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+

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

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CIN	@	HOU	W,8-4	GS	44	9.1	9	0	0	9	0	1B
2	2	Apr 10	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
3	3	Apr 11	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
4	4	Apr 13	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
5	5	Apr 15	CIN	@	ATL	W,13-6	GS	26	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 16	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
7	7	Apr 17	CIN		SDP	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
8	8	Apr 18	CIN		SDP	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
9	9	Apr 21	CIN		ATL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
10	10	Apr 22	CIN		ATL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
11	11	Apr 24	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
12	12	Apr 25	CIN	@	PHI	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
13	13	Apr 27	CIN		MON	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
14	14	Apr 28	CIN		MON	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
15	15	Apr 29	CIN		MON	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
16	16	Apr 30	CIN		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CIN		PHI	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
18	18	May 2	CIN	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
19	19	May 3	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
20	20	May 4	CIN	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
21	21	May 5	CIN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
22	22	May 6	CIN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
23	23	May 7	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
24	24	May 9	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
25	25	May 10	CIN	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
26	26	May 11	CIN		CHC	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
27	27	May 12	CIN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
28	28	May 13	CIN		CHC	W,13-9	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
29	29	May 14	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	GS	35	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
30	30	May 15	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
31	31	May 17	CIN		STL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
32	32	May 18	CIN		STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
33	33	May 19	CIN		STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
34	34	May 20	CIN		STL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
35	35	May 21	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
36	36	May 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	30	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
37	37	May 24	CIN	@	MON	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
38	38	May 25	CIN	@	MON	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
39	39	May 26	CIN	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
40	40	May 27	CIN	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
41	41	May 29	CIN		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
42	42	May 31	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
44	44	Jun 2	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
45	45	Jun 3	CIN	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
46	46	Jun 4	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-10	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
47	47	Jun 5	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-6	GS	27	6.2	7	0	0	7	0	1B
48	48	Jun 6	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
49	49	Jun 7	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
50	50	Jun 8	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
51	51	Jun 9	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS	21	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
52	52	Jun 10	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
53	53	Jun 12 (1)	CIN		ATL	L,3-8	GS	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
54	54	Jun 12 (2)	CIN		ATL	L,2-3	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
55	55	Jun 13	CIN		ATL	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
56	56	Jun 14	CIN		ATL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
57	57	Jun 15	CIN		HOU	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
58	58	Jun 16	CIN		HOU	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
59	59	Jun 17	CIN		HOU	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
60	60	Jun 19 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS	31	6.2	6	1	0	7	1	1B
61	61	Jun 19 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
62	62	Jun 20	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-8	GF	26	6.1	11	0	0	11	1	1B
63	64 (1)	Jun 22	CIN		LAD	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
64	65	Jun 23	CIN		LAD	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
65	66	Jun 24	CIN		LAD	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
66	67	Jun 25	CIN		SFG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
67	68	Jun 26	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	CG	41	12.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
68	69	Jun 27	CIN		SFG	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
69	70	Jun 28	CIN	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
70	72 (1)	Jun 30	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	74 (1)	Jul 3	CIN	@	MON	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
72	80 (5)	Jul 12 (1)	CIN		NYM	L,3-10	GF	11	1.2	2	1	0	3	0	1B
73	82 (1)	Jul 13	CIN		NYM	W,4-2	GS	27	7.1	5	0	0	5	0	1B
74	83	Jul 14	CIN		NYM	L,3-6	GS	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
75	84	Jul 15	CIN		NYM	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
76	85	Jul 16	CIN		MON	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
77	86	Jul 17	CIN		MON	W,6-2	GF	8	2.2	2	0	0	2	1	1B
78	88 (1)	Jul 19	CIN		PHI	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
79	90 (1)	Jul 21	CIN		PHI	W,6-1	GS	23	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
80	91	Jul 22	CIN		PHI	L,2-6	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
81	95 (3)	Jul 25 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	98 (2)	Jul 28	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	1B
83	100 (1)	Jul 30	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	9	1	1	11	3	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	103 (2)	Aug 2	CIN		SDP	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	9	4	0	13	0	1B
85	104	Aug 3	CIN		SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
86	111 (6)	Aug 11	CIN		SFG	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	112	Aug 12	CIN		SFG	W,6-4	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
88	113	Aug 13	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
89	114	Aug 14	CIN	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	115	Aug 15	CIN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	47	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	117 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
92	119 (1)	Aug 19	CIN		PIT	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	123 (3)	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
94	126 (2)	Aug 26	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
95	127	Aug 28	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	132 (4)	Sep 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
97	133	Sep 3	CIN	@	ATL	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
98	134	Sep 4	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-7	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
99	141 (6)	Sep 12	CIN		HOU	L,1-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
100	151 (9)	Sep 22 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	W,6-4	GF	14	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
101	154 (2)	Sep 25	CIN		ATL	L,0-10		11	2.2	2	0	0	2	1	1B
102	159 (4)	Sep 30	CIN		SDP	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
103	160	Oct 1	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
104	161	Oct 2	CIN		HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
105	162	Oct 3	CIN		HOU	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							105gm		820.0	733	52	6	791	58