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+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 66 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 20 go ahead

5 Tms
CIN	23
BOS	21
SFG	16
LAD	4
KCR	2

Platoon
vs RHP	48
vs LHP	18

Home/Road
Away	36
Home	30

Outs
1	29
2	24
0	13

24 Opps
DET	7
LAD	7
CHC	6
PIT	6
ATL	4
STL	3
BAL	3
NYM	3
FLA	3
MIL	3
SFG	2
TEX	2
SDP	2
CIN	2
NYY	2
HOU	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
COL	1
CAL	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
MON	1

55 Pitchers
Walt Terrell	4
Orel Hershiser	3
Tim Pugh	2
Mike Morgan	2
Bob Patterson	2
Sid Fernandez	2
Tom Glavine	2
Todd Worrell	2
Mark Langston	1
Doug Drabek	1
Ed Whitson	1
Charles Hudson	1
Tom Niedenfuer	1
John Burkett	1
José Guzmán	1
Anthony Young	1
José DeLeón	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Dennis Cook	1
Julio Machado	1
Zane Smith	1
Larry Andersen	1
Jim Acker	1
Eric King	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Stew Cliburn	1
Rich Rodriguez	1
Frank Viola	1
Jack Armstrong	1
Jeff Pico	1
Marty Clary	1
Tim Leary	1
Chris Hammond	1
Bob Knepper	1
Scott Bankhead	1
Shane Reynolds	1
Tom Filer	1
Ken Hill	1
Darren Holmes	1
Jay Howell	1
John Pawlowski	1
Paul Wagner	1
Pete Filson	1
John Davis	1
Len Barker	1
Guy Hoffman	1
Mike Griffin	1
Kevin Foster	1
Frank Tanana	1
Dan Plesac	1
Keith Atherton	1
Mark Gubicza	1
John Habyan	1
Jason Christiansen	1
Bill Gullickson	1

19 Parks
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	13
Fenway Pk (BOS)	11
3Com Park (SFO)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Dodger Stad (LOS)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	4
SunLife Stad (MIA)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	24
9	20
89	10
78	7
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	16
3	11
2	10
5	9
Unk	9
4	7
6	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	58
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	39
1--	7
123	6
12-	5
-2-	4
-23	2
1-3	2
--3	1

114 RBI
RISP	20
0 on	39
1 on	12
2 on	9
3 on	6
Any on	27

Inning
1	8
2	6
3	6
4	9
5	6
6	4
7	11
8	10
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	20
4-6	19
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	4
+2	5
+1	9
Tied	14
-1	9
-2	8
-3	6
-4..	5

Ahead	24
Tied	14
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	16
Unk	9
1-0	9
1-1	6
3-2	4
1-2	4
2-1	4
3-1	4
2-0	4
2-2	3
0-2	2
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	46
RF	12
PH	4
LF	3
CF	1

