Kris Benson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 7, 1974 in Superior, WI
High School: Spayberry (Marietta, GA)
School: Clemson University
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed August 11, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1999
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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
1999 24 PIT NL 11 14 .440 4.07 31 31 0 2 0 0 196.2 184 105 89 16 83 5 139 6 1 2 840 113 1.358 8.4 0.7 3.8 6.4 1.67 RoY-4
2000 25 PIT NL 10 12 .455 3.85 32 32 0 2 1 0 217.2 206 104 93 24 86 5 184 10 0 5 936 121 1.342 8.5 1.0 3.6 7.6 2.14
2002 27 PIT NL 9 6 .600 4.70 25 25 0 0 0 0 130.1 152 76 68 18 50 8 79 3 1 3 576 90 1.550 10.5 1.2 3.5 5.5 1.58
2003 28 PIT NL 5 9 .357 4.97 18 18 0 0 0 0 105.0 127 67 58 14 36 4 68 1 0 7 475 88 1.552 10.9 1.2 3.1 5.8 1.89
2004 29 TOT NL 12 12 .500 4.31 31 31 0 1 1 0 200.1 202 106 96 15 61 8 134 10 0 5 854 100 1.313 9.1 0.7 2.7 6.0 2.20
2004 29 PIT NL 8 8 .500 4.22 20 20 0 0 0 0 132.1 137 69 62 7 44 5 83 6 0 2 564 102 1.368 9.3 0.5 3.0 5.6 1.89
2004 29 NYM NL 4 4 .500 4.50 11 11 0 1 1 0 68.0 65 37 34 8 17 3 51 4 0 3 290 95 1.206 8.6 1.1 2.3 6.8 3.00
2005 30 NYM NL 10 8 .556 4.13 28 28 0 0 0 0 174.1 171 86 80 24 49 5 95 4 0 4 737 99 1.262 8.8 1.2 2.5 4.9 1.94
2006 31 BAL AL 11 12 .478 4.82 30 30 0 3 0 0 183.0 199 105 98 33 58 2 88 7 0 6 781 95 1.404 9.8 1.6 2.9 4.3 1.52
2009 34 TEX AL 1 1 .500 8.46 8 2 2 0 0 0 22.1 33 23 21 6 12 0 11 3 0 0 114 55 2.015 13.3 2.4 4.8 4.4 0.92
8 Seasons 69 74 .483 4.41 203 197 2 8 2 0 1229.2 1274 672 603 150 435 37 798 44 2 32 5313 100 1.390 9.3 1.1 3.2 5.8 1.83
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .483 4.41 35 33 0 1 0 0 209 217 114 103 26 74 6 136 7 0 5 903 100 1.390 9.3 1.1 3.2 5.8 1.83
PIT (5 yrs) 43 49 .467 4.26 126 126 0 4 1 0 782.0 806 421 370 79 299 27 553 26 2 19 3391 105 1.413 9.3 0.9 3.4 6.4 1.85
NYM (2 yrs) 14 12 .538 4.23 39 39 0 1 1 0 242.1 236 123 114 32 66 8 146 8 0 7 1027 98 1.246 8.8 1.2 2.5 5.4 2.21
TEX (1 yr) 1 1 .500 8.46 8 2 2 0 0 0 22.1 33 23 21 6 12 0 11 3 0 0 114 55 2.015 13.3 2.4 4.8 4.4 0.92
BAL (1 yr) 11 12 .478 4.82 30 30 0 3 0 0 183.0 199 105 98 33 58 2 88 7 0 6 781 95 1.404 9.8 1.6 2.9 4.3 1.52
NL (6 yrs) 57 61 .483 4.25 165 165 0 5 2 0 1024.1 1042 544 484 111 365 35 699 34 2 26 4418 103 1.374 9.2 1.0 3.2 6.1 1.92
AL (2 yrs) 12 13 .480 5.22 38 32 2 3 0 0 205.1 232 128 119 39 70 2 99 10 0 6 895 88 1.471 10.2 1.7 3.1 4.3 1.41

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
1999 24 PIT NL 31 840 738 105 184 35 2 16 17 7 83 139 .249 .327 .367 .695 .285 271 22 6 6 7 5
2000 25 PIT NL 32 936 827 104 206 35 5 24 11 6 86 184 .249 .325 .391 .716 .291 323 21 10 7 6 5
2002 27 PIT NL 25 576 515 76 152 36 3 18 5 8 50 79 .295 .359 .482 .841 .318 248 13 3 5 3 8
2003 28 PIT NL 18 475 431 67 127 27 1 14 5 3 36 68 .295 .347 .459 .807 .320 198 8 1 3 4 4
