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Richie Ashburn League
4-1-2013
Sam Benzinger First Base
Retired (2010, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .269 Total Rating   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .748 Status Retired (2010) Option Years 0  
H 1553 Age 39 (OS 39) Date of Birth 02-11-1974
HR 163 Drafted Round 1, Pick 15
(1994)
Majors Svc Time 14 years
(48 games)
RBI 725
SB 271
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 4
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 5
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 6
3B (0.3%) RF A+ (98.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1996 1B MIN 30 30 258.0 272 255 9 8 15 -4 9.21 .971
SS MIN 1 1 9.0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1.00 .500
2B MIN 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1997 1B MIN 134 126 1121.1 1145 1094 44 7 85 -23 9.13 .994
2B MIN 15 15 129.0 81 45 35 1 10 -9 5.58 .988
1998 1B MIN 149 149 1317.2 1420 1356 51 13 107 -23 9.61 .991
1999 1B MIN 149 149 1323.2 1361 1301 52 8 113 -16 9.20 .994
2000 1B MIN 149 149 1314.1 1390 1337 44 9 120 -11 9.46 .994
2001 1B MIN 149 149 1326.1 1442 1391 44 7 116 -5 9.74 .995
2002 1B MIN 149 149 1325.2 1343 1298 38 7 101 -6 9.07 .995
2003 1B MIN 67 64 574.1 574 554 19 1 42 +1 8.98 .998
2B MIN 48 48 406.1 222 89 121 12 17 -14 4.65 .946
2004 1B MIN-OAK 15 14 124.2 128 124 3 1 11 0 9.17 .992
2B MIN-OAK 6 4 42.1 24 8 13 3 1 -1 4.46 .875
RF MIN-OAK 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.06 1.000
3B MIN-OAK 1 1 8.0 6 1 4 1 0 0 5.62 .833
2005 RF OAK 4 4 37.0 11 11 0 0 0 -1 2.68 1.000
C OAK 4 0 8.1 11 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 10.80 .909
1B OAK 3 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 6.75 1.000
2B OAK 2 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 6.00 .667
2006 1B OAK 125 121 1105.2 1151 1110 34 7 92 -3 9.31 .994
2007 RF OAK 97 97 857.2 204 200 1 3 0 -3 2.11 .985
C OAK 1 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 9.00 1.000
3B OAK 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1B OAK 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4.50 1.000
SS OAK 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
2008 1B OAK 111 106 963.0 1047 1019 25 3 67 +2 9.76 .997
3B OAK 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
C OAK 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 0.00 NaN
2009 1B OAK 69 66 584.2 611 589 14 8 49 -2 9.28 .987
RF OAK 14 14 121.1 27 25 0 2 0 +1 1.85 .926
3B OAK 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
2010 3B OAK 2 2 17.0 8 2 4 2 0 -2 3.18 .750
1B OAK 4 1 11.1 16 15 1 0 2 0 12.71 1.000
C OAK 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total 1B 1304 1273 11356.2 11904 11446 379 79 921 -90 9.37 .993
RF 117 117 1033.0 244 238 1 5 0 -3 2.08 .980
2B 72 67 582.2 331 144 170 17 28 -24 4.85 .949
3B 8 3 30.2 16 3 10 3 0 -2 3.82 .812
C 7 0 14.1 15 14 0 1 0 0 7 0 0.0% 0 8.79 .933
SS 2 1 10.0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0.90 .500
Total 1510 1461 13027.1 12512 11845 561 106 949 0 7 0 0.0% -119 8.57 .992
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2010-11-01Sam Benzinger has retired from the Oakland Niners
2004-09-17A trade has been completed between the Oakland Niners and the Minnesota Mohawks. The Minnesota Mohawks receive Rutger Hauer, Ralph Hofferth, Draft Pick 2005 Round 1 OAK (Cory Heismann) from the Oakland Niners in exchange for Joe Thomas, Sam Benzinger. Protest This Trade.
2004-05-01The Minnesota Mohawks have placed Sam Benzinger on the trade block.
2003-07-17Sam Benzinger of the Minnesota Mohawks is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1996-08-25The Minnesota Mohawks have promoted Sam Benzinger to the major league team. The Minnesota Mohawks have sent Bob Tatum to the minors.
1995-05-03The Minnesota Mohawks have promoted Dave Roberge to the major league team. The Minnesota Mohawks have sent Sam Benzinger to the minors.
1995-05-01The Minnesota Mohawks have promoted Sam Benzinger to the major league team. The Minnesota Mohawks have promoted Ty Jones to the major league team. The Minnesota Mohawks have sent Jim Dinges to the minors.
1994-04-06A trade has been completed between the Detroit Devils and the Chicago Belushis. The Chicago Belushis receive Dante Hicks, Draft Pick - 1995 Round 2 (DET) from the Detroit Devils in exchange for Sam Benzinger, Draft Pick 1995 Round 1 CHN (Jon Ollom).