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.

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
2	3	Apr 9	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-3	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
3	5 (1)	Apr 11	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	GF	12	2.1	2	0	0	2	1	1B
4	6	Apr 12	LAD	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
5	7	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
6	8	Apr 14	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-2	GF	9	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
7	9	Apr 15	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
8	11 (1)	Apr 17	LAD		ATL	W,7-5	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
9	12	Apr 18	LAD		ATL	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
10	13	Apr 19	LAD		ATL	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
11	14	Apr 20	LAD		CIN	W,6-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
12	17 (2)	Apr 24	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
13	18	Apr 25	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-6	GF	20	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
14	19	Apr 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	GF	12	2.2	4	1	0	5	1	PH 1B
15	20	Apr 27	LAD		STL	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 1B
16	21	Apr 28	LAD		STL	L,1-2	CG	45	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
17	22	Apr 29	LAD		PHI	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	24 (1)	May 6	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-1	GF	8	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	1B
19	25	May 8	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	GF	23	3.1	3	0	0	3	2	1B
20	26	May 9	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-5	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
21	29 (2)	May 12	LAD	@	MON	W,2-0	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
22	31 (1)	May 15	LAD		NYM	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
23	32	May 16	LAD		NYM	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
24	33	May 17	LAD		NYM	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
25	34	May 18	LAD		CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
26	35	May 19	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
27	36	May 20	LAD		CHC	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
28	37	May 22	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
29	38	May 23	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
30	39	May 24	LAD		PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
31	40	May 25	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	41	May 26	LAD	@	STL	W,5-2	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
33	42	May 27	LAD	@	STL	W,9-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	43	May 29	LAD	@	CHC	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	44	May 30	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	45	May 31	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	46	Jun 1	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 1B
38	47	Jun 2	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	48	Jun 3	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	49	Jun 4	LAD		CIN	W,7-4	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF 1B
41	50	Jun 5	LAD		CIN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
42	51	Jun 6	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
43	52	Jun 7	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF 1B
44	53	Jun 8	LAD		ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	55 (1)	Jun 10	LAD		ATL	L,1-2	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
46	56	Jun 12	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF 1B
47	57	Jun 13	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
48	58	Jun 14	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	60 (1)	Jun 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,8-9	CG	44	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	RF
50	61	Jun 17	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
51	62	Jun 19	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	65 (2)	Jun 22	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-2	GS	30	7.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	66	Jun 23	LAD	@	SDP	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	68 (1)	Jun 26	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	GF	16	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
55	72 (3)	Jun 30	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	73	Jul 1	LAD		SDP	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	74	Jul 2	LAD		PHI	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	76 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	LAD		PHI	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	77	Jul 4	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	78	Jul 5	LAD		PHI	L,3-9	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	79	Jul 6 (1)	LAD		MON	W,8-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	80	Jul 6 (2)	LAD		MON	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
63	88 (7)	Jul 12	LAD		STL	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	93 (4)	Jul 20	LAD	@	NYM	W,9-2	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
65	94	Jul 21	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-5	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
66	95	Jul 22	LAD	@	NYM	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	100 (4)	Jul 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	101	Jul 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-1	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
69	102	Jul 30	LAD		SDP	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
70	103	Jul 31	LAD		SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	105 (1)	Aug 2	LAD		SDP	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
72	106	Aug 4	LAD		HOU	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	107	Aug 5	LAD		HOU	L,6-7	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	108	Aug 7	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	110 (1)	Aug 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
76	111	Aug 10	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	113 (1)	Aug 12	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
78	126 (12)	Aug 25	LAD		PIT	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	134 (7)	Sep 4	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
80	136 (1)	Sep 6	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-5	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	140 (3)	Sep 10	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	142 (1)	Sep 12	LAD		SFG	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
83	144 (1)	Sep 14	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
							93gm		569.0	264	18	1	283	17