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Marvin Benard

Marvin Larry Benard

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 20, 1971 in Bluefields, Nicaragua
High School: Bell HS (Bell, CA)
School: Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, ID)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 50th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1995
Team: Giants 1995-2003

Final Game: September 27, 2003
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 SFG NL 24 CF 7 6 5 53.2 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 3.19 2.71 .984 2.48 2.47
1995 SFG NL 24 OF 7 6 5 53.2 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 3.19 2.71 .979 2.15 2.14
1996 SFG NL 25 OF 132 118 96 1058.0 321 309 7 5 0 .984 11 12 2.69 2.39 .978 2.13 2.12
1996 SFG NL 25 CF 102 97 76 848.0 262 253 6 3 0 .989 7 10 2.75 2.54 .984 2.49 2.47
1996 SFG NL 25 RF 38 21 20 202.2 58 55 1 2 0 .966 3 20 2.49 1.47 .974 2.06 2.05
1996 SFG NL 25 LF 5 0 0 7.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 16 1.23 0.20 .980 1.84 1.84
1997 SFG NL 26 OF 36 11 5 161.2 30 27 2 1 0 .967 -0 -2 1.61 0.81 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 SFG NL 26 RF 18 7 3 81.2 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 7 1.21 0.61 .977 2.04 2.03
1997 SFG NL 26 LF 14 0 0 38.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -2 -63 1.66 0.50 .980 1.94 1.93
1997 SFG NL 26 CF 6 4 2 42.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 34 2.36 1.83 .983 2.40 2.38
1997 SFG NL 26 DH 1 1
1998 SFG NL 27 OF 79 57 39 539.2 112 109 1 2 1 .982 2 5 1.83 1.39 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 SFG NL 27 RF 64 48 36 444.0 95 92 1 2 1 .979 4 11 1.89 1.45 .976 2.08 2.07
1998 SFG NL 27 LF 12 3 2 46.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 1.16 0.50 .975 1.89 1.88
1998 SFG NL 27 CF 9 6 1 49.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -37 1.84 1.11 .987 2.53 2.53
1998 SFG NL 27 DH 2 1
1999 SFG NL 28 OF 142 127 110 1155.0 332 323 5 4 1 .988 -17 -18 2.56 2.31 .981 2.26 2.24
1999 SFG NL 28 CF 123 120 103 1056.0 300 291 5 4 1 .987 -15 -17 2.52 2.41 .984 2.63 2.61
1999 SFG NL 28 RF 20 6 6 85.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -13 2.54 1.20 .981 2.16 2.14
1999 SFG NL 28 LF 4 1 1 14.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -111 5.14 2.00 .978 1.99 1.98
2000 SFG NL 29 OF 141 130 65 1143.2 335 323 11 1 1 .997 6 6 2.63 2.37 .981 2.24 2.22
2000 SFG NL 29 CF 128 121 58 977.0 286 275 10 1 1 .997 2 2 2.63 2.23 .987 2.64 2.62
2000 SFG NL 29 RF 38 5 4 111.1 33 31 2 0 0 1.000 1 15 2.67 0.87 .979 2.19 2.16
2000 SFG NL 29 LF 21 4 3 55.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 3 65 3.09 0.90 .976 1.92 1.90
2001 SFG NL 30 OF 109 85 54 781.0 226 213 5 8 2 .965 -2 -3 2.51 2.00 .982 2.20 2.18
2001 SFG NL 30 CF 75 70 42 590.0 183 173 3 7 2 .962 -1 -2 2.68 2.35 .986 2.59 2.56
2001 SFG NL 30 RF 37 9 8 126.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 1.85 0.70 .981 2.11 2.09
2001 SFG NL 30 LF 15 6 4 64.2 17 15 1 1 0 .941 0 2 2.23 1.07 .979 1.91 1.89
2002 SFG NL 31 OF 38 17 11 190.2 53 50 3 0 0 1.000 3 17 2.50 1.39 .983 2.19 2.17
2002 SFG NL 31 RF 20 8 7 92.1 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.83 1.45 .983 2.07 2.05
2002 SFG NL 31 LF 14 6 3 68.2 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 0 9 1.97 1.07 .977 1.93 1.90
2002 SFG NL 31 CF 6 3 1 29.2 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 36 2.73 1.50 .988 2.58 2.55
