Alan Benes

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 215lb (196cm, 97kg)

Born: January 21, 1972 in Evansville, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 49th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lake Forest HS (Lake Forest, IL) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (16th) of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Creighton University (Omaha, NE).

High School: Lake Forest HS (Lake Forest, IL)

School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)

Last Game: May 28, 2003 (Age 31-127d)
vs. TBD 3.1 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: Alan Paul Benes

Pronunciation: \BEN-ess\

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Relatives: Brother of Andy Benes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

4.59

115

494.0

401

WHIP

1.443

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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
1993	21	0.0	Glens Falls	NYPL	A-	STL	0	4	.000	3.65	4.86	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.0	39	20	15	2	14	0	29	2	1	2	162	1.432	9.5	0.5	3.4	7.1	2.07
1994	22		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AA-A+-A-AAA	STL	17	3	.850	2.28	2.89	30	30	0	2	0	0	205.2	144	66	52	10	52	0	184	7	2	11	796	0.953	6.3	0.4	2.3	8.1	3.54
1994	22	-4.4	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	1	0	1.000	2.93	2.93	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.1	10	5	5	1	4	0	16	0	0	3	61	0.913	5.9	0.6	2.3	9.4	4.00
1994	22	-2.1	Arkansas	TL	AA	STL	7	2	.778	2.98	3.90	13	13	0	1	0	0	87.2	58	38	29	8	26	0	75	4	1	3	341	0.958	6.0	0.8	2.7	7.7	2.88
1994	22	-0.5	St. Petersburg	FLOR	A+	STL	7	1	.875	1.61	2.07	11	11	0	0	0	0	78.1	55	18	14	0	15	0	69	2	1	4	299	0.894	6.3	0.0	1.7	7.9	4.60
1994	22	0.5	Savannah	SALL	A	STL	2	0	1.000	1.48	1.85	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.1	21	5	4	1	7	0	24	1	0	1	95	1.151	7.8	0.4	2.6	8.9	3.43
1995	23	-4.2	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	4	2	.667	2.41	2.57	11	11	0	2	1	0	56.0	37	16	15	5	14	1	54	1	0	2	215	0.911	5.9	0.8	2.3	8.7	3.86
1995	23	-4.9	STL	NL	Maj	STL	1	2	.333	8.44	8.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	24	15	15	2	4	0	20	1	0	3	76	1.750	13.5	1.1	2.3	11.3	5.00
1996	24	-4.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	13	10	.565	4.90	5.65	34	32	1	3	1	0	191.0	192	120	104	27	87	3	131	7	1	5	840	1.461	9.0	1.3	4.1	6.2	1.51
1997	25	-3.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	9	9	.500	2.89	3.34	23	23	0	2	0	0	161.2	128	60	52	13	68	3	160	4	2	9	666	1.212	7.1	0.7	3.8	8.9	2.35

