Lady Baldwin vs. Rube Benton — Career Comparison

Lady Baldwin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit WolverinesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Benton
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Benton built a career as a starting pitcher and Lady Baldwin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lady Baldwin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.135 compared to 3.09 and 1.265 for Rube Benton. By the career numbers, Lady Baldwin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lady Baldwin and Rube Benton

Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.04
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
1.56
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.03
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.09
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.65
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.54
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.36
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
0.51
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.02
51.02
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.79
69.79
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.99
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.52
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.85
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
863
3.09
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3051
27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1017
9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
8.15
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2472
8.84
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.19
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
2.06
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
2.55
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
5.15
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
950
3.4
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.801
0.801
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.39
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.24
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.34
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4220
37.35
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10539
37.68
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.3
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
4.84
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
3.99
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.135
1.135
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.265
1.265
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3978
35.2
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9732
34.79
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.68
37.68

Fielding Stats for Lady Baldwin and Rube Benton

Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.03
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
103.5
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3633
27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1211
9
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.48
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
17.76
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.67
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
161.05
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.87
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
2.32
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
185.68
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
2.15
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
178.82
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.63
92.63
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.094
2.094
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.728
1.728
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.45
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lady Baldwin and Rube Benton

Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
134
150.28
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
437
295.6
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
535
600
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
494
554.02
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
825
558.06
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
127.85
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
96.05
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
102.06
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
79.82
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
17.94
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
12.85
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.85
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
25.79
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.23
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.51
51.04
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
34.38
23.26
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
161.5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
116.35
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
173.83
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
112.29
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
76.26
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
45
30.44
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
61.68
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
40.59
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
137.94
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
104
70.35
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.22
56.32
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
28.23
19.09
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.35
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
44.86
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.88
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
86.36
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
188
127.17
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.95
6.95
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.72
4.72
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
25.7
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.85
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Lady Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.85
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
5
3.38
Lady Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
80
80