Cy Bentley
{{Short description|American baseball player (1850–1873)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Cy Bentley
|position=Pitcher
|image=
|bats=Unknown
|throws=Unknown
|birth_date={{Birth date|1850|11|23}}
|birth_place=East Haven, Connecticut, US
|death_date={{death date and age|1873|2|26|1850|11|23}}
|death_place=Middletown, Connecticut, US
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= April 26
|debutyear= 1872
|debutteam= Middletown Mansfields
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate= August 9
|finalyear= 1872
|finalteam= Middletown Mansfields
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=2–15
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=5
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=6.56
|teams=
; National Association of Base Ball Players
: Middletown Mansfields ({{baseball year|1869}}–{{baseball year|1870}})
; National Association of Professional BBP
: Middletown Mansfields ({{Baseball year|1872}})
|highlights=
}}
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 {{Baseball year|1872}} Middletown Mansfields of the National Association.
Career
Born in East Haven, Connecticut, Bentley played his only season in professional baseball for the {{Baseball year|1872}} Middletown Mansfields.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbentc101.htm|title=Cy Bentley's career statistics|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-09-09}} Bentley was the primary starting pitcher for the Mansfields, starting 17 of their 24 games and completing 16 of them.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1872/UPMID01872.htm|title=The 1872 Middletown Mansfields Regular Season Roster|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-09-09}} He gave up 285 baserunners (273 hits and 12 walks), 252 runs, 105 of them were earned. For the season he won 2, lost 15, and had an ERA of 6.14, in 144 innings pitched. Bentley's two victories came against the Cleveland Forest Citys (10-5) and the Washington Nationals (28-23), both in the month of May.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1872/VMID01872.htm|title=The 1872 Middletown Mansfields Regular Season Game Log|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-09-09}}
Death
Bentley, an iron moulder during the off-season,{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/HeadingHome.html|title=Heading Home|publisher=thedeadballera.com|accessdate=2008-09-09}} died on February 26, 1873, 6½ months after the end of the 1872 season, of consumption{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html|title=Too Young To Die|publisher=thedeadballera.com|accessdate=2008-09-09}} in Middletown, Connecticut, and is interred at the Church of the Holy Trinity.
See also
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|br=b/bentlcy01}}
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Category:19th-century baseball players
Category:19th-century American sportsmen
Category:Baseball players from New Haven, Connecticut
Category:19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Category:Tuberculosis deaths in Connecticut
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers