Joaquin Benoit
Joaquin Antonio (Pena) Benoit
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 26, 1977 in Santiago, D.R.
High School: Santiago (Santiago, DO)
Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 2001
Final Game: September 7, 2008
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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
2001 23 TEX AL 0 0 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 6 6 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 26 44 2.200 14.4 5.4 5.4 7.2 1.33
2002 24 TEX AL 4 5 .444 5.31 17 13 2 0 0 1 84.2 91 51 50 6 58 2 59 5 0 7 405 90 1.760 9.7 0.6 6.2 6.3 1.02
2003 25 TEX AL 8 5 .615 5.49 25 17 1 0 0 0 105.0 99 67 64 23 51 0 87 3 1 3 462 92 1.429 8.5 2.0 4.4 7.5 1.71
2004 26 TEX AL 3 5 .375 5.68 28 15 2 0 0 0 103.0 113 67 65 19 31 0 95 8 0 3 456 89 1.398 9.9 1.7 2.7 8.3 3.06
2005 27 TEX AL 4 4 .500 3.72 32 9 6 0 0 0 87.0 69 39 36 9 38 0 78 2 0 1 369 124 1.230 7.1 0.9 3.9 8.1 2.05
2006 28 TEX AL 1 1 .500 4.86 56 0 7 0 0 0 79.2 68 49 43 5 38 4 85 3 0 3 347 95 1.331 7.7 0.6 4.3 9.6 2.24
2007 29 TEX AL 7 4 .636 2.85 70 0 22 0 0 6 82.0 68 28 26 6 28 2 87 2 0 3 337 160 1.171 7.5 0.7 3.1 9.5 3.11
2008 30 TEX AL 3 2 .600 5.00 44 0 8 0 0 1 45.0 40 28 25 6 35 2 43 0 0 3 209 89 1.667 8.0 1.2 7.0 8.6 1.23
8 Seasons 30 26 .536 4.79 273 55 48 0 0 8 591.1 556 335 315 77 282 10 538 23 1 23 2611 99 1.417 8.5 1.2 4.3 8.2 1.91
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .536 4.79 57 11 10 0 0 2 123 115 69 65 16 58 2 112 5 0 5 541 99 1.417 8.5 1.2 4.3 8.2 1.91

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2001 23 TEX AL 1 26 22 6 8 1 0 3 1 0 3 4 .364 .423 .818 1.241 .313 18 0 0 0 1 0
2002 24 TEX AL 17 405 335 51 91 18 4 6 7 1 58 59 .272 .384 .403 .787 .311 135 3 5 4 3 2
2003 25 TEX AL 25 462 403 67 99 21 8 23 4 5 51 87 .246 .332 .509 .841 .256 205 3 3 1 4 0
2004 26 TEX AL 28 456 405 67 113 18 5 19 4 1 31 95 .279 .335 .489 .824 .312 198 6 8 2 10 0
2005 27 TEX AL 32 369 326 39 69 9 1 9 5 2 38 78 .212 .297 .328 .625 .250 107 2 2 2 1 0
2006 28 TEX AL 56 347 303 49 68 11 0 5 1 0 38 85 .224 .314 .310 .624 .292 94 4 3 0 3 4
2007 29 TEX AL 70 337 302 28 68 17 1 6 2 2 28 87 .225 .293 .348 .641 .294 105 5 2 3 2 2
2008 30 TEX AL 44 209 172 28 40 10 1 6 1 1 35 43 .233 .362 .407 .769 .276 70 2 0 2 0 2
8 Seasons 273 2611 2268 335 556 105 20 77 25 12 282 538 .245 .332 .411 .742 .286 932 25 23 14 24 10
162 Game Avg. 57 541 470 69 115 22 4 16 5 2 58 112 .245 .332 .411 .742 .286 193 5 5 3 5 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
2001 23 TEX AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 0 0 0 1 6.0 13.5 5.0 93 0 1 0 0 93
2002 24 TEX AL 17 13 4 5 4 1 0 6 7 .462 0 2 0 0 5 38% 42 66 13 14 3 0 7 4.6 3.5 5.1 98 1 5 7 0 115
2003 25 TEX AL 25 17 5 5 7 2 0 8 9 .471 1 4 0 0 3 18% 47 78 24 16 4 2 8 5.1 5.3 4.9 90 3 9 5 0 110
2004 26 TEX AL 28 15 3 5 7 1 0 8 7 .533 0 2 0 0 3 20% 44 66 13 13 5 1 9 5.8 6.4 5.0 89 3 9 3 0 103
