Mike Benjamin
Michael Paul Benjamin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 169 lb.

Born: November 22, 1965 in Euclid, OH
High School: Bellflower (Bellflower, CA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1989
Final Game: September 28, 2002
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 SFG NL 23 SS 8 0 17.0 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.2 14.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.24 1.00 .962 4.50 3.88
1990 SFG NL 24 SS 21 16 137.1 83 29 53 1 10 .988 1.1 9.6 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 5.37 3.90 .966 4.59 4.00
1991 SFG NL 25 SS 51 34 308.0 190 64 123 3 23 .984 3.3 12.9 3.3 -0.4 3.7 0 5.46 3.67 .965 4.67 3.88
1991 SFG NL 25 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1992 SFG NL 26 SS 33 25 211.2 106 34 71 1 13 .991 3.9 22.1 3.9 2.4 1.5 0 4.46 3.18 .968 4.59 3.86
1992 SFG NL 26 3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1993 SFG NL 27 2B 23 17 158.2 109 54 54 1 23 .991 2.6 19.7 1.6 -1.2 2.8 1 6.13 4.70 .980 5.16 4.49
1993 SFG NL 27 SS 23 9 102.1 56 10 45 1 7 .982 2.3 27.0 2.3 0.6 1.7 0 4.84 2.39 .964 4.69 4.04
1993 SFG NL 27 3B 16 14 123.2 47 10 34 3 3 .936 1.4 13.6 1.4 -0.4 1.8 0 3.20 2.75 .945 2.70 2.31
1994 SFG NL 28 SS 18 8 86.0 62 15 45 2 10 .968 5.0 69.8 4.0 4.1 -0.1 1 6.28 3.33 .966 4.53 4.05
1994 SFG NL 28 2B 10 7 59.1 39 18 20 1 3 .974 0.7 14.2 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 5.76 3.80 .982 5.26 4.56
1994 SFG NL 28 3B 5 1 19.0 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.5 94.7 1.5 0.3 1.2 0 2.37 1.00 .940 2.65 2.24
1995 SFG NL 29 3B 43 30 288.2 110 29 77 4 3 .964 5.4 22.4 5.4 4.7 0.7 0 3.30 2.47 .945 2.77 2.33
1995 SFG NL 29 SS 16 7 89.1 45 15 30 0 6 1.000 2.5 33.6 2.5 0.7 1.8 0 4.53 2.81 .967 4.50 3.97
1995 SFG NL 29 2B 8 4 43.1 21 7 14 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -19.4 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0 4.36 2.63 .986 5.25 4.58
1996 PHI NL 30 SS 31 30 252.1 130 37 87 6 14 .954 2.7 12.8 2.7 2.9 -0.2 0 4.42 4.00 .968 4.60 3.99
1996 PHI NL 30 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.40
1997 BOS AL 31 3B 19 14 136.0 56 13 39 4 4 .929 2.2 19.4 2.2 0.2 2.0 0 3.44 2.74 .954 2.67 2.32
1997 BOS AL 31 SS 16 10 99.1 48 17 29 2 4 .958 1.8 21.7 1.8 1.6 0.2 0 4.17 2.88 .975 4.55 4.05
1997 BOS AL 31 2B 5 4 37.1 25 14 11 0 6 1.000 -0.2 -6.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 6.03 5.00 .980 4.92 4.32
1997 BOS AL 31 1B 4 0 5.0 8 6 2 0 1 1.000 0.8 192.0 0.8 0.4 0.4 0 14.40 2.00 .988 9.36 8.05
1997 BOS AL 31 DH 1
1997 BOS AL 31 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.50
1998 BOS AL 32 2B 87 73 635.2 351 160 189 2 40 .994 6.6 12.5 6.6 2.2 4.4 0 4.94 4.01 .977 4.85 4.14
1998 BOS AL 32 SS 20 18 162.2 85 26 58 1 11 .988 5.9 43.5 4.9 3.0 1.9 1 4.65 4.20 .972 4.71 4.26
1998 BOS AL 32 3B 11 5 61.0 25 6 19 0 0 1.000 2.9 57.0 2.9 1.5 1.4 0 3.69 2.27 .944 2.55 2.23
1998 BOS AL 32 1B 10 4 42.2 50 41 9 0 3 1.000 1.5 42.2 1.5 0.4 1.1 0 10.55 5.00 .992 9.43 8.30
1998 BOS AL 32 DH 2
1999 PIT NL 33 SS 93 81 730.2 446 140 298 8 77 .982 12.9 21.2 9.9 7.3 2.6 3 5.40 4.71 .967 4.42 3.80
1999 PIT NL 33 2B 12 11 100.1 52 21 31 0 5 1.000 1.7 20.3 1.7 0.6 1.1 0 4.66 4.33 .981 5.05 4.19
1999 PIT NL 33 3B 6 1 18.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 .950 2.70 2.30
2000 PIT NL 34 3B 34 19 187.1 76 13 61 2 5 .974 2.3 14.7 2.3 0.4 1.9 0 3.56 2.18 .949 2.64 2.18
2000 PIT NL 34 SS 30 15 162.2 106 30 74 2 13 .981 4.5 33.2 5.5 -2.1 7.6 -1 5.75 3.47 .967 4.52 3.88
2000 PIT NL 34 2B 27 20 186.0 128 57 71 0 18 1.000 1.6 10.3 1.6 1.1 0.5 0 6.19 4.74 .982 4.96 4.34
2000 PIT NL 34 1B 1 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.00 4.00 1.000 9.30 7.70
2002 PIT NL 36 3B 62 5 141.1 47 13 33 1 3 .979 1.4 11.9 1.4 1.5 -0.1 0 2.93 0.74 .955 2.71 2.29
