Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1999
- Draft
- 1996Rd 1, Pk 1
- College
- Clemson
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1999
- Draft
- 1996Rd 1, Pk 1
- College
- Clemson
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 206
- W
- 70
- L
- 75
- ERA
- 4.42
- IP
- 1243.2
- K
- 806
- BB
- 441
- WHIP
- 1.39
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | PIT | 31 | 11 | 14 | 4.07 | 196.2 | 139 | 83 | 1.36 |
| 2000 | PIT | 32 | 10 | 12 | 3.85 | 217.2 | 184 | 86 | 1.34 |
| 2002 | PIT | 25 | 9 | 6 | 4.70 | 130.1 | 79 | 50 | 1.55 |
| 2003 | PIT | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4.97 | 105.0 | 68 | 36 | 1.55 |
| 2004 |  PIT/NYM | 31 | 12 | 12 | 4.31 | 200.1 | 134 | 61 | 1.31 |
| 2005 | NYM | 28 | 10 | 8 | 4.13 | 174.1 | 95 | 49 | 1.26 |
| 2006 | BAL | 30 | 11 | 12 | 4.82 | 183.0 | 88 | 58 | 1.40 |
| 2009 | TEX | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8.46 | 22.1 | 11 | 12 | 2.01 |
| 2010 | ARI | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5.14 | 14.0 | 8 | 6 | 1.71 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 105
- CG
- 8
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 5.8
- GB
- 877
- FB
- 1,128
- G/F
- 0.80
- WP
- 33
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | PIT | 16 | 2 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | PIT | 19 | 2 | 1 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2002 | PIT | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | PIT | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2004 | PIT/NYM | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 285 | 364 | 0.8 | 5 |
| 2005 | NYM | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 269 | 320 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2006 | BAL | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4.3 | 279 | 349 | 0.8 | 6 |
| 2009 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 26 | 62 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2010 | ARI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 18 | 33 | 0.5 | 1 |
What were Kris Benson's career stats?
Kris Benson played 9 seasons for the Pirates, the Mets, the Orioles, the Rangers and the Diamondbacks. He had 70 wins and 806 strikeouts with a 4.42 ERA over 1,243.2 innings. His best season was 2004: 12 wins, a 4.31 ERA and 134 strikeouts.
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