2004 29 NYM NL 11 290 266 37 65 13 1 8 3 2 17 51 .244 .298 .391 .689 .273 104 2 4 1 2 3
2004 29 PIT NL 20 564 503 69 137 32 5 7 6 4 44 83 .272 .336 .398 .733 .312 200 14 6 7 4 5
2004 29 TOT NL 31 854 769 106 202 45 6 15 9 6 61 134 .263 .323 .395 .718 .299 304 16 10 8 6 8
2005 30 NYM NL 28 737 676 86 171 33 1 24 14 0 49 95 .253 .306 .411 .717 .263 278 16 4 5 3 5
2006 31 BAL AL 30 781 694 105 199 37 1 33 12 6 58 88 .287 .342 .486 .828 .283 337 19 7 9 13 2
2009 34 TEX AL 8 114 97 23 33 7 0 6 0 0 12 11 .340 .421 .598 1.019 .329 58 0 3 0 2 0
8 Seasons 203 5313 4747 672 1274 255 19 150 73 36 435 798 .268 .333 .425 .758 .292 2017 115 44 43 44 37
162 Game Avg. 35 903 807 114 217 43 3 26 12 6 74 136 .268 .333 .425 .758 .292 343 20 7 7 7 6
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
1999 24 PIT NL 31 31 11 14 6 1 2 14 17 .452 2 0 2 0 16 52% 51 77 16 14 5 0 16 4.4 4.7 6.3 101 4 11 10 6 127
2000 25 PIT NL 32 32 10 12 10 0 3 13 19 .406 2 6 2 1 19 59% 54 87 20 14 6 0 16 4.4 4.3 6.8 107 2 3 22 5 128
2002 27 PIT NL 25 25 9 6 10 5 0 14 11 .560 0 5 0 0 6 24% 46 78 8 14 0 0 9 5.0 3.8 5.2 83 7 17 1 0 100
2003 28 PIT NL 18 18 5 9 4 2 3 7 11 .389 0 2 0 0 9 50% 45 70 7 7 1 0 13 4.0 4.1 5.8 96 3 4 11 0 117
2004 29 TOT NL 31 31 12 12 7 2 2 13 18 .419 1 2 1 1 17 55% 50 86 16 21 9 0 17 4.3 4.6 6.5 102 1 15 13 2 126
2004 29 PIT NL 20 20 8 8 4 1 1 9 11 .450 1 2 0 0 11 55% 50 74 16 18 7 0 12 4.6 4.6 6.6 104 0 9 9 2 126
2004 29 NYM NL 11 11 4 4 3 1 1 4 7 .364 0 0 1 1 6 55% 51 86 18 3 2 0 5 3.6 4.6 6.2 98 1 6 4 0 114
2005 30 NYM NL 28 28 10 8 10 1 3 17 11 .607 3 3 0 0 18 64% 51 78 12 19 7 0 12 5.2 5.5 6.2 98 2 12 13 1 125
2006 31 BAL AL 30 30 11 12 7 2 4 13 17 .433 2 3 3 0 18 60% 47 74 9 12 2 2 14 4.8 4.7 6.1 95 4 14 12 0 115
2009 34 TEX AL 8 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 43 18 0 0 0 1 11.1 11.7 5.5 106 0 0 2 0 111
8 Seasons 203 197 69 74 54 14 17 92 105 .467 10 21 8 2 103 52% 49 87 7 101 30 2 98 4.6 4.6 6.2 98 23 76 84 14 128
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2009 34 TEX AL 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 0.397 0 0 5 0 0 6 2 4 3 0 3 0 5.7 34
1 Season 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 0.397 0 0 5 0 0 6 2 4 3 0 3 0 5.7 34

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%
1999 24 PIT NL 840 48% 1.9% 16.6% 9.9% 6.3% 29% 0.99 1.36 70% 19% 5.9% 10% 144 22 15%
2000 25 PIT NL 936 49% 2.6% 19.7% 9.2% 6.8% 31% 0.96 1.42 67% 24% 8.4% 9% 181 21 12%
2002 27 PIT NL 576 46% 3.1% 13.7% 8.7% 9.9% 38% 0.67 1.10 73% 29% 8.4% 14% 96 13 14%
2003 28 PIT NL 475 45% 3.0% 14.3% 7.6% 8.8% 33% 0.54 0.66 74% 22% 6.6% 11% 90 8 9%
2004 29 TOT NL 854 48% 1.8% 15.7% 7.1% 7.7% 33% 0.76 0.97 73% 20% 4.7% 12% 173 16 9%
2004 29 PIT NL 564 46% 1.2% 14.7% 7.8% 7.8% 32% 0.79 1.02 74% 20% 3.4% 12% 123 14 11%
2004 29 NYM NL 290 53% 2.8% 17.6% 5.9% 7.6% 34% 0.70 0.89 72% 18% 7.1% 12% 50 2 4%
2005 30 NYM NL 737 48% 3.3% 12.9% 6.7% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.01 76% 17% 8.3% 10% 116 16 14%
