Todd Benzinger

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Full Name: Todd Eric Benzinger	Primary Position: 1B,OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: June 21, 1987
Birthdate: February 11, 1963	Final Game: May 14, 1995
Birthplace: Dayton, Kentucky	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Todd Benzinger (Todd Eric Benzinger) was born on February 11, 1963 in Dayton, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on June 21, 1987 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1987, his rookie year, he hit .278 with 8 home runs and 43 RBI. Benzinger played for the Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Todd Benzinger's best season was 1989, when he slugged 17 home runs and knocked in 76 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1987	BOS	A	73	223	36	62	8	43	.278	.344	.444	11	1	22	41	2	3	5	3	5
1988	BOS	A	120	405	47	103	13	70	.254	.293	.425	28	1	22	80	1	6	2	4	8
1989	CIN	N	161	628	79	154	17	76	.245	.293	.381	28	3	44	120	2	4	3	13	5
1990	CIN	N	118	376	35	95	5	46	.253	.291	.340	14	2	19	69	4	2	3	4	3
1991	KC	A	78	293	29	86	2	40	.294	.338	.386	15	3	17	46	3	1	2	2	5
1991	CIN	N	51	123	7	23	1	11	.187	.244	.268	3	2	10	20	0	1	2	2	2
1991	Total		129	416	36	109	3	51	.262	.310	.351	18	5	27	66	3	2	4	4	7
1992	LA	N	121	293	24	70	4	31	.239	.272	.348	16	2	15	54	0	0	2	1	6
1993	SF	N	86	177	25	51	6	26	.288	.332	.452	7	2	13	35	0	1	0	1	2
1994	SF	N	107	328	32	87	9	31	.265	.304	.399	13	2	17	84	2	3	2	4	3
1995	SF	N	9	10	2	2	1	2	.200	.308	.500	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
Total	NL		653	1935	204	482	43	223	.249	.292	.371	81	13	120	385	8	11	12	26	21
Total	AL		271	921	112	251	23	153	.273	.320	.417	54	5	61	167	6	10	9	9	18
Total			924	2856	316	733	66	376	.257	.301	.386	135	18	181	552	14	21	21	35	39

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1987	BOS	A	RF	47	45	400.2	112	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1987	BOS	A	1B	2	1	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1987	BOS	A	LF	14	5	60.2	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1987	BOS	A	OF	61	55	497.1	146	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1987	BOS	A	CF	5	5	36	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1988	BOS	A	RF	43	40	309	72	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1988	BOS	A	1B	85	57	559.2	520	38	5	47	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1988	BOS	A	LF	5	2	30	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1988	BOS	A	OF	48	42	339	82	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1988	BOS	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	CIN	N	1B	158	158	1413	1417	73	7	96	1	0	0	0	0	.995
1990	CIN	N	LF	10	8	74	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	CIN	N	OF	10	8	74	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	CIN	N	1B	95	82	746	707	52	6	58	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1991	KC	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	KC	A	1B	75	70	649.1	651	38	3	57	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1991	CIN	N	LF	15	11	94.1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1991	CIN	N	OF	15	11	94.1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1991	CIN	N	1B	21	16	143	123	13	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1991	Total		1B	96	86	792.1	774	51	5	64	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1992	LA	N	RF	33	32	257.1	47	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1992	LA	N	OF	51	49	395	86	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1992	LA	N	LF	18	17	137.2	40	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1992	LA	N	1B	42	13	174	177	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1993	SF	N	LF	7	4	42	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1993	SF	N	OF	7	4	42	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1993	SF	N	1B	40	27	280.2	289	15	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1993	SF	N	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1994	SF	N	1B	99	81	757	780	54	5	69	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1995	SF	N	1B	5	1	16	15	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			LF	69	47	438.2	126	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.992
Total			CF	5	5	36	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.941
Total			OF	192	169	1441.2	373	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.990
Total			1B	622	506	4748.2	4688	301	28	381	1	0	0	0	0	.994
Total			DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	123	117	967	231	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.992

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1981).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Jeff Sellers and a player to be named later to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Nick Esasky and Rob Murphy (December 13, 1988); Cincinnati Reds received Luis Vasquez (January 12, 1989).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Carmelo Martinez (July 11, 1991).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Chris Gwynn and Domingo Mota (December 11, 1991).
Granted free agency (December 9, 1992).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (January 13, 1993).
Granted free agency (October 14, 1994).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 8, 1995).
Released by San Francisco Giants (May 15, 1995).
Signed by New York Yankees (May 25, 1995).
Released by New York Yankees (June 9, 1995).

[edit] Trivia

World Series Champion in 1990

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