#22 Todd "Mercedes" Benzinger, Centerfield, 35 yrs, Kansas City Royals

#22 Todd "Mercedes" Benzinger, Centerfield, 35 yrs, Kansas City Royals
Thursday, 11/2/1998

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Todd Benzinger
Mercedes
2/11/1963
35
USA,KY,DAYTON
6"1
200

Centerfield
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1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 910,000
1998
7 Year(s), 102 Days (1306 total Days)
172 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 102 Days (1478 total Days)
11 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	6	6	3	3	6
Versus LHP	7	6	3	4	6
Versus RHP	5	6	3	3	5
Talent	6	6	3	4	6

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1
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Fielding Ratings
LF : 7 (Range), .999 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 10 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 10 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 7
Outfield Arm : 9

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/25	@NYY	W 10-3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	#5
9/26	@NYY	W 5-4	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	#5
9/28	CHA	W 10-8	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	#5
9/29	SEA	W 5-1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	#1
9/30	TOR	W 4-0	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	#5
10/1	@CLE	L 2-11	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	#7
10/3	@CLE	W 9-6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#6
10/5	TEX	W 4-3	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	#1
10/9	@OAK	W 3-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#1
10/15	@OAK	L 3-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1

Batting Stats 1998

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	95	273	84	21	3	4	32	34	21	44	.308	.357	.451	.808	.738	.143
Projected	95	273	84	21	3	4	32	34	21	44	.308	.357	.451	.808	.738	.143

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	65	295	0	0	0	6	1	0	123	28	0	0	.0	43.3	6.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	111	39	14	3	1	15	17	6	19	0	1	0	.351	.381	.559	.940
vs. RHP	162	45	7	0	3	17	17	15	25	0	0	0	.278	.339	.377	.716
Close/Late	23	8	2	0	1	2	5	3	2	0	0	0	.348	.423	.565	.988
Scoring Position	55	18	5	0	0	21	0	4	9	0	1	0	.327	.367	.418	.785
Pinch Hitting	9	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	.222	.300	.444	.744

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	42	97	26	6	3	0	11	10	11	15	.268	.339	.392	.731
Road	53	176	58	15	0	4	21	24	10	29	.330	.366	.483	.849
March/April	11	33	14	5	0	3	9	5	3	5	.424	.472	.848	1.321
May	20	57	12	3	1	0	5	3	6	10	.211	.286	.298	.584
June	15	45	20	4	0	0	4	4	3	2	.444	.479	.533	1.013
July	14	30	9	1	0	0	1	4	1	7	.300	.323	.333	.656
August	14	43	14	4	0	0	7	9	2	8	.326	.356	.419	.774
Sept/Oct	21	65	15	4	2	1	6	9	6	12	.231	.292	.400	.692
Postseason	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1990	11	11	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	KC
1992	51	160	44	11	0	4	28	26	17	2	1	28	0	0	.275	.350	.419	.769	KC
1993	114	386	97	18	1	21	67	59	26	2	0	88	0	0	.251	.302	.466	.768	KC
1994	88	253	59	20	2	4	34	34	27	1	0	42	0	0	.233	.310	.375	.685	KC
1995	153	583	160	28	9	14	92	98	65	3	4	112	1	0	.274	.348	.425	.773	KC
1996	90	245	55	9	2	3	32	36	25	2	1	58	1	1	.224	.300	.314	.615	KC
1997	103	270	78	9	0	7	39	43	20	2	2	49	0	0	.289	.340	.400	.740	KC
1998	95	273	84	21	3	4	32	34	21	0	0	44	0	0	.308	.357	.451	.808	KC
Total	705	2181	580	117	17	57	324	333	202	12	8	421	2	1	.266	.330	.414	.744

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1987, AA	93	391	136	18	3	16	49	65	32	57	3	4	.348	.387	.532	.919
1987, AAA	42	156	47	5	1	5	17	19	18	22	1	0	.301	.374	.442	.816
1988, AA	138	511	169	27	2	30	91	80	65	62	3	5	.331	.405	.568	.972
1989, AAA	124	436	117	13	2	27	76	66	24	75	2	3	.268	.303	.493	.796
1990, AAA	80	305	98	15	1	18	55	48	31	42	4	5	.321	.379	.554	.934
1991, AAA	138	525	140	30	1	28	79	66	50	82	4	3	.267	.329	.488	.816

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1990	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1993	7	19	4	3	0	0	6	4	4	2	0	0	.211	.348	.368	.716
1994	4	11	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364
1995	7	26	8	2	1	2	9	5	2	6	0	0	.308	.357	.692	1.049
1996	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1997	4	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	.125	.364	.125	.489
1998	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	30	77	15	5	1	2	16	13	9	14	0	0	.195	.279	.364	.643

Fielding Stats 1998

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Shortstop	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00
Leftfield	27	19	25	1	1	26	0	1.000	185.1	1.26
Centerfield	12	2	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	34.0	1.32
Rightfield	50	44	61	4	0	66	1	.985	393.2	1.51

Player History

Drafted in 2nd round, 39th overall pick, by Boston in 1987...
Traded from Boston to Kansas City on 2/9/1988 (Going to BOS: P Dan Quisenberry, P Stew Cliburn. Going to KC: 2B Harold Reynolds, LF Todd Benzinger, CF Luis Polonia, P Juan Nieves)...
Injured on 8/19/1989 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks...
Had first career hit (double) on 8/11/1990, off Don Heinkel (CHA)...
Injured on 5/8/1991 with a Bruised Neck, out for 4 days...
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1992, off Dave Dravecky (DET)...
Injured on 7/25/1992 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks...
2/3/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $200,000 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1995, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 13 RBI...
2/3/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,414,286 through salary arbitration...
9/9/1996: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $910,000 per year, for 2 years.

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Triples
1995 - 9 - 9th

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