Jeff Bennett

David Jeffrey Bennett

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 10, 1980 in Donelson, TN
High School: Gordonsville HS (Gordonsville, TN)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 19th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2004
Teams (by GP): Braves/Brewers/Rays 2004-2009

Final Game: October 4, 2009
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Standard Pitching

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
1998	18	PIT-min	Rk	2	4	.333	4.63	13	11	0	0	0	0	46.2	50	29	24	4	13	0	18	7	0	2	212		1.350	9.6	0.8	2.5	3.5	1.38	BRD · GULF
1999	19	PIT-min	Rk,A	5	6	.455	4.97	16	14	2	0	0	0	79.2	101	52	44	6	18	0	44	1	3	4	352		1.494	11.4	0.7	2.0	5.0	2.44	PRA,HCK · GULF,SALL
2000	20	PIT-min	A	10	13	.435	4.40	27	27	0	1	0	0	171.2	189	116	84	14	47	1	126	16	2	11	761		1.375	9.9	0.7	2.5	6.6	2.68	HCK · SALL
2001	21	PIT-min	A+,AA	11	11	.500	3.43	26	26	0	2	1	0	173.0	180	81	66	14	32	1	104	15	0	2	725		1.225	9.4	0.7	1.7	5.4	3.25	LBG,ATO · CARL,EL
2002	22	PIT-min	A+	10	6	.625	3.62	24	20	1	0	0	0	124.1	137	64	50	7	30	0	90	8	0	2	535		1.343	9.9	0.5	2.2	6.5	3.00	LBG · CARL
2003	23	PIT-min	AA,AAA	5	7	.417	3.80	42	7	10	0	0	1	83.0	71	43	35	6	35	3	78	2	0	1	360		1.277	7.7	0.7	3.8	8.5	2.23	ATO,NVL · EL,PCL
2004	24	MIL	NL	1	5	.167	4.79	60	0	20	0	0	0	71.1	78	43	38	12	26	2	45	2	0	6	316	91	1.458	9.8	1.5	3.3	5.7	1.73

2005	25	MIL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.03	49	0	31	0	0	13	62.1	44	24	21	6	25	0	56	5	0	7	259		1.107	6.4	0.9	3.6	8.1	2.24	NVL · PCL
2007	27	ATL-min	AAA,AA	3	5	.375	3.42	42	6	8	0	0	1	94.2	91	36	36	5	40	1	52	10	1	3	404		1.384	8.7	0.5	3.8	4.9	1.30	RMD,MSS · IL,SOUL
2007	27	ATL	NL	2	1	.667	3.46	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	14	5	5	3	3	1	14	0	0	1	57	129	1.308	9.7	2.1	2.1	9.7	4.67
2008	28	ATL-min	A+	0	0		0.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	13		0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	6.8		MYR · CARL
2008	28	ATL	NL	3	7	.300	3.70	72	4	12	0	0	3	97.1	86	44	40	5	47	6	68	7	0	5	419	113	1.366	8.0	0.5	4.3	6.3	1.45
2009	29	ATL-TBD-min	AAA	1	1	.500	6.75	5	5	0	0	0	0	13.1	19	10	10	1	6	0	8	0	0	1	64		1.875	12.8	0.7	4.0	5.4	1.33	GWI,DHM · IL
2009	29	TOT	MLB	2	4	.333	5.01	44	0	14	0	0	0	46.2	66	27	26	4	32	4	27	4	0	1	233	85	2.100	12.7	0.8	6.2	5.2	0.84
2009	29	ATL	NL	2	4	.333	3.18	33	0	8	0	0	0	34.0	42	13	12	2	21	4	23	3	0	1	163	131	1.853	11.1	0.5	5.6	6.1	1.10
2009	29	TBR	AL	0	0		9.95	11	0	6	0	0	0	12.2	24	14	14	2	11	0	4	1	0	0	70	45	2.763	17.1	1.4	7.8	2.8	0.36
2010	30	TBD-MIL-min	AAA	0	4	.000	11.14	15	3	7	0	0	1	21.0	27	26	26	3	21	0	15	1	0	5	106		2.286	11.6	1.3	9.0	6.4	0.71	DHM,NVL · IL,PCL
2011	31	ARI-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	4.29	24	0	9	0	0	0	35.2	39	19	17	4	19	2	21	1	0	3	160		1.626	9.8	1.0	4.8	5.3	1.11	REN · PCL
4 Yrs				8	17	.320	4.30	179	6	46	0	0	3	228.1	244	119	109	24	108	13	154	13	0	13	1025	99	1.542	9.6	0.9	4.3	6.1	1.43
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.320	4.30	66	2	17	0	0	1	84	90	44	40	9	40	5	57	5	0	5	377	99	1.542	9.6	0.9	4.3	6.1	1.43

