John Van Benschoten
John Wesley Van Benschoten
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 217 lb.

Born: April 14, 1980 in San Diego, CA
High School: Milford (Milford, OH)
School: Kent State University
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
Final Game: July 26, 2008
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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
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 62 1.814 10.4 0.9 6.0 5.7 0.95
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 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
3 Seasons 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

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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 26 463 375 100 125 30 0 14 14 3 68 65 .333 .444 .525 .970 .370 197 9 10 6 4 2
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
MLB Averages

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
2004 24 PIT NL 6 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 4 .200 0 1 0 0 2 40% 44 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 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 45 13 6 0 1 3 5.8 6.4 3.5 78 3 1 1 0 117
3 Seasons 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

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
2004 24 PIT NL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 1.104 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 0.944 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 1.132 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 2 1 2 1 3.5 22
3 Seasons 26 7 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1.041 2 1 4 2 2 3 1 6 5 1 5 1 4.9 37

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%
2004 24 PIT NL 135 48% 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 41% 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 54% 5.6% 16.8% 16.0% 12.8% 43% 0.71 1.81 58% 25% 17.9% 13% 24 3 13%
3 Seasons 463 47% 3.0% 14.0% 14.7% 9.5% 35% 0.68 1.07 65% 26% 8.5% 10% 115 9 8%
MLB Averages

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
2004 24 PIT NL 135 493 3.65 281 57% 30% 12% 23% 34% 70% 0% 40% 83% 55% 8% 11 7 10% 14 4 0 28% 1 4 0 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 Seasons 463 1790 3.87 1025 57% 27% 13% 29% 31% 73% 1% 42% 83% 53% 8% 37 20 19% 90 38 9 26% 10 15 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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
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 Seasons 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

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+
2004 24 1 3 .250 6.91 6 5 0 0 0 0 28.2 33 27 22 3 19 0 18 2 0 1 135 62 1.814 10.4 0.9 6.0 5.7 0.95 62
2005 25 1 3 .250 6.91 6 5 0 0 0 0 28.2 33 27 22 3 19 0 18 2 0 1 135 62 1.814 10.4 0.9 6.0 5.7 0.95 62
2006 26 1 3 .250 6.91 6 5 0 0 0 0 28.2 33 27 22 3 19 0 18 2 0 1 135 62 1.814 10.4 0.9 6.0 5.7 0.95 62
2007 27 1 10 .091 8.78 17 14 1 0 0 0 67.2 88 72 66 7 48 1 44 7 0 2 338 49 2.010 11.7 0.9 6.4 5.9 0.92 49
2008 28 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 47

Neutralized Pitching

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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 18 2 1.786 10.3 5.8 5.8 1.00 1.0 6
2007 27 1 3 .250 9.69 39.0 54 47 42 4 28 26 5 2.103 12.5 6.5 6.0 0.93 0.9 11
2008 28 0 2 .000 11.14 21.0 38 29 26 7 21 20 3 2.810 16.3 9.0 8.6 0.95 3.0 9
3 Seasons 2 7 .222 9.10 88.0 124 99 89 14 67 64 10 2.170 12.7 6.5 0.96 1.4 26

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