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Andy Benes

Andrew Charles Benes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: August 20, 1967 in Evansville, IN
High School: Central HS (Evansville, IN)
School: University of Evansville (Evansville, IN)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1989
Teams (by GP): Padres/Cardinals/Diamondbacks/Mariners 1989-2002
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 29, 2002
Relatives: Brother of Alan Benes
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1989	21	SDP-min	AA,AAA	21	18	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.067	.176	.067	.243		1		1	1	0	0		WCH,LVG · TL,PCL
1989	21	SDP	NL	10	25	24	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	12	.250	.250	.375	.625	76	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	RoY-5
1990	22	SDP	NL	32	68	60	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	25	.100	.127	.117	.244	-32	7	1	0	5	1	0	1
1991	23	SDP	NL	33	77	62	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	29	.032	.143	.081	.224	-36	5	2	2	7	0	0	1	CYA-6
1992	24	SDP	NL	34	78	67	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	5	29	.149	.205	.224	.429	21	15	1	0	5	1	0	1
1993	25	SDP	NL	34	88	72	5	9	3	0	1	4	0	0	1	33	.125	.149	.208	.357	-6	15	0	1	14	0	0	1	AS
1994	26	SDP	NL	25	63	49	2	8	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	22	.163	.180	.184	.364	-3	9	3	0	13	0	0	1	MVP-22
1995	27	TOT	MLB	31	44	40	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	18	.150	.171	.175	.346	-7	7	1	0	3	0	0	1
1995	27	SDP	NL	19	44	40	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	18	.150	.171	.175	.346	-7	7	1	0	3	0	0	1
1995	27	SEA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	28	STL	NL	36	85	73	5	11	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	37	.151	.158	.205	.363	-4	15	0	0	9	2	0	1	CYA-3
1997	29	STL-min	AA,A+,AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ARK,PRW,LOU · TL,CARL,AA
1997	29	STL	NL	26	65	55	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	14	.218	.246	.255	.500	32	14	0	1	8	0	0	1
1998	30	ARI	NL	35	82	65	8	11	3	0	1	3	0	0	6	28	.169	.250	.262	.512	35	17	0	1	10	0	0	1
1999	31	ARI	NL	33	73	58	6	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	17	.155	.222	.207	.429	9	12	1	1	10	0	0	1
2000	32	STL	NL	30	60	50	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	19	.080	.148	.140	.288	-27	7	3	0	6	0	0	1
2001	33	STL	NL	27	35	32	1	5	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	15	.156	.182	.250	.432	10	8	0	0	2	0	0	1
2002	34	STL-min	AAA,A+	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250		0	0	0	1	0	0		MEM,POT · PCL,CARL
2002	34	STL	NL	19	37	34	3	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.206	.229	.324	.552	45	11	1	0	2	0	0	1
14 Yrs				405	880	741	48	106	21	0	8	50	0	0	34	307	.143	.186	.204	.390	4	151	14	6	95	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	352	296	19	42	8	0	3	20	0	0	14	123	.143	.186	.204	.390	4	60	6	2	38	2	0

SDP (7 yrs)				187	443	374	20	47	8	0	4	24	0	0	16	168	.126	.167	.179	.346	-5	67	9	3	48	2	0
STL (5 yrs)				138	282	244	14	39	10	0	2	18	0	0	8	94	.160	.188	.225	.414	8	55	4	1	27	2	0
ARI (2 yrs)				68	155	123	14	20	3	0	2	8	0	0	10	45	.163	.237	.236	.473	23	29	1	2	20	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (14 yrs)				393	880	741	48	106	21	0	8	50	0	0	34	307	.143	.186	.204	.390	4	151	14	6	95	4	0
AL (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1989	21	SDP	NL	10	25	-1	-0	-0	0	3	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.517	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$68,000	1	RoY-5
1990	22	SDP	NL	32	68	-12	-0	0	0	9	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$130,000	1
1991	23	SDP	NL	33	77	-12	-0	-0	0	9	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.487	.497	-0.4	0.0	-2	$235,000	1	CYA-6
1992	24	SDP	NL	34	78	-8	-0	-0	0	9	1	0.2	2	4	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$475,000	1
1993	25	SDP	NL	34	88	-12	-0	0	0	12	-1	-0.1	2	2	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	2	$2,050,000	1	AS
1994	26	SDP	NL	25	63	-8	-1	-1	0	9	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$3,005,000	1	MVP-22
1995	27	SDP	NL	19	44	-7	0	-0	0	6	-1	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$3,400,000	1
1995	27	SEA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1996	28	STL	NL	36	85	-12	0	1	0	11	-0	-0.1	2	2	-0.1	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	2	$3,375,000	1	CYA-3
1997	29	STL	NL	26	65	-6	-0	0	0	10	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.516	.502	0.4	0.0	6	$4,850,000	1
1998	30	ARI	NL	35	82	-7	-0	0	0	11	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.512	.503	0.4	-0.0	7	$6,450,000	1
1999	31	ARI	NL	33	73	-10	0	0	0	11	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$6,000,000	1
2000	32	STL	NL	30	60	-11	-0	-0	0	9	-3	-0.3	2	-2	-0.3	.489	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$2,867,542	1
2001	33	STL	NL	27	35	-5	-0	0	0	5	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$6,666,667	1
2002	34	STL	NL	19	37	-2	0	0	0	5	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.517	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$6,367,542	1
14 Seasons				405	880	-112	-2	-0	0	118	3	0.3	24	27	0.2	.501	.500	0.3	0.1	27	$45,939,751

