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.

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	SFG		PIT	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
2	2	Apr 5	SFG		PIT	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
3	3	Apr 6	SFG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
4	4	Apr 9 (1)	SFG		STL	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
5	5	Apr 9 (2)	SFG		STL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
6	6	Apr 10	SFG		STL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 12	SFG	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	1B
8	8	Apr 13	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	49	11.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
9	9	Apr 14	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-6	GS	27	6.1	4	2	0	6	1	1B
10	10	Apr 15	SFG	@	FLA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
11	11	Apr 16	SFG	@	FLA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
12	12	Apr 17	SFG	@	FLA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
13	13	Apr 18	SFG		MON	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
14	14	Apr 19	SFG		MON	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
15	15	Apr 20	SFG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
16	16	Apr 21	SFG		PHI	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
17	17	Apr 22	SFG		NYM	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
18	19 (1)	Apr 24	SFG		NYM	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
19	20	Apr 26	SFG	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
20	21	Apr 27	SFG	@	MON	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
21	22	Apr 29	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
22	23	Apr 30	SFG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	24	May 1	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
24	25	May 2	SFG	@	NYM	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
25	26	May 3	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
26	27	May 4	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
27	28	May 5	SFG		LAD	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
28	29	May 6	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	19	0	0	19	1	1B
29	30	May 7	SFG		LAD	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
30	31	May 8	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
31	32	May 9	SFG		COL	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
32	33	May 10	SFG		COL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
33	34	May 11	SFG		COL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
34	35	May 13	SFG		CIN	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
35	36	May 14	SFG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
36	37	May 15	SFG		CIN	L,6-9	CG	47	10.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
37	38	May 16	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
38	39	May 17	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
39	40	May 18	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
40	41	May 20	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	44	10.2	9	1	0	10	0	1B
41	42	May 21	SFG	@	CHC	L,10-12	GS	41	6.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
42	43	May 22	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-6	GF	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
43	44	May 23	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
44	45	May 24	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
45	46	May 25	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
46	47	May 26	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
47	48	May 27	SFG		FLA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
48	49	May 28	SFG		FLA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
49	50	May 29	SFG		FLA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
50	51	May 30	SFG		ATL	L,3-4	GF	17	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	PH 1B
51	52	May 31	SFG		ATL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	53	Jun 1	SFG		ATL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
53	54	Jun 3	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
54	57 (2)	Jun 6	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	20	0	0	20	1	1B
55	58	Jun 7	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
56	59	Jun 8	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
57	61 (1)	Jun 11	SFG		SDP	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
58	63 (1)	Jun 13	SFG		HOU	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
59	64	Jun 14	SFG		HOU	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	1	13	3	1B
60	66 (1)	Jun 16	SFG		HOU	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
61	67	Jun 17	SFG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
62	68	Jun 18	SFG		CHC	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	3	11	1	1B
63	69	Jun 19	SFG		CHC	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
64	70	Jun 21	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
65	71	Jun 22	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	13	2.2	2	1	0	3	1	1B
66	72	Jun 23	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
67	73	Jun 24	SFG	@	COL	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
68	74	Jun 25	SFG	@	COL	L,4-6	GF	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
69	75	Jun 26	SFG	@	COL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
70	76	Jun 27	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
71	77	Jun 28	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
72	78	Jun 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	81 (2)	Jul 2	SFG		MON	L,9-10	GF	11	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	1B
74	82	Jul 3	SFG		MON	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
75	83	Jul 4	SFG		NYM	L,1-2	GS	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
76	85 (1)	Jul 6	SFG		NYM	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
77	86	Jul 7	SFG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
78	87	Jul 8	SFG		PHI	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
79	88	Jul 9	SFG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
80	90 (1)	Jul 14	SFG	@	MON	W,8-3	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
81	91	Jul 15	SFG	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
82	93 (1)	Jul 17	SFG	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
83	94	Jul 18	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-5	GF	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
84	95	Jul 19	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
85	96	Jul 20	SFG	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
86	97	Jul 22	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-6	GS	27	5.2	8	0	0	8	0	1B
87	98	Jul 23	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
88	99	Jul 24	SFG	@	NYM	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
89	101 (1)	Jul 26	SFG		LAD	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
90	102	Jul 27	SFG		LAD	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
91	104 (1)	Jul 29	SFG		COL	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
92	105	Jul 30	SFG		COL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
93	106	Jul 31	SFG		COL	W,9-4	GF	4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	108 (1)	Aug 2	SFG		CIN	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
95	110 (1)	Aug 5	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
96	112 (1)	Aug 7	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-7	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
97	113	Aug 8	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-4	GF	11	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 1B
98	114	Aug 9	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
99	115	Aug 10	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
							99gm		757.0	780	54	5	839	69