OrderPos
5th	18
7th	15
6th	13
2nd	8
8th	4
3rd	3
4th	3
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1987-07-01	BOS		BAL	Mike Griffin	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	-2-		2	2	8	0.125	89%		Home Run; R. Gedman Scores
2	2	2	1	1987-09-08	BOS		NYY	Pete Filson	tied 1-1	b 4	2	12-		3	7	9	0.278	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Greenwell Scores/unER; J. Rice Scores/unER; T. Benzinger Scores/unER
3	3	3	1	1987-09-09	BOS		NYY	Charles Hudson	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---		1	7	9	0.124	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1987-09-11	BOS		BAL	John Habyan	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---		1	7	9	0.125	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1987-09-15	BOS	@	DET	Frank Tanana	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	123		4	7	9	0.246	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Barrett Scores; W. Boggs Scores; J. Rice Scores
6	6	6	1	1987-09-20 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	Tom Niedenfuer	tied 3-3	t 9	0	1--		2	5	7	0.339	92%		Home Run; D. Evans Scores
7	7	7	1	1987-09-22	BOS		DET	Walt Terrell	behind 1-4	b 4	1	1--		2	6	9	0.174	41%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Greenwell Scores
8	8	8	1	1987-09-26	BOS	@	MIL	Len Barker	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--		2	5	7	0.151	69%		Home Run; S. Horn Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1988-04-17	BOS		TEX	Guy Hoffman	ahead 14-2	b 8	0	---	4,(1-2) .FFBX	1	7	9	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	2	1	1988-05-05	BOS		CHW	John Pawlowski	ahead 13-2	b 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	7	9	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Evans Scores; M. Greenwell Scores
11	11	3	1	1988-07-03	BOS	@	KCR	Mark Gubicza	behind 0-1	t 7	1	-2-	5,(3-1) 11B.BFBX	2	7	3	0.333	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); E. Burks Scores
12	12	4	1	1988-07-09 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	John Davis	behind 1-2	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	7	9	0.354	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	5	1	1988-07-20	BOS		MIN	Keith Atherton	behind 6-7	b 10	1	-23	5,(2-2) BBCFX	3	8	3	0.456	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); S. Owen Scores; J. Reed Scores
14	14	6	1	1988-07-26	BOS	@	TEX	José Guzmán	behind 4-6	t 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	9	0.108	30%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	7	1	1988-07-29 (2)	BOS		MIL	Tom Filer	behind 1-3	b 3	1	1--	3,(1-1) BS1X	2	2	9	0.201	53%		Home Run (CF-RF); S. Owen Scores
16	16	8	1	1988-08-04	BOS	@	DET	Walt Terrell	behind 4-5	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	0.170	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	9	2	1988-08-04	BOS	@	DET	Walt Terrell	behind 5-11	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	0.003	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	10	1	1988-08-06	BOS	@	DET	Doyle Alexander	behind 0-4	t 7	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	6	3	0.072	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Greenwell Scores
19	19	11	1	1988-08-14	BOS		DET	Eric King	behind 2-18	b 8	0	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	5	7	-0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); E. Burks Scores; L. Parrish Scores
20	20	12	1	1988-08-23	BOS		CAL	Stew Cliburn	ahead 9-2	b 8	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	6	3	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	13	1	1988-08-26	BOS	@	SEA	Scott Bankhead	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	0.108	57%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1989-05-03	CIN	@	NYM	Sid Fernandez	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	-2-	3,(1-1) 1.FBX	2	4	3	0.152	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Larkin Scores
23	23	2	1	1989-05-09	CIN		NYM	Sid Fernandez	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	4	3	0.076	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	3	1	1989-05-26	CIN	@	CHC	Jeff Pico	behind 6-7	t 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	0.210	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	4	1	1989-06-11	CIN	@	LAD	Tim Leary	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	3	0.110	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	5	1	1989-06-12	CIN	@	LAD	Mike Morgan	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	3	0.110	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
27	27	6	1	1989-06-13	CIN	@	SDP	Walt Terrell	behind 3-5	t 5	1	-23	6,(3-2) CBFB.BX	3	2	3	0.286	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Jackson Scores; C. Sabo Scores
28	28	7	1	1989-06-22	CIN	@	ATL	Tom Glavine	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	1--	5,(2-2) BBSFX	2	2	3	0.077	95%		Home Run (LF-CF); C. Sabo Scores
29	29	8	1	1989-06-27	CIN		ATL	Marty Clary	ahead 3-0	b 7	1	123	3,(2-0) .BBX	4	6	3	0.029	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Larkin Scores; P. O'Neill Scores; R. Roomes Scores
30	30	9	1	1989-07-19	CIN		PHI	Dennis Cook	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	2	3	0.132	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	10	1	1989-07-20	CIN	@	MON	Mark Langston	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	3	0.109	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	11	1	1989-07-29	CIN	@	ATL	Jim Acker	ahead 3-1	t 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	3	0.041	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	12	1	1989-08-18 (1)	CIN		STL	Ken Hill	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	3	0.259	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); H. Winningham Scores; E. Davis Scores
34	34	13	1	1989-08-18 (2)	CIN		STL	Todd Worrell	ahead 4-3	b 8	1	123	5,(0-2) SSFFX	4	5	3	0.071	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); L. Quiñones Scores; E. Davis Scores; K. Griffey Scores
35	35	14	1	1989-08-21	CIN	@	CHC	Rick Sutcliffe	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	5	3	0.085	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	15	1	1989-09-01	CIN	@	PIT	Bob Patterson	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	-2-	3,(0-2) CCX	2	4	3	0.124	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Quiñones Scores