1999	27		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A+-AA	STL	0	1	.000	3.60	4.20	7	7	0	0	0	0	15.0	15	7	6	0	7	0	5	0	0	0	62	1.467	9.0	0.0	4.2	3.0	0.71
1999	27	0.4	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	0	1	.000	3.18	4.76	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	3	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	25	1.765	12.7	0.0	3.2	4.8	1.50
1999	27	3.2	Arkansas	TL	AA	STL	0	0		6.23	6.23	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	1.615	12.5	0.0	2.1	0.0	0.00
1999	27	4.5	Potomac	CARL	A+	STL	0	0		1.80	1.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	18	1.000	1.8	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50
1999	27	-1.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2000	28	1.0	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	1	2	.333	5.95	7.09	9	8	0	0	0	0	39.1	45	31	26	7	21	0	26	1	0	3	179	1.678	10.3	1.6	4.8	5.9	1.24
2000	28	-0.7	STL	NL	Maj	STL	2	2	.500	5.67	6.46	30	0	16	0	0	0	46.0	54	33	29	7	23	2	26	2	0	5	214	1.674	10.6	1.4	4.5	5.1	1.13
2001	29	2.1	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	7	6	.538	3.55	4.50	25	25	0	1	0	0	142.0	164	71	56	13	51	1	96	7	0	2	637	1.514	10.4	0.8	3.2	6.1	1.88
2001	29	0.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	2	0	1.000	7.36	7.36	9	1	4	0	0	0	14.2	14	12	12	5	12	0	10	0	0	0	68	1.773	8.6	3.1	7.4	6.1	0.83
2002	30	3.1	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	10	9	.526	5.65	6.29	28	19	3	0	0	0	113.0	130	79	71	17	53	0	85	4	1	5	512	1.619	10.4	1.4	4.2	6.8	1.60
2002	30	1.2	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	2	.500	4.35	5.03	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	42	22	19	3	12	1	32	0	0	2	167	1.373	9.6	0.7	2.7	7.3	2.67
2003	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CHC	0	3	.000	8.10	8.49	7	4	1	0	0	1	23.1	37	22	21	2	14	0	20	0	2	0	115	2.186	14.3	0.8	5.4	7.7	1.43
2003	31	3.9	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	7	7	.500	5.37	5.84	19	17	0	2	0	0	114.0	129	74	68	13	44	1	81	1	0	5	498	1.518	10.2	1.0	3.5	6.4	1.84
2003	31	2.4	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	3	.000	11.40	12.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	29	20	19	2	8	0	11	0	1	0	79	2.467	17.4	1.2	4.8	6.6	1.38
2003	31	2.2	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	0		2.16	2.16	3	0	1	0	0	1	8.1	8	2	2	0	6	0	9	0	1	0	36	1.680	8.6	0.0	6.5	9.7	1.50
2004	32	4.8	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	8	10	.444	5.60	5.71	28	27	0	0	0	0	160.2	193	102	100	27	79	2	94	5	0	12	726	1.693	10.8	1.5	4.4	5.3	1.19
2005	33	8.5	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	1	0	1.000	5.49	5.95	15	0	7	0	0	0	19.2	20	13	12	5	7	0	16	0	0	3	86	1.373	9.2	2.3	3.2	7.3	2.29
2006	34	7.2	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	5	6	.455	4.75	5.56	30	4	12	0	0	0	66.1	67	41	35	15	23	5	45	1	0	4	286	1.357	9.1	2.0	3.1	6.1	1.96
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 (8 seasons)					Majors		29	28	.509	4.59	5.17	115	70	24	5	1	1	494.0	493	284	252	59	220	9	401	14	5	24	2153	1.443	9.0	1.1	4.0	7.3	1.82
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		60	50	.545	4.24	4.83	209	155	22	7	1	0	968.2	983	520	456	114	365	10	715	29	4	49	4159	1.392	9.1	1.1	3.4	6.6	1.96
All Levels (13 Seasons)							89	78	.533	4.36	4.95	324	225	46	12	2	1	1462.2	1476	804	708	173	585	19	1116	43	9	73	6312	1.409	9.1	1.1	3.6	6.9	1.91

AAA (9 seasons)					Minors		43	43	.500	4.78	5.33	155	116	15	6	1	0	712.1	783	422	378	98	291	10	500	20	1	36	3139	1.508	9.9	1.2	3.7	6.3	1.72
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		8	2	.800	3.55	4.35	30	15	7	1	0	0	111.2	84	54	44	13	34	0	91	4	1	6	446	1.057	6.8	1.0	2.7	7.3	2.68
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		7	1	.875	1.62	2.05	13	13	0	0	0	0	83.1	56	19	15	0	19	0	71	2	1	4	317	0.900	6.0	0.0	2.1	7.7	3.74
A (1 season)					Minors		2	0	1.000	1.48	1.85	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.1	21	5	4	1	7	0	24	1	0	1	95	1.151	7.8	0.4	2.6	8.9	3.43
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	4	.000	3.65	4.86	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.0	39	20	15	2	14	0	29	2	1	2	162	1.432	9.5	0.5	3.4	7.1	2.07