Andy Benes
Andrew Charles Benes
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 240 lb.

Born: August 20, 1967 in Evansville, IN
High School: Central (Evansville, IN)
School: University of Evansville
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
Final Game: September 29, 2002
Relatives: Brother of Alan 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
1989 SDP NL 21 P 10 10 66.2 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.62 1.20 .942 1.88 0.63 RoY-5
1990 SDP NL 22 P 32 31 192.1 25 15 9 1 1 .960 1.12 0.75 .956 1.80 0.58
1991 SDP NL 23 P 33 33 223.0 37 8 29 0 3 1.000 1.49 1.12 .954 1.86 0.59 CYA-6
1992 SDP NL 24 P 34 34 231.1 49 14 34 1 1 .980 1.87 1.41 .953 1.94 0.60
1993 SDP NL 25 P 34 34 230.2 32 17 14 1 2 .969 1.21 0.91 .953 1.84 0.54 AS
1994 SDP NL 26 P 25 25 172.1 40 21 19 0 1 1.000 2.09 1.60 .955 1.86 0.54 MVP-22
1995 TOT MLB 27 P 31 31 181.2 24 9 14 1 1 .958 1.14 0.74 .958 1.82 0.52
1995 SDP NL 27 P 19 19 118.2 15 7 7 1 1 .933 1.06 0.74 .960 1.84 0.51
1995 SEA AL 27 P 12 12 63.0 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.75 .956 1.79 0.53
1996 STL NL 28 P 36 34 230.1 34 8 24 2 1 .941 1.25 0.89 .956 1.84 0.52 CYA-3
1997 STL NL 29 P 26 26 177.0 23 8 14 1 0 .957 1.12 0.85 .952 1.85 0.52
1998 ARI NL 30 P 34 34 231.1 48 23 25 0 2 1.000 1.87 1.41 .960 1.85 0.54
1999 ARI NL 31 P 33 32 198.1 30 13 15 2 1 .933 1.27 0.85 .953 1.72 0.48
2000 STL NL 32 P 30 27 166.0 21 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.14 0.70 .962 1.74 0.48
2001 STL NL 33 P 27 19 107.1 16 7 9 0 1 1.000 1.34 0.59 .956 1.75 0.46
2002 STL NL 34 P 18 17 97.0 16 5 10 1 1 .938 1.39 0.83 .962 1.83 0.48
14 Seasons P 403 387 2505.1 407 156 241 10 17 .975 1.43 0.99 .956 1.83 0.53
14 Seasons TOT 403 387 2505.1 407 156 241 10 17 .975 1.43 0.99 .931 1.83 0.53

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
1989 SDP NL 21 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 SDP NL 22 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SDP NL 23 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 SDP NL 24 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 SDP NL 25 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 SDP NL 26 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 SDP NL 27 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 SEA AL 27 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 STL NL 28 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 STL NL 29 26 25 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 ARI NL 30 35 32 33 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 ARI NL 31 33 30 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 32 30 25 28 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 STL NL 33 27 18 26 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 STL NL 34 19 17 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Seasons 405 367 385 403 403 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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%
1989 SDP NL 21 287 66% 22% 10 80% 0 4 0 4 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 80%
1990 SDP NL 22 843 75% 29% 13 77% 0 14 1 11 9 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1991 SDP NL 23 933 75% 25% 32 100% 0 8 1 6 30 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 100%
1992 SDP NL 24 996 76% 26% 33 97% 0 14 3 11 34 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 91%
1993 SDP NL 25 1012 73% 25% 21 81% 2 15 3 11 15 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 6 67%
1994 SDP NL 26 741 67% 23% 21 95% 1 21 0 17 19 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1995 SDP NL 27 534 67% 25% 7 100% 0 7 1 5 7 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1995 SEA AL 27 301 73% 20% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1996 STL NL 28 992 76% 31% 28 89% 0 10 0 7 24 20 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1997 STL NL 29 759 68% 27% 17 88% 0 8 1 6 14 12 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1998 ARI NL 30 1020 76% 31% 34 94% 2 24 6 14 24 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 9 89%
1999 ARI NL 31 925 75% 31% 18 89% 1 13 2 9 14 10 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6 83%
2000 STL NL 32 743 72% 22% 17 100% 1 4 0 3 16 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 100%
2001 STL NL 33 511 72% 24% 9 100% 0 7 0 6 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
2002 STL NL 34 429 72% 21% 12 92% 1 3 2 1 10 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
14 Seasons 11026 73% 27% 278 92% 8 154 20 113 240 189 18 10 3 2 5 5 17 9 13 4 67 90%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 91% 85%

* 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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