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Kris Benson | Major Leaguer 1999-2006

Full Name: Kristin James Benson
Born: November 7,1974 in Kennesaw, Georgia
Height: 6-4 Weight: 188 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Sprayberry (Marietta,GA)
College: Clemson University

Married to Anna Benson, ModelBaseball Lists: Olympic Baseball Participants

Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in 1st Round (1st overall) of 1996 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Aug 11,1996] - signed [Nov 7,2001] - On disabled list [Jul 30,2004] - Traded by Pirates with Jeff Keppinger to Mets for Matt Peterson, Ty Wigginton and Jose Bautista. [Nov 1,2004] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 30,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Mets. [Jan 21,2006] - Traded by Mets to Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine [Nov 1,2007] - Option declined by Orioles for 2008 [Feb 13,2008] - Signed by Phillies to minor league contract

Disabled List: [Mar 31,2001] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [Mar 29,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (recovering from reconstructive elbow surgery) [May 12,2002] - Activated [Jul 28,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Right shoulder irritation) [Nov 20,2003] - Activated [Apr 4,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained pectoral muscle) [May 5,2005] - Activated [Aug 4,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [Aug 12,2006] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1994	Clemson	NCAA	19		NCAA	7	3	4.24	17	14	1	0		1	85.0	84	48	40		29	73	4		8.89	---	3.07	7.73	1.33	--
1995	Clemson	NCAA	20		NCAA	8	3	3.23	14	14	0	0		0	78.0	75	44	28		23	79	9		8.65	---	2.65	9.12	1.26	--
1996	Clemson	NCAA	21		NCAA	14	2	2.02	19	19	7	4		0	156.0	109	47	35		27	204	9		6.29	---	1.56	11.77	0.87	--
1997	Lynchburg	Caro	22	Pit	A+	5	2	2.58	10	10	0	0	0	0	59.1	49	20	17	1	13	72	3	1	7.43	0.15	1.97	10.92	1.04	--
	Carolina	Sou	22	Pit	AA	3	5	4.98	14	14	0	0	0	0	68.2	81	49	38	11	32	66	2	0	10.62	1.44	4.19	8.65	1.65	--
1998	Nashville	PCL	23	Pit	AAA	8	10	5.37	28	28	1	1	0	0	156.0	162	102	93	26	50	129	9	0	9.35	1.50	2.88	7.44	1.36	--
1999	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	11	14	4.07	31	31	2	0	0	0	196.2	184	105	89	16	83	139	2	1	8.42	0.73	3.80	6.36	1.36	--
2000	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	10	12	3.85	32	32	2	1	0	0	217.2	206	104	93	24	86	184	5	0	8.52	0.99	3.56	7.61	1.34	56%
2002	Altoona	East	27	Pit	AA	1	0	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	1	0	7	0	0	6.43	1.29	0.00	9.00	0.71	--
	Nashville	PCL	27	Pit	AAA	0	2	1.53	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.2	8	4	3	1	8	25	0	0	4.08	0.51	4.08	12.74	0.91	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	9	6	4.70	25	25	0	0	0	0	130.1	152	76	68	18	50	79	3	1	10.50	1.24	3.45	5.46	1.55	49%
2003	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	5	9	4.97	18	18	0	0	0	0	105.0	127	67	58	14	36	68	7	0	10.89	1.20	3.09	5.83	1.55	35%
2004	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	8	8	4.22	20	20	0	0	0	0	132.1	137	69	62	7	44	83	2	0	9.32	0.48	2.99	5.64	1.37	43%
	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	4	4	4.50	11	11	1	1	0	0	68.0	65	37	34	8	17	51	3	0	8.60	1.06	2.25	6.75	1.21	46%
2005	St. Lucie	FSL	30	Nym	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0		0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00	0.00	--
	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	10	8	4.13	28	28	0	0	0	0	174.1	171	86	80	24	49	95	4	0	8.83	1.24	2.53	4.90	1.26	47%
2006	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	11	12	4.82	30	30	3	0	0	0	183.0	199	105	98	33	58	88	6	0	9.79	1.62	2.85	4.33	1.40	46%

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)						68	73	4.34	195	195	8	2	0	0	1,207.1	1241	649	582	144	423	787	32	2	9.25	1.07	3.15	5.87	1.38	47%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						17	19	4.40	58	58	1	1		0	311.2	305	176	152	40	103	303	14	1	8.82	1.16	2.98	8.76	1.31	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1997	Carolina	Sou	22	Pit	AA	p		14	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1998	Nashville	PCL	23	Pit	AAA	p		28	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	2	0	0	.042	.080	.042	122	--
1999	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	p		30	65	7	10	3	0	0	7	0	0	3	24	0	0	6	0	1	.154	.191	.200	391	--
2000	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	p	9	30	65	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	29	1	0	9	0	0	.092	.157	.123	280	71%
2002	Altoona	East	27	Pit	AA	p		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Nashville	PCL	27	Pit	AAA	p		4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	p	9	26	40	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	4	0	0	.175	.175	.200	375	57%
2003	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	p	9	17	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	6	0	1	.000	.032	.000	032	72%
2004	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	p	9	19	39	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	0	0	10	0	0	.179	.200	.179	379	81%
	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	p	9	11	19	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	5	0	0	.053	.100	.053	153	75%
2005	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	p	9	28	49	4	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	5	22	1	0	6	0	0	.184	.273	.204	477	44%
2006	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	p	0	3	9	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.444	555	44%

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								164	316	23	41	7	0	1	22	0	0	15	126	2	0	46	0	2	.130	.174	.161	335	65%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								47	38	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	23	0	0	5	0	0	.026	.051	.026	077	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1997	Lynchburg	Caro	22	Pit	A+	P	10			6	4	2	12	0	-	-	-	.833	--
1997	Carolina	Sou	22	Pit	AA	P	14			2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1998	Nashville	PCL	23	Pit	AAA	P	28			15	16	1	32	0	-	-	-	.969	--

1999	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	P	31		196.2	15	27	2	44	6	-	-	-	.955	1.92

2000	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	P	32		217.2	8	28	2	38	0	-	-	-	.947	1.49

2002	Altoona	East	27	Pit	AA	P	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2002	Nashville	PCL	27	Pit	AAA	P	4			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	P	25		130.1	12	11	2	25	2	-	-	-	.920	1.59

2003	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	P	18	18	105	6	10	1	17	2	-	-	-	.941	1.37

2004	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	P	11	11	68	5	6	1	12	0	-	-	-	.917	1.46
2004	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	P	20	20	132.1	12	19	0	31	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.11

2005	St. Lucie	FSL	30	Nym	A+	P	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2005	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	P	28	28	174.1	7	29	0	36	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.86

2006	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	P	30	30	183	15	25	2	42	2	-	-	-	.952	1.97

Awards

[1996] - 1st team College All-American SP, Atlantic Coast Conference All-Star P, Baseball America College Player of the Year, Player of the Year [1999] - NL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #4)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1999	200,000		1,222,537	80
2000	300,000		1,369,505	48
2001	3,450,000		1,609,512	17
2002	2,700,000		1,654,088	22
2003	4,300,000		1,773,364	14
2004	6,150,000		1,716,303	10
2005	5,333,333		1,825,756	12
2006	8,333,333	85	1,937,004	8
2007	*7,144,556		2,923,340	15

Career:	$37,911,222	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the Bronze-medal United States Baseball Team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Benson is married to model Anna Benson, who maintains a high profile within the baseball community.

Transactions: Jan 21,2006: Traded by Mets to Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine .

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