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Mike Benjamin
Michael Paul Benjamin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 169 lb.
School Arizona State University

Debut July 7, 1989
  vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 2002
Born November 22, 1965 in Euclid, OH

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1987. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 23 SFG NL  14    6    6    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .167  .167  .167   -3    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1990 24 SFG NL  22   56    7   12   3  1   2    3   1  0   3  10  .214  .254  .411   83   23   0   0   1   0   2
 1991 25 SFG NL  54  106   12   13   3  0   2    8   3  0   7  26  .123  .188  .208   14   22   3   2   2   2   1
 1992 26 SFG NL  40   75    4   13   2  1   1    3   1  0   4  15  .173  .215  .267   40   20   3   0   1   0   1
 1993 27 SFG NL  63  146   22   29   7  0   4   16   0  0   9  23  .199  .264  .329   60   48   6   0   2   4   3
 1994 28 SFG NL  38   62    9   16   5  1   1    9   5  0   5  16  .258  .343  .419  103   26   5   0   1   3   1
 1995 29 SFG NL  68  186   19   41   6  0   3   12  11  1   8  51  .220  .256  .301   49   56   7   0   3   1   3
 1996 30 PHI NL  35  103   13   23   5  1   4   13   3  1  12  21  .223  .316  .408   90   42   1   0   5   2   2
 1997 31 BOS AL  49  116   12   27   9  1   0    7   2  3   4  27  .233  .262  .328   52   38   1   1   0   1   2
 1998 32 BOS AL 124  349   46   95  23  0   4   39   3  0  15  73  .272  .312  .372   76  130  13   2   1   6  11
 1999 33 PIT NL 110  368   42   91  26  7   1   37  10  1  20  90  .247  .288  .364   63  134  11   3   3   2   3
 2000 34 PIT NL  93  233   28   63  18  2   2   19   5  4  12  45  .270  .313  .391   78   91   6   1   0   3   4
 2002 36 PIT NL 108  120    7   18   2  1   0    3   0  4   7  31  .150  .202  .183    2   22   1   1   0   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     818 1926  227  442 109 15  24  169  44 14 106 429  .229  .277  .339   61  653  57  10  19  25  38
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        381   45   88  22  3   5   33   9  3  21  85  .229  .277  .339   61  129  11   2   4   5   8
 Career High    124  368   46   95  26  7   4   39  11  4  20  90  .272  .313  .391   78  134  13   3   5   6  11
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 23 SFG NL    6    5    0   0.0    88| .167  .250| .167  .317| .167  .373| .334  .690|  -3  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1990 24 SFG NL   59   46    5   2.9    95| .214  .260| .254  .325| .411  .390| .665  .715|  83  .319  -1.6  -0.2 100%
 1991 25 SFG NL  120   99    5   1.4    90| .123  .253| .188  .320| .208  .379| .396  .699|  14  .113 -12.2  -1.3 100%
 1992 26 SFG NL   82   66    4   1.6    87| .173  .252| .215  .317| .267  .371| .482  .688|  40  .156  -6.1  -0.6 100%
 1993 27 SFG NL  165  126   13   2.8   101| .199  .267| .264  .332| .329  .407| .593  .739|  60  .280  -8.5  -0.8   0%
 1994 28 SFG NL   75   52   10   5.2   104| .258  .267| .343  .333| .419  .418| .762  .751| 103  .522   0.5   0.0 100%
 1995 29 SFG NL  202  156   15   2.6   103| .220  .266| .256  .335| .301  .414| .557  .748|  49  .241 -14.0  -1.4  91%
 1996 30 PHI NL  118   84   13   4.2   107| .223  .270| .316  .339| .408  .422| .724  .761|  90  .430  -1.8  -0.2  75%
 1997 31 BOS AL  123   96    9   2.5   111| .233  .273| .262  .343| .328  .433| .590  .776|  52  .211  -8.4  -0.8  40%
 1998 32 BOS AL  385  280   39   3.7   111| .272  .274| .312  .343| .372  .436| .684  .779|  76  .351 -12.6  -1.2 100%
 1999 33 PIT NL  404  295   41   3.7   117| .247  .277| .288  .352| .364  .446| .652  .798|  63  .343 -21.9  -2.0  90%
 2000 34 PIT NL  255  185   28   4.0   115| .270  .272| .313  .349| .391  .444| .704  .794|  78  .376  -8.2  -0.8  55%
