Alan Benes

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 215lb (196cm, 97kg)

Born: January 21, 1972 in Evansville, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 49th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lake Forest HS (Lake Forest, IL) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (16th) of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Creighton University (Omaha, NE).

High School: Lake Forest HS (Lake Forest, IL)

School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)

Debut: September 19, 1995 (Age 23-241d, 16,809th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 7 ER, L

Last Game: May 28, 2003 (Age 31-127d)
vs. TBD 3.1 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: Alan Paul Benes

Pronunciation: \BEN-ess\

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Relatives: Brother of Andy Benes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

4.59

115

494.0

401

WHIP

1.443

Summary of 59 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 7 tying, 21 go ahead

3 Tms
STL	54
CHC	3
TEX	2

Platoon
vs LHB	30
vs RHB	29

Home/Road
Home	31
Away	28

Outs
0	24
1	18
2	17

18 Opps
COL	10
LAD	8
NYM	5
ATL	5
CHC	4
PIT	4
MON	4
CIN	3
MIN	2
TBD	2
SFG	2
STL	2
HOU	2
FLA	2
ARI	1
SDP	1
PHI	1
MIL	1

51 Batters
Ben Grieve	2
Barry Bonds	2
Andrés Galarraga	2
Lance Johnson	2
Javy López	2
Ryan Klesko	2
Todd Hollandsworth	2
Rondell White	2
Charles Johnson	1
Danny Bautista	1
Jeff Bagwell	1
Eli Marrero	1
Benito Santiago	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
David Segui	1
Todd Zeile	1
Eric Young Sr.	1
Mike Piazza	1
J.D. Drew	1
Jay Bell	1
Chad Curtis	1
Raúl Mondesí	1
Mark Smith	1
Eric Karros	1
Milton Bradley	1
Al Martin	1
Brent Mayne	1
Rubén Amaro	1
José Hernández	1
Willie Greene	1
Marquis Grissom	1
Larry Walker	1
Shawn Green	1
Barry Larkin	1
Lance Berkman	1
Wally Joyner	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Dante Bichette	1
Scott Stahoviak	1
Carlos García	1
Ron Gant	1
Todd Helton	1
Jacque Jones	1
Eric Anthony	1
Todd Hundley	1
John Olerud	1
Corey Patterson	1
Craig Wilson	1
Greg Norton	1
Julio Zuleta	1
Ellis Burks	1

16 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	28
Coors Fld (DEN)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	19
7	16
78	11
8	6
89	6

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	15
3	11
4	10
1	8
5	7
6	4
Unk	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
1--	13
12-	3
-2-	3
123	2
--3	2

89 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	36
1 on	18
2 on	3
3 on	2
Any on	23

Inning
1	2
2	9
3	9
4	9
5	6
6	5
7	9
8	5
9	5

1-3	20
4-6	20
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	2
+2	4
+1	6
Tied	14
-1	9
-2	6
-3	3
-4..	5

Ahead	22
Tied	14
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	8
1-0	8
1-1	8
2-1	8
0-1	7
1-2	5
Unk	4
3-1	3
0-2	2
3-2	2
2-2	2
2-0	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	12
CF	11
1B	10
RF	9
C	7
SS	3
PH	2
2B	2
DH	2
3B	1