37	37	16	1	1989-09-04	CIN		SFG	Bob Knepper	ahead 6-0	b 5	1	---	5,(2-2) FBBFX	1	5	3	0.009	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	17	1	1989-09-25	CIN	@	SDP	Ed Whitson	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.113	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1990-04-22	CIN		ATL	Tom Glavine	behind 0-3	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.071	15%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
40	40	2	1	1990-06-16	CIN		HOU	Larry Andersen	ahead 5-2	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.016	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
41	41	3	1	1990-06-22	CIN		LAD	Jay Howell	behind 4-6	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.121	24%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
42	42	4	1	1990-06-25	CIN		SFG	John Burkett	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3	6,(3-2) B1BBC1FX	3	5	3	0.242	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Sabo Scores; E. Davis Scores
43	43	5	1	1990-08-23	CIN	@	PIT	Zane Smith	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	3	0.116	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1991-06-06	CIN		NYM	Frank Viola	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	3	0.083	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Benzinger Scores
45	45	2	1	1991-07-14	KCR	@	DET	Bill Gullickson	ahead 2-1	t 2	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	3	0.099	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. Benzinger Scores
46	46	3	1	1991-07-23	KCR		MIL	Julio Machado	ahead 4-1	b 6	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	5	3	0.049	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Gibson Scores; G. Brett Scores; D. Tartabull Scores; T. Benzinger Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1992-05-24	LAD		PIT	Doug Drabek	behind 1-2	b 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	9	0.293	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Daniels Scores; T. Benzinger Scores
48	48	2	1	1992-05-27	LAD	@	STL	José DeLeón	behind 0-1	t 3	2	123	6,(3-2) BFBBFX	4	5	9	0.398	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Butler Scores; L. Harris Scores; E. Karros Scores; T. Benzinger Scores
49	49	3	1	1992-09-02	LAD	@	CHC	Mike Morgan	behind 0-5	t 6	1	---	6,(3-2) .BFBFBX	1	9	PH	0.025	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Benzinger Scores
50	50	4	1	1992-09-04	LAD	@	PIT	Bob Patterson	behind 1-3	t 9	2	123	1,(0-0) .X	4	8	PH	0.790	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Goodwin Scores; L. Harris Scores; D. Strawberry Scores; T. Benzinger Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1993-08-19	SFG	@	PIT	Paul Wagner	ahead 5-0	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	5	3	0.028	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	2	1	1993-08-29	SFG	@	FLA	Chris Hammond	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	12-	5,(1-2) BCCFX	3	6	3	0.235	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Williams Scores; B. Bonds Scores
53	53	3	1	1993-08-30	SFG	@	FLA	Jack Armstrong	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	6	3	0.111	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
54	54	4	2	1993-08-30	SFG	@	FLA	Rich Rodriguez	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	1--	4,(1-2) 11BFFX	2	6	3	0.083	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Bonds Scores
55	55	5	1	1993-09-18	SFG	@	CIN	Tim Pugh	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	0.101	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
56	56	6	2	1993-09-18	SFG	@	CIN	Tim Pugh	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	3	3	0.186	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); D. Lewis Scores; R. Thompson Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1994-05-08	SFG		LAD	Orel Hershiser	behind 2-4	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) ..BSBX	1	7	3	0.145	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	2	1	1994-05-09	SFG		COL	Darren Holmes	ahead 10-5	b 7	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	3	0.008	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
59	59	3	1	1994-05-22	SFG	@	CHC	Anthony Young	behind 3-5	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	3	0.106	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
60	60	4	1	1994-06-13	SFG		HOU	Shane Reynolds	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---		1	3	3	0.106	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	5	1	1994-06-19	SFG		CHC	Kevin Foster	behind 0-3	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.087	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
62	62	6	1	1994-06-28	SFG	@	LAD	Orel Hershiser	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	3	0.112	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
63	63	7	2	1994-06-28	SFG	@	LAD	Orel Hershiser	behind 3-6	t 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	0.066	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
64	64	8	1	1994-07-25	SFG		LAD	Todd Worrell	behind 4-10	b 9	2	---	5,(3-1) .BB.BCX	1	8	PH	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
65	65	9	1	1994-08-08	SFG	@	CHC	Dan Plesac	tied 4-4	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	PH	0.269	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1995-05-13	SFG		PIT	Jason Christiansen	ahead 5-4	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) ..SBBBX	1	7	3	0.106	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)

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DET	7
LAD	7
CHC	6
PIT	6
ATL	4
STL	3
BAL	3
NYM	3
FLA	3
MIL	3
SFG	2
TEX	2
SDP	2
CIN	2
NYY	2
HOU	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
COL	1
CAL	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
MON	1

DET	7
LAD	7
CHC	6
PIT	6
ATL	4
STL	3
BAL	3
NYM	3
FLA	3
MIL	3
SFG	2
TEX	2
SDP	2
CIN	2
NYY	2
HOU	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
COL	1
CAL	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
MON	1

DET	7
LAD	7
CHC	6
PIT	6
ATL	4
STL	3
BAL	3
NYM	3
FLA	3
MIL	3
SFG	2
TEX	2
SDP	2
CIN	2
NYY	2
HOU	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
COL	1
CAL	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
MON	1