2002 PIT NL 36 SS 15 11 88.2 54 18 35 1 5 .981 0.7 9.5 1.7 1.8 -0.1 -1 5.38 3.53 .970 4.52 4.00
2002 PIT NL 36 2B 11 7 72.1 46 23 23 0 6 1.000 0.5 8.3 0.5 0.7 -0.3 0 5.72 4.18 .983 4.95 4.28
2002 PIT NL 36 1B 1 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 9.00 4.00 1.000 9.45 8.00
2002 PIT NL 36 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
2002 PIT NL 36 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
13 Seasons SS 375 264 2448.0 1419 439 952 28 193 .980 46.8 22.9 43.8 21.9 21.9 3 5.11 3.71 .967 4.55 3.93
10 Seasons 3B 199 89 980.0 372 85 273 14 19 .962 17.3 21.2 17.3 8.4 8.9 0 3.29 1.80 .948 2.70 2.28
9 Seasons 2B 184 143 1295.0 772 355 413 4 101 .995 12.8 11.9 11.8 3.4 8.3 1 5.34 4.17 .980 4.96 4.27
4 Seasons 1B 16 4 54.2 66 55 11 0 5 1.000 1.9 41.7 1.9 0.4 1.5 0 10.87 4.13 .992 9.42 8.18
2 Seasons DH 3
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1 Season P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.50
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
13 Seasons TOT 776 500 4779.2 2629 934 1649 46 318 .983 78.8 19.8 74.8 34.1 40.6 4 4.86 3.33 .951 4.33 3.67
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 SFG NL 23 14 0 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
1990 SFG NL 24 22 16 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1991 SFG NL 25 54 34 54 52 0 0 0 0 1 51 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
1992 SFG NL 26 40 25 40 35 0 0 0 0 2 33 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1993 SFG NL 27 63 40 63 60 0 0 0 23 16 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1994 SFG NL 28 37 16 37 31 0 0 0 10 5 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
1995 SFG NL 29 68 41 68 62 0 0 0 8 43 16 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
1996 PHI NL 30 35 30 35 32 0 0 0 1 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1997 BOS AL 31 49 28 49 44 1 0 4 5 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
1998 BOS AL 32 124 100 124 119 0 0 10 87 11 20 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
1999 PIT NL 33 110 93 110 108 0 0 0 12 6 93 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2000 PIT NL 34 93 54 93 85 0 0 1 27 34 30 0 0 0 0 0 9 7
2002 PIT NL 36 108 23 108 87 0 0 1 11 62 15 0 0 1 1 0 19 19
13 Seasons 817 500 817 744 1 0 16 184 199 374 0 0 1 1 0 59 85
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 -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1989 SFG NL 23 72 51% 74% 21% 5 100% 0 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 SFG NL 24 628 38% 80% 32% 58 95% 0 28 13 11 4 50 40 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 2 0 4 0 3 9 2 7 0 0 0
1991 SFG NL 25 1345 59% 77% 33% 166 84% 1 65 30 24 11 123 95 24 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 23 9 1 8 3 0 23 10 12 0 0 0
1992 SFG NL 26 891 49% 79% 31% 101 85% 0 34 19 7 8 71 48 21 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13 9 1 2 0 0 13 10 2 0 0 0
1993 SFG NL 27 454 60% 72% 31% 48 94% 0 7 4 1 2 42 26 16 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0
1994 SFG NL 28 406 60% 73% 31% 46 96% 1 14 4 10 0 46 32 11 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 10 5 0 4 0 1 10 5 5 0 0 0
1995 SFG NL 29 395 58% 72% 26% 35 89% 0 14 7 5 2 31 23 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 2 5 2 3 1 1 0
1996 PHI NL 30 1164 68% 75% 28% 103 88% 1 37 14 20 3 88 74 13 0 1 6 0 3 3 5 14 3 1 7 1 2 14 4 10 0 0 0
1997 BOS AL 31 466 51% 73% 27% 38 92% 0 17 11 6 0 29 24 5 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
1998 BOS AL 32 719 55% 75% 29% 73 96% 1 27 15 8 4 60 49 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 6 1 1 1 2 11 7 4 0 0 0
1999 PIT NL 33 3336 57% 73% 32% 322 94% 1 139 50 74 15 297 241 48 1 3 8 0 8 0 6 77 28 6 25 3 6 73 34 35 2 1 1
