John Van Benschoten

John Wesley Van Benschoten

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 14, 1980 in San Diego, CA
High School: Milford HS (Milford, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 3, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 2004
Team: Pirates 2004-2008
Agents: Joe Bick [*]
Final Game: July 26, 2008
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Standard Pitching

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	21	PIT-min	A-	0	2	.000	3.51	9	9	0	0	0	0	25.2	23	11	10	0	10	0	19	1	0	5	104		1.286	8.1	0.0	3.5	6.7	1.90	WPT · NYPL
2002	22	PIT-min	A	11	4	.733	2.80	27	27	0	0	0	0	148.0	119	57	46	6	62	1	145	7	0	7	620		1.223	7.2	0.4	3.8	8.8	2.34	HCK · SALL
2003	23	PIT-min	AA,A+	13	6	.684	3.17	26	26	0	1	0	0	139.0	128	60	49	6	52	1	127	7	2	3	591		1.295	8.3	0.4	3.4	8.2	2.44	ATO,LBG · EL,CARL
2004	24	PIT-min	AAA	4	11	.267	4.72	23	23	0	0	0	0	131.2	135	75	69	16	49	1	101	9	1	4	574		1.397	9.2	1.1	3.3	6.9	2.06	NVL · PCL
2004	24	PIT	NL	1	3	.250	6.91	6	5	0	0	0	0	28.2	33	27	22	3	19	0	18	2	0	1	135	63	1.814	10.4	0.9	6.0	5.7	0.95

2006	26	PIT-min	AAA,Rk,AA	2	2	.500	4.76	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.2	14	12	12	3	12	0	20	0	0	2	94		1.147	5.6	1.2	4.8	7.9	1.67	INA,BRD,ATO · IL,GULF,EL
2007	27	PIT-min	AAA	10	7	.588	2.56	19	19	0	1	1	0	109.0	98	35	31	8	51	2	79	6	2	2	460		1.367	8.1	0.7	4.2	6.5	1.55	INA · IL
2007	27	PIT	NL	0	7	.000	10.15	11	9	1	0	0	0	39.0	55	45	44	4	29	1	26	5	0	1	203	43	2.154	12.7	0.9	6.7	6.0	0.90
2008	28	PIT-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.92	22	13	2	0	0	0	80.1	70	36	35	3	32	1	62	4	0	1	332		1.270	7.8	0.3	3.6	6.9	1.94	INA · IL
2008	28	PIT	NL	1	3	.250	10.48	9	5	2	0	0	0	22.1	37	28	26	7	20	1	21	3	1	0	125	40	2.552	14.9	2.8	8.1	8.5	1.05
2009	29	CHW-min	AAA	2	8	.200	6.35	22	13	4	0	0	0	78.0	97	66	55	9	30	0	67	6	0	3	369		1.628	11.2	1.0	3.5	7.7	2.23	CHR · IL
2010	30	NYY-min	A+,AAA,Rk,AA	7	2	.778	3.02	25	6	5	0	0	1	50.2	52	19	17	6	20	0	44	2	0	1	219		1.421	9.2	1.1	3.6	7.8	2.20	TAM,SWB,YNK,TRE · FLOR,IL,GULF,EL
2011	31	SDP-min	AAA	1	4	.200	7.52	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.1	37	23	22	3	9	0	14	1	0	0	123		1.747	12.6	1.0	3.1	4.8	1.56	TUC · PCL
3 Yrs				2	13	.133	9.20	26	19	3	0	0	0	90.0	125	100	92	14	68	2	65	10	1	2	463	47	2.144	12.5	1.4	6.8	6.5	0.96
162 Game Avg.				3	20	.133	9.20	39	29	5	0	0	0	136	189	151	139	21	103	3	98	15	2	3	700	47	2.144	12.5	1.4	6.8	6.5	0.96

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2004	24	PIT	NL	28.2	6	5	27	8.48	4.20	-0.15	0.13	101.7	4.55	-13	-1.1	1.1	-0.0	-0.9	-10	.322	.493	$

2007	27	PIT	NL	39.0	11	9	45	10.38	4.76	-0.15	0.13	95.7	4.83	-24	-2.0	.4	0.0	-1.7	-20	.320	.488	$
2008	28	PIT	NL	22.1	9	5	28	11.28	4.63	-0.11	0.08	95.9	4.63	-16	-1.4	1.2	-0.0	-1.3	-14	.342	.491	$
3 Seasons				90.0	26	19	100	10.00	4.55	-0.14	0.12	97.7	4.69	-53	-4.5	1.0	-0.0	-3.9	-44	.328	.491	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
2004	24	PIT	NL	6	135	110	27	33	10	0	3	4	1	19	18	.300	.406	.473	.879	.330	52	5	2	2	2	0	2

2007	27	PIT	NL	11	203	164	45	55	11	0	4	6	1	29	26	.335	.445	.476	.921	.375	78	1	5	3	2	1	1
2008	28	PIT	NL	9	125	101	28	37	9	0	7	4	1	20	21	.366	.484	.663	1.147	.411	67	3	3	1	0	1	2
3 Yrs				26	463	375	100	125	30	0	14	14	3	68	65	.333	.444	.525	.970	.370	197	9	10	6	4	2	5
162 Game Avg.				39	700	567	151	189	45	0	21	21	5	103	98	.333	.444	.525	.970	.370	298	14	15	9	6	3	8
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.424	.758	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2004	24	PIT	NL	-9.5	-0.9	141	-1.1	2.3	-3.5	1.11	-0.5	-0.5	-12.5	-1.1	1.11	-7.0	0	1	0

