Todd Benzinger
Todd Eric Benzinger (Mercedes)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 11, 1963 in Dayton, KY
High School: Richmond (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1987
Final Game: May 14, 1995
Relatives: Nephew of Don Gross
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 BOS AL 24 OF 61 55 497.1 154 146 6 2 2 .987 5.8 14.0 4.8 2.3 2.5 1 2.75 2.49 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 BOS AL 24 RF 47 45 400.2 116 112 3 1 2 .991 2.2 6.6 2.2 1.8 0.5 0 2.58 2.45 .978 2.12 1.75
1987 BOS AL 24 LF 14 5 60.2 21 18 3 0 0 1.000 1.2 23.7 1.2 0.6 0.5 0 3.12 1.50 .971 2.11 1.73
1987 BOS AL 24 CF 5 5 36.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 2.4 80.0 1.4 -0.1 1.5 1 4.00 3.20 .988 2.70 2.34
1987 BOS AL 24 1B 2 1 10.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0 9.00 5.00 .990 9.54 8.50
1988 BOS AL 25 1B 85 57 559.2 563 520 38 5 47 .991 -3.6 -7.7 -3.6 -2.3 -1.2 0 8.97 6.56 .992 9.57 8.41
1988 BOS AL 25 OF 48 42 339.0 83 82 0 1 0 .988 2.9 10.3 3.9 0.2 3.7 -1 2.18 1.71 .978 2.47 2.14
1988 BOS AL 25 RF 43 40 309.0 73 72 0 1 0 .986 1.8 7.0 2.8 -0.1 2.8 -1 2.10 1.67 .974 2.24 1.89
1988 BOS AL 25 LF 5 2 30.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 44.0 1.1 0.3 0.9 0 2.70 1.80 .978 2.25 1.84
1988 BOS AL 25 DH 1
1989 CIN NL 26 1B 158 158 1413.0 1497 1417 73 7 96 .995 -1.4 -1.2 -1.4 -2.4 1.0 0 9.49 9.43 .992 6.37 6.33
1990 CIN NL 27 1B 95 82 746.0 765 707 52 6 58 .992 -3.5 -5.6 -4.5 -1.6 -2.9 1 9.16 7.99 .992 9.59 7.88
1990 CIN NL 27 LF 10 8 74.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -40.5 -1.5 -2.8 1.3 -1 3.16 2.60 .977 2.19 1.71
1990 CIN NL 27 OF 10 8 74.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -40.5 -1.5 -2.8 1.3 -1 3.16 2.60 .981 2.40 2.01
1991 TOT MLB 28 1B 96 86 792.1 830 774 51 5 64 .994 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.9 -0.7 0 9.37 8.59 .992 9.76 8.33
1991 CIN NL 28 1B 21 16 143.0 138 123 13 2 7 .986 -2.3 -19.3 -2.3 -0.7 -1.6 0 8.56 6.48 .992 9.79 8.44
1991 CIN NL 28 LF 15 11 94.1 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -6.4 0.5 0.2 0.3 -1 2.19 1.53 .983 2.18 1.67
1991 CIN NL 28 OF 15 11 94.1 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -6.4 0.5 0.2 0.3 -1 2.19 1.53 .983 2.28 1.88
1991 KCR AL 28 1B 75 70 649.1 692 651 38 3 57 .996 2.5 4.6 2.5 1.6 0.9 0 9.55 9.19 .992 9.75 8.30
1991 KCR AL 28 DH 1
1992 LAD NL 29 OF 51 49 395.0 88 86 1 1 0 .989 -2.3 -7.0 -1.3 3.2 -4.5 -1 1.98 1.71 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 LAD NL 29 1B 42 13 174.0 194 177 17 0 17 1.000 1.0 6.9 1.0 -1.1 2.1 0 10.03 4.62 .993 9.75 8.38
1992 LAD NL 29 RF 33 32 257.1 48 47 1 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -14.0 -2.0 1.6 -3.6 -1 1.68 1.45 .979 2.08 1.66
1992 LAD NL 29 LF 18 17 137.2 41 40 0 1 0 .976 0.7 6.1 0.7 1.6 -0.9 0 2.62 2.22 .978 2.16 1.65
1993 SFG NL 30 1B 40 27 280.2 304 289 15 0 27 1.000 -4.2 -18.0 -4.2 -3.2 -1.0 0 9.75 7.60 .992 9.68 8.01
1993 SFG NL 30 LF 7 4 42.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 20.0 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 2.14 1.43 .970 2.10 1.69
1993 SFG NL 30 OF 7 4 42.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 20.0 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 2.14 1.43 .980 2.34 2.00
1993 SFG NL 30 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1994 SFG NL 31 1B 99 81 757.0 839 780 54 5 69 .994 -4.0 -6.3 -4.0 -3.4 -0.6 0 9.92 8.42 .992 9.73 8.11
1995 SFG NL 32 1B 5 1 16.0 15 15 0 0 3 1.000 0.4 30.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 8.44 3.00 .993 9.67 8.36
9 Seasons 1B 622 506 4748.2 5017 4688 301 28 381 .994 -15.1 -3.8 -16.1 -13.3 -2.8 1 9.46 8.02 .992 8.69 7.71
6 Seasons OF 192 169 1441.2 384 373 7 4 2 .990 4.1 3.4 7.1 3.2 3.9 -3 2.37 1.98 .980 2.36 2.02
3 Seasons RF 123 117 967.0 237 231 4 2 2 .992 1.0 1.2 3.0 3.3 -0.3 -2 2.19 1.91 .977 2.15 1.77
6 Seasons LF 69 47 438.2 130 126 3 1 0 .992 0.7 1.9 2.7 0.0 2.7 -2 2.65 1.87 .977 2.16 1.70
1 Season CF 5 5 36.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 2.4 80.0 1.4 -0.1 1.5 1 4.00 3.20 .988 2.70 2.34
2 Seasons DH 2
1 Season 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
9 Seasons TOT 815 675 6191.1 5401 5061 308 32 383 .994 -11.0 -2.1 -9.0 -10.1 1.1 -3 1 7.80 6.59 .985 7.22 6.36
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1987 BOS AL 24 73 56 73 63 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 5 47 61 0 10 2
