Alan Benes

Full Name: Alan Paul Benes	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/215	First Game: September 19, 1995
Birthdate: January 21, 1972	Final Game: May 28, 2003
Birthplace: Evansville, Indiana	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 21, 1972 in Evansville, Indiana, Alan Benes (Alan Paul Benes) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers over the course of his 8 year career. Benes broke into the bigs on September 19, 1995 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 4.90 ERA in 191 innings pitched in 1996, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Alan Benes's best season was 1997, when he posted a 2.89 ERA and struck out 160 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1995	STL	N	3	3	1	2	8.44	20	15	15	0	0	0	16	24	2	4	0	3	1
1996	STL	N	34	32	13	10	4.90	131	120	104	3	1	0	191	192	27	87	3	5	7
1997	STL	N	23	23	9	9	2.89	160	60	52	2	0	0	161.2	128	13	68	3	9	4
1999	STL	N	2	0	0	0	.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2000	STL	N	30	0	2	2	5.67	26	33	29	0	0	0	46	54	7	23	2	5	2
2001	STL	N	9	1	2	0	7.36	10	12	12	0	0	0	14.2	14	5	12	0	0	0
2002	CHI	N	7	7	2	2	4.35	32	22	19	0	0	0	39.1	42	3	12	1	2	0
2003	TEX	A	4	4	0	3	11.40	11	20	19	0	0	0	15	29	2	8	0	0	0
2003	CHI	N	3	0	0	0	2.16	9	2	2	0	0	1	8.1	8	0	6	0	0	0
2003	Total		7	4	0	3	8.10	20	22	21	0	0	1	23.1	37	2	14	0	0	0
Total	NL		111	66	29	25	4.38	390	264	233	5	1	1	479	464	57	212	9	24	14
Total	AL		4	4	0	3	11.40	11	20	19	0	0	0	15	29	2	8	0	0	0
Total			115	70	29	28	4.59	401	284	252	5	1	1	494	493	59	220	9	24	14

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1995	STL	N	P	3	3	16	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1996	STL	N	P	34	32	191	8	19	3	3	8	13	1	.900
1997	STL	N	P	23	23	161.2	13	12	0	3	10	12	0	1.000
1999	STL	N	P	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	STL	N	P	30	0	46	2	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
2001	STL	N	P	9	1	14.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
2002	CHI	N	P	7	7	39.1	2	4	0	2	3	1	0	1.000
2003	TEX	A	P	4	4	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
2003	CHI	N	P	3	0	8.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2003	Total		P	7	4	23.1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
Total			P	115	70	494	31	40	3	8	24	29	1	.959

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1995	STL	N	3	6	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1996	STL	N	34	61	4	9	5	.148	.175	.197	3	2	25	7	1
1997	STL	N	23	52	1	9	3	.173	.173	.212	2	0	16	2	0
1999	STL	N	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2000	STL	N	30	4	0	2	0	.500	.500	.750	1	0	1	0	0
2001	STL	N	9	2	1	1	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2002	CHI	N	7	13	0	1	0	.077	.143	.077	0	1	8	0	0
2003	TEX	A	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2003	CHI	N	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2003	Total		7	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		111	139	6	22	8	.158	.176	.201	6	3	53	9	1
Total	AL		4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			115	139	6	22	8	.158	.176	.201	6	3	53	9	1

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Selected by San Diego Padres in the 49th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1990).
Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (16th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed July 19, 1993).
Granted free agency (December 21, 2001).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (January 16, 2002).
Sent to Texas Rangers by Chicago Cubs for future considerations (May 9, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 7, 2003).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 10, 2004).
Granted free agency (October 15, 2004).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (July 29, 2005).
Granted free agency (October 15, 2006).

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