SDP (7 yrs)				187	443	-59	-2	-1	0	56	-6	-0.6	12	6	-0.6	.497	.499	-0.6	0.1	6	$9,363,000
STL (5 yrs)				138	282	-36	-1	1	0	40	4	0.3	8	11	0.3	.503	.500	0.4	-0.0	11	$24,126,751
ARI (2 yrs)				68	155	-17	0	0	0	22	6	0.5	4	10	0.5	.508	.502	0.5	-0.0	10	$12,450,000
SEA (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1989	21	SDP	NL	25	20	2	2.7	91	.455	.250	.255	.250	.323	.375	.380	.625	.702	76	.322	-1.0	-0.1	.474	.125	.125	.0
1990	22	SDP	NL	68	61	1	0.4	99	.167	.100	.266	.127	.332	.117	.399	.244	.731	-32	.015	-11.1	-1.1	.164	.050	.017
1991	23	SDP	NL	77	69	1	0.4	96	.031	.032	.261	.143	.329	.081	.391	.224	.720	-36	.013	-11.8	-1.2	.210	.145	.048	.0
1992	24	SDP	NL	78	64	3	1.3	94	.237	.149	.261	.205	.327	.224	.385	.429	.712	21	.104	-7.2	-0.8	.345	.149	.075	.0
1993	25	SDP	NL	88	77	3	1.0	104	.211	.125	.272	.149	.338	.208	.415	.357	.752	-6	.061	-11.1	-1.1	.270	.097	.083	.0
1994	26	SDP	NL	63	57	2	0.9	107	.296	.163	.271	.180	.337	.184	.424	.364	.761	-3	.046	-7.4	-0.7	.227	.041	.020
1995	27	TOT	MLB	44	38	1	0.7	104	.273	.150	.267	.171	.336	.175	.416	.346	.752	-7	.029	-6.2	-0.6	.229	.050	.025
1995	27	SDP	NL	44	38	1	0.7	104	.273	.150	.267	.171	.336	.175	.416	.346	.752	-7	.029	-6.2	-0.6	.229	.050	.025
1996	28	STL	NL	85	73	3	1.1	106	.289	.151	.269	.158	.338	.205	.420	.363	.758	-4	.062	-11.0	-1.1	.258	.068	.055
1997	29	STL	NL	65	51	4	2.1	107	.293	.218	.269	.246	.341	.255	.423	.500	.764	32	.177	-5.6	-0.5	.372	.055	.036
1998	30	ARI	NL	82	64	5	2.1	107	.278	.169	.269	.250	.340	.262	.424	.512	.764	35	.177	-6.3	-0.6	.444	.185	.092	.0
1999	31	ARI	NL	73	60	3	1.3	117	.200	.155	.277	.222	.353	.207	.446	.429	.798	9	.074	-8.5	-0.8	.340	.121	.052	.0
2000	32	STL	NL	60	55	1	0.5	117	.100	.080	.274	.148	.352	.140	.448	.288	.800	-27	.012	-10.3	-1.0	.224	.140	.060	.0
2001	33	STL	NL	35	29	2	1.8	111	.294	.156	.268	.182	.340	.250	.440	.432	.780	10	.137	-4.3	-0.4	.333	.125	.094
2002	34	STL	NL	37	30	2	1.8	105	.250	.206	.264	.229	.337	.324	.419	.552	.756	45	.141	-2.9	-0.3	.429	.147	.118	.0
14 Yrs				880	748	33	1.2	105	.228	.143	.268	.186	.338	.204	.416	.390	.754	4	.073	-104.6	-10.3	.294	.107	.061	.0
162 Game Avg.				352	299	13	1.2	105	.228	.143	.268	.186	.338	.204	.416	.390	.754	4	.073	-104.6	-10.3	.294	.107	.061

