Alan Benes

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 215lb (196cm, 97kg)

Born: January 21, 1972 in Evansville, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 49th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lake Forest HS (Lake Forest, IL) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (16th) of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Creighton University (Omaha, NE).

High School: Lake Forest HS (Lake Forest, IL)

School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)

Debut: September 19, 1995 (Age 23-241d, 16,816th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 7 ER, L

Last Game: May 28, 2003 (Age 31-127d)
vs. TBD 3.1 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: Alan Paul Benes

Pronunciation: \BEN-ess\

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Relatives: Brother of Andy Benes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

4.59

115

494.0

401

WHIP

1.443

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1993	21	STL-min	A-	0	4	.000	3.65	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.0	39	20	15	2	14	0	29	2	1	2	162			1.432	9.5	0.5	3.4	7.1	2.07	GLF NYPL
1994	22	STL-min	AA,A+,A,AAA	17	3	.850	2.28	30	30	0	2	0	0	205.2	144	66	52	10	52	0	184	7	2	11	796			0.953	6.3	0.4	2.3	8.1	3.54	ARK,SPT,SAV,LOU TL,FLOR,SALL,AA
1995	23	STL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.41	11	11	0	2	1	0	56.0	37	16	15	5	14	1	54	1	0	2	215			0.911	5.9	0.8	2.3	8.7	3.86	LOU AA
1995	23	STL	NL	1	2	.333	8.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	24	15	15	2	4	0	20	1	0	3	76	50	3.17	1.750	13.5	1.1	2.3	11.3	5.00
1996	24	STL	NL	13	10	.565	4.90	34	32	1	3	1	0	191.0	192	120	104	27	87	3	131	7	1	5	840	85	5.11	1.461	9.0	1.3	4.1	6.2	1.51	RoY-7
1997	25	STL	NL	9	9	.500	2.89	23	23	0	2	0	0	161.2	128	60	52	13	68	3	160	4	2	9	666	144	3.51	1.212	7.1	0.7	3.8	8.9	2.35
1998			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
1999	27	STL-min	AAA,A+,AA	0	1	.000	3.60	7	7	0	0	0	0	15.0	15	7	6	0	7	0	5	0	0	0	62			1.467	9.0	0.0	4.2	3.0	0.71	MEM,POT,ARK PCL,CARL,TL
1999	27	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7		1.13	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2000	28	STL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	5.95	9	8	0	0	0	0	39.1	45	31	26	7	21	0	26	1	0	3	179			1.678	10.3	1.6	4.8	5.9	1.24	MEM PCL
2000	28	STL	NL	2	2	.500	5.67	30	0	16	0	0	0	46.0	54	33	29	7	23	2	26	2	0	5	214	83	5.61	1.674	10.6	1.4	4.5	5.1	1.13
2001	29	STL-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.55	25	25	0	1	0	0	142.0	164	71	56	13	51	1	96	7	0	2	637			1.514	10.4	0.8	3.2	6.1	1.88	MEM PCL
2001	29	STL	NL	2	0	1.000	7.36	9	1	4	0	0	0	14.2	14	12	12	5	12	0	10	0	0	0	68	60	8.57	1.773	8.6	3.1	7.4	6.1	0.83
2002	30	CHC-min	AAA	10	9	.526	5.65	28	19	3	0	0	0	113.0	130	79	71	17	53	0	85	4	1	5	512			1.619	10.4	1.4	4.2	6.8	1.60	IWA PCL
2002	30	CHC	NL	2	2	.500	4.35	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	42	22	19	3	12	1	32	0	0	2	167	94	3.24	1.373	9.6	0.7	2.7	7.3	2.67
2003	31	CHC-min	AAA	7	7	.500	5.37	19	17	0	2	0	0	114.0	129	74	68	13	44	1	81	1	0	5	498			1.518	10.2	1.0	3.5	6.4	1.84	IWA PCL
2003	31	TOT	MLB	0	3	.000	8.10	7	4	1	0	0	1	23.1	37	22	21	2	14	0	20	0	2	0	115	61	4.23	2.186	14.3	0.8	5.4	7.7	1.43
2003	31	CHC	NL	0	0		2.16	3	0	1	0	0	1	8.1	8	2	2	0	6	0	9	0	1	0	36	209	3.03	1.680	8.6	0.0	6.5	9.7	1.50
2003	31	TEX	AL	0	3	.000	11.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	29	20	19	2	8	0	11	0	1	0	79	45	4.90	2.467	17.4	1.2	4.8	6.6	1.38
2004	32	STL-min	AAA	8	10	.444	5.60	28	27	0	0	0	0	160.2	193	102	100	27	79	2	94	5	0	12	726			1.693	10.8	1.5	4.4	5.3	1.19	MEM PCL
2005	33	STL-min	AA	1	0	1.000	5.49	15	0	7	0	0	0	19.2	20	13	12	5	7	0	16	0	0	3	86			1.373	9.2	2.3	3.2	7.3	2.29	SPD TL
2006	34	STL-min	AAA	5	6	.455	4.75	30	4	12	0	0	0	66.1	67	41	35	15	23	5	45	1	0	4	286			1.357	9.1	2.0	3.1	6.1	1.96	MEM PCL
8 Yrs				29	28	.509	4.59	115	70	24	5	1	1	494.0	493	284	252	59	220	9	401	14	5	24	2153	93	4.47	1.443	9.0	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.82
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.509	4.59	42	26	9	2	0	0	182	181	104	93	22	81	3	147	5	2	9	791	93	4.47	1.443	9.0	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.82

STL (6 yrs)				27	23	.540	4.42	101	59	23	5	1	0	431.1	414	240	212	54	194	8	349	14	3	22	1871	96	4.59	1.410	8.6	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.80
CHC (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	3.97	10	7	1	0	0	1	47.2	50	24	21	3	18	1	41	0	1	2	203	105	3.20	1.427	9.4	0.6	3.4	7.7	2.28
TEX (1 yr)				0	3	.000	11.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	29	20	19	2	8	0	11	0	1	0	79	45	4.90	2.467	17.4	1.2	4.8	6.6	1.38

NL (8 yrs)				29	25	.537	4.38	111	66	24	5	1	1	479.0	464	264	233	57	212	9	390	14	4	24	2074	97	4.46	1.411	8.7	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.84
AL (1 yr)				0	3	.000	11.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	29	20	19	2	8	0	11	0	1	0	79	45	4.90	2.467	17.4	1.2	4.8	6.6	1.38

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