Andy Benes

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 235lb (198cm, 106kg)

Born: August 20, 1967 in Evansville, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st) of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Evansville (Evansville, IN).

High School: Central HS (Evansville, IN)

School: University of Evansville (Evansville, IN)

Last Game: September 29, 2002 (Age 35-040d)
vs. MIL 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Andrew Charles Benes

Nicknames: Rain Man

Pronunciation: \BEN-ess\

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Relatives: Brother of Alan Benes

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.5

155

139

ERA

3.97

403

387

2505.1

2000

WHIP

1.312

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1989	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	SDP	10	5	.667	3.33	4.07	21	21	0	5	3	0	135.0	120	61	50	14	51	1	144	2	4	3		1.267	8.0	0.9	3.4	9.6	2.82
1989	21	-5.0	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	SDP	2	1	.667	8.10	9.79	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.2	41	29	24	8	12	0	29	0	2	2		1.988	13.8	2.7	4.1	9.8	2.42
1989	21	-3.0	Wichita	TL	AA	SDP	8	4	.667	2.16	2.66	16	16	0	5	3	0	108.1	79	32	26	6	39	1	115	2	2	1		1.089	6.6	0.5	3.2	9.6	2.95
1989	21	-7.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	6	3	.667	3.51	3.78	10	10	0	0	0	0	66.2	51	28	26	7	31	0	66	1	3	0	280	1.230	6.9	0.9	4.2	8.9	2.13
1990	22	-6.4	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	10	11	.476	3.60	4.07	32	31	1	2	0	0	192.1	177	87	77	18	69	5	140	1	5	2	811	1.279	8.3	0.8	3.2	6.6	2.03
1991	23	-5.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	15	11	.577	3.03	3.07	33	33	0	4	1	0	223.0	194	76	75	23	59	7	167	4	4	3	908	1.135	7.8	0.9	2.4	6.7	2.83
1992	24	-4.3	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	13	14	.481	3.35	3.50	34	34	0	2	2	0	231.1	230	90	86	14	61	6	169	5	1	1	961	1.258	8.9	0.5	2.4	6.6	2.77
1993	25	-3.2	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	15	15	.500	3.78	4.33	34	34	0	4	2	0	230.2	200	111	97	23	86	7	179	4	2	14	968	1.240	7.8	0.9	3.4	7.0	2.08
1994	26	-2.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	6	14	.300	3.86	4.28	25	25	0	2	2	0	172.1	155	82	74	20	51	2	189	1	0	4	717	1.195	8.1	1.0	2.7	9.9	3.71
1995	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	SEA	11	9	.550	4.76	5.30	31	31	0	1	1	0	181.2	193	107	96	18	78	5	171	6	0	5	809	1.492	9.6	0.9	3.9	8.5	2.19
1995	27	-0.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	4	7	.364	4.17	4.93	19	19	0	1	1	0	118.2	121	65	55	10	45	3	126	4	0	3	518	1.399	9.2	0.8	3.4	9.6	2.80
1995	27	-1.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	7	2	.778	5.86	6.00	12	12	0	0	0	0	63.0	72	42	41	8	33	2	45	2	0	2	291	1.667	10.3	1.1	4.7	6.4	1.36
1996	28	-0.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	18	10	.643	3.83	4.18	36	34	1	3	1	1	230.1	215	107	98	28	77	7	160	6	0	6	963	1.268	8.4	1.1	3.0	6.3	2.08
1997	29		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	STL	1	0	1.000	1.06	1.59	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	8	3	2	1	4	0	20	0	0	0	63	0.706	4.2	0.5	2.1	10.6	5.00
1997	29	2.4	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	0	0		1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	0.800	5.4	1.8	1.8	9.0	5.00
1997	29	4.9	Arkansas	TL	AA	STL	1	0	1.000	1.29	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	26	0.571	2.6	0.0	2.6	7.7	3.00
1997	29	6.6	Prince William	CARL	A+	STL	0	0		0.00	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	19	0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	16.2	9.00
1997	29	0.9	STL	NL	Maj	STL	10	7	.588	3.10	3.25	26	26	0	0	0	0	177.0	149	64	61	9	61	4	175	5	0	7	727	1.186	7.6	0.5	3.1	8.9	2.87
1998	30	1.7	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	14	13	.519	3.97	4.32	34	34	0	1	0	0	231.1	221	111	102	25	74	3	164	6	1	9	979	1.275	8.6	1.0	2.9	6.4	2.22
1999	31	2.6	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	13	12	.520	4.81	5.31	33	32	0	0	0	0	198.1	216	117	106	34	82	3	141	4	0	10	886	1.503	9.8	1.5	3.7	6.4	1.72
2000	32	3.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	12	9	.571	4.88	5.15	30	27	1	1	0	0	166.0	174	95	90	30	68	0	137	1	0	1	719	1.458	9.4	1.6	3.7	7.4	2.01
2001	33	4.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	7	7	.500	7.38	7.71	27	19	3	0	0	0	107.1	122	92	88	30	61	0	78	6	0	1	500	1.705	10.2	2.5	5.1	6.5	1.28
2002	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	STL	1	1	.500	4.81	5.18	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.1	25	14	13	4	10	0	11	1	0	0	106	1.438	9.2	1.5	3.7	4.1	1.10
2002	34	7.1	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	1	1	.500	3.12	3.63	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.1	17	7	6	2	4	0	8	1	0	0	72	1.212	8.8	1.0	2.1	4.2	2.00
2002	34	11.3	Potomac	CARL	A+	STL	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	7	7	2	6	0	3	0	0	0	34	2.000	10.3	2.6	7.7	3.9	0.50
2002	34	5.2	STL	NL	Maj	STL	5	4	.556	2.78	3.62	18	17	0	1	0	0	97.0	80	39	30	10	51	3	64	5	0	0	417	1.351	7.4	0.9	4.7	5.9	1.25
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		155	139	.527	3.97	4.33	403	387	6	21	9	1	2505.1	2377	1206	1106	289	909	52	2000	55	16	63	10645	1.312	8.5	1.0	3.3	7.2	2.20
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		12	6	.667	3.32	3.98	29	29	0	5	3	0	176.1	153	78	65	19	65	1	175	3	4	3	169	1.236	7.8	1.0	3.3	8.9	2.69
All Levels (14 Seasons)							167	145	.535	3.93	4.31	432	416	6	26	12	1	2681.2	2530	1284	1171	308	974	53	2175	58	20	66	10814	1.307	8.5	1.0	3.3	7.3	2.23

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		3	2	.600	5.69	6.80	10	10	0	0	0	0	49.0	61	37	31	11	17	0	42	1	2	2	90	1.592	11.2	2.0	3.1	7.7	2.47
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		9	4	.692	2.11	2.58	17	17	0	5	3	0	115.1	81	33	27	6	41	1	121	2	2	1	26	1.058	6.3	0.5	3.2	9.4	2.95
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		5.25	6.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	11	8	7	2	7	0	12	0	0	0	53	1.500	8.3	1.5	5.3	9.0	1.71