1988 BOS AL 25 120 100 120 113 0 0 85 0 0 0 5 0 43 48 1 7 2
1989 CIN NL 26 161 158 161 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990 CIN NL 27 118 90 118 105 0 0 95 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 16 0
1991 KCR AL 28 78 71 78 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
1991 CIN NL 28 51 27 51 34 0 0 21 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 20 0
1992 LAD NL 29 121 62 121 83 0 0 42 0 0 0 18 0 33 51 0 51 0
1993 SFG NL 30 86 31 86 47 0 0 40 0 1 0 7 0 0 7 0 47 0
1994 SFG NL 31 107 81 107 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1995 SFG NL 32 9 1 9 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
9 Seasons 924 677 924 782 0 0 622 0 1 0 69 5 123 192 2 181 4
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1987 BOS AL 24 42 83% 76% 26% 2 100% 0 9 1 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BOS AL 25 2458 57% 75% 28% 142 94% 0 520 38 476 8 61 36 27 8 0 1 5 2 2 1 3 47 1 1 0 44 2 3 1 2 14 86%
1989 CIN NL 26 6296 58% 76% 31% 316 96% 2 1418 100 1299 16 145 70 45 10 2 5 7 1 5 1 4 98 3 0 0 87 3 11 2 8 25 92%
1990 CIN NL 27 3315 55% 75% 30% 175 94% 2 704 53 631 19 69 54 28 14 1 3 6 0 6 0 6 58 5 1 0 49 6 9 1 7 14 86%
1991 KCR AL 28 2865 51% 74% 31% 155 94% 0 650 41 593 17 69 38 26 8 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 57 2 1 0 49 3 8 3 5 7 100%
1991 CIN NL 28 640 53% 76% 26% 38 89% 0 124 10 109 5 14 12 9 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 2 100%
1992 LAD NL 29 795 53% 73% 31% 49 94% 0 177 9 164 4 23 17 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 0 16 1 1 1 0 8 88%
1993 SFG NL 30 1245 52% 77% 33% 66 95% 0 289 18 265 5 30 17 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 1 0 0 26 1 1 0 1 4 50%
1994 SFG NL 31 3308 54% 76% 33% 167 94% 1 784 39 732 12 68 54 37 14 0 3 5 0 4 1 4 69 3 2 0 64 5 4 1 3 22 91%
1995 SFG NL 32 72 72% 65% 28% 1 100% 0 15 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 21036 55% 75% 31% 1111 94% 5 4690 309 4292 86 480 299 197 59 5 17 28 5 19 4 20 383 15 6 0 343 21 39 10 27 96 89%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 93% 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%
1987 BOS AL 24 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 16 9 0 13 3 0 10 6 1 12 2 1 7 7 0 58 27 46.6% 29 2 3.4% 1 1823 47% 76% 34% 200 57%
1988 BOS AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 13 0 10 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 4 0 44 19 43.2% 25 0 0.0% 0 1365 47% 74% 38% 150 48%
1992 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 7 3 0 5 2 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 23 11 47.8% 12 0 0.0% 1 1154 47% 74% 34% 85 55%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 44 25 0 30 8 0 16 8 1 20 5 1 15 11 0 125 57 45.6% 66 2 1.6% 2 4342 47% 75% 35% 435 54%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.5% 56% 77% 38% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1987 BOS AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 3 292 49% 76% 31% 31 65%
1988 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 125 59% 79% 39% 14 64%
1990 CIN NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 344 48% 78% 41% 50 52%
1991 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 437 60% 77% 39% 39 59%
1992 LAD NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 15 8 53.3% 6 1 6.7% -1 609 46% 79% 39% 60 68%
1993 SFG NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 182 65% 74% 40% 22 45%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 20 18 1 10 0 0 5 1 0 4 1 0 8 8 0 47 28 59.6% 18 1 2.1% 2 1989 52% 77% 38% 216 60%
MLB Averages 59.8% 2.5% 56% 77% 38% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1987 BOS AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 8 80.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 156 47% 77% 42% 32 50%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 8 80.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 156 47% 77% 42% 32 50%
MLB Averages 41.1% 1.7% 56% 77% 38% 58%

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%
1993 SFG NL 30 4 50% 75% 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
1 Season 4 50% 75% 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
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 87% 67%

* 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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