Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1994
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1994
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 762
- W
- 40
- L
- 47
- ERA
- 3.13
- IP
- 779.0
- K
- 946
- BB
- 403
- WHIP
- 1.22
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | BAL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | 10.0 | 14 | 4 | 1.20 |
| 1995 | BAL | 44 | 1 | 5 | 5.66 | 47.2 | 56 | 37 | 1.55 |
| 1996 | BAL | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3.77 | 14.1 | 20 | 6 | 0.91 |
| 1997 | BAL | 71 | 4 | 5 | 2.45 | 73.1 | 106 | 43 | 1.25 |
| 1998 | BAL | 71 | 5 | 6 | 3.82 | 68.1 | 87 | 39 | 1.27 |
| 1999 | NYM | 77 | 4 | 3 | 1.85 | 78.0 | 128 | 41 | 1.04 |
| 2000 | NYM | 76 | 4 | 4 | 2.61 | 76.0 | 106 | 38 | 1.01 |
| 2001 | NYM | 73 | 6 | 4 | 3.77 | 76.1 | 93 | 40 | 1.30 |
| 2002 | NYM | 62 | 1 | 0 | 2.27 | 67.1 | 79 | 25 | 1.05 |
| 2003 |  NYM/NYY/SEA | 69 | 4 | 4 | 2.96 | 73.0 | 75 | 41 | 1.37 |
| 2004 | MIA | 64 | 2 | 2 | 1.29 | 69.2 | 62 | 21 | 0.82 |
| 2005 | SF | 30 | 2 | 3 | 4.50 | 30.0 | 23 | 16 | 1.37 |
| 2006 | SF | 41 | 4 | 2 | 3.52 | 38.1 | 31 | 21 | 1.57 |
| 2007 |  SF/MIA | 55 | 2 | 8 | 5.36 | 50.1 | 57 | 29 | 1.55 |
| 2008 | TOR | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5.68 | 6.1 | 9 | 2 | 0.95 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 28
- W
- 3
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 3.56
- IP
- 30.1
- K
- 36
- BB
- 19
- WHIP
- 1.45
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 10.9
- GB
- 178
- FB
- 364
- G/F
- 0.50
- WP
- 18
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1996 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2002 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | NYM/NYY/SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 55 | 124 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2005 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 28 | 60 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2006 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 39 | 80 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2007 | SF/MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 52 | 89 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2008 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 4 | 11 | 0.4 | 0 |
What were Armando Benitez's career stats?
Armando Benitez played 15 seasons for the Orioles, the Mets, the Marlins, the Giants and the Blue Jays. He had 40 wins and 946 strikeouts with a 3.13 ERA over 779.0 innings. His best season was 2001: 6 wins, a 3.77 ERA and 93 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1994 to 2008
Armando Benitez finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
All-time career rank
- 31st in saves (289)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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