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

Summary of 14 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 7 go ahead

1 Tm
PIT	14

Platoon
vs RHB	7
vs LHB	7

Home/Road
Home	7
Away	7

Outs
2	6
0	5
1	3

7 Opps
ARI	4
SDP	3
CIN	3
ATL	1
PHI	1
HOU	1
MIL	1

13 Batters
Jay Bruce	2
Chris Snyder	1
Adrián González	1
Geoff Blum	1
Pat Burrell	1
Brian McCann	1
Shea Hillenbrand	1
Adam Dunn	1
Damian Miller	1
Stephen Drew	1
Kevin Kouzmanoff	1
Scott Hairston	1
Khalil Greene	1

5 Parks
PNC Pk (PIT)	7
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1

Where Hit
7	5
9	4
89	3
8	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	7
6	2
4	2
3	1
7+	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	7
2·HR gms	2
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	4
12-	3
1--	3
1-3	2
-23	1
-2-	1

30 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	4
1 on	4
2 on	6
Any on	10

Inning
1	4
2	4
3	1
4	2
5	3

1-3	9
4-6	5

RelScore
+3	2
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	4
-1	2
-2	2
-3	1
-4..	1

Ahead	4
Tied	4
Behind	6

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
3-2	3
2-1	2
1-1	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	3
SS	3
CF	2
1B	2
LF	2
2B	1
3B	1

OrderPos
5th	5
4th	3
7th	2
1st	2
2nd	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2004-08-18	Scott Hairston	ARI		PIT	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	12%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	2004-08-18	Shea Hillenbrand	ARI		PIT	tied 3-3	b 5	2	1-3	4,(2-1) BSBX	3	4	3	29%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Q. McCracken Scores; A. Cintrón Scores
3	3	3	1	2004-08-23	Chris Snyder	ARI	@	PIT	behind 0-1	t 2	2	-2-	6,(3-2) CBCBBX	2	8	2	19%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Terrero Scores/unER; C. Snyder Scores/unER
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2007-07-02	Damian Miller	MIL	@	PIT	behind 1-2	t 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	7	2	24%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Hall Scores
5	5	2	1	2007-07-27	Pat Burrell	PHI		PIT	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	7	10%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Howard Scores
6	6	3	1	2007-09-17	Khalil Greene	SDP		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	6	17%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. González Scores
7	7	4	1	2007-09-27	Stephen Drew	ARI	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	6	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2008-05-12 (2)	Brian McCann	ATL	@	PIT	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	4	2	6%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Y. Escobar Scores; C. Jones Scores
9	9	2	1	2008-07-02	Jay Bruce	CIN		PIT	behind 0-4	b 1	0	---	8,(3-2) BBFBFFFX	1	1	8	7%	27%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
10	10	3	2	2008-07-02	Adam Dunn	CIN		PIT	behind 1-4	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	9%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	4	3	2008-07-02	Jay Bruce	CIN		PIT	behind 2-4	b 2	2	12-	3,(1-1) BSX	3	1	8	29%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. Bako Scores; D. Thompson Scores
12	12	5	1	2008-07-09	Geoff Blum	HOU	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	6	25%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Berkman Scores; C. Lee Scores
13	13	6	1	2008-07-26	Adrián González	SDP	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	4	3	22%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Gonzalez Scores; B. Giles Scores
14	14	7	2	2008-07-26	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SDP	@	PIT	ahead 4-1	t 2	2	-23	6,(3-2) BFFB*BX	3	5	5	13%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Giles Scores; A. González Scores