Bob Allen vs. Rube Benton — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Benton
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Benton built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Benton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.265 compared to 4.11 and 1.631 for Bob Allen. By the career numbers, Rube Benton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Rube Benton

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
1.56
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.09
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.54
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
0.51
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.79
69.79
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.52
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.08
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.11
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
3.09
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
9.46
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2472
8.84
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.19
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.34
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
2.55
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
6.54
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
950
3.4
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.208
1.208
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.24
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.34
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
40.47
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10539
37.68
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.3
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
4.99
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
3.99
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
35.97
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9732
34.79
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Rube Benton

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
6.7
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
103.5
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.53
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
17.76
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.68
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
161.05
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.87
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.33
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
185.68
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.2
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
178.82
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.37
94.37
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.728
1.728
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.45
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Rube Benton

Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
3600
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
295.6
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
31
547.06
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
825
558.06
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
96.05
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
79.82
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
12.85
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.23
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
14.18
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.38
23.26
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
116.35
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
112.29
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
30.44
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
40.59
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
70.35
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.25
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.23
19.09
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.35
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.88
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
127.17
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
4.72
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
25.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.38
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80