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Andy Benes | Major Leaguer 1989-2002

Full Name: Andrew Charles Benes
Born: August 20,1967 in Evansville, Indiana
Height: 6-6 Weight: 245 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Central (Evansville,IN)
College: University of Evansville

Brother of Alan Benes, Brother of Adam BenesBaseball Lists: Relatives Playing Together on Same team ... Olympic Baseball Participants

Debut: August 11,1989

Drafted: Selected by San Diego Padres in 1st Round (1st overall) of 1988 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jul 31,1995] - Traded by Padres with Greg Keagle to Mariners for Marc Newfield and Ron Villone. [Oct 31,1995] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 23,1995] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals. [Oct 29,1997] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 3,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Diamondbacks. [Oct 29,1999] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 7,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals.

Disabled List: [Jul 16,2002] - 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%
1989	Wichita	Tex	21	Sd	AA	8	4	2.16	16	16	5	3	0	0	108.1	79	32	26	6	39	115	1		6.56	0.50	3.24	9.55	1.09	--
	Las Vegas	PCL	21	Sd	AAA	2	1	8.10	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.2	41	29	24	8	12	29	2		13.84	2.70	4.05	9.79	1.99	--
	San Diego	NL	21	Sd	MLB	6	3	3.51	10	10	0	0	0	0	66.2	51	28	26	7	31	66	0	3	6.89	0.95	4.19	8.91	1.23	47%
1990	San Diego	NL	22	Sd	MLB	10	11	3.60	32	31	2	0	1	0	192.1	177	87	77	18	69	140	2	5	8.28	0.84	3.23	6.55	1.28	45%
1991	San Diego	NL	23	Sd	MLB	15	11	3.03	33	33	4	1	0	0	223.0	194	76	75	23	59	167	3	4	7.83	0.93	2.38	6.74	1.13	35%
1992	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	13	14	3.35	34	34	2	2	0	0	231.1	230	90	86	14	61	169	1	1	8.95	0.54	2.37	6.57	1.26	40%
1993	San Diego	NL	25	Sd	MLB	15	15	3.78	34	34	4	2	0	0	230.2	200	111	97	23	86	179	14	2	7.80	0.90	3.36	6.98	1.24	40%
1994	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	6	14	3.86	25	25	2	2	0	0	172.1	155	82	74	20	51	189	4	0	8.09	1.04	2.66	9.87	1.20	40%
1995	Seattle	AL	27	Sea	MLB	7	2	5.86	12	12	0	0	0	0	63.0	72	42	41	8	33	45	2	0	10.29	1.14	4.71	6.43	1.67	27%
	San Diego	NL	27	Sd	MLB	4	7	4.17	19	19	1	1	0	0	118.2	121	65	55	10	45	126	3	0	9.18	0.76	3.41	9.56	1.40	42%
1996	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	18	10	3.83	36	34	3	1	1	1	230.1	215	107	98	28	77	160	6	0	8.40	1.09	3.01	6.25	1.27	45%
1997	Pr William	Caro	29	Stl	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	0	0	1	9	0	0	5.40	0.00	1.80	16.20	0.80	--
	Arkansas	Tex	29	Stl	AA	1	0	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	0	2	6	0	0	2.57	0.00	2.57	7.71	0.57	--
	Louisville	Amer	29	Stl	AAA	0	0	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	1	5	0	0	5.40	1.80	1.80	9.00	0.80	--
	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	10	7	3.10	26	26	0	0	0	0	177.0	149	64	61	9	61	175	7	0	7.58	0.46	3.10	8.90	1.19	--
1998	Arizona	NL	30	Ari	MLB	14	13	3.97	34	34	1	0	0	0	231.1	221	111	102	25	74	164	9	1	8.60	0.97	2.88	6.38	1.28	46%
1999	Arizona	NL	31	Ari	MLB	13	12	4.81	33	32	0	0	0	0	198.1	216	117	106	34	82	141	10	0	9.80	1.54	3.72	6.40	1.50	--
2000	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	12	9	4.88	30	27	1	0	1	0	166.0	174	95	90	30	68	137	1	0	9.43	1.63	3.69	7.43	1.46	48%
2001	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	7	7	7.38	27	19	0	0	3	0	107.1	122	92	88	30	61	78	1	0	10.23	2.52	5.11	6.54	1.70	50%
2002	Potomac	Caro	34	Stl	A+	0	0	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	7	7	2	6	3	0	0	10.29	2.57	7.71	3.86	2.00	--
	Memphis	PCL	34	Stl	AAA	1	1	3.12	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.1	17	7	6	2	4	8	0	0	8.83	1.04	2.08	4.15	1.21	--
	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	5	4	2.78	18	17	1	0	0	0	97.0	80	39	30	10	51	64	0	0	7.42	0.93	4.73	5.94	1.35	40%

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						155	139	3.97	403	387	21	9	6	1	2,505.1	2377	1206	1106	289	909	2000	63	16	8.54	1.04	3.27	7.18	1.31	42%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)						12	6	3.32	29	29	5	3	0	0	176.1	153	78	65	19	65	175	3		7.82	0.97	3.32	8.94	1.24	--