ATL (3 yrs)				7	12	.368	3.55	108	6	20	0	0	3	144.1	142	62	57	10	71	11	105	10	0	7	639	118	1.476	8.9	0.6	4.4	6.5	1.48
TBR (1 yr)				0	0		9.95	11	0	6	0	0	0	12.2	24	14	14	2	11	0	4	1	0	0	70	45	2.763	17.1	1.4	7.8	2.8	0.36
MIL (1 yr)				1	5	.167	4.79	60	0	20	0	0	0	71.1	78	43	38	12	26	2	45	2	0	6	316	91	1.458	9.8	1.5	3.3	5.7	1.73

NL (4 yrs)				8	17	.320	3.96	168	6	40	0	0	3	215.2	220	105	95	22	97	13	150	12	0	13	955	107	1.470	9.2	0.9	4.0	6.3	1.55
AL (1 yr)				0	0		9.95	11	0	6	0	0	0	12.2	24	14	14	2	11	0	4	1	0	0	70	45	2.763	17.1	1.4	7.8	2.8	0.36

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2004	24	MIL	NL	71.1	60	0	43	5.43	4.79	-0.13	-0.35	100.9	4.61	-7	-0.7	.9	-0.1	-0.2	1	.489	.496	$300,000

2007	27	ATL	NL	13.0	3	2	5	3.46	4.72	0.31	0.14	99.2	4.51	2	0.2	.5	-0.0	0.2	3	.554	.501	$
2008	28	ATL	NL	97.1	72	4	44	4.07	4.61	0.18	-0.25	97.8	4.09	1	0.1	1.3	-0.1	0.7	10	.501	.501	$400,000
2009	29	ATL	NL	34.0	33	0	13	3.44	4.52	-0.08	-0.33	98.8	4.22	3	0.3	1.2	-0.0	0.5	6	.509	.502	$437,500
2009	29	TBR	AL	12.2	11	0	14	9.95	5.30	0.38	-0.39	98.8	4.48	-8	-0.7	.3	0.2	-0.4	-6	.433	.495	$
4 Seasons				228.1	179	6	119	4.69	4.70	0.06	-0.28	99.0	4.32	-9	-0.8	1.1	-0.0	0.8	13	.495	.499	$1,137,500

ATL (3 yrs)				144.1	108	6	62	3.87	4.60	0.13	-0.23	98.1	4.16	5	0.6	1.3	-0.2	1.4	19	.505	.501	$837,500
TBR (1 yr)				12.2	11	0	14	9.95	5.30	0.38	-0.39	98.8	4.48	-8	-0.7	.3	0.2	-0.4	-6	.433	.495	$
MIL (1 yr)				71.1	60	0	43	5.43	4.79	-0.13	-0.35	100.9	4.61	-7	-0.7	.9	-0.1	-0.2	1	.489	.496	$300,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2004	24	MIL	NL	60	316	281	43	78	15	5	12	3	2	26	45	.278	.338	.495	.832	.288	139	9	2	2	5	2	8

2007	27	ATL	NL	3	57	52	5	14	2	0	3	0	0	3	14	.269	.304	.481	.784	.306	25	0	0	1	1	1	0
2008	28	ATL	NL	72	419	354	44	86	15	1	5	7	3	47	68	.243	.339	.333	.672	.283	118	13	7	6	5	6	3
2009	29	ATL	NL	33	163	133	13	42	6	1	2	3	1	21	23	.316	.415	.421	.836	.364	56	6	3	4	2	4	3
2009	29	TBR	AL	11	70	58	14	24	6	0	2	0	0	11	4	.414	.514	.621	1.135	.423	36	4	1	0	0	0	0
2009	29	TOT	MLB	44	233	191	27	66	12	1	4	3	1	32	27	.346	.445	.482	.927	.383	92	10	4	4	2	4	3
4 Yrs				179	1025	878	119	244	44	7	24	13	6	108	154	.278	.361	.426	.787	.309	374	32	13	13	13	13	14
162 Game Avg.				66	377	323	44	90	16	3	9	5	2	40	57	.278	.361	.426	.787	.309	137	12	5	5	5	5	5
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.423	.757	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2004	24	MIL	NL	-4.0	-0.4	329	-0.4	4.4	-4.8	.71	-1.5	0.9	-7.8	-0.8	0.71	-12.5	14	9	36

