John Van Benschoten

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: April 14, 1980 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (8th) of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kent State University (Kent, OH).

High School: Milford HS (Milford, OH)

School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)

Debut: August 18, 2004 (Age 24-126d, 18,532nd in major league history)
vs. ARI 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 6 ER, L

Last Game: July 26, 2008 (Age 28-103d)
vs. SDP 1.2 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 7 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: Joe Bick

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: John Wesley Van Benschoten

Pronunciation: \Van-BEN-sko-tin\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.5

ERA

9.20

90.0

WHIP

2.144

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-5 / in Starts: 2-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 7, Entered with runners on base: 0

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 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	18	26	Apr 29	PIT	@	NYM	L,4-5	11-GF(11)	L(0-1)	99	0.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	27.00	21.13	5	17	8	3	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.96	-0.363	2.49	-0.14%	-2.07	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
2	19	27	Apr 30	PIT	@	NYM	W,13-1	6-7		0	2.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	7.71	4.42	8	39	25	7	4	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.00	6b --- 0 out a13	7b 3 out a12
May				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
3	20	30	May 3	PIT	@	WSN	L,8-9	7-8		2	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.91	4.22	6	20	12	2	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.38	-0.007	.24	0.00%	0.09	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 12- 1 out d1
4	21	38	May 12(2)	PIT		ATL	L,1-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	8	4.0	9	7	6	2	5	1	0	9.39	4.83	23	77	50	10	7	6	10	5	1	0	21			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.371	.94	-0.19%	-5.42	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d6
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	22	80	Jun 28	PIT		TBR	W,4-3	13-GF(13)	W(1-2)	46	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8.31	4.98	4	12	6	2	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.135	.93	0.03%	0.49	13t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
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
6	23	84	Jul 2	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-5	GS-3		3	2.1	5	5	5	0	0	3	1	10.64	8.40	13	45	30	7	3	3	9	5	0	0	27			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.402	.44	-0.10%	-4.14	1b start a 4	3b -2- 1 out tie
7	24	90	Jul 9	PIT		HOU	L,4-6	GS-5		6	4.2	7	4	4	6	6	1	1	9.77	8.24	27	117	62	19	11	5	9	4	3	0	34			1	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.205	.24	-0.04%	-1.98	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d1
8	25	99	Jul 21	PIT	@	HOU	W,9-3	GS-5		11	5.0	6	3	2	4	4	0	0	8.27	7.20	25	92	50	15	6	12	5	0	1	0	45			2	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	-0.149	.07	-0.01%	-0.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
9	26	104	Jul 26	PIT		SDP	L,6-9	GS-2	L(1-3)	4	1.2	6	7	7	4	2	2	0	10.48	8.42	14	60	33	9	4	1	7	4	0	0	13			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.451	.09	-0.03%	-6.12	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d6
							4-5		W-L:1-3	3.8	22.1	37	28	26	20	21	7	3	10.48	8.42	125	479	58%	15%	8%	0.80		25%	6%	0	28	0	---%	4	1	0	101	9	0	1	3	0	2	1.13	-1.812	.46	-0.47%	-19.69

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