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

Born: November 22, 1965 in Euclid, OH
Schools: 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 Batting

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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 23 SFG NL 14 6 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1990 24 SFG NL 22 59 56 7 12 3 1 2 3 1 0 3 10 .214 .254 .411 .665 83 23 2 0 0 0 1 6
1991 25 SFG NL 54 120 106 12 13 3 0 2 8 3 0 7 26 .123 .188 .208 .396 14 22 1 2 3 2 2 6/5
1992 26 SFG NL 40 82 75 4 13 2 1 1 3 1 0 4 15 .173 .215 .267 .482 40 20 1 0 3 0 1 6/5
1993 27 SFG NL 63 165 146 22 29 7 0 4 16 0 0 9 23 .199 .264 .329 .593 60 48 3 4 6 0 2 465
1994 28 SFG NL 37 75 62 9 16 5 1 1 9 5 0 5 16 .258 .343 .419 .762 103 26 1 3 5 0 1 64/5
1995 29 SFG NL 68 202 186 19 41 6 0 3 12 11 1 8 51 .220 .256 .301 .557 49 56 3 1 7 0 3 56/4
1996 30 PHI NL 35 118 103 13 23 5 1 4 13 3 1 12 21 .223 .316 .408 .724 90 42 2 2 1 0 5 6/4
1997 31 BOS AL 49 123 116 12 27 9 1 0 7 2 3 4 27 .233 .262 .328 .590 52 38 2 1 1 1 0 56/43D1
1998 32 BOS AL 124 385 349 46 95 23 0 4 39 3 0 15 73 .272 .312 .372 .684 76 130 11 6 13 2 1 4653/D
1999 33 PIT NL 110 404 368 42 91 26 7 1 37 10 1 20 90 .247 .288 .364 .652 63 134 3 2 11 3 3 64/5
2000 34 PIT NL 93 255 233 28 63 18 2 2 19 5 4 12 45 .270 .313 .391 .704 78 91 4 3 6 1 0 564/3
2002 36 PIT NL 108 130 120 7 18 2 1 0 3 0 4 7 31 .150 .202 .183 .385 2 22 5 1 1 1 0 564/39
13 Seasons 817 2124 1926 227 442 109 15 24 169 44 14 106 429 .229 .277 .339 .616 61 653 38 25 57 10 19
162 Game Avg. 162 421 382 45 88 22 3 5 34 9 3 21 85 .229 .277 .339 .616 61 129 8 5 11 2 4
SFG (7 yrs) 298 709 637 79 125 26 3 13 51 21 1 36 142 .196 .250 .308 .557 53 196 11 10 24 2 10
PIT (3 yrs) 311 789 721 77 172 46 10 3 59 15 9 39 166 .239 .281 .343 .624 58 247 12 6 18 5 3
BOS (2 yrs) 173 508 465 58 122 32 1 4 46 5 3 19 100 .262 .300 .361 .661 70 168 13 7 14 3 1
PHI (1 yr) 35 118 103 13 23 5 1 4 13 3 1 12 21 .223 .316 .408 .724 90 42 2 2 1 0 5
NL (11 yrs) 644 1616 1461 169 320 77 14 20 123 39 11 87 329 .219 .270 .332 .602 58 485 25 18 43 7 18
AL (2 yrs) 173 508 465 58 122 32 1 4 46 5 3 19 100 .262 .300 .361 .661 70 168 13 7 14 3 1

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
1998 32 BOS AL ALDS CLE L 4 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 4 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Pitching

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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
1997 31 BOS AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Season 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 204 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1999 NL--7--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1998 AL--13--2nd
1999 NL--11--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3943), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 3, 1985: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1987.

October 6, 1995: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tommy Eason (minors) and Jeff Juden.

October 8, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 26, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1990San Francisco Giants$105,000
1991San Francisco Giants$110,000
1992San Francisco Giants$150,000
1993San Francisco Giants$142,500
1994San Francisco Giants$225,000
1995San Francisco Giants$320,000
1996Philadelphia Phillies$325,000
1998Boston Red Sox$242,500
1999Pittsburgh Pirates$700,000
2000Pittsburgh Pirates$700,000
2001Pittsburgh Pirates$925,000
2002Pittsburgh Pirates$925,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,870,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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