Kris Benson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: November 7, 1974 in Kennesaw, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (1st) of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

High School: Sprayberry HS (Marietta, GA)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: April 9, 1999 (Age 24-153d, 17,422nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 6.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: April 28, 2010 (Age 35-172d)
vs. COL 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Gregg Clifton, Jack Toffey

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Kristen James Benson

Twitter: @KrisBenson34

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.9

ERA

4.42

206

200

1243.2

806

WHIP

1.393

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-17 / in Starts: 14-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1999 Pitching Game Log

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1999 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	4	Apr 9	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	1.50	4.13	21	72	44	11	8	7	7	4	2	0	64			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.08	0.280	1.08	0.17%	2.33	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
2	2	8	Apr 14	PIT		STL	L,5-9	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	4.2	10	8	6	2	6	1	0	5.91	4.35	27	103	64	12	15	9	10	6	0	0	20			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.575	1.20	-0.38%	-5.57	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d3
3	3	13	Apr 20	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-3	GS-6		5	5.2	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.96	3.69	23	98	57	18	13	10	6	2	0	0	50			0	1	0	21	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.094	1.37	0.06%	0.73	1b start a 1	6b -2- 2 out a1
4	4	17	Apr 25	PIT		MIL	L,2-4	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	5.06	3.46	23	87	51	17	4	6	11	5	0	0	43			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	1	0	.98	-0.063	1.05	-0.04%	-0.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	29	May 8	PIT	@	STL	W,7-0	GS-7	W(2-2)	12	6.2	3	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.86	3.63	26	112	67	18	12	11	6	3	1	0	67			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.39	0.149	.39	0.09%	3.58	1b start a 2	7b -2- 2 out a7
6	6	34	May 14	PIT		MON	W,5-3	GS-9	W(3-2)	5	8.1	3	3	3	5	2	0	1	3.72	3.90	32	109	66	15	9	14	10	1	2	0	62			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.346	1.04	0.18%	2.42	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
7	7	40	May 20	PIT	@	FLA	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.83	3.98	27	92	53	7	7	10	11	6	1	0	46			1	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.59	-0.056	1.26	-0.03%	0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
8	8	45	May 25	PIT		NYM	L,3-8	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	6.2	8	5	5	5	5	2	0	4.22	4.50	32	119	67	19	12	12	10	4	1	0	38			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.212	.72	-0.11%	-1.58	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d4
9	9	49	May 30	PIT		HOU	W,7-3	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	8.0	3	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.95	4.22	30	117	74	21	19	13	7	3	2	0	72			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.75	0.126	.78	0.08%	2.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	10	54	Jun 5	PIT	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-6	L(4-4)	5	5.1	10	6	5	5	1	1	0	4.33	4.55	29	96	58	17	6	16	7	3	2	0	22			1	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.41	-0.248	1.61	-0.17%	-2.03	1b start a 4	6b 1-- 1 out tie
11	11	59	Jun 11	PIT		KCR	L,3-10	GS-5	L(4-5)	5	4.2	5	6	6	2	3	2	1	4.84	4.88	22	79	55	11	10	5	11	2	4	0	31			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.259	.49	-0.13%	-3.57	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d6
12	12	64	Jun 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-3	GS-7	W(5-5)	5	6.1	5	3	1	0	3	0	0	4.54	4.65	24	88	61	13	11	9	12	6	2	0	58			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	1	.96	0.203	1.10	0.14%	-0.05	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a4
13	13	69	Jun 23	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS-8	W(6-5)	5	8.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.32	4.46	29	101	66	14	8	15	10	3	2	0	64			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.201	.30	0.11%	2.62	1b start a 5	8b 3 out a6
14	14	74	Jun 28	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	6	2	0	2	8	0	0	3.89	4.22	35	121	76	20	13	13	12	5	1	0	77			2	0	0	32	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.50	0.509	1.54	0.31%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	79	Jul 3	PIT		MIL	L,4-9	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	5.0	7	8	7	2	5	2	1	4.34	4.42	24	78	48	10	10	8	8	4	0	0	26			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	.69	-0.375	.69	-0.22%	-5.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
16	16	84	Jul 8	PIT		CHC	L,4-9	GS-5	L(6-7)	4	4.2	9	8	8	3	5	1	0	4.86	4.48	25	95	57	18	8	10	7	5	0	0	16			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.404	.73	-0.21%	-4.69	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d5
17	17	90	Jul 17	PIT		CLE	W,13-10	GS-6	W(7-7)	8	5.0	7	4	4	2	5	0	0	4.97	4.38	22	102	67	21	8	8	7	2	2	0	40			1	1	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.005	.43	0.00%	-0.58	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a5
18	18	95	Jul 22	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-5	L(7-8)	4	5.0	8	5	4	3	5	0	0	5.07	4.32	24	93	57	15	12	7	9	5	1	0	35			2	0	0	20	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.22	-0.312	.48	-0.07%	-2.31	1b start a 3	5b 3 out d2
19	19	100	Jul 27	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	4.76	4.25	33	121	85	26	8	16	12	4	3	0	76			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.432	.21	0.06%	3.84	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	20	105	Aug 3	PIT		ATL	W,7-1	GS-8	W(9-8)	6	8.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.54	4.19	31	123	78	15	9	15	9	3	2	0	71			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.385	.17	0.04%	3.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
21	21	111	Aug 8	PIT		STL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(10-8)	4	7.0	4	1	1	4	7	0	1	4.37	4.14	30	105	69	23	12	10	8	4	1	0	68			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.321	.14	0.03%	2.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
22	22	116	Aug 14	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-7	GS-5	L(10-9)	5	5.0	4	6	2	3	7	1	0	4.34	4.16	24	85	51	12	15	6	8	2	2	0	47			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	2	.77	-0.192	.10	-0.02%	-3.25	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
23	23	121	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(10-10)	4	8.0	7	1	1	2	8	1	0	4.16	4.13	32	127	78	19	15	11	11	4	3	0	70			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.262	.05	0.01%	3.57	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
24	24	126	Aug 24	PIT		COL	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.01	4.04	30	119	78	13	13	14	11	4	1	0	69			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	0.484	.00	0.00%	3.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
25	25	131	Aug 29	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-5	L(10-11)	4	5.0	5	4	4	5	4	1	0	4.11	4.14	24	92	53	19	5	5	10	2	1	0	40			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	1	0	0	.94	-0.174	.00	0.00%	-1.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	26	136	Sep 4	PIT		SFG	L,2-9	GS-5	L(10-12)	5	5.0	3	3	3	7	5	0	0	4.15	4.18	24	116	63	22	9	6	6	2	1	0	47			1	0	0	17	2	0	1	1	0	0	.97	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
27	27	141	Sep 10	PIT	@	STL	L,5-11	GS-5	L(10-13)	5	4.1	9	7	6	2	5	1	0	4.36	4.20	24	80	50	13	11	6	11	6	1	0	22			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.422	.00	0.00%	-4.50	1b start a 1	5b --- 1 out d4
28	28	145	Sep 15	PIT	@	ARI	W,5-1	GS-9	W(11-13)	4	8.1	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.20	4.12	34	122	83	18	8	17	12	2	1	0	68			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.03	0.301	.00	0.00%	3.47	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a4
29	29	150	Sep 21	PIT		HOU	L,3-6	GS-7	L(11-14)	5	7.0	5	4	3	1	5	0	0	4.19	4.05	27	82	56	16	9	10	11	5	1	0	57			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
30	30	155	Sep 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	3	3	1	2	2	1	4.22	4.17	21	63	35	6	4	7	10	4	2	0	46			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.31	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
31	31	161	Oct 3	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-7		6	7.0	7	1	0	2	3	0	0	4.07	4.14	31	120	80	18	9	5	21	8	3	0	62			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	0.338	.00	0.00%	2.77	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
							14-17		W-L:11-14	4.7	196.2	184	105	89	83	139	16	6	4.07	4.14	840	3117	62%	16%	10%	1.03		19%	7%	0	51		---%	17	7	0	738	35	2	5	22	7	11	1.03	0.926	.55	-0.12%	4.98

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