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Biography
Born on November 7, 1974 in Kennesaw, Georgia, Kris Benson (Kristen James Benson) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 7 year career. Benson broke into the bigs on April 9, 1999 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 4.07 ERA in 196.2 innings pitched in 1999, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Kris Benson's best season was 2000, when he posted a 3.85 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 184 batters.
Benson's wife, Anna Benson, can be quite the headache for general managers such as Omar Minaya.
Scouting Report
Statistics
Pitching Stats
Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | PIT | N | 31 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 4.07 | 139 | 105 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 196.2 | 184 | 16 | 83 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
2000 | PIT | N | 32 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 3.85 | 184 | 104 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 217.2 | 206 | 24 | 86 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2002 | PIT | N | 25 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 4.70 | 79 | 76 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130.1 | 152 | 18 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
2003 | PIT | N | 18 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4.97 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 127 | 14 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
2004 | PIT | N | 20 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4.22 | 83 | 69 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132.1 | 137 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
2004 | NY | N | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4.50 | 51 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 65 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
2004 | TOT | N | 31 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 4.31 | 134 | 106 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 200.1 | 202 | 15 | 61 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
2005 | NY | N | 28 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 4.13 | 95 | 86 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.1 | 171 | 24 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
2006 | BAL | A | 30 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 4.82 | 88 | 105 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 199 | 33 | 58 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Total | NL | 165 | 165 | 57 | 61 | 4.25 | 699 | 544 | 484 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1024.1 | 1042 | 111 | 365 | 35 | 26 | 34 | |
Total | AL | 30 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 4.82 | 88 | 105 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 199 | 33 | 58 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
Total | 195 | 195 | 68 | 73 | 4.34 | 787 | 649 | 582 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1207.1 | 1241 | 144 | 423 | 37 | 32 | 41 |
Fielding Stats
Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | PIT | N | P | 31 | 31 | 196.2 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 0 | .955 |
2000 | PIT | N | P | 32 | 32 | 217.2 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .947 |
2002 | PIT | N | P | 25 | 25 | 130.1 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | .920 |
2003 | PIT | N | P | 18 | 18 | 105 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .941 |
2004 | PIT | N | P | 20 | 20 | 132.1 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1.000 |
2004 | NY | N | P | 11 | 11 | 68 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .917 |
2004 | TOT | N | P | 31 | 31 | 200.1 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .977 |
2005 | NY | N | P | 28 | 28 | 174.1 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
2006 | BAL | A | P | 30 | 30 | 183 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .952 |
Total | P | 195 | 195 | 1207.1 | 80 | 155 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 73 | 36 | 6 | .959 |
Batting Stats
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | PIT | N | 31 | 65 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .154 | .191 | .200 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2000 | PIT | N | 32 | 65 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .092 | .157 | .123 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | PIT | N | 27 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .175 | .175 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | PIT | N | 18 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .032 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2004 | PIT | N | 20 | 39 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .179 | .200 | .179 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | NY | N | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .053 | .100 | .053 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | TOT | N | 31 | 58 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | .138 | .167 | .138 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | NY | N | 28 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | .184 | .273 | .204 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | BAL | A | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | NL | 167 | 307 | 22 | 40 | 0 | 20 | .130 | .176 | .153 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 123 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | AL | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 197 | 316 | 23 | 41 | 1 | 22 | .130 | .174 | .161 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 126 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Transactions
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed August 11, 1996).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Jeff Keppinger to New York Mets in exchange for Jose Bautista, Ty Wigginton and Matt Peterson (July 30, 2004).
- Granted free agency (November 1, 2004).
- Signed by New York Mets (November 30, 2004).
- Traded by New York Mets to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jorge Julio and John Maine (January 22, 2006).
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