SDP (7 yrs)				443	386	13	0.9	100	.211	.126	.265	.167	.332	.179	.402	.346	.734	-5	.051	-55.8	-5.7	.256	.096	.053	.0
STL (5 yrs)				282	238	12	1.4	109	.247	.160	.269	.188	.342	.225	.429	.414	.771	8	.084	-34.0	-3.3	.306	.098	.066	.0
ARI (2 yrs)				155	124	8	1.7	112	.237	.163	.273	.237	.346	.236	.434	.473	.780	23	.123	-14.8	-1.4	.394	.154	.073	.0

NL (14 yrs)				880	748	33	1.2	105	.228	.143	.268	.186	.338	.204	.416	.390	.754	4	.073	-104.6	-10.3	.294	.107	.061	.0

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
1995	27	SEA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	27	SEA	AL	ALCS	CLE	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	28	STL	NL	NLDS	SDP	W	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
1996	28	STL	NL	NLCS	ATL	L	3	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	0	0	0	0	0

2000	32	STL	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0

2002	34	STL	NL	NLDS	ARI	W	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2002	34	STL	NL	NLCS	SFG	L	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
4 Yrs (7 Series)							10	17	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.250	.308	.333	.641	4	0	0	4	0	0
2 NLDS							2	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	2	0	0
1 ALDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
3 NLCS							5	12	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.333	.633	3	0	0	2	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1993	SDP	NL	25

