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Kris Benson

Pirates Career team 1999–2004
Number #48
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 51
Height 6' 4"
Weight 205 lbs
Birth Place Superior, WI
Born Nov 7, 1974

Key Insights

2010
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Craig Counsell has hit .615/.643/1.077 against Benson over 14 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

8 for 13 with 0 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .771 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Orlando Cabrera is 0 for 19 against Benson, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

20 career plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The ARI lineup has hit .384 and slugged .709 against Benson across 93 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

33 hits, 7 home runs and 10 strikeouts, against a .425 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Benson has walked Marvin Benard 6 times in 14 plate appearances, 42.9% of them.

6 walks in 14 plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Albert Pujols has taken Benson deep 4 times, once every 7.8 plate appearances between them.

31 career plate appearances against him.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Benson throws than Mark McGwire: 52.9% of the swings between them come up empty.

20 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 141 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 7, 1974
Birth Place Superior, WI
Height 6' 4"
Weight 205 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Clemson