2003 SFG NL 32 OF 21 13 8 123.1 39 37 2 0 0 1.000 2 1 19 9 2.85 1.86 .984 2.17 2.15
2003 SFG NL 32 LF 17 11 8 105.2 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 19 0 2.64 1.82 .979 1.91 1.89
2003 SFG NL 32 RF 4 2 0 17.2 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 20 68 4.08 2.00 .982 2.09 2.08
9 Seasons OF 705 564 393 5206.2 1467 1410 36 21 5 .986 4 1 1 9 2.50 2.05 .981 2.20 2.18
8 Seasons CF 456 427 288 3645.1 1080 1040 25 15 4 .986 -7 -2 2.63 2.34 .985 2.59 2.57
8 Seasons RF 239 106 84 1161.0 284 271 9 4 1 .986 9 1 9 67 2.17 1.17 .978 2.09 2.09
8 Seasons LF 102 31 21 400.1 105 100 3 2 0 .981 2 0 6 0 2.32 1.01 .978 1.92 1.90
9 Seasons TOT 705 564 393 5206.2 1467 1410 36 21 5 .986 4 2 1 19 2.50 2.05 .981 2.20 2.18
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1995 SFG NL 24 CF -0 -11 -0 0 -1 0
1996 SFG NL 25 CF 7 10 4 5 -1 3
1996 SFG NL 25 RF 3 20 5 2 3 -2
1996 SFG NL 25 LF 0 16 0 0 0 0
1997 SFG NL 26 RF 0 7 -2 -1 -0 2
1997 SFG NL 26 LF -2 -63 -2 -2 -0 0
1997 SFG NL 26 CF 1 34 1 1 0 0
1998 SFG NL 27 RF 4 11 6 8 -2 -2
1998 SFG NL 27 LF -0 -5 -0 -0 0 0
1998 SFG NL 27 CF -2 -37 -2 -1 -0 0
1999 SFG NL 28 CF -15 -17 -11 -4 -7 -4
1999 SFG NL 28 RF -1 -13 0 -0 0 -1
1999 SFG NL 28 LF -1 -111 -0 -0 0 -1
2000 SFG NL 29 CF 2 2 -2 0 -3 4
2000 SFG NL 29 RF 1 15 1 1 0 0
2000 SFG NL 29 LF 3 65 2 1 1 1
2001 SFG NL 30 CF -1 -2 2 -3 5 -3
2001 SFG NL 30 RF -1 -9 -1 0 -1 0
2001 SFG NL 30 LF 0 2 0 0 -0 0
2002 SFG NL 31 RF 1 17 1 1 0 0
2002 SFG NL 31 LF 0 9 0 1 -0 0
2002 SFG NL 31 CF 1 36 1 1 0 0
2003 SFG NL 32 LF 2 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 -1
2003 SFG NL 32 RF 0 20 -1 -1 0 1 1 68 0 1
8 Seasons CF -7 -2 -7 -1 -6 0
8 Seasons RF 9 9 11 10 1 -2 1 67 0 1
8 Seasons LF 2 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 -1
9 Seasons TOT 4 1 6 10 -4 -2 2 19 1 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 SFG NL 24 13 6 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 5 1
1996 SFG NL 25 135 118 135 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 102 38 145 0 5 1
1997 SFG NL 26 84 12 84 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 18 38 1 49 2
1998 SFG NL 27 121 58 121 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 64 85 2 45 0
1999 SFG NL 28 149 127 149 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 123 20 147 0 11 0
2000 SFG NL 29 149 130 149 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 128 38 187 0 16 0
2001 SFG NL 30 129 85 129 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 75 37 127 0 30 0
2002 SFG NL 31 65 17 65 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 20 40 0 33 0
2003 SFG NL 32 46 13 46 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 4 21 0 26 1
9 Seasons 891 566 891 705 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 456 239 797 3 220 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1995 SFG NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 252 66% 80% 44% 37 51%
1996 SFG NL 25 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 2 1 3 52 37 0 35 10 3 14 2 0 9 1 0 31 16 0 141 66 46.8% 72 3 2.1% 3 3734 66% 79% 41% 504 51%
1997 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 171 62% 80% 33% 19 58%
1998 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 218 59% 74% 38% 23 43%
1999 SFG NL 28 4 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 72 40 1 54 8 1 26 7 1 14 4 0 25 14 0 191 73 38.2% 115 3 1.6% 2 4637 65% 76% 42% 613 48%
2000 SFG NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 10 1 3 1 4 55 44 1 31 7 2 5 1 2 15 0 1 38 24 0 144 76 52.8% 62 6 4.2% 4 4249 64% 76% 39% 486 58%
