Andy Benes

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Andy Benes

Pitcher

Born: August 20, 1967 (1967-08-20) (age 40) Evansville, Indiana
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 11, 1989 for the San Diego Padres
Final game
September 29, 2002 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
Record	155-139
ERA	3.97
Strikeouts	2000
Teams
San Diego Padres (1989-1995) Seattle Mariners (1995) St. Louis Cardinals (1996-1997, 2000-2002) Arizona Diamondbacks (1998-1999)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (NL): 1993 Led the N.L. in strikeouts/9ip (9.87) and strikeouts (189) in 1994 Holds San Diego Padres single season record for strikeouts/9ip (9.87 in 1994) San Diego Padres All-Time Strikeouts Leader (1,036)

Andrew Charles Benes (born August 20, 1967 in Evansville, Indiana) is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four teams: the San Diego Padres, the Seattle Mariners, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Arizona Diamondbacks, in a fourteen-year career from 1989 to 2002. His brother Alan also pitched in the Major Leagues, and was his teammate in 1996-97 and 2000-01.

Benes was the first person selected in the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft after playing college baseball at the University of Evansville. Benes was an All-Star in 1993 after a 15-15 season with the Padres, and led the Majors in losses with 14 and in strikeouts with 189 the next season. Benes finished third in the Cy Young Award balloting in 1996 after a 18-10, 3.83 earned run average season. Benes also became one of the first players in Diamondbacks history when he signed as a free agent prior to the 1998 season and threw out the first pitch in the franchise's history.

In a 2004 column for The Sporting News, pitcher Todd Jones wrote that Benes had a habit of gritting his teeth when preparing to throw a slider, a tell that some hitters exploited.^[1]

[edit] References

^ "No spying in baseball? Then you aren't paying attention", Todd Jones, The Sporting News, published August 23, 2004, accessed April 23, 2006.

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Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Preceded by Ken Griffey, Jr.	First overall pick in the MLB Entry Draft 1988	Succeeded by Ben McDonald
Preceded by Jose Rijo	National League Strikeout Champion 1994	Succeeded by Hideo Nomo

v • d • e Arizona Diamondbacks 1998 Inaugural Season Opening Day Roster

Opening Day Lineup	C Jorge Fábregas \| 1B Travis Lee \| 2B Edwin Díaz \| 3B Matt Williams \| SS Jay Bell \| LF Brent Brede \| CF Devon White \| RF Karim García \| P Andy Benes

Catcher / Infield / Outfield	C Damian Miller \| C Kelly Stinnett \| IF Tony Batista \| IF Andy Fox \| IF Hanley Frías \| IF Danny Klassen \| IF Andy Stankiewicz \| IF/OF Hensley Meulens \| IF/OF Mike Robertson \| OF Yamil Benitez \| OF David Dellucci \| OF Bernard Gilkey \| OF Chris Jones

Pitchers	SP Brian Anderson \| SP Andy Benes \| SP Willie Blair \| SP Omar Daal \| SP Jeff Suppan \| RP Joel Adamson \| RP Willie Banks \| RP Scott Brow \| RP Bobby Chouinard \| RP Bryan Corey \| RP Alan Embree \| RP Ben Ford \| RP Barry Manuel \| RP Chris Michalak \| RP Vladimir Núñez \| RP Gregg Olson \| RP Ricky Pickett \| RP Félix Rodríguez \| RP Clint Sodowsky \| RP Aaron Small \| RP Russ Springer \| RP Amaury Telemaco \| RP Efraín Valdez \| RP Neil Weber \| RP Bob Wolcott

Manager	Buck Showalter

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