Doug Bair vs. Rube Benton — Career Comparison

Doug Bair
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Benton
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Benton built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Bair 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 3.63 and 1.453 for Doug Bair. By the career numbers, Rube Benton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bair and Rube Benton

Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
1.56
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.09
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.54
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.54
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
0.51
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.12
56.12
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.02
51.02
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.79
69.79
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.52
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.8
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.08
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
3.63
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
3.09
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
8.3
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2472
8.84
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.85
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.19
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405
4.01
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
2.55
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.76
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
6.82
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
950
3.4
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.24
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.34
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3902
38.62
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10539
37.68
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.96
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.3
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.94
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1115
3.99
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.48
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.34
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.63
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3407
33.72
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9732
34.79
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68

Fielding Stats for Doug Bair and Rube Benton

Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
5.78
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
103.5
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.71
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
17.76
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.22
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
161.05
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.87
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
2.02
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
185.68
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
1.93
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
178.82
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
95.59
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.728
1.728
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.45
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bair and Rube Benton

Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
584
6257.14
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
437
295.6
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
52
557.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
825
558.06
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
96.05
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
79.82
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
12.85
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.23
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
1.54
16.45
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.38
23.26
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
116.35
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
112.29
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
30.44
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
40.59
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
70.35
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.11
-11.86
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.23
19.09
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.35
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.88
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
246.43
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
127.17
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2.43
2.43
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
4.72
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
25.7
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.38
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80