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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 (Bell, CA)
School: Lewis-Clark State College
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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Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1992	21	SFG-min	A-	64	192	161	31	38	10	2	1	17	17	3	24	39	.236	.356	.342	.698		55	1	6	1	0	0	EVR · NORW
1993	22	SFG-min	A	112	411	349	84	105	14	2	5	50	42	10	56	66	.301	.403	.395	.799		138	1	4	2	0	1	CLI · MIDW
1994	23	SFG-min	AA	125	500	454	66	143	32	3	4	48	24	13	31	58	.315	.361	.425	.786		193	15	4	7	4	5	SHV · TL
1995	24	SFG-min	AAA	111	441	378	70	115	14	6	6	32	10	13	50	66	.304	.390	.421	.811		159	2	5	5	3	3	PHX · PCL
1995	24	SFG	NL	13	35	34	5	13	2	0	1	4	1	0	1	7	.382	.400	.529	.929	148	18	1	0	0	0	0	/8
1996	25	SFG-min	AAA	4	21	19	2	7	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	2	.368	.429	.368	.797		7	0	0	0	0	0	PHX · PCL
1996	25	SFG	NL	135	558	488	89	121	17	4	5	27	25	11	59	84	.248	.333	.330	.663	80	161	8	4	6	1	2	*89/7
1997	26	SFG-min	AAA	17	72	60	14	20	5	0	0	5	4	3	11	9	.333	.444	.417	.861		25	3	1	0	0	0	PHX · PCL
1997	26	SFG	NL	84	130	114	13	26	4	0	1	13	3	1	13	29	.228	.315	.289	.605	62	33	2	2	0	1	0	97/8D
1998	27	SFG	NL	121	327	286	41	92	21	1	3	36	11	4	34	39	.322	.396	.434	.830	124	124	3	2	4	1	1	97/8D
1999	28	SFG	NL	149	625	562	100	163	36	5	16	64	27	14	55	97	.290	.359	.457	.816	110	257	5	6	1	1	2	*89/7
2000	29	SFG	NL	149	633	560	102	147	27	6	12	55	22	7	63	97	.263	.342	.396	.739	92	222	4	6	2	2	0	*897
2001	30	SFG	NL	129	429	392	70	104	19	2	15	44	10	5	29	66	.265	.320	.439	.759	100	172	3	4	1	3	2	*897
2002	31	SFG	NL	65	131	123	16	34	9	2	1	13	5	1	7	26	.276	.321	.407	.727	95	50	3	1	0	0	0	97/8
2003	32	SFG-min	AAA,A+	17	62	59	10	13	3	0	1	8	2	0	1	6	.220	.258	.322	.580		19	2	2	0	0	0	FRE,SJO · PCL,CALL
2003	32	SFG	NL	46	77	71	5	14	3	1	0	4	1	0	4	9	.197	.237	.268	.504	32	19	3	0	1	1	0	7/9
2004	33	TOR-min	AAA	33	135	123	15	26	5	2	4	18	0	1	9	21	.211	.281	.382	.664		47	3	3	0	0	1	SYR · IL
9 Seasons				891	2945	2630	441	714	138	21	54	260	105	43	265	454	.271	.343	.402	.744	96	1056	32	25	15	10	7
162 Game Avg.				162	535	478	80	130	25	4	10	47	19	8	48	83	.271	.343	.402	.744	96	192	6	5	3	2	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1995	24	SFG	NL	35	2	0	0	0	-0	0	1	2	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$109,000	/8
1996	25	SFG	NL	558	-10	1	0	3	11	0	16	20	2.0	10	1.0	1.0	$110,500	*89/7
1997	26	SFG	NL	130	-5	1	0	1	-0	-1	4	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$185,000	97/8D
1998	27	SFG	NL	327	13	0	-1	0	2	-3	9	20	2.1	18	1.8	0.3	$250,000	97/8D
1999	28	SFG	NL	625	9	2	-2	2	-17	1	17	12	1.2	29	2.8	-1.6	$850,000	*89/7
2000	29	SFG	NL	633	-5	3	-3	1	6	1	17	20	2.0	14	1.4	0.6	$1,125,000	*897
2001	30	SFG	NL	429	-2	0	-2	1	-2	0	12	7	0.7	9	0.9	-0.2	$2,700,000	*897
2002	31	SFG	NL	131	-2	0	0	0	3	-1	4	4	0.4	1	0.1	0.3	$4,200,000	97/8
2003	32	SFG	NL	77	-7	0	-1	0	2	-1	2	-5	-0.5	-7	-0.7	0.2	$4,200,000	7/9
9 Seasons				2945	-7	7	-9	8	4	-4	82	79	8.0	77	7.6	0.4	$13,729,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1997	26	SFG	NL	NLDS	FLA	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	29	SFG	NL	NLDS	NYM	L	4	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.071	.133	.071	.205	1	0	0	1	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							6	18	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.063	.118	.063	.180	1	0	0	1	0	0
2 NLDS							6	18	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.063	.118	.063	.180	1	0	0	1	0	0

Standard Fielding

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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	1	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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing s c a p y 1996 NL 11 (7th) 1999 NL 14 (5th)	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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1152), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 1, 1992: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 50th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1992.
October 28, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
March 10, 2004: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
May 27, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
September 2, 2004: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1995	24	San Francisco Giants	$109,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	25	San Francisco Giants	$110,500	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	26	San Francisco Giants	$185,000	1997 AP survey
1998	27	San Francisco Giants	$250,000	11/23/98 USA Today	Includes $25,000 earned bonus
1999	28	San Francisco Giants	$850,000	11/19/99 USA Today	Includes $150,000 earned bonus
2000	29	San Francisco Giants	$1,125,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	30	San Francisco Giants	$2,700,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	31	San Francisco Giants	$4,200,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	32	San Francisco Giants	$4,200,000	4/3/03 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$13,729,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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