2005 27 TEX AL 32 9 2 4 3 2 1 4 5 .444 0 2 0 0 1 11% 44 64 23 13 6 0 1 5.2 4.0 5.0 95 2 2 5 0 117
5 Seasons 103 55 14 19 22 6 1 26 29 .473 1 10 0 0 12 22% 44 78 13 56 18 3 26 5.2 5.0 5.0 93 9 26 20 0 117
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2002 24 TEX AL 17 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 2 67% 2 0.903 0 1 3 2 0 2 2 2 4 0 4 0 13.8 77
2003 25 TEX AL 25 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50% 5 0.792 3 1 4 3 0 5 6 2 6 1 8 0 8.4 51
2004 26 TEX AL 28 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 2 20% 5 0.787 1 2 10 2 0 11 5 8 11 1 11 0 6.4 37
2005 27 TEX AL 32 23 6 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 19 3 16% 8 0.885 7 4 12 10 3 11 12 12 16 5 16 2 5.2 28
2006 28 TEX AL 56 56 7 1 1 2 0 2 0% 9 7 44 10 23% 7 0.771 12 10 34 19 6 31 22 34 22 10 26 8 4.3 26
2007 29 TEX AL 70 70 22 7 4 13 6 7 46% 32 18 20 6 30% 8 1.503 39 8 23 41 12 17 12 58 17 8 22 14 3.5 19
2008 30 TEX AL 44 44 8 3 2 4 1 3 25% 17 13 14 3 21% 8 1.276 19 8 16 23 5 16 8 36 6 5 7 7 3.1 19
7 Seasons 272 218 48 16 7 20 8 12 40% 65 44 122 32 26% 0.951 81 34 102 100 26 93 67 152 82 30 94 31 4.3 25

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2001 23 TEX AL 26 58% 11.5% 15.4% 11.5% 15.4% 50% 0.45 0.83 62% 26% 30.0% 9% 4 0 0%
2002 24 TEX AL 405 51% 1.5% 14.6% 14.3% 6.9% 31% 0.49 0.72 67% 27% 4.1% 19% 94 3 3%
2003 25 TEX AL 462 53% 5.0% 18.8% 11.0% 11.3% 53% 0.54 0.72 64% 19% 12.6% 12% 67 3 4%
2004 26 TEX AL 456 51% 4.2% 20.8% 6.8% 9.2% 37% 0.51 0.67 66% 20% 10.6% 14% 105 6 6%
2005 27 TEX AL 369 51% 2.4% 21.1% 10.3% 5.2% 28% 0.46 0.52 65% 17% 6.4% 18% 60 2 3%
2006 28 TEX AL 347 39% 1.4% 24.5% 11.0% 4.6% 24% 0.62 0.71 62% 19% 4.3% 14% 78 4 5%
2007 29 TEX AL 337 43% 1.8% 25.8% 8.3% 7.1% 35% 0.61 0.88 63% 26% 5.2% 15% 67 5 7%
2008 30 TEX AL 209 49% 2.9% 20.6% 16.8% 8.1% 43% 0.35 0.49 59% 23% 7.8% 19% 42 2 5%
8 Seasons 2611 49% 3.0% 20.6% 10.8% 7.7% 36% 0.52 0.68 64% 21% 8.0% 15% 517 25 5%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2001 23 TEX AL 26 93 3.58 55 59% 27% 13% 25% 35% 73% 0% 43% 83% 46% 19% 5 3 4% 1 1 0 25% 0 2 0 0 0
2002 24 TEX AL 405 1586 3.92 942 59% 24% 13% 32% 30% 76% 0% 45% 82% 53% 8% 32 15 22% 88 57 8 15% 7 15 0 0 0
2003 25 TEX AL 462 1937 4.19 1173 61% 29% 15% 29% 27% 71% 0% 43% 79% 56% 5% 25 19 21% 95 49 6 25% 12 6 0 0 0
2004 26 TEX AL 456 1817 3.98 1136 63% 26% 17% 28% 28% 74% 0% 46% 76% 57% 4% 20 19 19% 86 42 7 26% 8 1 0 0 0
2005 27 TEX AL 369 1510 4.09 957 63% 24% 19% 31% 26% 76% 0% 48% 75% 61% 5% 19 13 29% 108 63 7 19% 11 6 0 0 0
2006 28 TEX AL 347 1450 4.18 899 62% 24% 21% 31% 25% 76% 3% 47% 73% 55% 6% 21 10 23% 81 43 1 19% 10 7 0 0 0
2007 29 TEX AL 337 1355 4.02 839 62% 21% 25% 27% 26% 79% 2% 49% 68% 56% 6% 20 15 19% 65 38 4 10% 12 3 0 0 0
