Kris Benson

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: November 7, 1974 in Kennesaw, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (1st) of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

High School: Sprayberry HS (Marietta, GA)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Last Game: April 28, 2010 (Age 35-172d)
vs. COL 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Gregg Clifton, Jack Toffey

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Kristen James Benson

Twitter: @KrisBenson34

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.9

ERA

4.42

206

200

1243.2

806

WHIP

1.393

2009 Player Pitching Game Log

2009 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2009-04-10	Maj-AL	Texas Rangers	@	Detroit Tigers	1-5	L	5.0	10	8	7	2	3	2	1	18	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	101	66	18	3	9	14	7	2
2	2009-04-15	Maj-AL	Texas Rangers		Baltimore Orioles	1-6	W	6.0	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	43	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	111	65	21	3	7	15	2	3
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to AA-TL
3	2009-05-03	AA-TL	Frisco RoughRiders		Corpus Christi Hooks	1-5	L	5.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	1	48	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	61	44	10	5	6	9	1	4
		Player Moved from AA-TL to Maj-AL
4	2009-05-07	Maj-AL	Texas Rangers	@	Oakland Athletics	5-7		3.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0		14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	58	38	5	2	4	8	1	1
5	2009-05-19	Maj-AL	Texas Rangers	@	Detroit Tigers	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	6	1	0	1	3	1	0
6	2009-05-25	Maj-AL	Texas Rangers		New York Yankees	6-8		3.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	1		14	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	60	35	9	2	5	9	5	0
7	2009-05-27	Maj-AL	Texas Rangers		New York Yankees	9-9		1.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	25	14	7	0	0	3	1	0
8	2009-06-02	Maj-AL	Texas Rangers	@	New York Yankees	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	8	3	0	2	1	0	0
9	2009-06-06	Maj-AL	Texas Rangers	@	Boston Red Sox	5-7		2.1	3	4	3	3	1	1	0		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	42	24	7	2	0	10	0	0
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to AAA-PCL
10	2009-07-11	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks		Iowa Cubs	1-4	L	4.0	9	5	4	2	2	0	1	26	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	79	44	13	3	9	11	8	0
11	2009-07-17	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks	@	Round Rock Express	1-6		6.0	7	7	6	1	5	2	0	36	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	27	96	62	22	8	9	12	5	0
12	2009-07-22	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks	@	New Orleans Zephyrs	1-6	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	5	1	1	62	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	100	59	18	8	3	14	0	0
13	2009-07-27	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks		Nashville Sounds	1-7	W	7.0	6	3	3	2	7	0	0	58	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	28	106	73	17	11	12	8	4	3
14	2009-08-02	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks		Round Rock Express	1-8	L	7.1	9	5	4	2	6	0	0	46	32	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	34	116	72	18	8	10	16	11	2
15	2009-08-07	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks	@	Sacramento River Cats	1-7		7.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	51	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	30	111	71	25	4	12	12	6	1
16	2009-08-12	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks	@	Fresno Grizzlies	4-9	W	5.1	4	2	2	1	3	0	0		18	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	64	40	11	6	6	9	5	2
17	2009-08-19	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks		Colorado Springs Sky Sox	1-3	L	3.0	6	9	7	5	2	0	0	12	14	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	20	89	46	16	5	5	10	4	1
18	2009-08-24	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks	@	Omaha Royals	1-8	W	8.0	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	50	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	32	100	64	14	8	12	17	7	1
19	2009-08-30	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks	@	Iowa Cubs	1-7	L	7.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	70	24	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	26	109	70	20	6	8	9	3	2
20	2009-09-04	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City RedHawks	@	Memphis Redbirds	1-8	L	8.0	12	5	5	2	5	0	0	41	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	36	120	77	21	9	13	13	9	0

2009 Player Pitching Splits

2009 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	20	437	390	71	116	17	4	12	12	3	36	64	.297	.363	.454	.817	.328	177	5	6	2	3	0

Home	8	178	154	34	49	7	1	3	7	1	18	25	.318	.399	.435	.834	.359	67	1	4	0	2	0
Away	12	259	236	37	67	10	3	9	5	2	18	39	.284	.339	.466	.805	.307	110	4	2	2	1	0

April	2	55	48	12	16	4	0	3	0	0	5	5	.333	.400	.604	1.004	.317	29	0	1	0	1	0
May	5	64	55	10	19	3	1	3	0	1	5	9	.346	.422	.600	1.022	.364	33	0	3	0	1	0
June	2	16	13	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.231	.375	.462	.837	.182	6	0	0	0	0	0
July	4	105	95	16	26	3	0	3	4	0	8	19	.274	.343	.400	.743	.315	38	1	2	0	0	0
August	6	161	147	24	40	4	3	2	8	2	13	25	.272	.329	.381	.710	.314	56	3	0	0	1	0
September	1	36	32	5	12	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	.375	.412	.469	.881	.444	15	1	0	2	0	0

As Starter	13	359	323	58	95	14	3	9	12	3	28	55	.294	.356	.440	.795	.330	142	4	4	2	2	0
As Reliever	7	78	67	13	21	3	1	3	0	0	8	9	.313	.397	.522	.920	.321	35	1	2	0	1	0

vs RHB as RHP	20	227	205		65	10	1	4			17	34	.317	.378	.434	.812	.365	89	2	3	2	0	0
vs LHB as RHP	20	210	185		51	7	3	8			19	30	.276	.348	.476	.823	.287	88	3	3	0	3	0

Bases Empty	20	226	204		58	8	3	7			20	34	.284	.354	.456	.810	.313	93	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	19	211	186		58	9	1	5			16	30	.312	.373	.452	.825	.344	84	5	4	2	3	0

vs. Younger Batters	20	416	375		114	17	4	12			30	59	.304	.362	.467	.829	.332	175	5	6	2	3	0
vs. Older Batters	7	21	15		2	0	0	0			6	5	.133	.381	.133	.514	.200	2	0	0	0	0	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	5	7	.417	6.00	20	13	0	96.0	116	71	64	12	36	0	64	6	0	0	437	1.583	6.0	1.78

Home	2	4	.333	7.43	8	6	0	36.1	49	34	30	3	18	0	25	4	0	0	178	1.844	6.2	1.39
Away	3	3	.500	5.13	12	7	0	59.2	67	37	34	9	18	0	39	2	0	0	259	1.425	5.9	2.17

April	1	1	.500	9.00	2	2	0	11.0	16	12	11	3	5	0	5	1	0	0	55	1.909	4.1	1.00
May	0	1	.000	6.92	5	1	0	13.0	19	10	10	3	5	0	9	3	0	0	64	1.846	6.2	1.80
June	0	0		8.10	2	0	0	3.1	3	4	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	16	1.800	2.7	0.33
July	2	1	.667	5.48	4	4	0	23.0	26	16	14	3	8	0	19	2	0	0	105	1.478	7.4	2.38
August	2	3	.400	5.02	6	5	0	37.2	40	24	21	2	13	0	25	0	0	0	161	1.407	6.0	1.92
September	0	1	.000	5.63	1	1	0	8.0	12	5	5	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	36	1.750	5.6	2.50

As Starter	4	7	.364	5.90	13	13	0	79.1	95	58	52	9	28	0	55	4	0	0	359	1.550	6.2	1.96
As Reliever	1	0	1.000	6.48	7	0	0	16.2	21	13	12	3	8	0	9	2	0	0	78	1.740	4.9	1.13

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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