2007	27	ATL	NL	1.7	0.2	57	0.1	0.9	-0.8	.91	-0.1	0.2	1.4	0.1	0.91	-1.1	0	0	1
2008	28	ATL	NL	5.5	0.6	437	0.4	7.5	-7.1	1.06	0.7	-0.3	5.5	0.6	1.06	8.1	26	16	25
2009	29	TOT	MLB	-3.7	-0.3	241	-1.1	2.6	-3.6	.74	-1.4	-0.0	-8.9	-0.8	0.74	-10.7	11	6	24
2009	29	ATL	NL	3.8	0.4	169	-0.7	2.5	-3.2	1.00	-0.4	-0.3	1.2	0.1	1.00	-3.2	11	4	17
2009	29	TBR	AL	-7.4	-0.7	72	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	.13	-1.0	-2.0	-10.1	-0.9	0.13	-7.5	0	2	7
4 Yrs				-0.5	0.0	1064	-1.0	15.3	-16.3	.87	-2.3	1.1	-9.8	-0.9	0.87	-16.2	51	31	86

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2007	27	ATL	NL	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	56.0	60	52	2	0	1	1	2.6	3.3	5.8	92	0	2	0	0	95
2008	28	ATL	NL	72	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	1	25%	43.8	61	14	18	6	3	0	3.3	2.4	4.2	75	2	2	0	0	85
2 Yrs				75	6	1	3	2	1	2	2	4	.333	0	1	0	0	2	33%	48	61	14	20	6	4	1	3.1	2.8	4.7	81	2	4	0	0	95
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-12					4.8	4.8	5.8	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2004	24	MIL	NL	60	60	20	1	5	1	0	1	0%	10	8	37	16	43%	7	.714	14	9	36	18	5	37	21	39	25	14	25	7	3.6	19

2007	27	ATL	NL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		4	.913	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4.0	31
2008	28	ATL	NL	72	68	12	3	5	4	3	1	75%	19	15	42	14	33%	8	1.057	26	16	25	31	11	26	24	44	24	22	26	18	3.6	19
2009	29	TOT	MLB	44	44	14	2	4	0	0	0		3	2	23	10	43%		.738	11	6	24	13	11	20	13	31	10	15	10	12	3.2	19
2009	29	ATL	NL	33	33	8	2	4	0	0	0		2	2	18	7	39%	6	.998	11	4	17	9	11	13	10	23	8	11	8	9	3.1	19
2009	29	TBR	AL	11	11	6	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	5	3	60%	8	.131	0	2	7	4	0	7	3	8	2	4	2	3	3.5	21
4 Yrs				179	173	46	7	14	5	3	2	60%	32	25	102	40	39%		.871	51	31	86	62	28	83	58	115	60	51	62	37	3.5	19

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2004	24	MIL	NL	316	56%	3.8%	14.2%	8.2%	10.1%	41%	0.79	1.09	72%	19%	9.6%	6%	61	9	15%

2007	27	ATL	NL	57	70%	5.3%	24.6%	5.3%	8.8%	36%	1.29	2.71	63%	15%	17.6%	0%	8	0	0%
2008	28	ATL	NL	419	64%	1.2%	16.2%	11.2%	5.0%	24%	1.77	2.40	68%	13%	5.3%	10%	82	13	16%
2009	29	TOT	MLB	233	54%	1.7%	11.6%	13.7%	7.3%	26%	1.17	2.20	70%	22%	5.8%	9%	48	10	21%
2009	29	ATL	NL	163	58%	1.2%	14.1%	12.9%	5.5%	21%	1.22	2.12	67%	21%	4.5%	12%	33	6	18%
2009	29	TBR	AL	70	44%	2.9%	5.7%	15.7%	11.4%	33%	1.08	2.40	74%	26%	8.0%	4%	15	4	27%
4 Yrs				1025	59%	2.3%	15.0%	10.5%	7.3%	31%	1.21	1.81	70%	17%	7.8%	8%	199	32	16%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	17.1%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2004	24	MIL	NL	317	1146	3.62	726	63%	23%	15%	29%	33%	77%	2%	49%	81%	58%	7%	23	16	23%	73	45	6	16%	12	5	-1	0	0

