alexander	STL	1926-08-24 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Larry Benton	BSN	1926-08-24 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0		0	1.57	-0.305	0.00	0.00%	-2.07			P
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