OrderPos
7th	12
3rd	11
5th	10
1st	6
2nd	6
4th	5
6th	5
9th	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-09-19	Jay Bell	PIT		STL	behind 0-1	b 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	6	21%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Clark Scores
2	2	2	2	1995-09-19	Carlos García	PIT		STL	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	4	10%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1996-04-10	Rondell White	MON	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .FBX	1	3	8	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	2	1	1996-04-15	Al Martin	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	2	7	10%	36%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
5	5	3	1	1996-04-25	Brent Mayne	NYM	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	7	2	26%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Kent Scores
6	6	4	2	1996-04-25	Lance Johnson	NYM	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 7	0	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	1	8	25%	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); R. Ordóñez Scores; M. Clark Scores/unER
7	7	5	1	1996-05-05	Wally Joyner	SDP		STL	ahead 6-1	b 2	2	-2-		2	5	3	5%	97%		Home Run (CF-RF); T. Gwynn Scores
8	8	6	1	1996-05-11	Todd Hollandsworth	LAD	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---		1	7	7	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	7	2	1996-05-11	Todd Hollandsworth	LAD	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 7	1	---		1	7	7	21%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	8	3	1996-05-11	Raúl Mondesí	LAD	@	STL	ahead 2-1	t 8	0	1--		2	2	9	15%	93%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Cedeño Scores
11	11	9	1	1996-05-17	Ellis Burks	COL		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	3,(1-1) >FBX	2	2	7	13%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Young Scores
12	12	10	1	1996-05-28	Andrés Galarraga	COL	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 4	1	--3	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	3	17%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Bichette Scores
13	13	11	1	1996-06-15	Lance Johnson	NYM	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	6%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); L. Johnson Scores
14	14	12	1	1996-06-26	Javy López	ATL		STL	behind 0-6	b 2	2	-2-	5,(2-2) SCBBX	2	7	2	8%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Klesko Scores
15	15	13	2	1996-06-26	Marquis Grissom	ATL		STL	behind 2-6	b 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	7%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
16	16	14	1	1996-07-01	Barry Larkin	CIN	@	STL	ahead 6-0	t 2	1	---	3,(0-2) SFX	1	3	6	3%	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
17	17	15	1	1996-07-14	Sammy Sosa	CHC		STL	behind 2-3	b 5	1	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	4	9	26%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Grace Scores; S. Sosa Scores
18	18	16	1	1996-07-19	José Hernández	CHC	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	6	8%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
19	19	17	1	1996-07-24	Javy López	ATL	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	6,(0-2) CFFFFX	1	7	2	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. López Scores
20	20	18	2	1996-07-24	Ryan Klesko	ATL	@	STL	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	5	7	9%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Klesko Scores
21	21	19	1	1996-07-30	Rubén Amaro	PHI		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	9	11%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	20	1	1996-08-03	Todd Hundley	NYM		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	2	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	21	1	1996-08-14	Chad Curtis	LAD	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	2	8	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
24	24	22	1	1996-08-20	Andrés Galarraga	COL		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	4	3	9%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	23	2	1996-08-20	Dante Bichette	COL		STL	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	7	9%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	24	3	1996-08-20	Eric Young Sr.	COL		STL	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	9%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
27	27	25	1	1996-08-25	Jeff Bagwell	HOU		STL	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	8%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Bagwell Scores
28	28	26	1	1996-08-30	Eric Anthony	COL	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	8	8%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	27	1	1996-09-11	Barry Bonds	SFG		STL	tied 2-2	b 8	0	1--	6,(3-2) SBBBCX	2	3	7	27%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Mueller Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1997-04-03	Rondell White	MON		STL	behind 2-4	b 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	20%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Grudzielanek Scores
31	31	2	2	1997-04-03	David Segui	MON		STL	ahead 5-4	b 5	1	--3	4,(2-1) >B.BSX	2	5	3	12%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. White Scores
32	32	3	1	1997-04-25	Larry Walker	COL	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	9	4%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Walker Scores
33	33	4	1	1997-05-05	Ryan Klesko	ATL	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	7	14%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
34	34	5	1	1997-05-10	John Olerud	NYM	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	3	3	18%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
35	35	6	1	1997-06-01	Mike Piazza	LAD	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	5,(1-2) CFFBX	1	3	2	12%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
36	36	7	2	1997-06-01	Eric Karros	LAD	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	4	3	11%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
37	37	8	3	1997-06-01	Todd Zeile	LAD	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	5	5	8%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
38	38	9	1	1997-06-16	Jeromy Burnitz	MIL		STL	tied 0-0	b 9	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	9	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Burnitz Scores
39	39	10	1	1997-06-27	Willie Greene	CIN		STL	behind 1-3	b 6	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	6	9	51%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); D. Sanders Scores/unER; C. Goodwin Scores/unER; E. Pérez Scores/unER; W. Greene Scores/unER
40	40	11	1	1997-07-02	Scott Stahoviak	MIN	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	11%	48%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
41	41	12	1	1997-07-20	Barry Bonds	SFG	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	6,(3-2) CCBBBX	1	3	7	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	13	1	1997-07-25	Charles Johnson	FLA	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	1--	4,(1-2) SBF1X	2	7	2	15%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Alou Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	2000-06-28	Benito Santiago	CIN		STL	behind 1-3	b 6	2	12-	4,(1-2) FBSX	3	7	2	42%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Casey Scores; A. Boone Scores
44	44	2	1	2000-07-17	Jacque Jones	MIN		STL	behind 2-8	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	8	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	3	1	2000-07-23	Lance Berkman	HOU		STL	ahead 13-6	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Biggio Scores
46	46	4	1	2000-07-27	Danny Bautista	ARI	@	STL	ahead 10-4	t 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Frias Scores
47	47	5	1	2000-08-08	Mark Smith	FLA	@	STL	ahead 6-0	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
48	48	6	1	2000-09-06	Milton Bradley	MON	@	STL	ahead 5-2	t 9	2	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	1	8	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Guerrero Scores/unER; M. Bradley Scores/unER
49	49	7	1	2000-09-24	Corey Patterson	CHC		STL	ahead 9-5	b 7	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	8	2%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Fly Ball)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	2001-06-05	Julio Zuleta	CHC		STL	ahead 8-5	b 7	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	9	PH	3%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); R. White Scores; T. Hundley Scores; G. Matthews Scores
51	51	2	1	2001-06-08	Todd Helton	COL		STL	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	5,(1-2) BCFFX	1	5	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	3	2	2001-06-08	Ron Gant	COL		STL	ahead 6-1	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	6	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
53	53	4	3	2001-06-08	Greg Norton	COL		STL	ahead 7-1	b 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	PH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Petrick Scores
54	54	5	1	2001-09-08	Shawn Green	LAD	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	9	21%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Grudzielanek Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	2002-09-01	J.D. Drew	STL	@	CHC	behind 1-2	t 4	2	1--	6,(2-2) BFBCFX	2	6	9	25%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); S. Rolen Scores/unER; J. Drew Scores/unER
56	56	2	2	2002-09-01	Eli Marrero	STL	@	CHC	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	5,(1-2) CSBFX	1	7	7	20%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	3	1	2002-09-28	Craig Wilson	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	5	3	12%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	2003-05-28	Ben Grieve	TBD		TEX	behind 0-3	b 2	2	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	7	DH	8%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59	59	2	2	2003-05-28	Ben Grieve	TBD		TEX	behind 1-3	b 4	1	12-	3,(1-1) BFX	3	7	DH	30%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Lee Scores; T. Hall Scores