2001 SFG NL 30 7 0 7 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 34 21 0 30 7 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 18 8 1 91 37 40.7% 53 1 1.1% 2 2556 64% 75% 41% 312 56%
2002 SFG NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 112 57% 65% 41% 9 100%
8 Seasons 15 0 15 0 3 25 1 7 5 8 220 147 2 156 34 6 46 10 3 49 6 1 116 66 1 587 263 44.8% 311 13 2.2% 12 15929 64% 76% 41% 2003 53%
MLB Averages 43.6% 2.2% 58% 77% 40% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1996 SFG NL 25 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 1 0 8 1 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 26 6 23.1% 20 0 0.0% 1 859 62% 78% 42% 97 58%
1997 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 5 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 69.2% 3 1 7.7% 0 348 62% 75% 37% 38 29%
1998 SFG NL 27 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 18 5 0 9 1 0 8 6 0 5 0 1 15 10 0 55 22 40.0% 32 1 1.8% 0 1926 56% 78% 37% 153 60%
1999 SFG NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 15 4 26.7% 11 0 0.0% 0 376 65% 75% 41% 43 56%
2000 SFG NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 11 4 0 7 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 26 9 34.6% 17 0 0.0% 2 481 61% 72% 42% 64 52%
2001 SFG NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 6 3 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 20 9 45.0% 11 0 0.0% 1 533 53% 77% 43% 56 46%
2002 SFG NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 1 392 56% 76% 43% 49 59%
2003 SFG NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 1 76 55% 75% 36% 17 47%
8 Seasons 4 0 3 1 1 9 0 4 4 1 61 23 2 40 10 0 28 16 0 17 2 1 28 16 0 174 67 38.5% 104 3 1.7% 6 4991 58% 77% 40% 517 54%
MLB Averages 44.6% 2.5% 58% 77% 40% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1996 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 53% 91% 47% 2 50%
1997 SFG NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 2 1 20.0% 0 163 68% 79% 42% 13 54%
1998 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 189 72% 72% 39% 14 43%
1999 SFG NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 62 76% 79% 58% 15 53%
2000 SFG NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 12 11 91.7% 0 0 0.0% 0 242 56% 77% 44% 35 54%
2001 SFG NL 30 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 1 288 63% 76% 45% 29 55%
2002 SFG NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 9 6 66.7% 3 1 11.1% 0 295 58% 73% 38% 27 56%
2003 SFG NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 5 5 0 22 13 59.1% 9 0 0.0% 0 458 69% 78% 39% 55 56%
8 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 20 14 2 16 8 0 9 8 0 6 0 0 13 12 0 64 42 65.6% 20 2 3.1% 1 1729 65% 76% 42% 190 54%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.6% 58% 77% 40% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2000 NL  10 (2nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 NL  7 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2001 NL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1996 NL  2.75 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  2.54 (4th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  .989 (4th)
2000 NL  .997 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1996 NL  2.69 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1996 NL  2.39 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2000 NL  .997 (2nd)

                                         

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