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John Van Benschoten
John Wesley Van Benschoten

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 217 lb.
School Kent State University

Debut August 18, 2004

Born April 14, 1980 in San Diego, CA

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2001. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2004 24 PIT NL   1   3   6   5   0   0   0  0   28.7   33   27   22   3   19   18   2   1   135   0   0  6.91  4.31   62 1.814
 2007 27 PIT NL   0   7  11   9   0   0   1  0   39.0   55   45   44   4   29   26   5   1   203   1   0 10.15  4.35   43 2.154
 2008 28 PIT NL   1   3   9   5   0   0   2  0   22.3   37   28   26   7   20   21   3   0   125   1   1 10.48  4.12   39 2.552
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .133   2  13  26  19   0   0   3  0   90.0  125  100   92  14   68   65  10   2   463   2   1  9.20  4.28   47 2.144
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3  19  39  28   0   0   4  0  136.0  188  151  139  21  102   98  15   3   699   3   1  9.20  4.28   47 2.144
 Career High      1   7  11   9   0   0   2  0   39.0   55   45   44   7   29   26   5   1   203   1   1                       

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 24 PIT NL   6    8    2    1   0  0   1    2   0  0   1   3  .125  .222  .500   80    4   2   0   0   0   0
 2007 27 PIT NL  10    7    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .143  .250  .286   40    2   2   0   0   0   0
 2008 28 PIT NL   9    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .143  .000  -57    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       25   21    3    2   1  0   1    2   0  0   3   8  .095  .208  .286   28    6   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        136   19   13   6  0   6   13   0  0  19  52  .095  .208  .286   28   39  26   0   0   0   0
 Career High     10    8    2    1   1  0   1    2   0  0   1   3                           4   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 24 PIT NL   11    9    1   3.0   110| .125  .268| .222  .340| .500  .435| .722  .775|  80  .277  -0.4   0.0   0%
 2007 27 PIT NL   10    8    1   3.4   109| .143  .270| .250  .339| .286  .432| .536  .772|  40  .319  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2008 28 PIT NL    7    6    0   0.0   103| .000  .261| .143  .332| .000  .417| .143  .749| -57  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        28   23    2   2.3   108| .095  .267| .208  .338| .286  .429| .494  .766|  28  .197  -2.3  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 24 PIT NL P 6 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 0.47 1.57 1.85 5 28.7 2007 27 PIT NL P 11 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.45 0.40 1.15 1.68 9 39.0 2008 28 PIT NL P 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.11 0.43 0.40 1.74 5 22.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 24 PIT NL P 6 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 0.47 1.57 1.85 5 28.7 2007 27 PIT NL P 11 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.45 0.40 1.15 1.68 9 39.0 2008 28 PIT NL P 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.11 0.43 0.40 1.74 5 22.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 26 1 10 0 1 1.000 .965 0.42 0.43 1.10 1.75 19 90.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 26 1 10 0 1 1.000 .965 0.42 0.43 1.10 1.75 19 90
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2001.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Pittsburgh Pirates$316,000
2006Pittsburgh Pirates$327,000
Career (may be incomplete)$643,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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