2007	27	ATL	NL	57	215	3.77	132	61%	28%	13%	29%	30%	72%	5%	44%	82%	47%	5%	3	2	14%	8	5	1	29%	3	0	0	0	0
2008	28	ATL	NL	419	1607	3.84	960	60%	31%	13%	24%	31%	69%	4%	41%	80%	53%	6%	24	13	19%	81	41	4	43%	16	5	0	0	0
2009	29	TOT	MLB	233	855	3.67	516	60%	31%	11%	26%	33%	69%	4%	42%	84%	57%	7%	16	7	19%	44	23	4	41%	4	6	0	0	0
2009	29	ATL	NL	163	619	3.80	379	61%	30%	11%	28%	31%	70%	5%	43%	84%	58%	6%	9	4	23%	37	20	3	43%	4	2	0	0	0
2009	29	TBR	AL	70	236	3.37	137	58%	32%	9%	19%	39%	68%	0%	39%	86%	56%	10%	7	3	10%	7	3	1	25%	0	4	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1026	3823	3.73	2334	61%	28%	13%	26%	32%	72%	3%	44%	82%	55%	6%	66	38	20%	206	114	15	33%	35	16	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2004	24	MIL	NL	316	78	9	1	12	0	13	6	6	5	7	33	18	4	55%	8	6	1	114	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0

2007	27	ATL	NL	57	14	2	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2008	28	ATL	NL	419	86	14	0	5	0	28	1	4	3	2	34	16	5	47%	3	5	1	153	7	3	70%	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
2009	29	TOT	MLB	233	66	6	0	4	1	22	1	3	1	3	20	10	2	50%	3	1	0	99	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
2009	29	ATL	NL	163	42	5	0	2	0	13	1	1	1	1	16	7	2	44%	3	1	0	68	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
2009	29	TBR	AL	70	24	1	0	2	1	9	0	2	0	2	4	3	0	75%	0	0	0	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1025	244	31	1	24	1	63	10	14	10	14	88	45	11	51%	14	13	2	387	13	6	68%	12	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	35	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2004	24	1	5	.167	4.79	60	0	20	0	71.1	78	43	38	12	26	2	45	2	6	316	91	1.458	9.8	1.5	3.3	5.7	1.73	91
2005	25	1	5	.167	4.79	60	0	20	0	71.1	78	43	38	12	26	2	45	2	6	316	91	1.458	9.8	1.5	3.3	5.7	1.73	91
2006	26	1	5	.167	4.79	60	0	20	0	71.1	78	43	38	12	26	2	45	2	6	316	91	1.458	9.8	1.5	3.3	5.7	1.73	91
2007	27	3	6	.333	4.59	63	2	20	0	84.1	92	48	43	15	29	3	59	2	7	373	96	1.435	9.8	1.6	3.1	6.3	2.03	96
2008	28	6	13	.316	4.11	135	6	32	3	181.2	178	92	83	20	76	9	127	9	12	792	104	1.398	8.8	1.0	3.8	6.3	1.67	104
2009	29	8	17	.320	4.30	179	6	46	3	228.1	244	119	109	24	108	13	154	13	13	1025	99	1.542	9.6	0.9	4.3	6.1	1.43	99

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2004	24	3	4	.429	4.56	71.0	75	40	36	12	25	45	2	1.408	9.5	3.2	5.7	1.80	1.5	60

2007	27	1	0	1.000	3.21	14.0	13	6	5	3	3	15	0	1.143	8.4	1.9	9.6	5.00	1.9	3
2008	28	5	5	.500	3.87	93.0	86	44	40	5	47	65	7	1.430	8.3	4.5	6.3	1.38	0.5	72
2009	29	1	3	.250	5.65	43.0	67	30	27	4	32	25	4	2.302	14.0	6.7	5.2	0.78	0.8	44
4 Yrs		10	12	.455	4.40	221.0	241	120	108	24	107	150	13	1.575	9.8		6.1	1.40	1.0	179

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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