Marvin Benard

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: January 20, 1971 in Bluefields, Nicaragua ni

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 39th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bell HS (Bell, CA), the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Los Angeles Harbor College (Wilmington, CA) and the San Francisco Giants in the 50th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, ID).

High School: Bell HS (Bell, CA)

Schools: Los Angeles Harbor College (Wilmington, CA), Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, ID)

Debut: September 5, 1995 (Age 24-228d, 16,778th in major league history)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 2003 (Age 32-250d)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: Marvin Larry Benard

Pronunciation: \buh-NARD\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

2630

714

.272

441

RBI

260

105

OBP

.343

SLG

.402

OPS

.744

OPS+

Summary of 54 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

10 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 19 go ahead

1 Tm
SFG	54

Platoon
vs RHP	48
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Away	32
Home	22

Outs
0	27
2	15
1	12

17 Opps
LAD	10
SDP	9
COL	5
ARI	4
NYM	4
HOU	4
CIN	3
FLA	3
CHC	2
PIT	2
MON	2
STL	1
TEX	1
ANA	1
SEA	1
ATL	1
MIL	1

50 Pitchers
José Lima	2
Ramón Martínez	2
Pete Harnisch	2
Chan Ho Park	2
Jay Witasick	1
Mac Suzuki	1
Jeff Williams	1
Matt Herges	1
Bobby Jones	1
Matt Clement	1
Todd Stottlemyre	1
Antonio Osuna	1
Danny Graves	1
Jeff Shaw	1
Vladimir Núñez	1
Rob Bell	1
Éric Gagné	1
Dennys Reyes	1
Seth Etherton	1
Armando Benítez	1
Mike Fetters	1
Masato Yoshii	1
Jon Lieber	1
Jason Boyd	1
Carlos Pérez	1
José Jiménez	1
Stan Spencer	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Andy Ashby	1
Armando Reynoso	1
Greg Maddux	1
Byung-Hyun Kim	1
Mike Johnson	1
Donn Pall	1
Mike Munoz	1
Adam Eaton	1
Jeff Juden	1
Scott Elarton	1
Ricky Stone	1
Jason Middlebrook	1
Anthony Telford	1
Kent Bottenfield	1
Tony McKnight	1
Brian Bohanon	1
Greg Swindell	1
Woody Williams	1
Kevin Brown	1
Bobby Chouinard	1
Kyle Farnsworth	1
Ryan Glynn	1

16 Parks
3Com Park (SFO)	13
Oracle Park (SFO)	9
Dodger Stad (LOS)	6
Qualcomm St (SAN)	5
Coors Fld (DEN)	4
Chase Field (PHO)	4
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
9	21
7	12
89	10
8	7
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	13
2	12
1	7
7+	7
6	5
4	5
5	4
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	52
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	8
12-	4
-2-	4
123	1
-23	1
1-3	1

81 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	35
1 on	12
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
1	10
2	4
3	7
4	6
5	4
6	7
7	5
8	1
9	9
Extra	1

1-3	21
4-6	17
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	6
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	18
-1	5
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	5

Ahead	20
Tied	18
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	9
1-0	7
0-0	7
1-1	7
0-1	5
2-1	4
2-2	4
0-2	3
2-0	3
1-2	2
3-1	2
Unk	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	38
RF	10
PH	3
LF	3

