Rube Benton vs. Brian Boehringer — Career Comparison

Rube Benton
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Benton built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Boehringer 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 4.36 and 1.552 for Brian Boehringer. By the career numbers, Rube Benton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Benton and Brian Boehringer

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
1.56
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.09
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.51
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.54
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.79
69.79
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.52
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
3.09
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
4.36
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2472
8.84
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.79
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.19
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.08
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
2.55
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
4.61
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
950
3.4
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
7.27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.24
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.34
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10539
37.68
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2375
39.98
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.3
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
3.99
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
4.71
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.61
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.489
1.489
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9732
34.79
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2030
34.17
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98

Fielding Stats for Rube Benton and Brian Boehringer

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
103.5
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
5.99
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
17.76
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
161.05
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.69
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.87
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
185.68
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
178.82
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.13
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.3
96.3
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.728
1.728
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.45
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Benton and Brian Boehringer

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
295.6
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
825
558.06
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
502.7
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
96.05
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
79.82
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
12.85
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.23
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.38
23.26
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
116.35
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
112.29
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
30.44
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
40.59
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
70.35
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.23
19.09
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.35
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.88
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
127.17
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
4.72
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
25.7
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.38
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA