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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 STL NL 23 P 3 3 16.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56 0.33 1.000 1.86 0.50
1996 STL NL 24 P 34 32 191.0 30 8 19 3 3 .900 1.27 0.79 .957 1.84 0.52 RoY-7
1997 STL NL 25 P 23 23 161.2 25 13 12 0 3 1.000 1.39 1.09 .952 1.85 0.52
1999 STL NL 27 P 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.50 .900 1.80 0.50
2000 STL NL 28 P 30 0 46.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.20 .967 1.74 0.48
2001 STL NL 29 P 9 1 14.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.61 0.11 1.000 1.78 0.46
2002 CHC NL 30 P 7 7 39.1 6 2 4 0 2 1.000 1.37 0.86 .967 1.83 0.49
2003 TOT MLB 31 P 7 4 23.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.57 .975 1.77 0.49
2003 CHC NL 31 P 3 0 8.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.33 1.000 1.84 0.47
2003 TEX AL 31 P 4 4 15.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.75 .967 1.74 0.50
8 Seasons P 115 70 494.0 74 31 40 3 8 .959 1.29 0.62 .958 1.83 0.50
8 Seasons TOT 115 70 494.0 74 31 40 3 8 .959 1.29 0.62 .918 1.83 0.50

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 STL NL 23 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 STL NL 24 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 STL NL 25 23 22 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 STL NL 27 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 28 30 0 27 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 STL NL 29 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CHC NL 30 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TEX AL 31 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CHC NL 31 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 115 65 107 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1995 STL NL 23 81 69% 19% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 STL NL 24 865 74% 27% 28 75% 0 8 1 5 19 14 3 3 0 0 3 2 3 3 3 0 6 50%
1997 STL NL 25 694 67% 29% 16 75% 1 12 0 10 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 100%
1999 STL NL 27 7 71% 29% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 28 221 77% 24% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2001 STL NL 29 69 68% 26% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CHC NL 30 171 74% 18% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 100%
2003 TEX AL 31 80 76% 36% 2 50% 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2003 CHC NL 31 37 59% 22% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2225 71% 27% 55 78% 2 30 4 20 40 29 5 3 0 0 3 2 8 4 6 2 12 67%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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