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: 7-11 / in Starts: 7-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2003 Pitching Game Log

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2003 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	89	1	Mar 31	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.1	3	1	0	3	3	0	0	0.00	3.50	27	104	58	6	9	7	14	2	5	0	65			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	2	.52	0.116	.52	0.07%	1.27	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a8
2	90	6	Apr 6	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	2.58	27	111	63	16	11	8	12	5	0	0	70			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.477	1.26	0.31%	3.37	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
3	91	11	Apr 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	GS-7	L(2-1)	5	7.0	6	4	2	1	6	1	0	0.89	2.93	29	95	62	14	11	6	16	4	3	0	58			1	1	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	2	.59	-0.046	.72	-0.03%	-0.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
4	92	16	Apr 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-7	GS-7	L(2-2)	5	7.0	7	4	4	4	4	0	0	1.98	3.10	30	117	69	15	13	6	16	9	1	0	47			2	0	0	24	1	0	1	2	1	0	.69	-0.136	.80	-0.09%	-0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
5	93	21	Apr 24	PIT		SFG	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-3)	5	7.0	9	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.36	3.00	32	111	71	16	15	11	12	6	1	0	50			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.050	.86	-0.03%	0.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
6	94	26	Apr 30	PIT	@	SDP	W,8-5	GS-6	W(3-3)	5	6.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	2.90	3.20	26	91	60	12	12	9	12	6	1	0	43			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.089	.69	0.04%	-1.18	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a3
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
7	95	31	May 5	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-8	GS-3	L(3-4)	4	2.1	8	6	6	0	0	2	0	4.01	3.80	15	49	28	3	4	7	8	1	1	0	17			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	1	0	.78	-0.298	.73	-0.17%	-5.11	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d6
8	96	36	May 10	PIT		ARI	W,5-4	GS-9	W(4-4)	4	8.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.73	3.54	32	100	69	16	9	11	15	6	2	0	62			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.278	.46	0.09%	2.83	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a4
9	97	41	May 15	PIT		HOU	L,2-6	GS-6	L(4-5)	4	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.81	3.60	25	109	76	15	9	3	16	3	7	0	52			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.040	.52	-0.01%	0.17	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
10	98	46	May 22	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	GS-8		6	8.0	11	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.62	3.49	34	113	70	12	9	9	19	7	2	0	54			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.43	0.330	.77	0.11%	2.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
11	99	51	May 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS-8	W(5-5)	4	7.2	7	4	4	1	4	2	0	3.73	3.74	31	116	73	10	10	12	14	5	2	0	52			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.121	.23	0.04%	-0.05	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out a5
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	100	56	Jun 4(1)	PIT		BOS	L,4-11	GS-7	L(5-6)	7	6.1	12	8	7	1	4	2	0	4.23	3.95	32	105	68	16	10	8	19	8	3	0	22			0	0	0	30	3	1	0	1	1	1	.66	-0.299	.30	-0.08%	-5.01	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d7
13	101	61	Jun 10	PIT	@	TOR	L,8-13	GS-3	L(5-7)	5	2.1	8	8	8	3	1	3	0	5.00	4.49	18	62	36	9	6	5	9	3	1	0	7			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.565	.28	-0.07%	-5.88	1b start a 2	3b 1-- 1 out d2
14	102	71	Jun 21	PIT		CLE	W,7-6	GS-5		10	5.0	7	5	5	3	3	0	0	5.23	4.44	23	101	60	15	6	2	15	5	1	0	33			0	2	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.234	.19	-0.03%	-2.36	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
15	103	77	Jun 28	PIT		COL	L,4-5	GS-5	L(5-8)	6	5.0	6	5	1	4	3	0	0	5.04	4.43	27	100	58	15	8	10	10	4	1	0	42			0	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	2	.97	-0.283	.25	-0.04%	-2.36	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
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
16	104	82	Jul 4	PIT		HOU	W,3-2	GS-6		5	6.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.82	4.22	24	90	61	12	10	7	11	3	3	0	64			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.211	.22	0.03%	2.17	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
17	105	87	Jul 9	PIT	@	MIL	L,1-2	GS-6		4	6.0	7	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.63	4.23	29	111	66	13	8	8	15	4	1	0	52			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	0.196	.59	0.05%	2.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
18	106	92	Jul 17	PIT		MIL	L,5-7	GS-2	L(5-9)	7	2.0	3	6	5	3	2	2	1	4.97	4.53	14	53	30	11	5	3	5	1	0	0	27			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.380	.23	-0.07%	-4.94	1t start tie	2t 3 out d6
							7-11		W-L:5-9	5.1	105.0	127	67	58	36	68	14	1	4.97	4.53	475	1738	62%	13%	9%	0.55		22%	9%	0	45		---%	5	3	0	431	27	1	4	8	4	10	.90	-0.513	.55	0.11%	-12.75

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