Kris Benson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: November 7, 1974 in Kennesaw, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (1st) of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

High School: Sprayberry HS (Marietta, GA)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: April 9, 1999 (Age 24-153d, 17,422nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 6.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: April 28, 2010 (Age 35-172d)
vs. COL 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Gregg Clifton, Jack Toffey

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Kristen James Benson

Twitter: @KrisBenson34

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.9

ERA

4.42

206

200

1243.2

806

WHIP

1.393

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-19 / in Starts: 13-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2000 Pitching Game Log

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2000 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	32	2	Apr 5	PIT		HOU	L,2-11	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	5	2	2	6	1	0	3.00	4.30	26	87	57	8	11	10	8	4	0	0	48			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	-0.242	.92	-0.14%	-1.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
2	33	7	Apr 11	PIT		MON	L,3-7	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	7.0	9	7	7	2	9	3	0	6.23	5.75	32	105	70	13	19	9	12	5	0	0	38			1	0	1	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.368	.71	-0.18%	-3.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
3	34	12	Apr 16	PIT		NYM	L,9-12	GS-3		4	2.2	5	6	3	0	1	2	1	6.89	7.03	15	55	35	7	7	6	7	3	0	0	31			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.451	.81	-0.23%	-4.68	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d2
4	35	17	Apr 22	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(0-3)	5	7.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	5.96	6.31	31	109	67	9	12	9	16	7	0	0	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.09	0.017	.81	0.01%	0.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
5	36	22	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-3)	5	8.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.70	5.38	31	103	64	10	18	13	9	5	2	0	71			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.443	1.11	0.21%	3.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	37	26	May 3	PIT	@	STL	W,8-2	GS-7	W(2-3)	4	7.0	5	2	2	7	7	0	0	4.30	5.15	32	128	70	13	16	8	10	3	0	0	59			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.152	.99	0.07%	1.96	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a6
7	38	31	May 9	PIT		NYM	L,0-2	GS-8	L(2-4)	5	8.0	8	2	2	2	4	2	0	3.94	5.32	31	114	74	16	12	15	10	5	1	0	60			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.73	0.145	.66	0.08%	2.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	39	36	May 14	PIT		MIL	W,3-0	GS-9	W(3-4)	4	8.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.35	5.05	29	109	66	16	13	11	12	5	2	0	74			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.41	0.512	1.18	0.26%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
9	40	40	May 19	PIT		STL	W,13-1	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	11	0	2	3.02	4.57	33	116	83	20	23	12	7	1	2	0	87			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	1	.46	0.101	.44	0.06%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
10	41	45	May 25	PIT	@	ARI	L,5-7	GS-7	L(4-5)	5	6.0	9	6	5	4	7	0	0	3.41	4.42	31	111	68	15	16	8	12	9	1	0	35			1	0	0	27	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.02	-0.343	.56	-0.11%	-2.43	1b start tie	7b --3 0 out d1
11	42	50	May 30	PIT		FLA	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	4	2	2	2	11	1	0	3.29	4.24	30	123	79	22	17	7	10	3	3	0	75			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.145	.36	0.04%	2.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	43	54	Jun 4	PIT		KCR	L,5-7	GS-7		4	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.44	4.26	28	105	62	13	9	7	14	4	1	0	52			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.130	.62	-0.05%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
13	44	59	Jun 10	PIT	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS-8		5	8.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.24	4.16	33	120	68	14	15	13	10	3	1	0	70			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.319	.55	0.12%	3.92	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
14	45	64	Jun 15	PIT		ATL	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	1	2.95	4.06	36	121	77	8	18	19	9	5	0	0	78			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.687	.74	0.21%	4.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	46	69	Jun 20	PIT	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-8	W(6-5)	4	7.1	6	1	1	2	4	1	1	2.83	4.12	31	112	69	11	9	14	10	6	1	0	64			1	0	0	28	2	1	1	1	0	1	1.62	0.267	.54	0.05%	2.62	1b start a 1	8b --3 1 out a1
