#34 Kris Benson, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals

#34 Kris Benson, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals
Friday, 6/20/2004

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Kris Benson

11/7/1974
29
USA,WI,SUPERIOR
6"4
200

Starting Pitcher
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R

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Big League Contract
$ 400,357
2004 (Arbitration eligible)

Minimal
Minimal
None at all
Very inconsistent
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1.0 Stars

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Runs	Hits	Doubles	Homeruns	Walks	Strikeouts	Velocity
Overall	3	5	5	5	6	6	6
vs. LHP		5	5	3	5	6
vs. RHP		5	5	8	6	6
Talent		Average	Good	Average	Average	Good

Pitching Ratings
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D
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43
C

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Hits	Doubles	Triples	Homeruns	Walks	Strikeouts
Overall	2	2	1	1	1	2
vs. LHP	2	2	1	1	1	2
vs. RHP	2	2	1	1	1	2
Talent	Fair	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair

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E
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C
E
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Fielding Ratings
P : C (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : -
Outfield Arm : -

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/26	@PHI	L 4-5	*	6	8	5	5	1	4	L
5/3	FLO	L 5-10	*	4.2	4	5	5	3	1	L
5/7	@CHN	W 15-7		1.2	3	2	2	2	0
5/16	MIL	W 6-4		1	1	0	0	2	1	SV
5/17	MIL	W 6-3	*	6	12	3	3	1	1	W
5/31	HOU	W 14-1		1	1	0	0	0	0
6/4	TOR	L 0-9		3.2	2	0	0	0	0
6/5	TOR	L 3-9		1.2	1	0	0	1	2
6/17	@PIT	L 0-4		0.1	1	0	0	0	1
6/19	@PIT	L 1-9		2	2	2	0	2	1

Pitching Stats 2004

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	18	8	1	5	1	5.76	54.2	71	38	35	28	30	0	.0	0	3	37.5

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	3	1	50.0	10	5	16.5	11.7	4.9	4.6	8	1	12.5	5	4	80.0	6.40

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	129	37	11	0	6	19	18	19	14	0	0	0	.287	.378	.512	.890
vs. RHB	102	34	10	0	1	22	20	9	16	0	0	1	.333	.379	.461	.840

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	9	5	1	3	1	4.04	35.2	38	16	16	16	17
Road	9	3	0	2	0	9.00	19.0	33	22	19	12	13
This Week	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.1	3	2	0	2	2
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	9	6	0	4	0	6.89	32.2	44	26	25	17	23
May	5	2	1	1	1	6.28	14.1	21	10	10	8	3
June	4	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.2	6	2	0	3	4

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO	Teams
1999	31	31	11	14	0	4.07	196.2	184	0	89	83	139	2	0	PIT
2000	32	32	10	12	0	3.85	217.2	206	0	93	86	184	2	1	PIT
2002	25	25	9	6	0	4.70	130.1	152	0	68	50	79	0	0	PIT
2003	30	30	10	12	0	5.53	169.1	172	112	104	66	102	0	0	PIT MIN
2004	18	8	1	5	1	5.76	54.2	71	38	35	28	30	0	0	MIN SLN
Total	136	126	41	49	1	4.56	768.0	785	150	389	313	534	4	1

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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ERA

SHO

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1999	30	65	10	3	0	0	7	7	3	24	0	0	.154	.191	.200	.391	PIT
2000	30	65	6	2	0	0	1	3	4	29	0	0	.092	.145	.123	.268	PIT
2002	26	40	7	1	0	0	1	3	0	11	0	0	.175	.175	.200	.375	PIT
2003	30	24	6	1	0	0	3	1	0	10	0	0	.250	.250	.292	.542	PIT MIN
2004	18	15	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	MIN SLN
Total	134	209	33	7	0	0	14	15	7	80	0	0	.158	.185	.191	.377

Fielding Stats 2004

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PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

54.2

1.48

Player History

Traded from Pittsburgh to Minnesota on 6/3/2003 (Going to PIT: 3B C. Koskie, P J. Durbin, C J. Mauer. Going to MIN: 3B S. Hillenbrand, P K. Benson, C J. House, P S. Sauerbeck)...
Traded from Minnesota to St. Louis on 3/24/2004 (Going to SLN: SS A. Cintron, 2B B. Larson, P K. Benson. Going to MIN: P J. Journell, CF J. Damon, P F. Rodriguez)...

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