# Cy Bentley

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**Clytus George "Cy" Bentley** (November 23, 1850 – February 26, 1873) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/Pitcher) who played one season in professional baseball, for the [Middletown Mansfields](/source/Middletown_Mansfields) of the [National Association](/source/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players).

## Career

Born in [East Haven, Connecticut](/source/East_Haven,_Connecticut), Bentley played his only season in professional baseball for the Middletown Mansfields.[1] Bentley was the primary starting pitcher for the Mansfields, starting 17 of their 24 games and completing 16 of them.[2] He gave up 285 baserunners (273 [hits](/source/Hit_(baseball)) and 12 [walks)](/source/Bases_on_balls), 252 [runs](/source/Run_(baseball)), 105 of them were [earned](/source/Earned_run). For the season he [won](/source/Win_(baseball)) 2, lost 15, and had an [ERA](/source/Earned_run_average) of 6.14, in 144 [innings pitched](/source/Innings_pitched).[1] Bentley's two victories came against the [Cleveland Forest Citys](/source/Cleveland_Forest_Citys) (10-5) and the [Washington Nationals](/source/Washington_Nationals_(NA)) (28-23), both in the month of May.[3]

## Death

Bentley, an [iron moulder](/source/Ironworks) during the off-season,[4] died on February 26, 1873, 6½ months after the end of the 1872 season, of [consumption](/source/Tuberculosis)[5] in [Middletown, Connecticut](/source/Middletown,_Connecticut), and is interred at the [Church of the Holy Trinity](/source/Church_of_the_Holy_Trinity_and_Rectory_(Middletown,_Connecticut)).[1]

## See also

- [List of baseball players who died during their careers](/source/List_of_baseball_players_who_died_during_their_careers)

## References

1. ["Cy Bentley's career statistics"](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbentc101.htm). retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

1. ["The 1872 Middletown Mansfields Regular Season Roster"](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1872/UPMID01872.htm). retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

1. ["The 1872 Middletown Mansfields Regular Season Game Log"](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1872/VMID01872.htm). retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

1. ["Heading Home"](http://www.thedeadballera.com/HeadingHome.html). thedeadballera.com. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

1. ["Too Young To Die"](http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html). thedeadballera.com. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

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