2007	27	PIT	NL	-24.3	-2.1	212	-1.6	2.7	-4.3	.94	-1.6	-0.2	-23.4	-2.1	0.94	-17.9	0	0	2
2008	28	PIT	NL	-15.6	-1.4	132	-1.8	1.8	-3.6	1.13	-1.3	-0.3	-19.6	-1.8	1.13	-16.6	2	0	2
3 Yrs				-49.4	-4.4	485	-4.6	6.8	-11.4	1.04	-3.4	-1.0	-55.6	-4.9	1.04	-41.4	2	1	4

Starting Pitching*

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
2004	24	PIT	NL	6	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	4	.200	0	1	0	0	2	40%	44.4	70	20	5	2	0	3	4.4	4.9	5.3	84	1	3	1	0	107

2007	27	PIT	NL	11	9	0	7	2	0	0	1	8	.111	0	0	0	0	1	11%	35.4	57	6	8	4	0	5	2.4	2.3	3.9	80	3	5	1	0	100
2008	28	PIT	NL	9	5	0	2	3	0	0	2	3	.400	0	2	0	0	0	0%	28.0	45	13	6	0	1	3	5.8	6.4	3.5	78	3	1	1	0	117
3 Yrs				26	19	1	11	7	0	0	4	15	.211	0	3	0	0	3	16%	36	70	6	19	6	1	11	3.8	4.1	4.1	81	7	9	3	0	117
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-12					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2004	24	PIT	NL	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	1.110	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	7.0	74

2007	27	PIT	NL	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	.943	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	6.5	47
2008	28	PIT	NL	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1.133	2	0	2	1	2	1	0	4	2	1	2	1	3.5	22
3 Yrs				26	7	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%		1.043	2	1	4	2	2	3	1	6	5	1	5	1	4.9	37

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2004	24	PIT	NL	135	52%	2.2%	13.3%	14.1%	9.6%	39%	0.76	1.03	67%	25%	6.1%	4%	33	5	15%

2007	27	PIT	NL	203	59%	2.0%	12.8%	14.3%	7.4%	27%	0.61	0.85	67%	27%	5.3%	13%	58	1	2%
2008	28	PIT	NL	125	46%	5.6%	16.8%	16.0%	12.8%	43%	0.71	1.81	58%	25%	17.9%	13%	24	3	13%
3 Yrs				463	53%	3.0%	14.0%	14.7%	9.5%	35%	0.68	1.07	65%	26%	8.5%	10%	115	9	8%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.0%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2004	24	PIT	NL	136	494	3.63	282	57%	30%	12%	23%	34%	70%	0%	40%	83%	55%	8%	11	7	10%	14	4	0	28%	1	4	-1	0	0

2007	27	PIT	NL	203	818	4.03	468	57%	25%	12%	32%	31%	75%	1%	43%	84%	50%	9%	18	9	24%	48	21	5	31%	4	8	0	0	0
2008	28	PIT	NL	125	479	3.83	276	58%	27%	14%	30%	29%	73%	2%	42%	81%	54%	6%	8	4	22%	28	13	4	19%	5	3	0	0	0
3 Yrs				464	1791	3.86	1026	57%	27%	13%	29%	31%	73%	1%	42%	83%	53%	8%	37	20	19%	90	38	9	26%	10	15	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
2004	24	PIT	NL	135	33	2	0	3	0	9	3	0	1	2	18	9	1	50%	2	1	0	55	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

2007	27	PIT	NL	203	55	5	0	4	0	10	3	1	2	2	18	13	4	72%	1	1	1	97	6	1	86%	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0
2008	28	PIT	NL	125	37	4	1	7	0	1	1	6	4	3	9	2	1	22%	2	0	0	60	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				463	125	11	1	14	0	20	7	7	7	7	45	24	6	53%	5	2	1	212	14	3	82%	14	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
2004	24	1	3	.250	6.91	6	5	0	28.2	33	27	22	3	19	0	18	2	0	1	135	63	1.814	10.4	0.9	6.0	5.7	0.95	63
2005	25	1	3	.250	6.91	6	5	0	28.2	33	27	22	3	19	0	18	2	0	1	135	63	1.814	10.4	0.9	6.0	5.7	0.95	63
2006	26	1	3	.250	6.91	6	5	0	28.2	33	27	22	3	19	0	18	2	0	1	135	63	1.814	10.4	0.9	6.0	5.7	0.95	63
2007	27	1	10	.091	8.78	17	14	1	67.2	88	72	66	7	48	1	44	7	0	2	338	50	2.010	11.7	0.9	6.4	5.9	0.92	50
2008	28	2	13	.133	9.20	26	19	3	90.0	125	100	92	14	68	2	65	10	1	2	463	47	2.144	12.5	1.4	6.8	6.5	0.96	47

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
2004	24	1	2	.333	6.75	28.0	32	23	21	3	18	17	2	1.786	10.3	5.8	5.5	0.94	1.0	6

2007	27	1	3	.250	9.92	39.0	54	48	43	4	28	26	5	2.103	12.5	6.5	6.0	0.93	0.9	11
2008	28	0	2	.000	10.64	22.0	37	29	26	7	20	20	3	2.591	15.1	8.2	8.2	1.00	2.9	9
3 Yrs		2	7	.222	9.10	89.0	123	100	90	14	66	63	10	2.124	12.4		6.4	0.95	1.4	26

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