Todd Benzinger

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: February 11, 1963 in Dayton, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from New Richmond HS (New Richmond, OH).

High School: New Richmond HS (New Richmond, OH)

Debut: June 21, 1987 (Age 24-130d, 15,344th in major league history)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 14, 1995 (Age 32-092d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Todd Eric Benzinger

Nicknames: Mercedes

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Relatives: Nephew of Don Gross

1990 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.7

2856

733

.257

316

RBI

376

OBP

.301

SLG

.386

OPS

.687

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 28)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	CIN		LAD	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
2	2	Apr 5	CIN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
3	3	Apr 6	CIN		LAD	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
4	4	Apr 7	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	67	16.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
5	5	Apr 9	CIN		SFG	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
6	6	Apr 10	CIN	@	HOU	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
7	7	Apr 11	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
8	8	Apr 12	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
9	9	Apr 14	CIN	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
10	10	Apr 15	CIN	@	SDP	W,6-3	GS	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
11	11	Apr 16	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
12	12	Apr 17	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
13	13	Apr 18	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
14	14	Apr 19	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
15	15	Apr 21	CIN		HOU	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
16	16	Apr 22	CIN		HOU	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
17	17	Apr 23	CIN		HOU	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
18	18	Apr 25	CIN		MON	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
19	19	Apr 26	CIN		MON	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
20	20	Apr 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
21	21	Apr 29	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	25	4.1	4	0	0	4	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	23 (1)	May 1	CIN	@	MON	W,19-6	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
23	24	May 2	CIN	@	MON	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
24	25	May 3	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
25	26	May 4	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	15	0	0	15	0	1B
26	27	May 5	CIN		PHI	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
27	28	May 6	CIN		PHI	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
28	29	May 7	CIN		PHI	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
29	30	May 8	CIN		NYM	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
30	31	May 9	CIN		NYM	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
31	32	May 10	CIN		NYM	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
32	33	May 12	CIN	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
33	34	May 13	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
34	35	May 14	CIN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
35	36	May 15	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
36	37	May 16	CIN		PIT	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
37	38	May 17	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
38	39	May 19	CIN		CHC	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
39	40	May 20	CIN		CHC	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
40	41	May 21	CIN		CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
41	42	May 23	CIN		STL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
42	43	May 24	CIN		STL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
43	44	May 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-8	CG	50	12.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
44	45	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
45	46	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
46	47	May 29	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
47	48	May 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
48	49	May 31	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	28	7.1	10	1	0	11	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	50	Jun 2	CIN		SDP	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
50	51	Jun 3	CIN		SDP	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
51	52	Jun 4	CIN		SDP	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
52	53	Jun 5	CIN		SFG	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
53	54	Jun 6 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
54	56 (1)	Jun 7	CIN		SFG	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
55	57	Jun 8	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
56	58	Jun 9	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
57	59	Jun 10	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
58	60	Jun 11	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
59	61	Jun 12	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
60	62	Jun 13	CIN	@	SDP	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
61	63	Jun 14	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
62	64	Jun 15	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	45	11.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
63	65	Jun 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
64	66	Jun 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
65	67	Jun 18	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
66	68	Jun 21 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	1B
67	69	Jun 21 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
68	70	Jun 22	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
69	71	Jun 23	CIN		LAD	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
70	72	Jun 24	CIN		LAD	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
71	73	Jun 25	CIN		LAD	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
72	74	Jun 26	CIN		LAD	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
73	75	Jun 27	CIN		ATL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
74	76	Jun 28	CIN		ATL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
75	77	Jun 29	CIN		ATL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	4	1B
76	78	Jun 30	CIN		NYM	L,1-11	CG	42	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	79	Jul 1	CIN		NYM	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
78	80	Jul 2	CIN		NYM	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
79	81	Jul 3	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	30	6.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
80	82	Jul 4	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	28	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
81	83	Jul 5	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
82	84	Jul 6	CIN	@	NYM	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
83	85	Jul 7	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
84	87 (1)	Jul 9	CIN	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
85	88	Jul 13	CIN		MON	L,3-6	GS	31	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
86	90 (1)	Jul 15	CIN		MON	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
87	91	Jul 16	CIN		MON	L,3-6	CG	56	12.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
88	92	Jul 17	CIN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
89	93	Jul 18	CIN		PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
90	94	Jul 19	CIN		PHI	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
91	95	Jul 20	CIN	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
92	96	Jul 21	CIN	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
93	97	Jul 22	CIN	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	7	0	0	7	1	1B
94	98	Jul 23	CIN	@	MON	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
95	99	Jul 25	CIN		SDP	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
96	100	Jul 26	CIN		SDP	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
97	101	Jul 27	CIN		SDP	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
98	102	Jul 28	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	62	17.0	20	0	0	20	1	1B
99	103	Jul 29	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
100	104	Jul 30	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	105	Aug 1	CIN		HOU	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
102	106	Aug 2	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
103	107	Aug 3	CIN		HOU	W,18-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
104	108	Aug 4	CIN		ATL	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
105	109	Aug 5	CIN		ATL	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
106	110	Aug 6	CIN		ATL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
107	111	Aug 7	CIN	@	SFG	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
108	112	Aug 8	CIN	@	SFG	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
109	113	Aug 9	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
110	114	Aug 10	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
111	115	Aug 11	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
112	116	Aug 12	CIN	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
113	117	Aug 13	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
114	118	Aug 15	CIN		CHC	L,2-5	GS	29	6.2	12	0	0	12	0	1B
115	119	Aug 16	CIN		CHC	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
116	120	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	1	15	1	1B
117	121	Aug 18 (1)	CIN		STL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
118	122	Aug 18 (2)	CIN		STL	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
119	123	Aug 19	CIN		STL	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
120	124	Aug 20	CIN		STL	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
121	125	Aug 21	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
122	126	Aug 22	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
123	127	Aug 23	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
124	128	Aug 25	CIN		PIT	L,3-12	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
125	129	Aug 26	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
126	130	Aug 27	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
127	131	Aug 28	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
128	132	Aug 29	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
129	133	Aug 30	CIN	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	55	13.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	134	Sep 1	CIN	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
131	135	Sep 2	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
132	136	Sep 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
133	137	Sep 4	CIN		SFG	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
134	138	Sep 5	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
135	139	Sep 6	CIN		LAD	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
136	140	Sep 7	CIN		LAD	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
137	141	Sep 8	CIN		ATL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
138	142	Sep 9	CIN		ATL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
139	143	Sep 10	CIN		ATL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
140	144	Sep 11	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
141	145	Sep 12	CIN	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
142	146	Sep 13	CIN	@	SFG	L,7-8	CG	55	12.1	8	1	1	10	0	1B
143	147	Sep 14	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	51	11.1	3	0	0	3	0	1B
144	148	Sep 15	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
145	149	Sep 16	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
146	150	Sep 17	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
147	151	Sep 19	CIN		SDP	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
148	152	Sep 20	CIN		SDP	L,1-3	CG	45	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
149	153	Sep 21	CIN		SDP	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
150	154	Sep 22	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
151	155	Sep 23	CIN	@	ATL	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
152	156	Sep 24	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
153	157	Sep 25	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
154	158	Sep 26	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
155	159	Sep 27	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	51	13.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
156	160	Sep 29	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
157	161	Sep 30	CIN		HOU	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
158	162	Oct 1	CIN		HOU	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
							158gm		1413.0	1417	73	7	1497	96