2000 PIT NL 34 722 63% 74% 34% 78 97% 0 30 11 18 1 73 58 15 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 13 5 1 5 2 0 13 6 7 0 0 0
2002 PIT NL 36 419 64% 72% 30% 42 98% 0 18 8 8 2 36 30 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
13 Seasons 11017 57% 75% 31% 1115 92% 5 433 187 193 53 950 744 178 2 15 28 0 18 10 20 191 76 12 61 11 16 185 88 91 3 2 1
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1991 SFG NL 25 12 58% 50% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 SFG NL 26 7 14% 43% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 SFG NL 27 521 70% 77% 33% 47 91% 1 9 7 1 1 35 26 8 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1994 SFG NL 28 81 77% 69% 27% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1995 SFG NL 29 1342 58% 78% 31% 110 92% 1 29 21 2 6 77 67 9 1 3 4 0 3 1 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 7 100%
1997 BOS AL 31 658 50% 74% 23% 58 84% 0 13 11 0 2 39 28 10 0 1 4 0 1 3 2 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 4 50%
1998 BOS AL 32 259 57% 81% 34% 27 96% 0 6 6 0 0 20 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1999 PIT NL 33 83 59% 70% 33% 7 86% 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 PIT NL 34 898 66% 72% 30% 70 96% 2 14 9 0 5 59 47 9 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 3 67%
2002 PIT NL 36 616 56% 73% 32% 42 95% 0 13 7 1 5 32 26 6 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 50%
10 Seasons 4477 60% 75% 30% 366 92% 4 85 62 4 19 272 217 49 3 7 14 0 9 5 10 19 16 0 17 1 0 0 20 75%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1993 SFG NL 27 659 57% 73% 33% 66 91% 0 53 20 27 6 53 45 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 21 7 5 4 0 16 4 12 3 2 1
1994 SFG NL 28 251 54% 77% 39% 28 89% 0 17 7 8 2 19 16 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
1995 SFG NL 29 187 61% 86% 40% 20 90% 0 6 4 1 1 14 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 PHI NL 30 9 89% 89% 44% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 BOS AL 31 174 54% 72% 34% 13 92% 0 14 5 9 0 11 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 2
1998 BOS AL 32 2778 51% 75% 30% 256 92% 1 159 73 64 22 189 158 26 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 40 12 9 11 0 33 11 21 6 3 3
1999 PIT NL 33 455 64% 68% 30% 32 97% 0 21 4 14 3 31 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 1
2000 PIT NL 34 869 59% 71% 30% 80 100% 0 57 19 27 11 71 61 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 11 0 5 2 18 7 11 0 0 0
2002 PIT NL 36 338 56% 74% 31% 26 100% 0 24 6 11 7 24 22 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 5 1 4 0 0 0
9 Seasons 5720 55% 74% 31% 522 94% 1 352 139 161 52 412 351 52 0 10 4 1 2 1 2 98 37 18 22 4 82 26 55 12 5 7
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1997 BOS AL 31 22 50% 77% 36% 2 100% 0 6 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1998 BOS AL 32 206 51% 76% 27% 15 100% 0 42 3 39 0 6 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 PIT NL 34 10 60% 80% 40% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PIT NL 36 24 63% 88% 38% 1 0% 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 262 52% 77% 29% 18 94% 0 56 3 53 0 6 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

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%
1997 BOS AL 31 3 100% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 100% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 75% 31% 91% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 PIT NL 36 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 0 4 75% 25% 25% 0
1 Season 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 0 4 75% 25% 25% 0
MLB Averages 45.4% 2.5% 56% 75% 39% 52%

* 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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