Kris Benson

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1997	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	PIT	8	7	.533	3.87	4.85	24	24	0	0	0	0	128.0	130	69	55	12	45	1	138	4	1	5	557	1.367	9.1	0.8	3.2	9.7	3.07
1997	22	-2.0	Carolina	SOUL	AA	PIT	3	5	.375	4.98	6.42	14	14	0	0	0	0	68.2	81	49	38	11	32	1	66	2	0	2	316	1.646	10.6	1.4	4.2	8.7	2.06
1997	22	-0.4	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	PIT	5	2	.714	2.58	3.03	10	10	0	0	0	0	59.1	49	20	17	1	13	0	72	2	1	3	241	1.045	7.4	0.2	2.0	10.9	5.54
1998	23	-3.5	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	8	10	.444	5.37	5.88	28	28	0	1	1	0	156.0	162	102	93	26	50	5	129	5	0	9	689	1.359	9.3	1.5	2.9	7.4	2.58
1999	24	-4.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	11	14	.440	4.07	4.81	31	31	0	2	0	0	196.2	184	105	89	16	83	5	139	6	1	2	840	1.358	8.4	0.7	3.8	6.4	1.67
2000	25	-3.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	12	.455	3.85	4.30	32	32	0	2	1	0	217.2	206	104	93	24	86	5	184	10	0	5	936	1.342	8.5	1.0	3.6	7.6	2.14

2002	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	1	2	.333	1.46	1.82	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.2	13	5	4	2	8	0	32	1	0	0	94	0.851	4.7	0.7	2.9	11.7	4.00
2002	27	0.1	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	0	2	.000	1.53	2.04	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.2	8	4	3	1	8	0	25	0	0	0	69	0.906	4.1	0.5	4.1	12.7	3.13
2002	27	2.5	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	1	0	1.000	1.29	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	25	0.714	6.4	1.3	0.0	9.0
2002	27	-1.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	9	6	.600	4.70	5.25	25	25	0	0	0	0	130.1	152	76	68	18	50	8	79	3	1	3	576	1.550	10.5	1.2	3.5	5.5	1.58
2003	28	-0.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	5	9	.357	4.97	5.74	18	18	0	0	0	0	105.0	127	67	58	14	36	4	68	1	0	7	475	1.552	10.9	1.2	3.1	5.8	1.89
2004	29		2 Teams	NL	Maj	NYM-PIT	12	12	.500	4.31	4.76	31	31	0	1	1	0	200.1	202	106	96	15	61	8	134	10	0	5	854	1.313	9.1	0.7	2.7	6.0	2.20
2004	29	-0.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	8	.500	4.22	4.69	20	20	0	0	0	0	132.1	137	69	62	7	44	5	83	6	0	2	564	1.368	9.3	0.5	3.0	5.6	1.89
2004	29	-0.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	4	4	.500	4.50	4.90	11	11	0	1	1	0	68.0	65	37	34	8	17	3	51	4	0	3	290	1.206	8.6	1.1	2.3	6.8	3.00
2005	30	7.0	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	10	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
2005	30	0.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	10	8	.556	4.13	4.44	28	28	0	0	0	0	174.1	171	86	80	24	49	5	95	4	0	4	737	1.262	8.8	1.2	2.5	4.9	1.94
2006	31	2.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	11	12	.478	4.82	5.16	30	30	0	3	0	0	183.0	199	105	98	33	58	2	88	7	0	6	781	1.404	9.8	1.6	2.9	4.3	1.52

2008	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	PHI	1	6	.143	5.78	6.99	13	13	0	0	0	0	67.0	95	52	43	10	17	0	39	2	0	2	306	1.672	12.8	1.3	2.3	5.2	2.29
2008	33	5.9	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	1	4	.200	5.52	6.86	11	11	0	0	0	0	60.1	85	46	37	7	14	0	33	2	0	2	272	1.641	12.7	1.0	2.1	4.9	2.36
2008	33	9.8	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	2	.000	8.10	8.10	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	10	6	6	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	34	1.950	13.5	4.1	4.1	8.1	2.00
2009	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	TEX	4	6	.400	5.25	5.86	12	11	0	1	0	0	73.2	83	48	43	6	24	0	53	3	0	3	323	1.452	10.1	0.7	2.9	6.5	2.21
2009	34	7.0	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	TEX	4	5	.444	5.24	5.90	11	10	0	1	0	0	68.2	78	45	40	5	23	0	49	2	0	3	302	1.471	10.2	0.7	3.0	6.4	2.13
2009	34	10.0	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	21	1.200	9.0	1.8	1.8	7.2	4.00
2009	34	5.9	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	1	.500	8.46	9.27	8	2	2	0	0	0	22.1	33	23	21	6	12	0	11	3	0	0	114	2.015	13.3	2.4	4.8	4.4	0.92
2010	35	8.3	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	1	2	.333	8.87	10.48	7	7	0	0	0	0	22.1	34	26	22	5	11	0	14	2	1	0	114	2.015	13.7	2.0	4.4	5.6	1.27
2010	35	6.3	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	1	1	.500	5.14	5.79	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	18	9	8	2	6	0	8	1	0	1	67	1.714	11.6	1.3	3.9	5.1	1.33
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		70	75	.483	4.42	4.93	206	200	2	8	2	0	1243.2	1292	681	611	152	441	37	806	45	2	33	5380	1.393	9.3	1.1	3.2	5.8	1.83
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		23	33	.411	4.93	5.73	90	89	0	2	1	0	474.2	517	302	260	61	155	6	409	18	2	19	2093	1.416	9.8	1.2	2.9	7.8	2.64
All Levels (12 Seasons)							93	108	.463	4.56	5.15	296	289	2	10	3	0	1718.1	1809	983	871	213	596	43	1215	63	4	52	7473	1.400	9.5	1.1	3.1	6.4	2.04

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		14	23	.378	5.40	6.18	61	60	0	2	1	0	325.0	367	223	195	44	106	5	250	11	1	14	1446	1.455	10.2	1.2	2.9	6.9	2.36
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		4	6	.400	4.69	5.91	16	16	0	0	0	0	80.2	91	53	42	13	33	1	77	4	0	2	362	1.537	10.2	1.5	3.7	8.6	2.33
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	3.00	3.39	13	13	0	0	0	0	69.0	59	26	23	4	16	0	82	3	1	3	285	1.087	7.7	0.5	2.1	10.7	5.13