Ratio Batting*

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
1989	21	SDP	NL	25	4.0%	48.0%	0.0%	4.0%	17%		2.0	24.0	12.0	2.00	8.00	44%	23%	25.0%	0%
1990	22	SDP	NL	68	0.0%	36.8%	2.9%	1.5%	17%	12.50	2.4		30.0	1.43	2.00	53%	12%	0.0%	29%
1991	23	SDP	NL	77	1.3%	37.7%	7.8%	1.3%	50%	4.83	2.1	62.0	62.0	1.00	1.79	42%	8%	8.3%	25%
1992	24	SDP	NL	78	1.3%	37.2%	6.4%	3.9%	30%	5.80	2.3	67.0	13.4	0.73	1.25	49%	16%	5.6%	18%
1993	25	SDP	NL	88	1.1%	37.5%	1.1%	4.6%	44%	33.00	2.2	72.0	18.0	0.56	1.32	43%	15%	5.0%	20%
1994	26	SDP	NL	63	0.0%	34.9%	1.6%	1.6%	13%	22.00	2.2		7.0	1.17	4.67	43%	13%	0.0%	8%
1995	27	TOT	MLB	44	0.0%	40.9%	2.3%	2.3%	17%	18.00	2.2		13.3	1.20	1.75	50%	16%	0.0%	30%
1995	27	SDP	NL	44	0.0%	40.9%	2.3%	2.3%	17%	18.00	2.2		13.3	1.20	1.75	50%	16%	0.0%	30%
1996	28	STL	NL	85	0.0%	43.5%	1.2%	4.7%	36%	37.00	2.0		12.2	0.64	1.40	45%	21%	0.0%	23%
1997	29	STL	NL	65	0.0%	21.5%	1.5%	3.1%	17%	14.00	3.9		11.0	1.50	2.45	63%	16%	0.0%	19%
1998	30	ARI	NL	82	1.2%	34.2%	7.3%	4.9%	36%	4.67	2.3	65.0	21.7	0.89	1.77	44%	9%	9.1%	39%
1999	31	ARI	NL	73	1.4%	23.3%	5.5%	1.4%	11%	4.25	3.4	58.0	11.6	0.95	1.87	55%	14%	5.6%	14%
2000	32	STL	NL	60	1.7%	31.7%	6.7%	1.7%	25%	4.75	2.6	50.0	50.0	1.64	2.17	50%	11%	11.1%	18%
2001	33	STL	NL	35	0.0%	42.9%	2.9%	8.6%	60%	15.00	2.1		8.0	0.42	0.78	49%	37%	0.0%	17%
2002	34	STL	NL	37	2.7%	24.3%	2.7%	5.4%	29%	9.00	3.8	34.0	17.0	0.92	1.86	65%	19%	8.3%	0%
14 Yrs				880	0.9%	34.9%	3.9%	3.3%	27%	9.03	2.4	92.6	14.8	0.97	1.83	49%	15%	4.7%	20%
MLB Averages					2.5%	16.1%	8.9%	7.5%	32%	1.81	5.5	35.0	7.7	0.80	1.07	71%	22%	7.5%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	21	SDP	NL	-1.0	-0.1	25	-0.3	0.3	-0.5	.98	-0.1	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.95	-1.1		0
1990	22	SDP	NL	-11.1	-1.1	69	-1.2	0.2	-1.4	.90	-1.2	-0.2	-13.5	-1.4	0.94	-12.7		0
1991	23	SDP	NL	-11.8	-1.2	77	-1.0	0.4	-1.4	.86	-1.2	0.0	-11.7	-1.2	0.89	-12.4		0
1992	24	SDP	NL	-7.1	-0.8	78	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	.87	-0.8	0.1	-5.6	-0.6	0.85	-7.1		0
1993	25	SDP	NL	-11.2	-1.1	89	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.87	-1.0	0.0	-13.5	-1.3	0.95	-12.4		0
1994	26	SDP	NL	-7.4	-0.7	63	-0.6	0.5	-1.2	.98	-0.8	0.1	-10.0	-1.0	1.08	-9.9		0
1995	27	TOT	MLB	-6.2	-0.6	45	-0.6	0.4	-0.9	1.00	-0.7	0.1	-6.4	-0.6	1.05	-7.4		0
1995	27	SDP	NL	-6.2	-0.6	45	-0.6	0.4	-0.9	1.00	-0.7	0.1	-6.4	-0.6	1.05	-7.4		0
1995	27	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0
1996	28	STL	NL	-11.1	-1.1	85	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.83	-1.0	0.0	-10.1	-1.0	0.90	-11.9		0
1997	29	STL	NL	-5.6	-0.5	65	-0.2	0.8	-1.0	.97	-0.5	0.3	-4.0	-0.4	0.95	-5.5		0
1998	30	ARI	NL	-6.3	-0.6	83	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.90	-0.7	-0.0	-7.5	-0.7	0.92	-8.2	0.46	1
1999	31	ARI	NL	-8.5	-0.8	73	-0.8	0.5	-1.4	.92	-0.8	-0.1	-11.1	-1.0	1.05	-10.2		0
2000	32	STL	NL	-10.4	-1.0	60	-1.1	0.3	-1.5	1.00	-0.9	-0.2	-15.0	-1.4	1.01	-11.8		0
2001	33	STL	NL	-4.3	-0.4	35	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	.99	-0.4	0.2	-4.9	-0.5	1.01	-5.0		0
2002	34	STL	NL	-2.9	-0.3	38	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	.87	-0.1	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2	0.98	-1.8	3.12	0
14 Yrs				-104.8	-10.4	885	-9.1	7.0	-16.1	.91	-10.2	0.3	-117.4	-11.6	0.96	-117.3	0.46	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	21	SDP	NL	0	20%	7	0	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1990	22	SDP	NL	0	25%	21	0	0	1	0%	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
1991	23	SDP	NL	0	33%	8	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	1
1992	24	SDP	NL	0	14%	22	0	0	0	20%	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
1993	25	SDP	NL	1	40%	13	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	0
1994	26	SDP	NL	1	22%	12	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0
1995	27	TOT	MLB	0	29%	8	0	1	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1995	27	SDP	NL	0	29%	8	0	1	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1996	28	STL	NL	1	42%	17	0	1	1	0%	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1997	29	STL	NL	1	29%	13	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0
1998	30	ARI	NL	0	41%	20	1	1	1	50%	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	3
1999	31	ARI	NL	0	39%	19	0	0	1	50%	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
2000	32	STL	NL	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
2001	33	STL	NL	0	17%	10	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0
2002	34	STL	NL	1	29%	8	0	0	1	33%	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
14 Yrs				5	29%	186	1	6	9	19%	28	21	6	10	10	15	11	4

