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Joaquin Benoit

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 250lb (193cm, 113kg)

Born: July 26, 1977 in Santiago, Dominican Republic do

High School: Santiago (Santiago, Dominican Republic)

Debut: August 8, 2001 (Age 24-013d, 17,948th in major league history)
vs. DET 5.0 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 6 ER

Last Game: September 7, 2017 (Age 40-043d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Agents: Levinsons • Previously: Alan Nero

Full Name: Joaquín Antonio Benoit

Nicknames: El Pescador or Jack

Pronunciation: \wah-KEEN ben-WAH\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.9

ERA

3.83

764

1068.2

1058

WHIP

1.235

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1997	19	TEX-min	Rk	3	3	.500	2.05	10	10	0	1	0	0	44.0	40	14	10	0	11	0	38	1	0	1	177			1.159	8.2	0.0	2.3	7.8	3.45	RGS GULF
1998	20	TEX-min	A	4	3	.571	3.82	15	15	0	1	0	0	80.0	79	41	34	8	18	0	68	3	1	3	339			1.213	8.9	0.9	2.0	7.7	3.78	SAV SALL
1999	21	TEX-min	A+	7	4	.636	5.31	22	22	0	0	0	0	105.0	117	67	62	5	50	0	83	11	2	3	483			1.590	10.0	0.4	4.3	7.1	1.66	CHT FLOR
2000	22	TEX-min	AA	4	4	.500	3.83	16	16	0	0	0	0	82.1	73	40	35	6	30	0	72	4	0	6	346			1.251	8.0	0.7	3.3	7.9	2.40	TUL TL
2001	23	TEX-min	AAA,AA	10	5	.667	4.07	28	28	0	1	1	0	152.2	136	71	69	15	79	0	165	5	0	9	660			1.408	8.0	0.9	4.7	9.7	2.09	OKC,TUL PCL,TL
2001	23	TEX	AL	0	0		10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	6	6	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	26	46	11.05	2.200	14.4	5.4	5.4	7.2	1.33
2002	24	TEX-min	AAA,A+	8	4	.667	3.39	17	17	0	0	0	0	103.2	75	42	39	8	40	0	111	7	0	6	432			1.109	6.5	0.7	3.5	9.6	2.78	OKC,CHT PCL,FLOR
2002	24	TEX	AL	4	5	.444	5.31	17	13	2	0	0	1	84.2	91	51	50	6	58	2	59	5	0	7	405	89	4.72	1.760	9.7	0.6	6.2	6.3	1.02
2003	25	TEX-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.82	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.0	28	17	14	3	11	0	31	2	0	1	134			1.182	7.6	0.8	3.0	8.5	2.82	OKC PCL
2003	25	TEX	AL	8	5	.615	5.49	25	17	1	0	0	0	105.0	99	67	64	23	51	0	87	3	1	3	462	92	5.76	1.429	8.5	2.0	4.4	7.5	1.71
2004	26	TEX-min	AA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0		FRI TL
2004	26	TEX	AL	3	5	.375	5.68	28	15	2	0	0	0	103.0	113	67	65	19	31	0	95	8	0	3	456	88	4.74	1.398	9.9	1.7	2.7	8.3	3.06
2005	27	TEX-min	AAA,Rk	0	1	.000	3.86	4	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	3	3	1	5	0	6	1	0	1	28			1.286	5.1	1.3	6.4	7.7	1.20	OKC,RGS PCL,ARIZ
2005	27	TEX	AL	4	4	.500	3.72	32	9	6	0	0	0	87.0	69	39	36	9	38	0	78	2	0	1	369	123	3.95	1.230	7.1	0.9	3.9	8.1	2.05
2006	28	TEX	AL	1	1	.500	4.86	56	0	7	0	0	0	79.2	68	49	43	5	38	4	85	3	0	3	347	95	3.37	1.331	7.7	0.6	4.3	9.6	2.24
2007	29	TEX	AL	7	4	.636	2.85	70	0	22	0	0	6	82.0	68	28	26	6	28	2	87	2	0	3	337	160	3.17	1.171	7.5	0.7	3.1	9.5	3.11
2008	30	TEX-min	AAA,AA	1	0	1.000	5.79	5	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	3	3	0	4	0	5	1	0	2	22			1.929	9.6	0.0	7.7	9.6	1.25	OKC,FRI PCL,TL
2008	30	TEX	AL	3	2	.600	5.00	44	0	8	0	0	1	45.0	40	28	25	6	35	2	43	0	0	3	209	90	5.29	1.667	8.0	1.2	7.0	8.6	1.23

