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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 Pitching

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- Postseason
- 1995
- 2000
- 1996
- 2001
- 1997
- 2002
- 1999
- 2003
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1995
- 2000
- 1996
- 2001
- 1997
- 2002
- 1999
- 2003
HR Log
vs. Batter
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1995	23	STL	NL	1	2	.333	8.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	24	15	15	2	4	0	20	1	0	3	76	50	1.750	13.5	1.1	2.3	11.3	5.00
1996	24	STL	NL	13	10	.565	4.90	34	32	1	3	1	0	191.0	192	120	104	27	87	3	131	7	1	5	840	86	1.461	9.0	1.3	4.1	6.2	1.51	RoY-7
1997	25	STL	NL	9	9	.500	2.89	23	23	0	2	0	0	161.2	128	60	52	13	68	3	160	4	2	9	666	144	1.212	7.1	0.7	3.8	8.9	2.35

1999	27	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2000	28	STL	NL	2	2	.500	5.67	30	0	16	0	0	0	46.0	54	33	29	7	23	2	26	2	0	5	214	83	1.674	10.6	1.4	4.5	5.1	1.13
2001	29	STL	NL	2	0	1.000	7.36	9	1	4	0	0	0	14.2	14	12	12	5	12	0	10	0	0	0	68	59	1.773	8.6	3.1	7.4	6.1	0.83
2002	30	CHC	NL	2	2	.500	4.35	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	42	22	19	3	12	1	32	0	0	2	167	93	1.373	9.6	0.7	2.7	7.3	2.67
2003	31	TOT	MLB	0	3	.000	8.10	7	4	1	0	0	1	23.1	37	22	21	2	14	0	20	0	2	0	115	59	2.186	14.3	0.8	5.4	7.7	1.43
2003	31	CHC	NL	0	0		2.16	3	0	1	0	0	1	8.1	8	2	2	0	6	0	9	0	1	0	36	200	1.680	8.6	0.0	6.5	9.7	1.50
2003	31	TEX	AL	0	3	.000	11.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	29	20	19	2	8	0	11	0	1	0	79	44	2.467	17.4	1.2	4.8	6.6	1.38
8 Seasons				29	28	.509	4.59	115	70	24	5	1	1	494.0	493	284	252	59	220	9	401	14	5	24	2153	93	1.443	9.0	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.82
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.509	4.59	42	26	9	2	0	0	182	181	104	93	22	81	3	147	5	2	9	791	93	1.443	9.0	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.82

STL (6 yrs)				27	23	.540	4.42	101	59	23	5	1	0	431.1	414	240	212	54	194	8	349	14	3	22	1871	96	1.410	8.6	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.80
CHC (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	3.97	10	7	1	0	0	1	47.2	50	24	21	3	18	1	41	0	1	2	203	103	1.427	9.4	0.6	3.4	7.7	2.28
TEX (1 yr)				0	3	.000	11.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	29	20	19	2	8	0	11	0	1	0	79	44	2.467	17.4	1.2	4.8	6.6	1.38

NL (8 yrs)				29	25	.537	4.38	111	66	24	5	1	1	479.0	464	264	233	57	212	9	390	14	4	24	2074	97	1.411	8.7	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.84
AL (1 yr)				0	3	.000	11.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	29	20	19	2	8	0	11	0	1	0	79	44	2.467	17.4	1.2	4.8	6.6	1.38

Postseason Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	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
1996	24	STL	NL	NLCS	L	ATL	0	1	.000	2.84	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	5	1	0	0	25	0.789	4.3	0.0	2.8	7.1	2.50
1 NLCS							0	1	.000	2.84	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	5	1	0	0	25	0.789	4.3	0.0	2.8	7.1	2.50

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- Postseason
- 1995
- 2000
- 1996
- 2001
- 1997
- 2002
- 1999
- 2003
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1995
- 2000
- 1996
- 2001
- 1997
- 2002
- 1999
- 2003
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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

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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1996 NL 1 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1996 NL 27 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1996 NL 87 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1996 NL 104 (5th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1997 NL 9 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Ken Dixon (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Robinson (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Geremi Gonzalez (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Garrett Stephenson (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Garrett Stephenson (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Sundra (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 49th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 1993.

December 21, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 16, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

May 9, 2003: Sent to the Texas Rangers by the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.

October 7, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

July 29, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses

1995	St. Louis Cardinals	$109,000
1996	St. Louis Cardinals	$122,000
1997	St. Louis Cardinals	$240,000
1998	St. Louis Cardinals	$550,000
1999	St. Louis Cardinals	$550,000
Career (may be incomplete)		$1,571,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniforms

View Alan Benes's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100