OrderPos
1st	47
6th	3
9th	2
7th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	26
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-09-29	SFG	@	COL	Mike Munoz	ahead 8-7	t 9	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	1	8	0.158	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Phillips Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1996-07-11	SFG	@	LAD	Ramón Martínez	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	0.100	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Benard Scores
3	3	2	1	1996-07-14	SFG	@	LAD	Chan Ho Park	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---		1	1	8	0.166	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1996-07-20	SFG		LAD	Antonio Osuna	behind 3-5	b 7	2	1--	3,(0-2) SSX	2	1	8	0.349	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Manwaring Scores
5	5	4	1	1996-08-19	SFG		NYM	Pete Harnisch	behind 3-4	b 7	0	---	6,(2-2) BFBCFX	1	1	8	0.229	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Benard Scores
6	6	5	1	1996-08-30	SFG	@	NYM	Pete Harnisch	tied 2-2	t 7	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	1	8	0.319	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); J. Canizaro Scores/unER; M. Benard Scores/unER
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1997-09-13	SFG	@	FLA	Kevin Brown	behind 0-8	t 9	1	---	7,(3-2) CBBCFBX	1	1	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1998-04-26	SFG		MIL	Jeff Juden	behind 4-6	b 4	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	1	9	0.117	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
9	9	2	1	1998-08-14	SFG		FLA	Donn Pall	ahead 7-0	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	0.003	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
10	10	3	1	1998-09-08	SFG	@	SDP	Andy Ashby	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	0.103	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1999-04-08	SFG		SDP	Stan Spencer	behind 1-2	b 2	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	1	8	0.244	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Mayne Scores; S. Estes Scores
12	12	2	1	1999-05-23	SFG		HOU	José Lima	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	8	0.097	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	3	1	1999-06-12	SFG	@	SEA	Mac Suzuki	ahead 5-2	t 3	2	1--	5,(3-1) BBS1B1X	2	1	8	0.118	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Aurilia Scores
14	14	4	1	1999-06-19	SFG		CHC	Kyle Farnsworth	ahead 4-1	b 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	1	8	0.081	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Mirabelli Scores
15	15	5	1	1999-07-02	SFG	@	LAD	Jeff Shaw	ahead 5-3	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	9	0.042	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	6	1	1999-07-06	SFG	@	SDP	Matt Clement	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	1	8	0.228	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Aurilia Scores; B. Mayne Scores
17	17	7	1	1999-07-11	SFG		STL	Kent Bottenfield	behind 0-5	b 3	1	1--	8,(3-2) BSBCFBFX	2	1	8	0.101	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Mayne Scores
18	18	8	1	1999-07-22	SFG		SDP	Woody Williams	behind 0-6	b 3	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	8	0.111	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Servais Scores; K. Rueter Scores
19	19	9	1	1999-07-24	SFG		CIN	Dennys Reyes	behind 5-7	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	8	0.112	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
20	20	10	1	1999-08-02	SFG	@	ARI	Armando Reynoso	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	1	8	0.091	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
21	21	11	2	1999-08-02	SFG	@	ARI	Greg Swindell	behind 3-8	t 7	0	---	5,(1-2) FFBFX	1	1	8	0.030	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	12	1	1999-08-13	SFG		NYM	Masato Yoshii	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	8	0.111	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	13	1	1999-08-25 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	Jon Lieber	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	12-	3,(0-2) SSX	3	1	8	0.224	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Aurilia Scores; K. Rueter Scores
24	24	14	1	1999-09-16	SFG		FLA	Vladimir Núñez	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	1	8	0.100	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
25	25	15	1	1999-09-20	SFG	@	LAD	Éric Gagné	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	1	8	0.137	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
26	26	16	1	1999-09-30	SFG		LAD	Jeff Williams	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	8	0.097	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	2000-04-13	SFG		LAD	Carlos Pérez	behind 2-7	b 3	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	1	8	0.054	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	2	1	2000-04-21	SFG	@	ARI	Todd Stottlemyre	ahead 4-1	t 4	2	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	8	0.131	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Aurilia Scores; R. Ortiz Scores
29	29	3	1	2000-06-06	SFG	@	ANA	Seth Etherton	tied 0-0	t 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	8	0.171	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Aurilia Scores
30	30	4	1	2000-06-12	SFG		CIN	Rob Bell	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	1	8	0.125	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Estalella Scores
31	31	5	1	2000-06-23	SFG	@	HOU	José Lima	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	1--	7,(3-2) CBFBFBX	2	1	8	0.151	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); L. Hernández Scores
32	32	6	1	2000-07-02	SFG		LAD	Mike Fetters	tied 5-5	b 9	0	---	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	1	1	7	0.359	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	7	1	2000-07-05	SFG		COL	Pedro Astacio	tied 0-0	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.163	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	8	1	2000-07-17	SFG		TEX	Ryan Glynn	behind 1-2	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.118	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
35	35	9	1	2000-07-26	SFG	@	SDP	Adam Eaton	tied 1-1	t 6	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBSBX	1	1	8	0.175	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
36	36	10	1	2000-08-15	SFG	@	MON	Mike Johnson	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.090	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	11	1	2000-09-10	SFG		SDP	Jay Witasick	ahead 6-1	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.022	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
38	38	12	1	2000-09-12	SFG	@	HOU	Scott Elarton	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	1	8	0.088	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2001-05-01	SFG	@	PIT	Ramón Martínez	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	0.112	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
40	40	2	1	2001-05-08	SFG		MON	Anthony Telford	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	123	7,(3-2) BFFFBBX	4	1	8	0.063	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Santiago Scores; P. Feliz Scores; S. Estes Scores
41	41	3	1	2001-05-18	SFG	@	ATL	Greg Maddux	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	---	7,(3-2) BBCCBFX	1	1	8	0.098	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
42	42	4	1	2001-06-21	SFG	@	SDP	Bobby Jones	ahead 5-3	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	7	0.085	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	5	1	2001-07-02	SFG	@	LAD	Matt Herges	behind 5-7	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	0.124	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
44	44	6	1	2001-07-24	SFG	@	COL	José Jiménez	behind 3-6	t 9	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	9	PH	0.027	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
45	45	7	1	2001-07-25	SFG	@	COL	Brian Bohanon	ahead 5-3	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	0.091	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	8	1	2001-07-29	SFG	@	ARI	Byung-Hyun Kim	tied 2-2	t 9	2	1--	5,(2-2) SBFBX	2	1	PH	0.480	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Ríos Scores
47	47	9	1	2001-08-02	SFG		PIT	Tony McKnight	tied 0-0	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	0.170	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
48	48	10	1	2001-08-07	SFG	@	CIN	Danny Graves	ahead 6-3	t 11	0	---	8,(3-2) BCFBFFBX	1	6	9	0.021	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
49	49	11	1	2001-08-26	SFG	@	NYM	Armando Benítez	behind 3-6	t 9	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BBFBSX	2	8	PH	0.023	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Santiago Scores
50	50	12	1	2001-09-08	SFG	@	COL	Bobby Chouinard	ahead 6-3	t 9	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	9	0.030	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	13	1	2001-09-25	SFG	@	LAD	Chan Ho Park	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	6,(2-2) CBBFFX	1	1	8	0.101	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
52	52	14	1	2001-09-28	SFG		SDP	Jason Middlebrook	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	8	0.101	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
53	53	15	1	2001-10-04	SFG	@	HOU	Ricky Stone	ahead 6-1	t 6	1	1--	2,(0-1) LX	2	1	8	0.034	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Ortiz Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	2002-06-03	SFG	@	SDP	Jason Boyd	ahead 7-3	t 8	0	12-	7,(3-2) SFFBBBX	3	1	9	0.016	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Feliz Scores; J. Snow Scores