Situational Hitting*

						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
1989	21	SDP	NL	25	24%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	14	1	7%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1990	22	SDP	NL	68	34%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	14	1	7%	20	6	30%	43	3	7%	5	3	60%	6	2	33%	0
1991	23	SDP	NL	77	39%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	8	7	88%	15	2	13%	17	3	18%	41	1	2%	3	1	33%	3	0	0%	0
1992	24	SDP	NL	78	36%	10	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	5	83%	4	1	25%	13	4	31%	35	4	11%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
1993	25	SDP	NL	88	36%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	14	14	100%	14	0	0%	19	10	53%	59	5	8%	5	2	40%	5	5	100%	0
1994	26	SDP	NL	63	21%	8	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	100%	19	3	16%	18	7	39%	57	7	12%	6	2	33%	3	3	100%	0
1995	27	TOT	MLB	44	45%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	1	13%	7	1	14%	33	3	9%	4	2	50%	3	3	100%	0
1995	27	SDP	NL	44	45%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	1	13%	7	1	14%	33	3	9%	4	2	50%	3	3	100%	0
1996	28	STL	NL	85	14%	11	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	82%	13	0	0%	18	6	33%	45	7	16%	5	4	80%	4	4	100%	0
1997	29	STL	NL	65	31%	12	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	89%	12	0	0%	13	3	23%	45	6	13%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1998	30	ARI	NL	82	27%	11	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.46	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	13	10	77%	19	0	0%	21	5	24%	44	2	5%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1999	31	ARI	NL	73	30%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	10	10	100%	14	1	7%	13	6	46%	60	4	7%	5	1	20%	2	1	50%	0
2000	32	STL	NL	60	27%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	8	6	75%	17	3	18%	21	4	19%	45	0	0%	6	0	0%	3	3	100%	0
2001	33	STL	NL	35	20%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	7	0	0%	6	1	17%	28	4	14%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
2002	34	STL	NL	37	32%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	6	1	17%	7	2	29%	22	1	5%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
14 Yrs				880	30%	106	15	2	1	0	0	0	0.46	8	0	34	6	2	1	7	0	110	95	86%	165	14	8%	196	59	30%	571	48	8%	51	19	37%	35	24	69%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			73%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
1989	21	SDP	NL	25	104	4.16	67	64%	40%	19%	21%	19%	60%	0%	38%	68%	24%	0%	0	0	4%	1	0	0%	0	0	58%	0	0	0
1990	22	SDP	NL	68	242	3.56	169	70%	30%	18%	25%	24%	67%	0%	47%	70%	37%	1%	1	0	7%	5	0	7%	5	1	46%	0	0	4
1991	23	SDP	NL	77	295	3.83	185	63%	33%	24%	21%	22%	67%	0%	42%	64%	32%	4%	3	0	9%	7	0	5%	4	0	28%	0	0	0
1992	24	SDP	NL	78	296	3.79	190	64%	33%	22%	23%	23%	67%	0%	43%	68%	37%	6%	5	0	14%	11	0	5%	4	1	38%	0	0	0
1993	25	SDP	NL	89	303	3.40	206	68%	33%	21%	20%	26%	67%	0%	46%	68%	43%	0%	0	0	3%	3	1	2%	2	2	45%	-1	0	1
1994	26	SDP	NL	63	209	3.32	144	69%	25%	28%	19%	28%	75%	0%	52%	62%	44%	2%	1	0	6%	4	1	3%	2	1	27%	0	0	0
1995	27	TOT	MLB	37	122	3.30	85	70%	32%	25%	16%	27%	68%	0%	48%	64%	46%	3%	1	0	16%	6	0	11%	4	2	31%	7	0	0
1995	27	SDP	NL	37	122	3.30	85	70%	32%	25%	16%	27%	68%	0%	48%	64%	46%	3%	1	0	16%	6	0	11%	4	2	31%	7	0	0
1996	28	STL	NL	75	290	3.87	196	68%	22%	28%	29%	21%	78%	0%	52%	64%	41%	1%	1	1	1%	1	0	3%	2	2	36%	10	0	0
1997	29	STL	NL	65	220	3.38	151	69%	21%	19%	28%	32%	79%	0%	55%	76%	54%	3%	2	0	5%	3	1	5%	3	3	29%	0	0	0
1998	30	ARI	NL	82	299	3.65	202	68%	26%	25%	26%	23%	74%	0%	50%	66%	40%	1%	1	0	11%	9	2	5%	4	1	43%	0	0	0
1999	31	ARI	NL	73	281	3.85	190	68%	21%	22%	31%	27%	79%	0%	54%	72%	48%	4%	3	0	10%	7	0	4%	3	0	24%	0	0	0
2000	32	STL	NL	60	234	3.90	148	63%	23%	18%	34%	25%	77%	0%	49%	76%	33%	2%	1	0	12%	7	3	8%	5	1	47%	0	0	0
2001	33	STL	NL	35	133	3.80	94	71%	29%	29%	22%	20%	71%	0%	50%	60%	40%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
2002	34	STL	NL	37	118	3.19	79	67%	19%	23%	24%	34%	81%	0%	54%	72%	62%	0%	0	0	5%	2	2	5%	2	1	11%	0	0	0
14 Yrs				864	3146	3.64	2106	67%	27%	23%	25%	25%	73%	0%	49%	68%	42%	2%	19	1	8%	67	10	5%	40	15	37%	16	0	5
MLB Averages						3.69		62%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1989	21	10	25	24	2	6	0	1	2	0	12	.250	.250	.375	.625	76	9	1	0	1	0
1990	22	42	93	84	4	12	1	1	4	2	37	.143	.161	.190	.351	-3	16	2	0	6	1
1991	23	75	170	146	8	14	1	2	5	8	66	.096	.153	.144	.297	-17	21	4	2	13	1
1992	24	109	248	213	11	24	3	3	10	13	95	.113	.170	.169	.339	-5	36	5	2	18	2
1993	25	143	336	285	16	33	6	4	14	14	128	.116	.164	.179	.343	-5	51	5	3	32	2
1994	26	168	399	334	18	41	7	4	21	15	150	.123	.167	.180	.346	-5	60	8	3	45	2
1995	27	199	443	374	20	47	8	4	24	16	168	.126	.167	.179	.346	-5	67	9	3	48	2
1996	28	235	528	447	25	58	12	4	30	17	205	.130	.166	.183	.349	-5	82	9	3	57	4
1997	29	261	593	502	29	70	14	4	35	18	219	.139	.174	.191	.365	-1	96	9	4	65	4
1998	30	296	675	567	37	81	17	5	38	24	247	.143	.183	.199	.383	4	113	9	5	75	4
1999	31	329	748	625	43	90	17	6	43	28	264	.144	.187	.200	.387	4	125	10	6	85	4
2000	32	359	808	675	44	94	17	7	44	32	283	.139	.184	.196	.380	2	132	13	6	91	4
2001	33	386	843	707	45	99	20	7	48	33	298	.140	.184	.198	.382	2	140	13	6	93	4
2002	34	405	880	741	48	106	21	8	50	34	307	.143	.186	.204	.390	4	151	14	6	95	4