2006 31 BAL AL 781 51% 4.2% 11.3% 7.4% 9.1% 36% 0.73 0.98 75% 18% 10.2% 8% 142 19 13%
2009 34 TEX AL 114 55% 5.3% 9.7% 10.5% 11.4% 39% 0.42 0.47 72% 19% 10.7% 10% 32 0 0%
8 Seasons 5313 48% 2.8% 15.0% 8.2% 8.0% 33% 0.78 1.06 72% 21% 7.6% 11% 974 115 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
1999 24 PIT NL 840 3116 3.71 1946 62% 26% 17% 26% 31% 74% 1% 46% 77% 61% 5% 45 31 23% 194 91 8 22% 29 10 0 0 5
2000 25 PIT NL 936 3437 3.67 2127 62% 21% 20% 28% 31% 79% 1% 49% 74% 58% 5% 50 30 20% 189 99 12 20% 25 16 0 0 0
2002 27 PIT NL 576 2082 3.61 1315 63% 25% 14% 28% 34% 75% 4% 48% 82% 60% 7% 39 23 20% 117 57 9 22% 8 8 0 0 0
2003 28 PIT NL 475 1732 3.65 1076 62% 21% 16% 29% 34% 79% 2% 49% 80% 55% 5% 24 11 17% 82 37 5 13% 11 9 0 0 0
2004 29 TOT NL 854 3161 3.70 2011 64% 23% 16% 29% 32% 77% 2% 49% 80% 61% 4% 35 20 22% 191 85 9 26% 23 7 0 0 0
2004 29 PIT NL 564 2088 3.70 1320 63% 24% 15% 28% 33% 76% 2% 48% 80% 61% 4% 24 16 23% 127 60 5 25% 13 3 0 0 0
2004 29 NYM NL 290 1073 3.70 691 64% 21% 16% 32% 32% 79% 2% 51% 79% 61% 4% 11 4 22% 64 25 4 27% 10 4 0 0 0
2005 30 NYM NL 737 2739 3.72 1731 63% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 1% 46% 83% 62% 4% 26 20 19% 139 52 2 25% 13 2 0 0 0
2006 31 BAL AL 781 2839 3.64 1738 61% 25% 12% 27% 36% 75% 1% 46% 84% 56% 4% 34 23 18% 139 57 5 27% 9 9 0 0 0
2009 34 TEX AL 114 418 3.67 256 61% 28% 6% 32% 34% 72% 0% 44% 91% 61% 4% 4 3 23% 26 10 3 27% 0 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 5313 19524 3.67 12200 62% 24% 15% 28% 33% 76% 2% 48% 80% 59% 5% 257 161 20% 1077 488 53 22% 118 62 0 0 5
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
1999 24 PIT NL 840 184 15 2 16 0 9 9 7 8 8 38 24 3 63% 11 2 1 311 17 7 71% 16 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
2000 25 PIT NL 936 206 17 1 24 0 23 8 16 15 9 48 24 7 50% 11 5 1 352 11 6 65% 11 5 0 1 0 0 4 1 17 0
2002 27 PIT NL 576 152 10 1 18 0 16 8 10 13 5 34 18 5 53% 4 3 1 190 5 8 38% 5 7 0 0 0 1 4 1 11 0
2003 28 PIT NL 475 127 4 0 14 1 13 5 9 5 9 24 13 3 54% 10 7 1 192 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
2004 29 TOT NL 854 202 14 0 15 1 18 7 8 9 6 61 30 4 49% 9 5 0 321 9 6 60% 9 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 12 0
2004 29 PIT NL 564 137 10 0 7 0 13 3 4 3 4 45 21 3 47% 5 2 0 222 6 4 60% 6 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0
2004 29 NYM NL 290 65 4 0 8 1 5 4 4 6 2 16 9 1 56% 4 3 0 99 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2005 30 NYM NL 737 171 22 2 24 0 16 12 12 8 16 27 14 3 52% 8 4 1 246 14 0 100% 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
2006 31 BAL AL 781 199 34 10 33 2 16 12 21 15 18 47 27 7 57% 4 6 1 264 12 6 67% 11 4 0 1 1 1 3 0 27 0
2009 34 TEX AL 114 33 4 0 6 1 8 3 3 2 4 11 7 2 64% 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 5313 1274 120 16 150 5 119 64 86 75 75 290 157 34 54% 57 32 6 1930 73 36 67% 68 31 4 2 1 3 17 3 107 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