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%
1989	Wichita	Tex	21	Sd	AA	p		16	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1	0	1	0		.071	.188	.071	259	--
	Las Vegas	PCL	21	Sd	AAA	p		5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	San Diego	NL	21	Sd	MLB	p	9	10	24	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.375	625	73%
1990	San Diego	NL	22	Sd	MLB	p	9	32	60	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	25	0	0	5	1	1	.100	.127	.117	244	54%
1991	San Diego	NL	23	Sd	MLB	p	9	33	62	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	29	2	0	7	0	2	.032	.143	.081	224	51%
1992	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	p	9	34	67	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	5	29	0	0	5	1	1	.149	.205	.224	429	38%
1993	San Diego	NL	25	Sd	MLB	p	9	34	72	5	9	3	0	1	4	0	0	1	33	1	0	14	0	0	.125	.149	.208	357	54%
1994	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	p	9	25	49	2	8	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	22	0	0	13	0	3	.163	.180	.184	364	69%
1995	Seattle	AL	27	Sea	MLB	p	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	San Diego	NL	27	Sd	MLB	p	9	19	40	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	18	0	0	3	0	1	.150	.171	.175	346	46%
1996	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	p	9	36	73	5	11	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	37	0	0	9	2	0	.151	.158	.205	363	58%
1997	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	p	9	25	55	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	14	1	0	8	0	0	.218	.246	.255	501	--
1998	Arizona	NL	30	Ari	MLB	p	9	33	65	8	11	3	0	1	3	0	0	6	28	1	0	10	0	0	.169	.250	.262	512	56%
1999	Arizona	NL	31	Ari	MLB	p		31	58	6	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	17	1	0	10	0	1	.155	.222	.207	429	--
2000	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	p	9	28	50	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	19	0	0	6	0	3	.080	.148	.140	288	50%
2001	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	p	9	26	32	1	5	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	15	0	0	2	0	0	.156	.182	.250	432	41%
2002	Memphis	PCL	34	Stl	AAA	p		4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	--
	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	p	9	19	34	3	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	2	0	1	.206	.229	.324	553	52%

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								397	741	48	106	21	0	8	50	0	0	34	307	6	0	95	4	14	.143	.186	.204	390	53%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								25	18	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	1	0	2	0		.056	.190	.056	246	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1995	Seattle	AL	27		Div	0	0	5.40	2		0			0	11.2	10		7		9	8			7.71	---	6.94	6.17	1.63	--
	Seattle	AL	27		Ch	0	1	23.14	1		0			0	2.1	6		6		2	3			23.14	---	7.71	11.57	3.43	--
1996	St. Louis	NL	28		Div	0	0	5.14	1		0			0	7.0	6		4		1	9			7.71	---	1.29	11.57	1.00	--
	St. Louis	NL	28		Ch	0	0	5.28	3		0			0	15.1	19		9		3	9			11.15	---	1.76	5.28	1.43	--
2002	St. Louis	NL	34		Div	0	0	5.79	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	2	3	3	2	4	5	0	1	3.86	3.86	7.71	9.64	1.29	--
	St. Louis	NL	34		Ch	0	0	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	2	2	2	0	4	5	0	0	3.38	0.00	6.75	8.44	1.13	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						0	1	6.02	9		0			0	46.1	45		31		23	39			8.74	---	4.47	7.58	1.47	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1995	Seattle	AL	27	Sea	Div	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	Div	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	--
	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	Ch	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.500	900	--
2002	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	Div	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	Ch	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						8	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	.222	.300	.333	633	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1989	Wichita	Tex	21	Sd	AA	P	16			8	10	0	18	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1989	Las Vegas	PCL	21	Sd	AAA	P	5			0	2	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	--
1989	San Diego	NL	21	Sd	MLB	P	10		66.2	4	8	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.62

1990	San Diego	NL	22	Sd	MLB	P	32		192.1	15	9	1	25	1	-	-	-	.960	1.12

1991	San Diego	NL	23	Sd	MLB	P	33		223	8	29	0	37	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.49

1992	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	P	34		231.1	14	34	1	49	1	-	-	-	.980	1.87

1993	San Diego	NL	25	Sd	MLB	P	34		230.2	17	14	1	32	2	-	-	-	.969	1.21

1994	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	P	25		172.1	21	19	0	40	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.09

1995	San Diego	NL	27	Sd	MLB	P	19		118.2	7	7	1	15	1	-	-	-	.933	1.06
1995	Seattle	AL	27	Sea	MLB	P	12		63	2	7	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.29

1996	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	P	36		230.1	8	24	2	34	1	-	-	-	.941	1.25

1997	Arkansas	Tex	29	Stl	AA	P	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1997	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	P	26		177	8	14	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	1.12

1998	Arizona	NL	30	Ari	MLB	P	34		231.1	23	25	0	48	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.87

1999	Arizona	NL	31	Ari	MLB	P	33		198.1	13	15	2	30	1	-	-	-	.933	1.27

2000	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	P	30		166	4	17	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.14

2001	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	P	27		107.1	7	9	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.34

2002	Potomac	Caro	34	Stl	A+	P	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2002	Memphis	PCL	34	Stl	AAA	P	4			1	3	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	P	18		97	5	10	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	1.39

Awards

[1989] - NL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #5) [1991] - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #6) [1993] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1994] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #22) [1996] - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1989	68,000		375,257	67
1990	130,000		426,358	56
1991	235,000		617,627	45
1992	475,000		798,185	38
1993	2,050,000		815,723	17
1994	3,005,000		914,157	12
1995	3,400,000		831,504	10
1996	3,375,000	93	835,262	9
1997	4,850,000	51	996,990	5
1998	6,450,000	26	1,054,037	3
1999	6,000,000	49	1,222,537	4
2000	2,867,542		1,369,505	19
2001	6,666,667	82	1,609,512	7
2002	6,367,542	100	1,654,088	9

Career:	$45,939,751	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the gold-medal winning United States Baseball Team at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Notes: Brother of Alan Benes...Played in 1 all-star game during his career (1993)

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