How Rube Benton's Strikeouts Per Game Compares to Similar Players

Rube Benton posted a career Strikeouts Per Game of 2.17, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.84 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Strikeouts Per Game season came in 1911, posting 4.67, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.65 that year. The lowest point came in 1921 at .610, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.94 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.79 in 1923 to 1.31 in 1924 and 1.09 in 1925. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per Game profile — ranging from .610 to 4.67 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Rube Benton Lifetime Strikeouts Per Game

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Rube Benton Strikeouts Per Game Per Season

Rube Benton's Strikeouts Per Game 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 Strikeouts Per Game per season line chart

Rube Benton Strikeouts Per Game by Team

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

Rube Benton Strikeouts Per Game Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rube Benton's career Strikeouts Per Game 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 Strikeouts Per Game year-over-year waterfall chart

Rube Benton Strikeouts Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rube Benton's seasonal Strikeouts Per Game 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 Strikeouts Per Game distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rube Benton Strikeouts Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rube Benton's MLB career with Strikeouts Per Game 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 Strikeouts Per Game season-by-season breakdown table