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Kris Benson

Kristen James Benson

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 7, 1974 in Kennesaw, Georgia, US
High School: Spayberry HS (Marietta, GA)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (1st) of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

Prospect Ratings by Baseball America:
Pre-1997: Rated #8 Prospect
Pre-1998: Rated #7 Prospect
Pre-1999: Rated #59 Prospect

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Pitching: 2010 / 2009 / 2008
Batting: 2010 / 2008

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1997	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	PIT	8	7	.533	3.87	24	24	0	0	0	0	128.0	130	69	55	12	45	1	138	4	1	5	557	1.367	9.1	0.8	3.2	9.7	3.07
1997	22	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	PIT	5	2	.714	2.58	10	10	0	0	0	0	59.1	49	20	17	1	13	0	72	2	1	3	241	1.045	7.4	0.2	2.0	10.9	5.54
1997	22	Carolina	SOUL	AA	PIT	3	5	.375	4.98	14	14	0	0	0	0	68.2	81	49	38	11	32	1	66	2	0	2	316	1.646	10.6	1.4	4.2	8.7	2.06
1998	23	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	8	10	.444	5.37	28	28	0	1	1	0	156.0	162	102	93	26	50	5	129	5	0	9	689	1.359	9.3	1.5	2.9	7.4	2.58

2002	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	1	2	.333	1.46	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.2	13	5	4	2	8	0	32	1	0	0	94	0.851	4.7	0.7	2.9	11.7	4.00
2002	27	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	25	0.714	6.4	1.3	0.0	9.0
2002	27	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	0	2	.000	1.53	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.2	8	4	3	1	8	0	25	0	0	0	69	0.906	4.1	0.5	4.1	12.7	3.13

2005	30	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	10	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0

2008	33	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	PHI	1	6	.143	5.78	13	13	0	0	0	0	67.0	95	52	43	10	17	0	39	2	0	2	306	1.672	12.8	1.3	2.3	5.2	2.29
2008	33	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	2	.000	8.10	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	10	6	6	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	34	1.950	13.5	4.0	4.0	8.1	2.00
2008	33	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	1	4	.200	5.52	11	11	0	0	0	0	60.1	85	46	37	7	14	0	33	2	0	2	272	1.641	12.7	1.0	2.1	4.9	2.36
2009	34	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	TEX	4	6	.400	5.25	12	11	0	1	0	0	73.2	83	48	43	6	24	0	53	3	0	3	323	1.452	10.1	0.7	2.9	6.5	2.21
2009	34	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	21	1.200	9.0	1.8	1.8	7.2	4.00
2009	34	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	TEX	4	5	.444	5.24	11	10	0	1	0	0	68.2	78	45	40	5	23	0	49	2	0	3	302	1.471	10.2	0.7	3.0	6.4	2.13
2010	35	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	1	2	.333	8.87	7	7	0	0	0	0	22.1	34	26	22	5	11	0	14	2	1	0	114	2.015	13.7	2.0	4.4	5.6	1.27
7 Seasons						23	33	.411	4.93	90	89	0	2	1	0	474.2	517	302	260	61	155	6	409	18	2	19	2093	1.416	9.8	1.2	2.9	7.8	2.64
AAA (5 seasons)				AAA		14	23	.378	5.40	61	60	0	2	1	0	325.0	367	223	195	44	106	5	250	11	1	14	1446	1.455	10.2	1.2	2.9	6.9	2.36
AA (3 seasons)				AA		4	6	.400	4.69	16	16	0	0	0	0	80.2	91	53	42	13	33	1	77	4	0	2	362	1.537	10.2	1.5	3.7	8.6	2.33
A+ (3 seasons)				A+		5	4	.556	3.00	13	13	0	0	0	0	69.0	59	26	23	4	16	0	82	3	1	3	285	1.087	7.7	0.5	2.1	10.7	5.13

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1997	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	PIT	24	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
1997	22	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	PIT	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	22	Carolina	SOUL	AA	PIT	14	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
1998	23	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	28	27	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.042	.080	.042	.122	1	0	0	2	0	0

2002	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2002	27	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2002	27	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

2005	30	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

2008	33	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	PHI	13	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	33	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	33	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	34	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	TEX	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	34	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	34	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	TEX	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	35	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0
7 Seasons						90	52	44	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	25	.023	.065	.023	.088	1	0	0	6	0	0
AAA (5 seasons)				AAA		61	38	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	.030	.086	.030	.116	1	0	0	3	0	0
AA (3 seasons)				AA		16	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0
A+ (3 seasons)				A+		13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
1997	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	PIT	P	24	19	8	9	2	0	.895	0.71	10	2	17%
1997	22	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	PIT	P	10	12	6	4	2	0	.833	1.00	4	0	0%
1997	22	Carolina	SOUL	AA	PIT	P	14	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	0.50	6	2	25%
1998	23	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	P	28	32	15	16	1	0	.969	1.11	17	0	0%

2002	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	P	5	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.20	2	1	33%
2002	27	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0%
2002	27	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	P	4	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.25	1	1	50%

2005	30	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	1	0	0%

2008	33	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	PHI	P	13	14	4	10	0	1	1.000	1.08	13	5	28%
2008	33	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	P	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50	2	1	33%
2008	33	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	P	11	13	4	9	0	1	1.000	1.18	11	4	27%
2009	34	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	TEX	P	12	15	4	11	0	2	1.000	1.25	12	4	25%
2009	34	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	1	100%
2009	34	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	TEX	P	11	15	4	11	0	2	1.000	1.36	12	3	20%
2010	35	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	P	7	6	3	3	0	0	1.000	0.86	6	0	0%
7 Seasons							90	88	35	50	3	3	.966	0.94	61	12	16%

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
1997	22	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	A+	PIT
1997	22	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	AA	PIT
1998	23	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	AAA	PIT
1999	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League	MLB	PIT	1	1999-04-09	1999-10-03
2000	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League	MLB	PIT	1	2000-04-05	2000-10-01
2001	26	Injured
2002	27	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	AA	PIT
2002	27	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	AAA	PIT		2002-04-05	2002-05-02
2002	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League	MLB	PIT	1	2002-05-13	2002-09-22
2003	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League	MLB	PIT	1	2003-03-31	2003-07-17
2004	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League	MLB	PIT	1	2004-04-07	2004-07-26
2004	29	New York Mets	National League	MLB	NYM	2	2004-07-31	2004-10-01
2005	30	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	A+	NYM		2005-04-29	2005-04-29
2005	30	New York Mets	National League	MLB	NYM	1	2005-05-05	2005-09-30
2006	31	Baltimore Orioles	American League	MLB	BAL	1	2006-04-06	2006-09-27

2008	33	Clearwater Threshers	Florida State League	A+	PHI		2008-06-19	2008-06-24
2008	33	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	International League	AAA	PHI		2008-06-29	2008-08-27
2009	34	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas League	AA	TEX		2009-05-03	2009-05-03
2009	34	Oklahoma City RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	AAA	TEX		2009-07-11	2009-09-04
2009	34	Texas Rangers	American League	MLB	TEX	1	2009-04-10	2009-06-06
2010	35	Reno Aces	Pacific Coast League	AAA	ARI		2010-04-12	2010-08-04
2010	35	Arizona Diamondbacks	National League	MLB	ARI	1	2010-04-17	2010-04-28

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