 2002 36 PIT NL  130  113    3   0.7   109| .150  .268| .202  .342| .183  .427| .385  .769|   2  .029 -17.8  -1.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     2124 1603  185   3.1   108| .229  .270| .277  .340| .339  .425| .616  .766|  61  .295 -113.3 -11.1  75%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1997 31 BOS AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     3   0   0  0.00  4.66  inf 0.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     3   0   0  0.00  4.66  inf 0.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   68.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0   204   0   0  0.00  4.66  inf 0.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1989 23 SFG NL SS 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 .964 1.00 3.88 4.24 4.50 0 17.0 1990 24 SFG NL SS 21 29 53 1 10 .988 .967 3.90 4.00 5.38 4.59 16 137.3 1991 25 SFG NL SS 51 64 123 3 23 .984 .966 3.67 3.88 5.46 4.67 34 308.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1992 26 SFG NL SS 33 34 71 1 13 .991 .969 3.18 3.86 4.46 4.59 25 211.7 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1993 27 SFG NL 2B 23 54 54 1 23 .991 .980 4.70 4.49 6.12 5.16 17 158.7 SS 23 10 45 1 7 .982 .965 2.39 4.04 4.84 4.69 9 102.3 3B 16 10 34 3 3 .936 .944 2.75 2.31 3.20 2.70 14 123.7 1994 28 SFG NL SS 18 15 45 2 10 .968 .966 3.33 4.05 6.28 4.53 8 86.0 2B 10 18 20 1 3 .974 .982 3.80 4.56 5.77 5.27 7 59.3 3B 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 .943 1.00 2.24 2.37 2.65 1 19.0 1995 29 SFG NL 3B 43 29 77 4 3 .964 .946 2.47 2.33 3.30 2.77 30 288.7 SS 16 15 30 0 6 1.000 .968 2.81 3.97 4.54 4.51 7 89.3 2B 8 7 14 0 0 1.000 .986 2.62 4.58 4.36 5.26 4 43.3 1996 30 PHI NL SS 31 37 87 6 14 .954 .967 4.00 3.99 4.42 4.60 30 252.3 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.40 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1997 31 BOS AL 3B 19 13 39 4 4 .929 .952 2.74 2.32 3.44 2.67 14 136.0 SS 16 17 29 2 4 .958 .975 2.88 4.05 4.17 4.55 10 99.3 2B 5 14 11 0 6 1.000 .980 5.00 4.32 6.03 4.92 4 37.3 1B 4 6 2 0 1 1.000 .988 2.00 8.05 14.40 9.36 0 5.0 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 DH 1 1998 32 BOS AL 2B 87 160 189 2 40 .994 .978 4.01 4.14 4.94 4.85 73 635.7 SS 20 26 58 1 11 .988 .972 4.20 4.26 4.65 4.71 18 162.7 3B 11 6 19 0 0 1.000 .947 2.27 2.23 3.69 2.55 5 61.0 1B 10 41 9 0 3 1.000 .992 5.00 8.30 10.54 9.42 4 42.7 DH 2 1999 33 PIT NL SS 93 140 298 8 77 .982 .967 4.71 3.80 5.39 4.42 81 730.7 2B 12 21 31 0 5 1.000 .981 4.33 4.19 4.67 5.05 11 100.3 3B 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.30 3.00 2.70 1 18.0 2000 34 PIT NL 3B 34 13 61 2 5 .974 .950 2.18 2.18 3.56 2.64 19 187.3 SS 30 30 74 2 13 .981 .967 3.47 3.88 5.75 4.52 15 162.7 2B 27 57 71 0 18 1.000 .982 4.74 4.34 6.19 4.96 20 186.0 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 7.70 12.00 9.30 0 3.0 2002 36 PIT NL 3B 62 13 33 1 3 .979 .956 0.74 2.29 2.93 2.71 5 141.3 SS 15 18 35 1 5 .981 .971 3.53 4.00 5.38 4.52 11 88.7 2B 11 23 23 0 6 1.000 .983 4.18 4.28 5.73 4.95 7 72.3 1B 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.00 9.00 9.45 0 4.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 31 BOS AL 1B 4 6 2 0 1 1.000 .988 2.00 8.05 14.40 9.36 0 5.0 1998 32 BOS AL 1B 10 41 9 0 3 1.000 .992 5.00 8.30 10.54 9.42 4 42.7 2000 34 PIT NL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 7.70 12.00 9.30 0 3.0 2002 36 PIT NL 1B 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.00 9.00 9.45 0 4.0 1993 27 SFG NL 2B 23 54 54 1 23 .991 .980 4.70 4.49 6.12 5.16 17 158.7 1994 28 SFG NL 2B 10 18 20 1 3 .974 .982 3.80 4.56 5.77 5.27 7 59.3 1995 29 SFG NL 2B 8 7 14 0 0 1.000 .986 2.62 4.58 4.36 5.26 4 43.3 1996 30 PHI NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.40 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1997 31 BOS AL 2B 5 14 11 0 6 1.000 .980 