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: 13-18 / in Starts: 13-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2004 Pitching Game Log

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2004 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	107	2	Apr 7	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GS-5		99	5.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	5.40	2.85	24	97	59	13	13	5	11	5	2	0	43			0	1	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.124	1.31	-0.07%	-0.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
2	108	7	Apr 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	4	6.0	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	2.45	3.87	24	113	66	13	8	12	7	1	3	0	63			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	3	.88	0.117	.89	0.07%	1.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
3	109	12	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.00	3.33	27	108	72	17	10	9	11	6	2	0	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.253	.78	0.15%	2.56	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a6
4	110	16	Apr 24	PIT		CIN	L,7-9	GS-5	L(2-1)	5	5.0	12	7	6	4	3	1	1	3.91	4.22	30	112	62	15	9	10	12	5	0	0	16			0	0	0	25	4	0	2	1	0	0	1.29	-0.458	1.18	-0.25%	-4.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
5	111	21	Apr 30	PIT	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-1)	5	7.2	5	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.23	3.77	30	99	62	15	11	9	12	7	0	0	69			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.297	1.04	0.15%	2.71	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a2
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
6	112	26	May 6	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-5	GS-6	L(3-2)	5	5.2	8	5	5	5	5	0	1	3.96	3.87	30	97	58	13	9	7	12	5	0	0	33			1	0	0	22	2	0	2	0	0	0	.81	-0.185	.81	-0.11%	-2.30	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d5
7	113	31	May 13(1)	PIT	@	COL	L,5-7	GS-7	L(3-3)	6	6.1	9	6	6	1	3	3	1	4.64	4.67	29	100	67	18	8	8	16	5	2	0	33			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.343	.42	-0.14%	-3.16	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d2
8	114	36	May 19(1)	PIT		SDP	L,3-6	GS-6		5	6.0	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.62	4.41	27	83	54	13	5	15	8	4	1	0	44			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.068	1.19	-0.04%	0.08	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
9	115	41	May 26	PIT	@	STL	W,11-8	GS-7	W(4-3)	6	6.1	11	7	7	2	5	1	0	5.24	4.41	32	119	74	22	7	7	18	10	2	0	26			2	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.034	.54	-0.02%	-2.33	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out a5
10	116	47	May 31	PIT		STL	L,3-8	GS-6	L(4-4)	4	5.2	11	8	6	2	4	2	0	5.64	4.68	30	106	74	15	14	12	12	4	3	0	21			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	2	.80	-0.438	.75	-0.25%	-5.53	1t start tie	6t -23 2 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
11	117	52	Jun 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-7	L(4-5)	4	6.1	3	3	2	2	7	0	0	5.37	4.41	24	107	70	14	18	6	9	2	3	0	62			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.168	.82	0.07%	2.10	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a1
12	118	57	Jun 11	PIT	@	OAK	L,1-6	GS-7	L(4-6)	5	6.0	3	4	4	2	4	0	2	5.42	4.35	24	94	55	12	9	8	8	2	2	0	52			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.24	0.015	.42	0.00%	0.49	1b start a 1	7b 123 0 out tie
13	119	62	Jun 17	PIT		ANA	W,5-2	GS-8	W(5-6)	5	8.0	5	2	1	0	8	0	0	5.00	4.02	28	99	70	14	18	12	8	4	0	0	74			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.207	.19	0.02%	2.11	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
14	120	67	Jun 22	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-7	L(5-7)	4	7.0	8	5	5	5	3	0	0	5.11	4.05	34	122	71	15	9	15	11	4	3	0	39			0	0	0	27	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.257	.12	-0.01%	-1.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
15	121	73	Jun 28	PIT		STL	W,2-1	GS-8		5	8.0	6	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.78	4.04	31	126	81	22	9	12	15	5	3	0	64			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.366	.08	0.02%	3.11	1t start tie	8t 3 out 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
16	122	78	Jul 3	PIT		MIL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(6-7)	4	7.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.63	3.91	27	96	59	17	4	11	13	6	1	0	56			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.129	.22	0.02%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
