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Andy Benes

Pitcher
Born: August 20, 1967 (1967-08-20) (age 42) Evansville, Indiana
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 11, 1989 for the San Diego Padres
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 2002 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
Win-Loss record	155-139
Earned run average	3.97
Strikeouts	2,000
Teams
San Diego Padres (1989–1995) Seattle Mariners (1995) St. Louis Cardinals (1996–1997) Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–1999) St. Louis Cardinals (2000–2002)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star selection (1993)

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. He and his brother Alan attended Evansville Lutheran School and Evansville Central High School.

Benes was the first person selected in the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft after playing college baseball at the University of Evansville.^[1] Benes pitched well enough in his first year to make it to the majors and be named National League Rookie Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News.^[1] Benes was an All-Star in 1993^[1] 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 history of the franchise.^[1]

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.^[2]

[edit] See also

List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ed. by David Pietrusza .... (2000), Baseball : the biographical encyclopedia, Kingston, NY: Total/Sports Illustrated, ISBN 1892129345
^ "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 José Rijo	National League Strikeout Champion 1994	Succeeded by Hideo Nomo

v • d • e San Diego Padres Opening Day starting pitchers

1960s	1969: Selma, DickDick Selma

1970s	1970: Dobson, PatPat Dobson \| 1971: Phoebus, TomTom Phoebus \| 1972: Kirby, ClayClay Kirby \| 1973: Kirby, ClayClay Kirby \| 1974: Greif, BillBill Greif \| 1975: Jones, RandyRandy Jones \| 1976: Jones, RandyRandy Jones \| 1977: Jones, RandyRandy Jones \| 1978: Perry, GaylordGaylord Perry \| 1979: Perry, GaylordGaylord Perry

1980s	1980: Jones, RandyRandy Jones \| 1981:Curtis, JohnJohn Curtis \| 1982: Eichelberger, JuanJuan Eichelberger \| 1983: Lollar, TimTim Lollar \| 1984: Show, EricEric Show \| 1985: Hoyt, LaMarrLaMarr Hoyt \| 1986: Show, EricEric Show \| 1987: Show, EricEric Show \| 1988: Whitson, EdEd Whitson \| 1989: Show, EricEric Show

1990s	1990: Hurst, BruceBruce Hurst \| 1991: Whitson, EdEd Whitson \| 1992: Hurst, BruceBruce Hurst \| 1993: Benes, AndyAndy Benes \| 1994: Benes, AndyAndy Benes \| 1995: Benes, AndyAndy Benes \| 1996: Ashby, AndyAndy Ashby \| 1997: Hamilton, JoeyJoey Hamilton \| 1998: Brown, KevinKevin Brown \| 1999: Ashby, AndyAndy Ashby

2000s	2000: Hitchcock, SterlingSterling Hitchcock \| 2001: Williams, WoodyWoody Williams \| 2002: Jarvis, KevinKevin Jarvis \| 2003: Lawrence, BrianBrian Lawrence \| 2004: Lawrence, BrianBrian Lawrence \| 2005: Williams, WoodyWoody Williams \| 2006: Peavy, JakeJake Peavy \| 2007: Peavy, JakeJake Peavy \| 2008: Peavy, JakeJake Peavy \| 2009: Peavy, JakeJake Peavy

v • d • e Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day starting pitchers

1990s	1998: Benes, AndyAndy Benes \| 1999: Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson

2000s	2000: Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson \| 2001: Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson \| 2002: Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson \| 2003: Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson \| 2004: Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson \| 2005: Vázquez, JavierJavier Vázquez \| 2006: Webb, BrandonBrandon Webb \| 2007: Webb, BrandonBrandon Webb \| 2008: Webb, BrandonBrandon Webb \| 2009: Webb, BrandonBrandon Webb

v • d • e Arizona Diamondbacks 1998 Inaugural Season 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 Benítez \| 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 Efrain Valdez \| RP Neil Weber \| RP Bob Wolcott

Manager	Buck Showalter

Coaches	Brian Butterfield \| Mark Connor \| Dwayne Murphy \| Jim Presley \| Glenn Sherlock \| Carlos Tosca

v • d • e Rotary Smith Award

1988: Andy Benes \| 1989: Ben McDonald \| 1990: Mike Kelly \| 1991: Bobby Jones \| 1992: Mike Smith \| 1993: Darren Dreifort \| 1994: Jason Varitek \| 1995: Mark Kotsay \| 1996: Kris Benson \| 1997: Tim Hudson \| 1998: Brad Wilkerson \| 1999: Jason Jennings \| 2000: Kip Bouknight \| 2001: Mark Prior \| 2002: Khalil Greene \| 2003: Rickie Weeks

Major League Baseball number one overall draft picks

Rick Monday (1965) • Steve Chilcott (1966) • Ron Blomberg (1967) • Tim Foli (1968) • Jeff Burroughs (1969) • Mike Ivie (1970) • Danny Goodwin (1971) • Dave Roberts (1972) • David Clyde (1973) • Bill Almon (1974) • Danny Goodwin (1975) • Floyd Bannister (1976) • Harold Baines (1977) • Bob Horner (1978) • Al Chambers (1979) • Darryl Strawberry (1980) • Mike Moore (1981) • Shawon Dunston (1982) • Tim Belcher (1983) • Shawn Abner (1984) • B. J. Surhoff (1985) • Jeff King (1986) • Ken Griffey, Jr. (1987) • Andy Benes (1988) • Ben McDonald (1989) • Chipper Jones (1990) • Brien Taylor (1991) • Phil Nevin (1992) • Alex Rodriguez (1993) • Paul Wilson (1994) • Darin Erstad (1995) • Kris Benson (1996) • Matt Anderson (1997) • Pat Burrell (1998) • Josh Hamilton (1999) • Adrian Gonzalez (2000) • Joe Mauer (2001) • Bryan Bullington (2002) • Delmon Young (2003) • Matt Bush (2004) • Justin Upton (2005) • Luke Hochevar (2006) • David Price (2007) • Tim Beckham (2008) • Stephen Strasburg (2009)

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