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	21	10	25	24	2	6	0	1	2	0	12	.250	.250	.375	.625	2	10
1990	22	32	68	60	2	6	1	0	2	2	25	.100	.127	.117	.244	1	32
1991	23	33	82	63	7	3	0	2	2	9	29	.048	.200	.143	.343	1	33
1992	24	34	78	67	3	10	2	1	5	5	29	.149	.205	.224	.429	3	34
1993	25	34	88	72	5	9	3	1	4	1	33	.125	.149	.208	.357	2	34
1994	26	35	91	71	3	13	2	0	12	2	31	.183	.205	.211	.417	3	25
1995	27	35	48	44	2	6	1	0	3	1	20	.136	.156	.159	.315	1	31
1996	28	36	84	72	4	10	4	0	5	1	37	.139	.147	.194	.341	2	36
1997	29	26	64	54	4	11	2	0	5	1	14	.204	.232	.241	.473	3	26
1998	30	35	82	65	8	11	3	1	3	6	28	.169	.250	.262	.512	4	35
1999	31	33	72	57	5	8	0	1	4	4	17	.140	.210	.193	.403	2	33
2000	32	30	60	50	1	4	0	1	1	4	19	.080	.148	.140	.288	1	30
2001	33	27	34	31	1	4	2	0	3	1	15	.129	.156	.194	.350	1	27
2002	34	19	38	35	4	8	1	1	2	1	9	.229	.250	.343	.593	3	19
14 Yrs		419	914	765	51	109	21	9	53	38	318	.142	.189	.205	.394	29	405
162 Game Avg.		162	353	296	20	42	8	3	20	15	123	.142	.189	.205	.394	11	405

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1993 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1994 NL (22, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1991 NL (6, 1%) 1996 NL (3, 6%) 0.07 Career Shares (200th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1993 NL 14 (3rd) 1994 NL 13 (2nd)
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Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Danny MacFayden (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Knepper (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Knepper (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Knepper (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Darling (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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