17	123	83	Jul 8	PIT	@	MON	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.42	3.81	24	94	59	19	6	12	7	1	2	0	66			0	1	1	22	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.240	.27	0.03%	2.78	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
18	124	87	Jul 16	PIT		FLA	W,6-2	GS-9	W(7-7)	7	8.1	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.26	3.72	32	114	80	23	8	6	21	6	6	0	62			0	0	1	30	0	1	0	1	1	0	.69	0.256	.11	0.03%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a4
19	125	92	Jul 21	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(8-7)	4	8.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	1	4.13	3.63	29	104	71	13	16	12	12	2	4	0	68			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.342	.25	0.05%	2.20	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a2
20	126	97	Jul 26	PIT		ATL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	6.0	7	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.22	3.62	28	98	56	12	4	10	11	3	3	0	43			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.11	-0.184	.43	-0.04%	-0.92	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Mets
21	127	103	Jul 31	NYM	@	ATL	L,0-8	GS-5	L(8-9)	4	5.0	7	7	7	2	4	1	1	4.52	3.70	25	95	56	16	6	6	12	5	2	0	27			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.232	.66	-0.11%	-4.38	1b start tie	5b 3 out d7
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
22	128	109	Aug 7	NYM	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-7		6	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	1	4.36	3.64	27	90	63	8	13	13	7	2	2	0	69			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.291	.44	0.07%	2.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
23	129	114	Aug 13	NYM		ARI	W,10-6	GS-7	W(9-9)	5	7.0	8	6	6	2	5	3	0	4.52	3.84	30	101	72	16	13	8	15	5	2	0	40			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	.50	0.105	.13	0.02%	-2.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
24	130	118	Aug 19(1)	NYM	@	COL	W,10-3	GS-6	W(10-9)	5	6.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	1	4.52	3.85	29	113	68	11	11	8	14	4	3	0	46			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	0.074	.27	0.01%	0.52	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a5
25	131	124	Aug 24	NYM		SDP	L,1-3	GS-6	L(10-10)	4	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.52	3.89	26	71	45	7	3	10	13	4	3	0	47			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.051	.15	-0.01%	0.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
26	132	129	Aug 29	NYM		LAD	L,2-10	GS-5	L(10-11)	4	4.0	8	8	5	3	1	1	0	4.68	3.99	24	97	59	16	2	7	13	5	1	0	18			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.13	-0.379	.02	0.00%	-5.96	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d7
Sep/Oct				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
27	133	139	Sep 9	NYM	@	FLA	W,4-0	GS-7	W(11-11)	10	6.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.52	3.93	23	98	63	16	13	10	8	0	0	0	65			0	1	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.298	.00	0.00%	2.34	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a3
28	134	145	Sep 14	NYM		ATL	W,7-0	SHO	W(12-11)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	4.29	3.81	33	114	75	8	14	12	14	4	4	0	86			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.54	0.293	.00	0.00%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
29	135	150	Sep 19(2)	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-6	GS-7	L(12-12)	4	6.0	6	6	6	0	7	1	1	4.44	3.80	24	97	66	17	9	2	14	4	4	0	43			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-2.41	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out d4
30	136	154	Sep 24	NYM		CHC	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	0	4.33	3.78	27	97	65	12	15	10	9	2	1	0	71			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.36	0.265	.00	0.00%	2.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
31	137	160	Oct 1	NYM		MON	L,2-4	GS-5		6	5.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	0	4.31	3.75	22	100	59	15	6	5	8	5	0	0	52			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.55	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
							13-18		W-L:12-12	4.7	200.1	202	106	96	61	134	15	10	4.31	3.75	854	3161	64%	14%	9%	0.80		20%	10%	0	50		---%	9	6	2	769	45	6	8	16	6	9	1.02	0.966	.43	-0.36%	0.16

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