#19 Ken Benson, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, New Jersey Black Sox

#19 Ken Benson, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, New Jersey Black Sox
Tuesday, 7/15/2009

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Ken Benson

1/1/1974
35
Superior, WI
6"0
200

Starting Pitcher
R
R

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2 / 6 (Fair)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Average
Suffers
Prone
3.5 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 13,250,000
2011
12 Year(s), 147 Days (2211 total Days)
108 Day(s)
14 Year(s), 7 Days (2415 total Days)
16 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	67	80	79	87-90 Mph
Versus LHB	66	79	77
Versus RHB	68	80	80
Talent	69	86	86

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
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Holding Runners :

7
57
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	46	55	18	7	53
Versus LHP	49	68	3	22	56
Versus RHP	45	49	25	1	52
Talent	54	34	14	14	54

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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 1 (Range), .929 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
5/23	@DL	W 10-1	*	9	3	1	1	2	5	W	PoG
5/29	RF	L 1-2	*	9	6	2	2	0	8	L
6/3	@HF	W 11-1	*	8	2	1	1	3	8	W
6/8	HF	L 6-9	*	4.2	7	6	6	2	3	L
6/14	@CO	W 3-1	*	8.1	7	1	1	0	6	W	PoG
6/19	@TH	W 8-3	*	5.1	6	2	2	3	6	W
6/24	@LA	L 1-7	*	6.2	13	5	5	0	3	L
7/4	@DL	W 4-3	*	7.1	11	3	3	1	4
7/10	HF	L 3-4	*	6.1	8	3	3	1	3
7/15	@RM	W 10-4	*	6	7	4	4	1	7	W

Pitching Stats 2009

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	19	19	10	7	0	3.45	140.2	133	58	54	25	116	3	15.8	0	12	63.2
Projected	33	33	17	12	0	3.45	242.0	229	100	93	43	200

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	10.1	8.5	7.4	1.6	11	3	27.3	0	0	.0	2.65

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	253	62	5	8	2	24	27	11	52	0	0	0	.245	.272	.352	.624
vs. RHB	279	71	9	2	6	29	31	14	64	0	0	0	.254	.282	.366	.648

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	9	9	3	5	0	3.88	67.1	64	32	29	11	59
Road	10	10	7	2	0	3.07	73.1	69	26	25	14	57
This Week	1	1	1	0	0	6.00	6.0	7	4	4	1	7
Last Week	1	1	0	0	0	4.26	6.1	8	3	3	1	3

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	6	6	3	3	0	2.70	46.2	45	18	14	8	38
May	5	5	3	2	0	3.27	41.1	27	15	15	6	38
June	5	5	3	2	0	4.09	33.0	35	15	15	8	26
July	3	3	1	0	0	4.58	19.2	26	10	10	3	14

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1994	20	1	8	6	0	2.71	123.0	131	0	37	0	26	72	4	1	1.28	.000	HF
1997	31	2	19	7	0	1.70	254.0	199	0	48	0	90	95	16	9	1.14	.000	HF
1998	31	2	20	7	0	1.80	250.0	207	0	50	0	75	96	16	9	1.13	.000	HF
1999	36	6	23	7	0	2.08	294.0	291	0	68	0	92	81	19	9	1.30	.000	HF
2000	34	4	15	12	0	2.71	249.0	263	0	75	0	69	141	10	3	1.33	.000	HF
2001	32	0	11	13	0	4.43	185.0	223	0	91	0	37	88	3	1	1.41	.000	MS3 HF
2002	35	0	7	14	0	4.10	237.1	276	0	108	0	39	84	6	2	1.33	.000	HF
2003	30	0	14	14	0	4.41	206.0	230	0	101	0	46	87	6	1	1.34	.000	HF NJ
2004	38	38	22	10	0	4.71	239.0	282	139	125	20	58	150	5	0	1.42	.328	NJ,ML
2005	33	33	19	10	0	3.22	240.1	227	96	86	12	57	124	2	0	1.18	.274	NJ
2006	33	33	21	5	0	3.26	245.1	274	98	89	14	44	179	2	0	1.30	.331	NJ,ML
2007	33	32	20	9	0	3.11	249.0	229	97	86	16	44	174	6	1	1.10	.284	NJ
2008	32	32	15	10	0	2.97	248.2	228	89	82	12	46	181	8	4	1.10	.294	NJ,ML
2009	19	19	10	7	0	3.45	140.2	133	58	54	8	25	116	3	0	1.12	.306	NJ
Total	437	202	224	131	0	3.13	3161.1	3193	577	1100	82	748	1668	106	40	1.25	.884

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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SHO

WHIP

BABIP

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2005	2	2	0	2	0	7.84	10.1	17	12	9	2	5	0	0
2006	3	3	2	0	0	3.13	23.0	30	8	8	7	13	0	0
2007	1	0	1	0	0	3.00	3.0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0
2008	1	1	0	1	0	4.50	8.0	6	4	4	0	7	1	0
Total	7	6	3	3	0	4.47	44.1	54	25	22	11	28	1	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2001	32	61	11	3	0	1	8	8	0	15	0	0	.180	.180	.279	.459	MS3 HF
2002	35	81	14	1	1	0	6	4	1	23	0	0	.173	.183	.210	.393	HF
2003	30	73	17	1	0	0	5	13	1	14	0	0	.233	.243	.247	.490	HF NJ
2004	38	88	27	4	1	1	11	10	3	18	0	0	.307	.326	.409	.735	NJ,ML
2005	33	89	16	2	1	0	6	5	5	24	0	0	.180	.219	.225	.443	NJ
2006	33	93	23	7	0	0	12	12	6	24	0	1	.247	.293	.323	.616	NJ,ML
2007	33	101	21	6	0	1	9	12	4	22	0	0	.208	.238	.297	.535	NJ
2008	32	91	17	4	0	0	7	7	1	30	0	0	.187	.196	.231	.426	NJ,ML
2009	19	54	12	2	0	0	6	3	1	15	0	0	.222	.232	.259	.491	NJ
Total	285	731	158	30	3	3	70	74	22	185	0	1	.216	.238	.278	.515

Fielding Stats 2009

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.914

140.2

2.24

Player History

Had first career hit on 4/7/2001, off Jebediah McCoy (CM)... Injured on 4/12/2001 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks... Traded from Houston to New Jersey on 7/6/2003 (Going to NJ: P K. B
enson. Going to HF: P J. Cooney, P G. Pineda, 1B R. Madrigal, SS I. Welsh)... Won World Series with New Jersey in 2003... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2006 Allstar g
ame...
Won World Series with New Jersey in 2006...
7/15/2007: Signed a contract extension with New Jersey, $13,250,000 per year, for 4 years.
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA
2005 - 3.22 - 10th
2007 - 3.11 - 8th

WHIP
2005 - 1.18 - 10th
2007 - 1.10 - 6th
2008 - 1.10 - 10th

Wins
2004 - 22 - 2nd
2005 - 19 - 7th
2006 - 21 - 7th
2007 - 20 - 7th

SHO
2008 - 4 - 7th

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