1999 24 11 14 .440 4.07 31 31 0 2 0 0 196.2 184 105 89 16 83 5 139 6 1 2 840 113 1.358 8.4 0.7 3.8 6.4 1.67 113
2000 25 21 26 .447 3.95 63 63 0 4 1 0 414.1 390 209 182 40 169 10 323 16 1 7 1776 117 1.349 8.5 0.9 3.7 7.0 1.91 117
2001 26 21 26 .447 3.95 63 63 0 4 1 0 414.1 390 209 182 40 169 10 323 16 1 7 1776 117 1.349 8.5 0.9 3.7 7.0 1.91 117
2002 27 30 32 .484 4.13 88 88 0 4 1 0 544.2 542 285 250 58 219 18 402 19 2 10 2352 110 1.397 9.0 1.0 3.6 6.6 1.84 110
2003 28 35 41 .461 4.27 106 106 0 4 1 0 649.2 669 352 308 72 255 22 470 20 2 17 2827 106 1.422 9.3 1.0 3.5 6.5 1.84 106
2004 29 47 53 .470 4.28 137 137 0 5 2 0 850.0 871 458 404 87 316 30 604 30 2 22 3681 104 1.396 9.2 0.9 3.3 6.4 1.91 104
2005 30 57 61 .483 4.25 165 165 0 5 2 0 1024.1 1042 544 484 111 365 35 699 34 2 26 4418 103 1.374 9.2 1.0 3.2 6.1 1.92 103
2006 31 68 73 .482 4.34 195 195 0 8 2 0 1207.1 1241 649 582 144 423 37 787 41 2 32 5199 102 1.378 9.3 1.1 3.2 5.9 1.86 102
2007 32 68 73 .482 4.34 195 195 0 8 2 0 1207.1 1241 649 582 144 423 37 787 41 2 32 5199 102 1.378 9.3 1.1 3.2 5.9 1.86 102
2008 33 68 73 .482 4.34 195 195 0 8 2 0 1207.1 1241 649 582 144 423 37 787 41 2 32 5199 102 1.378 9.3 1.1 3.2 5.9 1.86 102
2009 34 69 74 .483 4.41 203 197 2 8 2 0 1229.2 1274 672 603 150 435 37 798 44 2 32 5313 100 1.390 9.3 1.1 3.2 5.8 1.83 100

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
1999 24 11 10 .524 3.62 194.0 173 87 78 15 78 137 6 1.294 8.0 3.6 6.4 1.76 0.7 31
2000 25 14 10 .583 3.46 216.0 196 92 83 23 82 183 10 1.287 8.2 3.4 7.6 2.23 1.0 32
2002 27 5 8 .385 4.75 125.0 150 73 66 18 49 76 3 1.592 10.8 3.5 5.5 1.55 1.3 25
2003 28 5 6 .455 4.71 105.0 125 61 55 14 35 68 1 1.524 10.7 3.0 5.8 1.94 1.2 18
2004 29 10 11 .476 4.18 196.0 197 101 91 15 59 131 10 1.306 9.0 2.7 6.0 2.22 0.7 31
2005 30 8 10 .444 4.37 169.0 176 91 82 25 50 92 4 1.337 9.4 2.7 4.9 1.84 1.3 28
2006 31 8 11 .421 4.81 174.0 195 103 93 32 57 84 7 1.448 10.1 2.9 4.3 1.47 1.7 30
2009 34 0 2 .000 8.18 22.0 33 22 20 6 12 11 3 2.045 13.5 4.9 4.5 0.92 2.5 8
8 Seasons 61 68 .473 4.26 1201.0 1245 630 568 148 422 782 44 1.388 9.3 5.9 1.85 1.1 203

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 NL--8.420--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2000 NL--217.7--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
2006 AL--3--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 NL--1--9th
2004 NL--1--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 AL--33--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 NL--.732--8th
2004 NL--.674--8th

Losses s c a p y
1999 NL--14--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2000 NL--10--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 9 (1502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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