Alan Benes Notable

b. January 21, 1972 · St. Louis Cardinals 1995–1997, 1999–2001, Chicago Cubs 2002–2003, Texas Rangers 2003

Alan Benes played for three clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1995 and closing with the Texas Rangers in 2003.

He went 29 and 28 with a 4.59 earned run average, pitching 494 innings in 115 games. He struck out 401 and threw 1 shutouts. Across 115 games he batted .158, with 22 hits and 6 runs. He finished with 6 doubles.

He was born in Evansville, IN, USA on January 21, 1972. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
The Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year	1	1996

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1995	STL	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
1996	STL	34	61	4	9	3	5	2	25	.148
1997	STL	23	52	1	9	2	3	0	16	.173
1999	STL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2000	STL	30	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.500
2001	STL	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500
2002	CHC	7	13	0	1	0	0	1	8	.077
2003	CHC/TEX	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Career	—	115	139	6	22	6	8	3	53	.158

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1995	STL	1	2	3	3	0	16.0	24	15	4	20	8.44
1996	STL	13	10	34	32	0	191.0	192	104	87	131	4.90
1997	STL	9	9	23	23	0	161.2	128	52	68	160	2.89
1999	STL	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0.00
2000	STL	2	2	30	0	0	46.0	54	29	23	26	5.67
2001	STL	2	0	9	1	0	14.2	14	12	12	10	7.36
2002	CHC	2	2	7	7	0	39.1	42	19	12	32	4.35
2003	CHC/TEX	0	3	7	4	1	23.1	37	21	14	20	8.10
Career	—	29	28	115	70	1	494.0	493	252	220	401	4.59

On this day & linked events

1972

Born January 21, 1972

Evansville, IN, USA