Alan Benes
Alan Paul Benes
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 21, 1972 in Evansville, IN
High School: Lake Forest (Lake Forest, IL)
School: Creighton University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 19, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1995
Final Game: May 28, 2003
Relatives: Brother of Andy Benes
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1995 23 STL NL 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1996 24 STL NL 34 70 61 4 9 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 25 .148 .175 .197 .371 -2 12 1 0 7 0 0 1 RoY-7
1997 25 STL NL 22 54 52 1 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .173 .173 .212 .385 1 11 0 0 2 0 0 1
1999 27 STL NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2000 28 STL NL 27 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 208 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 29 STL NL 9 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 161 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2002 30 CHC NL 7 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .077 .143 .077 .220 -39 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2003 31 CHC NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 107 151 139 6 22 6 0 0 8 0 0 3 53 .158 .176 .201 .377 -1 28 1 0 9 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 229 210 9 33 9 0 0 12 0 0 5 80 .158 .176 .201 .377 -1 42 2 0 14 0 0
STL (6 yrs) 97 136 125 6 21 6 0 0 8 0 0 2 45 .168 .181 .216 .397 4 27 1 0 9 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 10 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .071 .133 .071 .205 -43 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1995 23 STL NL 6 6 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .270 .000 .339 .000 .419 .000 .758 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1996 24 STL NL 70 60 2 0.9 107 .250 .148 .270 .175 .339 .197 .422 .371 .761 -2 .043 -9.2 -0.9 .264 .082 .049
1997 25 STL NL 54 45 2 1.2 107 .250 .173 .269 .173 .341 .212 .423 .385 .764 1 .070 -7.6 -0.8 .256 .038 .038
2000 28 STL NL 4 2 2 26.7 118 .667 .500 .276 .500 .354 .750 .450 1.250 .804 208 .950 0.7 0.1 1.500 .250 .250
2001 29 STL NL 2 1 1 26.7 111 .500 .500 .268 .500 .340 .500 .440 1.000 .780 161 .955 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
2002 30 CHC NL 14 12 0 0.0 105 .200 .077 .264 .143 .337 .077 .419 .220 .756 -39 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .167 .077 .000
2003 31 CHC NL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .270 .000 .342 .000 .433 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
9 Seasons 151 127 7 1.5 107 .256 .158 .269 .176 .340 .201 .423 .377 .763 -1 .102 -20.7 -2.0 .263 .065 .043
162 Game Avg. 229 192 11 1.5 107 .256 .158 .269 .176 .340 .201 .423 .377 .763 -1 .102 -20.7 -2.0 .263 .065 .043
STL (6 yrs) 136 114 7 1.6 107 .263 .168 .270 .181 .340 .216 .423 .397 .764 4 .121 -17.7 -1.7 .276 .064 .048
CHC (2 yrs) 15 13 0 0.0 106 .167 .071 .264 .133 .337 .071 .420 .205 .758 -43 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .154 .071 .000

Postseason Batting

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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
1996 24 STL NL NLCS ATL L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1995 23 STL NL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 1.00 2.00 50% 0% 0.0% 0%
1996 24 STL NL 70 0.0% 35.7% 2.9% 4.3% 33% 12.50 2.4 12.2 1.50 2.67 51% 19% 0.0% 21%
1997 25 STL NL 54 0.0% 29.6% 0.0% 3.7% 22% 3.3 17.3 2.00 1.50 67% 8% 0.0% 9%
2000 28 STL NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 25.0% 50% 4.0 0.00 0.00 75% 67% 0.0% 0%
2001 29 STL NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 100% 50% 0.0% 0%
2002 30 CHC NL 14 0.0% 57.1% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 8.00 1.6 1.00 0.33 36% 20% 0.0% 0%
2003 31 CHC NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
8 Seasons 151 0.0% 35.1% 2.0% 4.0% 27% 17.67 2.6 17.4 1.50 1.81 57% 16% 0.0% 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1995 23 STL NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 24 STL NL 2 0 36% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
1997 25 STL NL 0 0 11% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2000 28 STL NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 29 STL NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 CHC NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2 0 24% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11% 4 3 0 2 2 0 3 2 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1995 23 STL NL 6 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1996 24 STL NL 70 23% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 12 1 8% 14 3 21% 48 5 10% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1997 25 STL NL 54 22% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 9 0 0% 15 2 13% 38 3 8% 4 1 25% 6 3 50% 0
2000 28 STL NL 4 75% 2 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
2001 29 STL NL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2002 30 CHC NL 14 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2003 31 CHC NL 1 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
8 Seasons 151 26% 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 64% 23 1 4% 33 5 15% 98 8 8% 9 1 11% 12 5 42% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1995 23 STL NL 6 15 2.50 12 80% 25% 50% 0% 25% 75% 0% 60% 33% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1996 24 STL NL 68 213 3.13 158 74% 21% 28% 23% 27% 78% 0% 58% 63% 63% 0% 0 0 4% 3 3 4% 3 1 29% 2 0 1
1997 25 STL NL 45 132 2.93 101 77% 23% 27% 20% 31% 77% 0% 59% 65% 53% 0% 0 0 4% 2 2 0% 0 0 21% 9 0 0
2000 28 STL NL 4 16 4.00 13 81% 15% 0% 62% 23% 85% 0% 69% 100% 75% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2001 29 STL NL 2 3 1.50 3 100% 0% 33% 0% 67% 100% 100% 67% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 CHC NL 14 57 4.07 42 74% 24% 36% 29% 12% 76% 0% 56% 53% 50% 0% 0 0 14% 2 1 7% 1 1 25% 0 0 0
2003 31 CHC NL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 140 437 3.12 330 76% 22% 28% 23% 26% 78% 0% 59% 63% 59% 0% 0 0 5% 7 6 3% 4 2 28% 11 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 23 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 24 37 76 67 4 9 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 28 .134 .159 .179 .339 -11 12 1 0 7 0 0
1997 25 59 130 119 5 18 5 0 0 8 0 0 2 44 .151 .165 .193 .359 -6 23 1 0 9 0 0
1999 27 61 130 119 5 18 5 0 0 8 0 0 2 44 .151 .165 .193 .359 -6 23 1 0 9 0 0
2000 28 88 134 123 5 20 6 0 0 8 0 0 2 45 .163 .176 .211 .387 2 26 1 0 9 0 0
2001 29 97 136 125 6 21 6 0 0 8 0 0 2 45 .168 .181 .216 .397 4 27 1 0 9 0 0
2002 30 104 150 138 6 22 6 0 0 8 0 0 3 53 .159 .177 .203 .380 0 28 1 0 9 0 0
2003 31 214 302 278 12 44 12 0 0 16 0 0 6 106 .158 .176 .201 .377 -1 56 2 0 18 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1995 23 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1996 24 34 63 61 3 9 3 0 0 4 0 2 25 .148 .175 .197 .371 2 34
1997 25 22 52 52 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 22
2000 28 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 27
2001 29 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
2002 30 7 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 7
2003 31 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
7 Seasons 105 143 140 4 9 3 0 0 7 0 3 53 .064 .084 .086 .170 5 105
162 Game Avg. 162 221 216 6 14 5 0 0 11 0 5 82 .064 .084 .086 .170 8 105

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