16	47	74	Jun 25	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-9	GS-7	L(6-6)	4	6.1	8	6	6	3	7	0	0	3.15	4.03	29	111	66	16	14	8	12	4	2	0	37			1	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.057	.23	-0.01%	-1.79	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d5
17	48	78	Jun 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-3	GS-7	W(7-6)	4	7.0	10	3	3	1	3	0	1	3.19	3.97	32	119	84	21	13	14	13	7	0	0	47			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.011	.21	0.00%	0.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	49	85	Jul 8	PIT		MIN	W,4-1	GS-9	W(8-6)	7	8.1	4	1	1	2	5	1	1	3.05	4.01	30	114	69	17	11	11	11	5	0	0	74			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.335	.20	0.04%	3.27	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a3
19	50	88	Jul 14	PIT	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-5	L(8-7)	5	4.0	9	7	7	2	6	1	0	3.43	4.04	22	75	49	17	11	5	9	7	0	0	20			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.289	.14	-0.03%	-3.62	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d3
20	51	93	Jul 19	PIT	@	MIL	L,0-6	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	6.0	5	4	4	3	11	0	0	3.54	3.91	26	99	60	9	27	5	7	4	0	0	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.117	.07	-0.01%	-0.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
21	52	98	Jul 25	PIT		MIL	L,1-4	GS-9		5	9.0	7	1	1	1	9	1	0	3.39	3.85	32	123	79	22	17	11	11	4	0	0	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.33	0.614	.14	0.04%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
22	53	103	Jul 30	PIT		SDP	L,8-9	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.43	3.83	27	117	70	14	14	8	10	6	0	0	49			0	0	0	23	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.26	-0.011	.13	0.00%	0.33	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	54	108	Aug 4	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	6.0	7	4	4	5	4	0	0	3.53	3.85	28	112	62	13	11	9	10	9	0	0	41			0	2	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.127	.05	0.00%	-0.26	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out tie
24	55	113	Aug 9	PIT	@	COL	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.49	3.88	29	101	68	17	6	12	13	5	1	0	57			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.222	.05	0.01%	2.90	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
25	56	118	Aug 15	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-7	L(8-10)	5	6.1	6	4	4	5	3	2	1	3.57	4.07	30	109	63	12	15	10	11	6	0	0	43			0	1	1	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.094	.01	0.00%	-0.82	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out d1
26	57	123	Aug 21	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	GS-4	L(8-11)	5	3.1	7	6	4	3	1	1	1	3.70	4.18	22	81	47	5	8	4	13	7	0	0	24			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.377	.00	0.00%	-4.32	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 1 out d4
27	58	130	Aug 29	PIT		SFG	W,8-0	GS-8	W(9-11)	7	8.0	1	0	0	5	7	0	0	3.54	4.14	30	119	69	17	14	7	11	1	1	0	82			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.178	.00	0.00%	4.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	59	135	Sep 3	PIT	@	SDP	W,8-6	GS-7		4	6.1	13	6	6	3	5	1	0	3.71	4.17	35	112	70	25	7	13	14	10	2	0	25			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.326	.00	0.00%	-2.59	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a1
29	60	141	Sep 9	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	GS-7	L(9-12)	5	7.0	12	5	5	3	6	2	0	3.81	4.25	33	110	76	11	12	14	10	5	0	0	36			0	2	0	28	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.26	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-1.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	61	152	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-7		10	7.0	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	3.81	4.30	29	103	56	16	5	15	9	4	1	0	55			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-0.08	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
31	62	157	Sep 26	PIT		HOU	W,9-4	GS-7	W(10-12)	5	7.0	4	2	2	3	9	1	0	3.77	4.28	28	115	67	16	12	3	13	2	0	0	67			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.230	.00	0.00%	1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
32	63	162	Oct 1	PIT		CHC	L,9-10	GS-5		4	5.0	7	5	4	2	9	0	0	3.85	4.20	25	106	67	14	15	6	8	5	0	0	42			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.20	-0.246	.00	0.00%	-2.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
							13-19		W-L:10-12	4.6	217.2	206	104	93	86	184	24	10	3.85	4.20	936	3444	62%	13%	12%	0.93		24%	3%	0	54		---%	11	6	2	827	35	5	5	21	6	11	1.08	0.784	.38	0.44%	18.95

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