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: 17-11 / in Starts: 17-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2005 Pitching Game Log

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2005 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	138	29	May 5	NYM		PHI	W,7-5	GS-5		99	4.2	5	2	2	2	6	0	1	3.86	2.38	22	88	52	20	4	4	9	2	2	0	50			3	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.059	1.30	-0.04%	-0.31	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out tie
2	139	34	May 10	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	10	6	6	0	3	4	0	6.75	7.05	28	84	62	13	9	13	12	5	2	0	31			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.183	.57	-0.12%	-2.84	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
3	140	39	May 16	NYM		CIN	W,9-2	GS-8	W(1-1)	5	7.2	4	2	2	2	8	0	0	4.91	4.82	28	112	70	20	13	7	11	4	2	0	69			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.137	.72	0.07%	1.70	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a7
4	141	43	May 21	NYM		NYY	W,7-1	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	6.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	1	3.70	4.62	23	106	59	17	5	9	7	3	1	0	66			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.27	0.275	1.30	0.17%	2.57	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
5	142	48	May 26	NYM	@	FLA	W,12-4	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	6.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.86	4.67	24	98	64	26	4	6	12	6	2	0	52			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.100	.87	-0.06%	-0.14	1b start tie	6b 3 out a7
6	143	52	May 31	NYM		ARI	L,0-7	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	6.0	8	4	4	2	7	1	0	4.21	4.53	29	113	70	18	15	8	12	3	0	0	45			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.125	.93	-0.08%	-1.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
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
7	144	57	Jun 5(2)	NYM		SFG	W,12-1	GS-7	W(4-2)	4	7.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.74	4.29	25	98	60	13	5	8	17	2	2	0	67			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	.55	0.160	.59	0.10%	2.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
8	145	62	Jun 11	NYM		LAA	W,5-3	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.58	4.03	24	90	62	7	8	12	10	3	1	0	63			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	0	.92	0.118	.84	0.07%	1.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	146	66	Jun 16	NYM	@	OAK	W,9-6	GS-6	W(5-2)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	0	2	0	3.67	4.49	26	99	61	21	1	10	14	2	7	0	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.083	.54	-0.04%	0.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
10	147	70	Jun 21	NYM	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS-6	W(6-2)	4	6.0	9	5	4	1	2	1	0	3.90	4.54	28	93	61	18	6	7	18	6	6	0	37			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.092	.88	-0.04%	-1.81	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
11	148	75	Jun 26	NYM	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.0	3	2	1	5	3	0	0	3.69	4.54	27	98	59	16	7	8	11	0	3	0	58			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	0.150	1.38	0.08%	1.72	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 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
12	149	80	Jul 2	NYM		FLA	L,3-7	GS-6	L(6-3)	5	6.0	8	5	3	1	2	0	0	3.75	4.41	27	77	49	11	5	13	11	4	3	0	41			3	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.33	-0.396	1.34	-0.24%	-2.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
13	150	85	Jul 7	NYM	@	WSN	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.65	4.21	29	105	65	18	8	11	11	3	3	0	59			0	0	0	27	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.34	0.188	1.18	0.10%	1.37	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
14	151	89	Jul 14	NYM		ATL	W,6-3	GS-7		6	7.0	5	3	2	0	7	1	0	3.57	4.11	26	89	60	15	9	11	8	3	0	0	64			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.106	1.09	-0.06%	0.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	152	93	Jul 19	NYM		SDP	W,3-1	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.40	4.14	27	111	67	20	5	8	13	4	1	0	65			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.283	.85	0.13%	2.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
16	153	98	Jul 24	NYM		LAD	W,6-0	GS-8	W(7-3)	4	8.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.14	3.99	29	125	75	23	7	14	9	2	3	0	78			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.298	.68	0.18%	3.93	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
17	154	103	Jul 29	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-5	GS-6	L(7-4)	4	5.1	6	5	5	3	6	3	0	3.40	4.27	25	100	64	14	12	7	9	2	1	0	39			3	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.294	.69	-0.19%	-2.85	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
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
18	155	108	Aug 4	NYM		MIL	L,9-12	GS-5		5	5.0	11	6	6	2	2	0	1	3.72	4.26	28	99	63	11	6	8	16	6	4	0	21			1	0	0	25	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.34	-0.392	.95	-0.17%	-3.55	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
19	156	113	Aug 10	NYM	@	SDP	W,9-1	GS-9	W(8-4)	5	8.1	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.54	4.10	29	109	73	20	13	11	11	5	3	0	78			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.144	.20	0.07%	2.79	1b start a 2	9b -23 1 out a9
20	157	118	Aug 16	NYM		PIT	W,6-2	GS-7	W(9-4)	5	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.49	4.04	29	99	69	13	5	16	8	3	0	0	56			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	2	1	1	1.25	0.182	.74	0.06%	1.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
21	158	123	Aug 21	NYM		WSN	L,4-7	GS-1	L(9-5)	4	0.2	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	3.89	4.04	10	37	22	4	2	3	7	4	0	0	12			0	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.421	1.12	-0.36%	-6.00	1t start tie	1t 1-3 2 out d6
22	159	130	Aug 28	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-4	GS-6	L(9-6)	6	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	2	0	3.91	4.20	27	84	57	14	6	12	11	3	1	0	46			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.137	1.78	-0.14%	0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
23	160	135	Sep 3	NYM	@	FLA	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.1	6	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.99	4.27	27	105	65	19	5	9	15	6	0	0	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.018	1.40	0.01%	0.45	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a2
24	161	140	Sep 8	NYM	@	STL	L,0-5	GS-7	L(9-7)	4	6.2	7	4	3	3	4	2	1	4.00	4.41	31	108	61	12	10	10	14	4	0	0	47			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	-0.005	.46	0.00%	0.35	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d3
25	162	145	Sep 14	NYM		WSN	L,3-6	GS-5	L(9-8)	5	5.0	8	5	5	3	2	2	0	4.16	4.57	26	102	61	22	8	8	13	7	2	0	30			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.367	.08	-0.02%	-2.55	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
26	163	150	Sep 20	NYM		FLA	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	2	0	4.09	4.65	27	106	63	21	10	12	9	2	0	0	63			1	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	.98	0.080	.01	0.00%	1.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
27	164	155	Sep 25	NYM	@	WSN	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.1	8	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.20	4.63	28	101	66	20	7	15	9	3	0	0	35			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-1.18	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a1
28	165	160	Sep 30	NYM		COL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(10-8)	4	7.1	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.13	4.63	28	103	71	15	7	12	13	2	2	0	59			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.24	0.208	.00	0.00%	1.41	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
							17-11		W-L:10-8	4.5	174.1	171	86	80	49	95	24	4	4.13	4.63	737	2739	63%	17%	7%	0.85		17%	9%	0	51		---%	14	0	0	676	33	1	5	16	3	8	1.01	-0.694	.79	-0.49%	1.82

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