Mike Benjamin

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: November 22, 1965 in Euclid, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round of the 1985 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA) and the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Bellflower HS (Bellflower, CA)

Schools: Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: July 7, 1989 (Age 23-227d, 15,639th in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2002 (Age 36-310d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Full Name: Michael Paul Benjamin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.7

1926

442

.230

227

RBI

169

OBP

.277

SLG

.339

OPS

.616

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	PIT		MON	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 6	PIT		MON	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
3	3	Apr 7	PIT		MON	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS 3B
4	4	Apr 9	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
5	5	Apr 10	PIT		CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
6	6	Apr 11	PIT		CHC	W,9-6	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
7	7	Apr 13	PIT		STL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
8	8	Apr 14	PIT		STL	L,5-9	GS	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS 2B
9	10 (1)	Apr 17	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
10	11	Apr 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
11	12	Apr 19	PIT	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	13	Apr 20	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-3	CG	41	10.0	2	7	0	9	4	SS
13	14	Apr 21	PIT	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
14	17 (2)	Apr 25	PIT		MIL	L,2-4	GS	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
15	18	Apr 27	PIT	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
16	19	Apr 28	PIT	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	2B
17	21 (1)	Apr 30	PIT		COL	L,2-7	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	23 (1)	May 2	PIT		COL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	24	May 3	PIT		SFG	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
20	26 (1)	May 5	PIT		SFG	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
21	27	May 6	PIT	@	STL	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
22	28	May 7	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	2B
23	30 (1)	May 9	PIT	@	STL	W,12-9	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
24	31	May 10	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	44	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
25	32	May 11	PIT	@	HOU	L,8-19	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
26	33	May 12	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
27	35 (1)	May 15	PIT		MON	W,17-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	38 (2)	May 18	PIT	@	ATL	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
29	39	May 19	PIT	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
30	40	May 20	PIT	@	FLA	L,3-4	GF	23	4.1	2	2	0	4	0	PH SS
31	41	May 21	PIT	@	FLA	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
32	43 (1)	May 23	PIT	@	FLA	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
33	44	May 24	PIT		NYM	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
34	45	May 25	PIT		NYM	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
35	47 (1)	May 28	PIT		HOU	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
36	48	May 29	PIT		HOU	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
37	49	May 30	PIT		HOU	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
38	50	May 31	PIT		LAD	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	8	0	12	3	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	51	Jun 1	PIT		LAD	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
40	53 (1)	Jun 4	PIT	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	46	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
41	54	Jun 5	PIT	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
42	55	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
43	57 (1)	Jun 8	PIT	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
44	58	Jun 9	PIT	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
45	59	Jun 11	PIT		KCR	L,3-10	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
46	61 (1)	Jun 13	PIT		KCR	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
47	62	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
48	63	Jun 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
49	65 (1)	Jun 18	PIT	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
50	66	Jun 19	PIT	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
51	67	Jun 20	PIT	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
52	68	Jun 22	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	70 (1)	Jun 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
54	71	Jun 25	PIT	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
55	72	Jun 26	PIT	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
56	73	Jun 27	PIT	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
57	74	Jun 28	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
58	76 (1)	Jun 30	PIT		PHI	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	77	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
60	78	Jul 2	PIT		MIL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
61	79	Jul 3	PIT		MIL	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
62	80	Jul 4	PIT		MIL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
63	81	Jul 5	PIT		CHC	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
64	82	Jul 6	PIT		CHC	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
65	83	Jul 7	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
66	84	Jul 8	PIT		CHC	L,4-9	GS	35	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
67	86 (1)	Jul 10	PIT	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	SS
68	87	Jul 11	PIT	@	MIN	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
69	88	Jul 15	PIT		CLE	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
70	89	Jul 16	PIT		CLE	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	4	6	1	11	3	SS
71	90	Jul 17	PIT		CLE	W,13-10	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
72	91	Jul 18	PIT		LAD	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
73	92	Jul 19	PIT		LAD	L,7-12	GS	36	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
74	94 (1)	Jul 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
75	95	Jul 22	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	114 (18)	Aug 11	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
77	115	Aug 13	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
78	117 (1)	Aug 15	PIT	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	118	Aug 16	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
80	119	Aug 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	48	11.2	4	6	0	10	1	SS
81	120	Aug 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,12-6	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
82	121	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
83	123 (1)	Aug 21	PIT		ARI	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
84	124	Aug 22	PIT		ARI	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
85	126 (1)	Aug 24	PIT		COL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
86	127	Aug 25	PIT		COL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
87	128	Aug 26	PIT		COL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
88	129	Aug 27	PIT	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
89	130	Aug 28	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
90	131	Aug 29	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
91	132	Aug 30	PIT	@	COL	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
92	133	Aug 31	PIT	@	COL	W,9-8	GF	26	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	134	Sep 1	PIT	@	COL	W,9-8	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
94	135	Sep 3	PIT		SFG	L,2-12	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
95	136	Sep 4	PIT		SFG	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
96	137	Sep 5	PIT		SFG	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
97	138	Sep 6	PIT		SDP	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
98	139	Sep 7	PIT		SDP	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
99	140	Sep 8	PIT		SDP	L,4-7	CG	45	10.0	4	8	0	12	2	SS
100	141	Sep 10	PIT	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
101	142	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
102	143	Sep 13	PIT	@	ARI	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
103	144	Sep 14	PIT	@	ARI	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
104	146 (1)	Sep 17	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
105	147	Sep 18	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
106	148	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
107	149	Sep 20	PIT		HOU	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
108	150	Sep 21	PIT		HOU	L,3-6	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
							111gm		849.0	162	334	8	504	82