How Rube Benton's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Rube Benton posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 8.84, near the starting pitcher average of 8.98 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1918, posting 6.38, well below the starting pitcher average of 8.37 that year. The highest point came in 1925 at 11.17, above the starting pitcher average of 10.06 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 9.99 in 1923 to 9.18 in 1924 and 11.17 in 1925. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 15 seasons.

Rube Benton Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Career8.84
Season Avg.8.84
162 Game Avg.8.84
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Rube Benton Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Rube Benton's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rube Benton Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Rube Benton Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Rube Benton's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rube Benton career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Rube Benton Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rube Benton's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Rube Benton Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Rube Benton Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rube Benton's seasonal Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rube Benton Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rube Benton Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rube Benton's MLB career with Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Rube Benton Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table