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: 14-11 / in Starts: 14-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2002 Pitching Game Log

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2002 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	64	36	May 13	PIT		ARI	L,0-11	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.2	10	9	7	2	1	1	0	17.18	7.60	24	75	43	13	2	8	13	8	0	0	8			0	0	0	22	4	0	1	1	0	1	.57	-0.365	.61	-0.24%	-7.21	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d9
2	65	41	May 18	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	6.75	4.18	28	96	66	13	10	9	12	6	3	0	64			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.28	0.350	1.23	0.20%	2.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
3	66	46	May 23	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-11	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	3.1	11	7	7	3	3	2	0	9.64	5.96	24	85	56	13	4	7	11	4	0	0	10			1	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.279	.70	-0.13%	-5.95	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d7
4	67	51	May 28	PIT		CHC	L,0-3	GS-3	L(0-3)	4	2.2	5	3	3	4	3	0	1	9.72	6.02	18	77	43	10	4	4	6	4	0	0	35			0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	-0.210	.89	-0.09%	-2.26	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d3
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
5	68	56	Jun 2	PIT	@	STL	W,5-2	GS-6		4	5.2	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	8.06	5.69	24	100	66	14	8	6	14	4	0	0	49			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	0.036	.70	0.02%	0.48	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out tie
6	69	61	Jun 8	PIT		MIL	W,9-8	GS-5		5	5.0	7	5	5	2	3	0	1	8.23	5.30	25	86	51	9	9	8	11	7	0	0	34			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.343	.67	-0.13%	-2.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
7	70	66	Jun 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-3		5	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.42	5.10	11	40	29	6	4	6	3	2	0	0	57			0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	0.156	.97	0.09%	1.55	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
8	71	71	Jun 20	PIT		OAK	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-4)	5	4.1	7	5	5	3	1	1	0	7.79	5.41	23	92	56	17	8	1	18	9	0	0	27			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.311	.32	-0.08%	-3.39	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
9	72	75	Jun 25	PIT		MON	W,4-1	GS-6	W(1-4)	4	5.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	0	7.03	5.26	20	75	53	14	11	5	9	5	1	0	55			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.120	.30	0.02%	0.53	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a3
10	73	80	Jun 30	PIT	@	DET	W,6-2	GS-7	W(2-4)	4	6.2	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.22	4.95	24	76	52	12	4	12	10	6	0	0	58			0	1	1	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.351	.35	0.07%	2.27	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a3
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
11	74	85	Jul 5	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	0	2	6	1	0	5.50	4.85	26	90	57	13	14	11	7	3	0	0	60			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.036	.21	-0.01%	0.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
12	75	92	Jul 15	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-4	GS-5		9	5.0	7	4	4	2	0	1	0	5.65	5.02	23	74	43	9	6	6	15	6	1	0	35			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	1	0	.66	-0.150	.19	-0.03%	-1.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
13	76	97	Jul 20	PIT		STL	W,15-6	GS-5	W(3-4)	4	5.0	8	1	1	2	2	1	0	5.34	5.10	22	90	58	12	8	8	10	6	0	0	47			0	2	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.115	.24	0.03%	1.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out a6
14	77	102	Jul 25	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-8	GS-4	L(3-5)	4	3.2	9	8	8	3	2	1	0	6.14	5.25	22	86	48	12	5	6	11	8	1	0	10			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.302	.19	-0.05%	-6.14	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d8
15	78	106	Jul 30	PIT		COL	W,4-1	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	8.0	3	1	1	3	5	0	0	5.59	4.99	30	87	56	17	6	10	12	5	0	0	74			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.40	0.396	.08	0.01%	3.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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
16	79	111	Aug 4	PIT		SFG	L,5-10	GS-6	L(4-6)	4	5.1	8	7	7	2	6	3	0	6.01	5.27	25	86	59	15	10	6	11	6	0	0	28			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.389	.06	-0.02%	-4.23	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d5
17	80	116	Aug 10	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-8	GS-5		5	5.0	3	3	0	4	6	0	0	5.66	5.13	23	89	50	9	9	9	4	2	1	0	57			0	0	0	18	1	0	2	0	0	1	1.31	-0.105	.08	0.00%	-0.65	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
18	81	121	Aug 15	PIT		STL	L,5-11	GS-6		4	6.0	9	5	5	1	1	1	0	5.78	5.14	27	80	52	16	2	10	15	8	1	0	34			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
19	82	126	Aug 20	PIT	@	STL	W,8-0	GS-7	W(5-6)	4	7.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	5.36	4.93	22	92	59	15	9	6	11	6	0	0	78			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.187	.00	0.00%	3.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
20	83	131	Aug 25	PIT	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(6-6)	4	8.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	0	5.04	4.69	29	92	67	16	13	7	17	10	1	0	67			1	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.463	.00	0.00%	2.88	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
21	84	136	Aug 31	PIT	@	FLA	L,2-3	GS-5		5	5.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.98	4.57	21	82	49	13	5	8	8	4	2	0	52			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.41	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
Sept				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
22	85	141	Sep 6	PIT		FLA	W,11-0	GS-5	W(7-6)	5	5.0	7	0	0	2	2	0	1	4.76	4.54	22	76	47	15	4	8	9	7	1	0	53			0	1	0	19	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.275	.00	0.00%	2.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
23	86	146	Sep 11	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS-5		4	5.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.64	4.45	20	92	54	18	10	4	7	3	1	0	60			0	0	1	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.132	.00	0.00%	1.58	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
24	87	151	Sep 17	PIT		CIN	W,11-3	GS-5	W(8-6)	5	5.0	5	3	3	2	2	2	0	4.67	4.61	22	80	49	10	6	3	15	4	1	0	45			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
25	88	156	Sep 22	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS-5	W(9-6)	4	5.0	5	3	3	2	2	2	0	4.70	4.77	21	90	55	14	8	5	12	2	4	0	45			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
							14-11		W-L:9-6	4.5	130.1	152	76	68	50	79	18	3	4.70	4.77	576	2088	63%	16%	9%	0.64		30%	4%	0	46		---%	5	8	2	515	36	3	8	13	3	4	.96	-0.265	.30	-0.32%	-13.67

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