2010	32	TBR-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.79	8	0	4	0	0	2	9.2	8	3	3	2	3	0	17	0	0	0	40			1.138	7.4	1.9	2.8	15.8	5.67	DHM IL
2010	32	TBR	AL	1	2	.333	1.34	63	0	16	0	0	1	60.1	30	10	9	6	11	1	75	0	0	1	217	292	2.43	0.680	4.5	0.9	1.6	11.2	6.82
2011	33	DET	AL	4	3	.571	2.95	66	0	13	0	0	2	61.0	47	22	20	5	17	1	63	2	0	3	241	141	2.96	1.049	6.9	0.7	2.5	9.3	3.71
2012	34	DET	AL	5	3	.625	3.68	73	0	18	0	0	2	71.0	59	31	29	14	22	2	84	1	0	2	288	116	4.26	1.141	7.5	1.8	2.8	10.6	3.82
2013	35	DET	AL	4	1	.800	2.01	66	0	43	0	0	24	67.0	47	15	15	5	22	2	73	1	0	2	265	207	2.87	1.030	6.3	0.7	3.0	9.8	3.32
2014	36	SDP	NL	4	2	.667	1.49	53	0	17	0	0	11	54.1	28	10	9	3	14	2	64	1	1	3	205	228	2.32	0.773	4.6	0.5	2.3	10.6	4.57
2015	37	SDP	NL	6	5	.545	2.34	67	0	11	0	0	2	65.1	36	17	17	7	23	1	63	2	0	2	254	160	3.75	0.903	5.0	1.0	3.2	8.7	2.74
2016	38	TOT	AL	3	1	.750	2.81	51	0	6	0	0	1	48.0	37	17	15	5	24	1	52	1	0	1	204	150	3.90	1.271	6.9	0.9	4.5	9.8	2.17
2016	38	SEA	AL	1	1	.500	5.18	26	0	2	0	0	0	24.1	20	16	14	4	15	1	28	1	0	1	111	79	4.95	1.438	7.4	1.5	5.5	10.4	1.87
2016	38	TOR	AL	2	0	1.000	0.38	25	0	4	0	0	1	23.2	17	1	1	1	9	0	24	0	0	0	93	1135	2.81	1.099	6.5	0.4	3.4	9.1	2.67
2017	39	TOT	NL	1	6	.143	4.65	52	0	13	0	0	2	50.1	43	28	26	7	22	1	46	1	0	1	213	94	4.51	1.291	7.7	1.3	3.9	8.2	2.09
2017	39	PHI	NL	1	4	.200	4.07	44	0	12	0	0	2	42.0	32	19	19	5	16	1	43	0	0	0	171	106	3.80	1.143	6.9	1.1	3.4	9.2	2.69
2017	39	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	7.56	8	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	11	9	7	2	6	0	3	1	0	1	42	59	8.08	2.040	11.9	2.2	6.5	3.2	0.50
16 Yrs				58	49	.542	3.83	764	55	185	0	0	53	1068.2	883	485	455	129	437	21	1058	32	2	38	4498	116	3.99	1.235	7.4	1.1	3.7	8.9	2.42
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.542	3.83	63	5	15	0	0	4	89	73	40	38	11	36	2	88	3	0	3	373	116	3.99	1.235	7.4	1.1	3.7	8.9	2.42
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
TEX (8 yrs)				30	26	.536	4.79	273	55	48	0	0	8	591.1	556	335	315	77	282	10	538	23	1	23	2611	99	4.50	1.417	8.5	1.2	4.3	8.2	1.91
DET (3 yrs)				13	7	.650	2.89	205	0	74	0	0	28	199.0	153	68	64	24	61	5	220	4	0	7	794	145	3.39	1.075	6.9	1.1	2.8	9.9	3.61
SDP (2 yrs)				10	7	.588	1.96	120	0	28	0	0	13	119.2	64	27	26	10	37	3	127	3	1	5	459	183	3.10	0.844	4.8	0.8	2.8	9.6	3.43
TBR (1 yr)				1	2	.333	1.34	63	0	16	0	0	1	60.1	30	10	9	6	11	1	75	0	0	1	217	292	2.43	0.680	4.5	0.9	1.6	11.2	6.82
PIT (1 yr)				0	2	.000	7.56	8	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	11	9	7	2	6	0	3	1	0	1	42	59	8.08	2.040	11.9	2.2	6.5	3.2	0.50
PHI (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.07	44	0	12	0	0	2	42.0	32	19	19	5	16	1	43	0	0	0	171	106	3.80	1.143	6.9	1.1	3.4	9.2	2.69
SEA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.18	26	0	2	0	0	0	24.1	20	16	14	4	15	1	28	1	0	1	111	79	4.95	1.438	7.4	1.5	5.5	10.4	1.87
TOR (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	0.38	25	0	4	0	0	1	23.2	17	1	1	1	9	0	24	0	0	0	93	1135	2.81	1.099	6.5	0.4	3.4	9.1	2.67

AL (13 yrs)				47	36	.566	4.04	592	55	144	0	0	38	898.2	776	430	403	112	378	17	885	28	1	32	3826	113	4.08	1.284	7.8	1.1	3.8	8.9	2.34
NL (3 yrs)				11	13	.458	2.75	172	0	41	0	0	15	170.0	107	55	52	17	59	4	173	4	1	6	672	138	3.52	0.976	5.7	0.9	3.1	9.2	2.93

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