5.00 4.32 6.03 4.92 4 37.3 1998 32 BOS AL 2B 87 160 189 2 40 .994 .978 4.01 4.14 4.94 4.85 73 635.7 1999 33 PIT NL 2B 12 21 31 0 5 1.000 .981 4.33 4.19 4.67 5.05 11 100.3 2000 34 PIT NL 2B 27 57 71 0 18 1.000 .982 4.74 4.34 6.19 4.96 20 186.0 2002 36 PIT NL 2B 11 23 23 0 6 1.000 .983 4.18 4.28 5.73 4.95 7 72.3 1991 25 SFG NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1992 26 SFG NL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1993 27 SFG NL 3B 16 10 34 3 3 .936 .944 2.75 2.31 3.20 2.70 14 123.7 1994 28 SFG NL 3B 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 .943 1.00 2.24 2.37 2.65 1 19.0 1995 29 SFG NL 3B 43 29 77 4 3 .964 .946 2.47 2.33 3.30 2.77 30 288.7 1997 31 BOS AL 3B 19 13 39 4 4 .929 .952 2.74 2.32 3.44 2.67 14 136.0 1998 32 BOS AL 3B 11 6 19 0 0 1.000 .947 2.27 2.23 3.69 2.55 5 61.0 1999 33 PIT NL 3B 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.30 3.00 2.70 1 18.0 2000 34 PIT NL 3B 34 13 61 2 5 .974 .950 2.18 2.18 3.56 2.64 19 187.3 2002 36 PIT NL 3B 62 13 33 1 3 .979 .956 0.74 2.29 2.93 2.71 5 141.3 1997 31 BOS AL DH 1 1998 32 BOS AL DH 2 2002 36 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1997 31 BOS AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 2002 36 PIT NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1989 23 SFG NL SS 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 .964 1.00 3.88 4.24 4.50 0 17.0 1990 24 SFG NL SS 21 29 53 1 10 .988 .967 3.90 4.00 5.38 4.59 16 137.3 1991 25 SFG NL SS 51 64 123 3 23 .984 .966 3.67 3.88 5.46 4.67 34 308.0 1992 26 SFG NL SS 33 34 71 1 13 .991 .969 3.18 3.86 4.46 4.59 25 211.7 1993 27 SFG NL SS 23 10 45 1 7 .982 .965 2.39 4.04 4.84 4.69 9 102.3 1994 28 SFG NL SS 18 15 45 2 10 .968 .966 3.33 4.05 6.28 4.53 8 86.0 1995 29 SFG NL SS 16 15 30 0 6 1.000 .968 2.81 3.97 4.54 4.51 7 89.3 1996 30 PHI NL SS 31 37 87 6 14 .954 .967 4.00 3.99 4.42 4.60 30 252.3 1997 31 BOS AL SS 16 17 29 2 4 .958 .975 2.88 4.05 4.17 4.55 10 99.3 1998 32 BOS AL SS 20 26 58 1 11 .988 .972 4.20 4.26 4.65 4.71 18 162.7 1999 33 PIT NL SS 93 140 298 8 77 .982 .967 4.71 3.80 5.39 4.42 81 730.7 2000 34 PIT NL SS 30 30 74 2 13 .981 .967 3.47 3.88 5.75 4.52 15 162.7 2002 36 PIT NL SS 15 18 35 1 5 .981 .971 3.53 4.00 5.38 4.52 11 88.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 375 439 952 28 193 .980 .968 3.71 3.93 5.11 4.55 264 2448.0 3B* 199 85 273 14 19 .962 .949 1.80 2.28 3.29 2.70 89 980.0 2B* 184 355 413 4 101 .995 .980 4.17 4.27 5.34 4.96 143 1295.0 1B* 16 55 11 0 5 1.000 .992 4.12 8.18 10.86 9.41 4 54.7 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 776 934 1649 46 318 .983 .969 3.33 3.67 4.86 4.33 500 4780
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1998   ALDS  BOS CLE     L   4  11   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   3  .091  .167  .091   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1999 NL-7-9

Sac. Hits
1998 AL-13-2
1999 NL-11-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3868) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 3, 1985: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1987.

October 6, 1995: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jeff Juden and Tommy Eason (minors).

October 8, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 26, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990San Francisco Giants$105,000
1991San Francisco Giants$110,000
1992San Francisco Giants$150,000
1993San Francisco Giants$142,500
1994San Francisco Giants$225,000
1995San Francisco Giants$320,000
1996Philadelphia Phillies$325,000
1998Boston Red Sox$242,500
1999Pittsburgh Pirates$700,000
2000Pittsburgh Pirates$700,000
2001Pittsburgh Pirates$925,000
2002Pittsburgh Pirates$925,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,870,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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