Todd Benzinger

First Base

1987—1995

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Player LeveL
Journeyman
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

Todd Eric
GIVEN NAME
Benzinger
SURNAME
February 11, 1963, in Dayton, KY
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1987—1995
Playing Career
Played from 24-32
PLAYING AGE
Boston Red Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Kansas City Royals
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Cincinnati Reds
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Mercedes
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 185
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Both / Right
BATTED / THREW
June 21, 1987
Major League Debut
May 14, 1995
FINAL GAME

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Benzinger ended Orel Hershiser’s record scoreless streak at 59 innings with an RBI hit in the first inning of Hershiser’s first start of 1989.
  • Todd Benzinger Scouting Report

50

HITTING

50

POWER

50

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
924
733
66
376
.257

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
NR
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.687
.773
89.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.257
.301
.386

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

John Kruk
Will Clark

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Todd Benzinger Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Benzinger
552
142
61
26
3
13
73
35
107
4
213
179
.257
.301
.386
687
AVG 1B
531
143
70
27
3
18
58
89
6
228
205
.270
.343
.430
.773

Todd Benzinger Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Todd Benzinger PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
-2.7
NA
NA
NA
-0.47
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Todd Benzinger
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
53.0
UNK
UNK
UNK
9.2
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Todd Benzinger
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B