Mike Benjamin

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: November 22, 1965 in Euclid, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round of the 1985 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA) and the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Bellflower HS (Bellflower, CA)

Schools: Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: July 7, 1989 (Age 23-227d, 15,639th in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2002 (Age 36-310d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Full Name: Michael Paul Benjamin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.7

1926

442

.230

227

RBI

169

OBP

.277

SLG

.339

OPS

.616

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 2	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-3	GF	18	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
2	4 (1)	Apr 4	BOS	@	SEA	L,6-12	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
3	5	Apr 5	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-5	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
4	6	Apr 6	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	3	2	0	5	1	2B
5	7	Apr 7	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
6	8	Apr 8	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
7	10 (1)	Apr 11	BOS		SEA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
8	13 (2)	Apr 14	BOS		OAK	W,8-6	GS	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
9	14	Apr 15	BOS		OAK	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
10	15	Apr 17	BOS		CLE	W,3-2		8	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR 2B
11	16	Apr 18	BOS		CLE	L,4-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
12	18 (1)	Apr 20	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GS	45	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B 3B
13	20 (1)	Apr 22	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	GF	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
14	24 (3)	Apr 28	BOS		DET	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
15	25	Apr 29	BOS		ANA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
16	26	Apr 30	BOS		ANA	L,2-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	28 (1)	May 2	BOS		TEX	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
18	29	May 3	BOS		TEX	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
19	32 (2)	May 7	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
20	33	May 8	BOS	@	KCR	W,14-3	GF	9	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
21	34	May 9	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
22	35	May 10	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
23	36	May 11	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
24	37	May 12	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-6	GS	30	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
25	38	May 13	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
26	39	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	45	11.2	1	6	0	7	0	SS
27	40	May 15	BOS		KCR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
28	41	May 16	BOS		KCR	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
29	42	May 17	BOS		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
30	43	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,5-9	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	44	May 20	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
32	45	May 22	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
33	46	May 23	BOS		NYY	L,3-12	CG	51	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
34	47	May 24	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	CG	48	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
35	48	May 25	BOS		TOR	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
36	49	May 26	BOS		TOR	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
37	50	May 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
38	51	May 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS	34	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
39	52	May 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	56 (3)	Jun 3	BOS		BAL	L,0-3	GF	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	57	Jun 4	BOS		BAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
42	58	Jun 5	BOS		NYM	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
43	59	Jun 6	BOS		NYM	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
44	60	Jun 7	BOS		NYM	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
45	61	Jun 8	BOS	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	3	3	0	6	0	2B
46	62	Jun 9	BOS	@	ATL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
47	64 (1)	Jun 12	BOS		TBD	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
48	65	Jun 14	BOS		TBD	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
49	66	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
50	69 (2)	Jun 18	BOS	@	TBD	W,7-5	GS	14	3.1	0	2	0	2	0	2B
51	72 (2)	Jun 21	BOS	@	TBD	W,3-1	GF	24	6.2	2	1	0	3	0	2B
52	73	Jun 22	BOS		PHI	L,8-9	CG	48	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
53	74	Jun 23	BOS		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
54	75	Jun 24	BOS	@	PHI	L,8-11	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
55	76	Jun 25	BOS	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
56	77	Jun 26	BOS	@	FLA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	78	Jun 27	BOS	@	FLA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
58	79	Jun 28	BOS	@	FLA	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
59	80	Jun 30	BOS		MON	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	81	Jul 1	BOS		MON	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
61	82	Jul 2	BOS		MON	W,15-0	GS	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
62	83	Jul 3	BOS		CHW	W,15-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
63	84	Jul 4	BOS		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
64	85	Jul 5	BOS		CHW	W,15-14	CG	48	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
65	86	Jul 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
66	87	Jul 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
67	88	Jul 11	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	33	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
68	90 (1)	Jul 13	BOS	@	TBD	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
69	91	Jul 14	BOS	@	TBD	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	2B
70	92	Jul 15	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
71	93	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	W,15-5	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
72	94	Jul 17	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	95	Jul 18	BOS	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
74	96	Jul 19	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
75	97	Jul 21 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
76	99 (1)	Jul 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
77	100	Jul 23	BOS		TOR	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
78	102 (1)	Jul 25	BOS		TOR	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
79	103	Jul 26	BOS		TOR	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
80	104	Jul 28	BOS	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
81	105	Jul 29	BOS	@	OAK	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
82	107 (1)	Jul 31	BOS	@	ANA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	108	Aug 1	BOS	@	ANA	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
84	109	Aug 2	BOS	@	ANA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
85	111 (1)	Aug 4	BOS	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
86	112	Aug 6	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-7	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
87	113	Aug 7	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
88	116 (2)	Aug 11	BOS		KCR	W,7-4	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
89	121 (4)	Aug 16	BOS		MIN	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
90	122	Aug 18 (1)	BOS		TEX	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
91	124 (1)	Aug 19	BOS	@	KCR	W,11-1	GS	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B 3B
92	125	Aug 20	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
93	126	Aug 21	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-2	GS	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B 3B
94	127	Aug 22	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	4	4	0	8	1	2B
95	128	Aug 23	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
96	129	Aug 25	BOS		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
97	130	Aug 26	BOS		OAK	W,7-4	GS	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
98	132 (1)	Aug 28	BOS		ANA	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
99	133	Aug 29	BOS		ANA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
100	134	Aug 30	BOS		ANA	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
101	135	Aug 31	BOS		SEA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	136	Sep 1	BOS		SEA	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
103	137	Sep 2	BOS		SEA	W,7-3	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	138	Sep 3	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS	46	10.2	5	3	0	8	0	2B 1B
105	139	Sep 4	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-12	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
106	140	Sep 5	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
107	141	Sep 6	BOS	@	TOR	L,7-8	GS	36	8.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B 1B
108	142	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
109	143	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
110	145 (1)	Sep 11	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
111	146	Sep 12	BOS		DET	L,2-3	GS	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B 3B
112	147	Sep 13	BOS		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
113	154 (6)	Sep 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B 1B
114	155	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		TBD	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
115	157 (1)	Sep 22	BOS		TBD	W,11-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
116	158	Sep 23	BOS		TBD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
117	159	Sep 24	BOS		BAL	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
118	160	Sep 25	BOS		BAL	W,8-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
119	161	Sep 26	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
							128gm		902.0	233	275	3	511	54