2008 30 TEX AL 209 849 4.06 492 58% 19% 24% 30% 27% 81% 2% 47% 71% 56% 10% 20 8 22% 46 26 1 7% 8 10 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2611 10597 4.06 6493 61% 25% 19% 30% 27% 75% 1% 46% 75% 56% 6% 162 102 22% 570 319 34 19% 68 50 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2001 23 TEX AL 26 8 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 24 TEX AL 405 91 8 2 6 1 17 1 5 4 2 39 22 5 56% 2 7 1 168 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2003 25 TEX AL 462 99 4 1 23 1 11 10 13 10 13 20 13 2 65% 4 3 1 144 4 5 44% 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 0
2004 26 TEX AL 456 113 6 1 19 0 16 12 7 9 10 40 20 12 50% 3 3 1 168 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2005 27 TEX AL 369 69 6 1 9 0 9 2 7 7 2 15 8 2 53% 4 1 0 136 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 28 TEX AL 347 68 5 0 5 0 15 2 3 2 3 18 9 7 50% 3 3 3 154 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2007 29 TEX AL 337 68 6 0 6 0 14 3 3 3 3 16 5 3 31% 3 3 1 124 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2008 30 TEX AL 209 40 4 2 6 0 13 4 2 3 3 13 4 3 31% 3 3 0 84 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
8 Seasons 2611 556 39 7 77 2 95 35 42 41 36 162 82 34 51% 22 23 7 991 25 12 68% 23 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 75 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2001 23 0 0 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 6 6 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 26 44 2.200 14.4 5.4 5.4 7.2 1.33 44
2002 24 4 5 .444 5.62 18 14 2 0 0 1 89.2 99 57 56 9 61 2 63 5 0 7 431 85 1.784 9.9 0.9 6.1 6.3 1.03 85
2003 25 12 10 .545 5.55 43 31 3 0 0 1 194.2 198 124 120 32 112 2 150 8 1 10 893 89 1.592 9.2 1.5 5.2 6.9 1.34 89
2004 26 15 15 .500 5.59 71 46 5 0 0 1 297.2 311 191 185 51 143 2 245 16 1 13 1349 89 1.525 9.4 1.5 4.3 7.4 1.71 89
2005 27 19 19 .500 5.17 103 55 11 0 0 1 384.2 380 230 221 60 181 2 323 18 1 14 1718 94 1.458 8.9 1.4 4.2 7.6 1.78 94
2006 28 20 20 .500 5.12 159 55 18 0 0 1 464.1 448 279 264 65 219 6 408 21 1 17 2065 95 1.436 8.7 1.3 4.2 7.9 1.86 95
2007 29 27 24 .529 4.78 229 55 40 0 0 7 546.1 516 307 290 71 247 8 495 23 1 20 2402 100 1.397 8.5 1.2 4.1 8.2 2.00 100
2008 30 30 26 .536 4.79 273 55 48 0 0 8 591.1 556 335 315 77 282 10 538 23 1 23 2611 99 1.417 8.5 1.2 4.3 8.2 1.91 99

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2001 23 0 0 10.80 5.0 8 7 6 3 3 4 0 2.200 14.4 5.4 7.2 1.33 5.4 1
2002 24 4 5 .444 4.87 85.0 88 51 46 6 56 59 5 1.694 9.3 5.9 6.2 1.05 0.6 17
2003 25 4 7 .364 4.80 105.0 95 62 56 22 49 87 3 1.371 8.1 4.2 7.5 1.78 1.9 25
2004 26 4 7 .364 4.85 104.0 106 62 56 18 29 96 8 1.298 9.2 2.5 8.3 3.31 1.6 28
2005 27 5 4 .556 3.38 88.0 67 37 33 9 37 79 2 1.182 6.9 3.8 8.1 2.14 0.9 32
2006 28 3 5 .375 4.61 80.0 67 46 41 5 37 85 3 1.300 7.5 4.2 9.6 2.30 0.6 56
2007 29 5 3 .625 2.67 81.0 66 27 24 6 27 86 2 1.148 7.3 3.0 9.6 3.19 0.7 70
2008 30 2 2 .500 4.80 45.0 40 27 24 6 35 43 0 1.667 8.0 7.0 8.6 1.23 1.2 44
8 Seasons 27 33 .450 4.34 593.0 537 319 286 75 273 539 23 1.366 8.2 8.2 1.97 1.1 273

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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