Clytus George "Cy" Bentley (November 23, 1850 – February 26, 1873) was an American
Major League Baseball pitcher who played one season in professional baseball, for the
Middletown Mansfields The Middletown Mansfields were an early baseball team in Middletown, Connecticut that existed from 1866 to 1872.
Formation
In the summer of 1866, a ballclub was established at Middletown's Douglas Pump Company by the factory owner's son, sixteen-y ...
of the
National Association.
Career
Born in
East Haven, Connecticut, Bentley played his only season in professional baseball for the Middletown Mansfields.
Bentley was the primary starting pitcher for the Mansfields, starting 17 of their 24 games and completing 16 of them.
He gave up 285 baserunners (273
hits
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and 12
walks), 252
runs, 105 of them were
earned
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. For the season he
won
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2, lost 15, and had an
ERA
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Compa ...
of 6.14, in 144
innings pitched
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.
[ Bentley's two victories came against the Cleveland Forest Citys (10-5) and the Washington Nationals (NA), Washington Nationals (28-23), both in the month of May.]
Death
Bentley, an Ironworks, iron moulder during the off-season,[
]
See also
* List of baseball players who died during their careers
References
External links
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1850 births
1873 deaths
19th-century baseball players
Baseball players from New Haven, Connecticut
19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in Connecticut
Major League Baseball pitchers
Middletown Mansfields players
Moldmakers