Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Pitching Comparison

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Totals

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	20-35	1910	1925	150	144	.510	3.09	437	311	82	145	23	21	2517.1	2472	1115	863	52	712		950	95	6	66	10539	3469	102	3.05	1.265	8.8	0.2	2.5	3.4
2	Christy Mathewson	19-35	1900	1916	373	188	.665	2.13	636	552	73	435	79	30	4788.2	4219	1620	1135	89	848		2507	59	8	115	18929	5284	136	2.26	1.058	7.9	0.2	1.6	4.7

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	27	1917	1917	1	1	.500	0.00	2	2	0	1	1	0	14.0	9	3	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	53	12			0.714	5.8	0.0	0.6	5.1
2	Christy Mathewson	24-32	1905	1913	5	5	.500	0.97	11	11	0	10	4	0	101.2	76	22	11	1	10	1	48	1	0	1	391	101			0.846	6.7	0.1	0.9	4.2

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Value

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rube Benton	20-35	1910	1925	437	311	2517.1	18.0	-1.1
2	Christy Mathewson	19-35	1900	1916	636	552	4788.2	100.5	63.2

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Totals Against

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	20-35	1910	1925	437	311	2517.1	3469	9147	1935	279	119	206	135	60.41	25	152	217	53	.270	.329	.334	.663	94	.073	.294	973	3054	449	3279	3469
2	Christy Mathewson	19-35	1900	1916	636	552	4788.2	5284	4549	912	168	67	85	77	52.47	8	74	84	35	.927	1.092	.355	1.447	335	.094	.993	453	1617	277	5126	5284

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	27	1917	1917	2	2	14.0	12	52	8	1	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	.173	.189	.192	.381		.019	.205	2	10	1	10	12
2	Christy Mathewson	24-32	1905	1913	11	11	101.2	101	368	52	19	4	5	6	45.45	0	2	8	4	.207	.227	.288	.515		.082	.232	24	106	24	87	101

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Starting & Relieving

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rube Benton	20-35	1910	1925	174	56	52.2	81	22	27	10	67.7	82	126
2	Christy Mathewson	19-35	1900	1916	152	28	32.2	21	5	24	2	93.8	73	84

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rube Benton	27	1917	1917	1	50	68.5						0	0
2	Christy Mathewson	24-32	1905	1913	10	91	71.7						0	0

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Ratios

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rube Benton	20-35	1910	1925	437	311	2517.1	9.0	6.8	2.3
2	Christy Mathewson	19-35	1900	1916	636	552	4788.2	13.2	4.5	8.8

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rube Benton	27	1917	1917	2	2	14.0	15.1	1.9	13.2
2	Christy Mathewson	24-32	1905	1913	11	11	101.2	12.3	2.6	9.7

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Pitch Summary

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rube Benton	20-35	1910	1925	437	311	2517.1
2	Christy Mathewson	19-35	1900	1916	636	552	4788.2

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rube Benton	27	1917	1917	2	2	14.0	176	88	116	65.91
2	Christy Mathewson	24-32	1905	1913	11	11	101.2	810	101	592	73.09

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Totals

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	2	4	.333	4.23	9	8	0	3	0	0	55.1	60	30	26	0	17	0	18	8	2	0	235	1.392	9.8	0.0	2.8	2.9
2	Christy Mathewson	6	2	.750	2.50	9	7	2	5	0	0	68.1	59	26	19	0	5	0	24	0	0	1	261	0.937	7.8	0.0	0.7	3.2

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Game Logs

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Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	CIN	1915-08-07	4-4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				-0.1	-1.05	0	0	1.10
2	Christy Mathewson	NYG	1915-08-07	CG, W	9.0	5	4	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	10	33	3	1	1	0	1	0	8	0	2	0	2	69			0.2	-0.24			1.24
3	Rube Benton	CIN	1915-06-16	GS-	7.0	7	2	2	0	0	1		4	2	0	0	29	10	26									0	0		58
4	Christy Mathewson	NYG	1915-06-16	GS-	6.0	6	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	22	6	22									0	0		54
5	Rube Benton	CIN	1914-08-21	CG, W	9.0	6	2	1	1	0	4	0	4	0	1	0	33	11	29	5	1	0	3	4	0	7	0	0	0	1	69			0.5	1.95			1.55
6	Christy Mathewson	NYG	1914-08-21	GS-6, L	6.0	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	25	8	25	6	0	1	3	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	50			0.0	-0.37			0.88
7	Rube Benton	CIN	1914-08-03 (1)	GS-5, L	5.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	6	19	4	0	2	1	0	0	10	0	0	1	2	43			-0.2	-0.93			0.67
8	Christy Mathewson	NYG	1914-08-03 (1)	CG, W	9.0	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	35	11	35	9	2	0	1	0	0	13	2	0	0	2	61			0.3	1.72			1.18
9	Rube Benton	CIN	1914-07-21	GS-8	7.0	9	5	4	1	0	2	0	3	2	1	0	32	13	28	9	0	0	2	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	42			-0.5	-2.89			1.48
10	Christy Mathewson	NYG	1914-07-21	9-GF(13), W	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.7	2.19	0	0	1.86
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Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rube Benton (Pitcher) vs. Christy Mathewson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rube Benton (Pitcher) vs. Christy Mathewson (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	1912	8	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	.200	.375	.200	.575	0	1	0	0	0
2	1913	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
3	1914	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
4	1915	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	16	11	3	0	1	0	3	2	1	.273	.333	.455	.788	1	2	0	0	0

Rube Benton (Pitcher) vs. Christy Mathewson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rube Benton (Pitcher) vs. Christy Mathewson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1912	1912-05-18	NYG	CIN	tied 1-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1912	1912-05-18	NYG	CIN	tied 1-1	t4	-23	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1912	1912-05-18	NYG	CIN	down 3-2	t6	1--	2		Single to CF; J. Meyers to 2B
4	1912	1912-05-18	NYG	CIN	tied 3-3	t8	---	2		Walk
5	1912	1912-05-22	NYG	CIN	down 1-0	t3	-23	0		Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; J. Meyers Scores; A. Fletcher to 3B
6	1912	1912-05-22	NYG	CIN	ahead 1-2	t5	---	2		Walk
7	1912	1912-05-22	NYG	CIN	ahead 1-4	t7	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
8	1912	1912-05-22	NYG	CIN	ahead 1-6	t9	---	0		Flyball: LF
9	1913	1913-05-07	NYG	CIN	ahead 1-2	b2	1-3	0		Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; B. Herzog Scores; J. Meyers to 2B
10	1913	1913-06-19	NYG	CIN	ahead 0-3	t2	--3	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; F. Snodgrass Scores
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Christy Mathewson (Pitcher) vs. Rube Benton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Christy Mathewson (Pitcher) vs. Rube 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	1912	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1913	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1914	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	0	0	0	0

Christy Mathewson (Pitcher) vs. Rube Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Christy Mathewson (Pitcher) vs. Rube Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1912	1912-05-18	CIN	NYG	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Foul Popfly: C
2	1912	1912-05-18	CIN	NYG	ahead 1-3	b4	-23	2		Strikeout
3	1912	1912-05-18	CIN	NYG	tied 3-3	b7	-2-	0		Double Play: Bunt Popfly: P-SS
4	1912	1912-05-22	CIN	NYG	down 2-1	b3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1912	1912-05-22	CIN	NYG	down 4-1	b6	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1913	1913-06-19	CIN	NYG	down 4-0	b3	12-	0		Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; T. Clarke to 2B
7	1913	1913-06-19	CIN	NYG	down 4-0	b5	1--	1		Single (Ground Ball); H. Groh to 2B
8	1914	1914-08-03 (1)	CIN	NYG	down 2-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout
9	1914	1914-08-03 (1)	CIN	NYG	down 3-1	t5	---	2		Single to RF
10	1914	1914-08-21	CIN	NYG	ahead 2-3	b2	1--	0		Strikeout
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Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Batting Comparison

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Batting Totals

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	20-35	1910	1925	437	889	825	45	142	19	4	1	62	4	1	22	188	.172	.196	.208	.404	16	172		2	38		0
2	Christy Mathewson	19-35	1900	1916	647	1900	1687	151	362	50	12	7	167	20	1	116	218	.215	.272	.271	.543	60	457		17	69

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	27	1917	1917	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0
2	Christy Mathewson	24-32	1905	1913	11	37	32	2	9	0	0	0	1	0		3	8	.281	.343	.281	.624	9		0	2		0

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Batting Value

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rube Benton	20-35	1910	1925	437	889	-2.1	-2.1	-2.0	-0.1	-91	0	1	0
2	Christy Mathewson	19-35	1900	1916	647	1900	6.2	6.1	6.5	-0.2	-81	0	0	-1

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Batting Sabermetric

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	20-35	1910	1925	437	889	24	166	181	722	38	.222	106	-93	-10.3	.036	4.4	50.0	2
2	Christy Mathewson	19-35	1900	1916	647	1900	69	495	501	1395	125	.243	311	-86	-9.6	.056	7.7	50.0	2

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	27	1917	1917	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	.000	0			.000	1.3
2	Christy Mathewson	24-32	1905	1913	11	37	0	12	12	25	4	.375	3			.000	4.0

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Batting Win Probability

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rube Benton	20-35	1910	1925	437	889	-6.7	-7.8	0.7	-65.98	-7.1	-79.26	0.94
2	Christy Mathewson	19-35	1900	1916	647	1900	-3.6	-2.8	-0.9	-34.26	-3.9	-27.22	0.97

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Head-to-Head Batting

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Totals

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	9	18	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	4		0	0		0
2	Christy Mathewson	9	30	24	2	8	2	1	0	4	0		3	3	.333	.407	.500	.907	12		0	1		0

Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: Game Logs

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Rube Benton vs. Christy Mathewson: 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	Rube Benton	CIN	1915-08-07		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Christy Mathewson	NYG	1915-08-07	*	9	9	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2		0	1		0	0.79	0.055	2.15	0.09%	1.09			P
3	Rube Benton	CIN	1915-06-16	*	1	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0										P
4	Christy Mathewson	NYG	1915-06-16	*	1	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2		0	0										P
5	Rube Benton	CIN	1914-08-21	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.95	-0.065	0.03	0.00%	-0.74			P
6	Christy Mathewson	NYG	1914-08-21	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.91	-0.048	6.29	-0.20%	-0.39			P
7	Rube Benton	CIN	1914-08-03 (1)	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0		0	0.41	0.006	0.34	0.00%	0.03			P
8	Christy Mathewson	NYG	1914-08-03 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	4		0	0		0	0.27	0.075	1.61	0.27%	0.67			P
9	Rube Benton	CIN	1914-07-21	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0		0	0.80	-0.031	0.52	-0.01%	-0.33			P
10	Christy Mathewson	NYG	1914-07-21		5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0		0	3.81	0.277	22.18	0.97%	0.67			P
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