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Marvin Benard    \buh-NARD\

Marvin Larry Benard

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 20, 1971 in Bluefields, Atlantico Sur, Nicaragua
High School: Bell HS (Bell, CA)
Schools: Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, ID), Los Angeles Harbor College (Wilmington, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 50th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1995 (Age 24.228, 14,384th in MLB history)   vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season [*]
Team: Giants 1995-2003

Last Game: September 27, 2003 (Age 32.250)   vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1995 24 SFG NL 13 35 34 5 13 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 7 .382 .400 .529 .929 149 18 1 0 0 0 0 /8
1996 25 SFG NL 135 558 488 89 121 17 4 5 27 25 11 59 84 .248 .333 .330 .663 80 161 8 4 6 1 2 *89/7
1997 26 SFG NL 84 130 114 13 26 4 0 1 13 3 1 13 29 .228 .315 .289 .605 62 33 2 2 0 1 0 97/8D
1998 27 SFG NL 121 327 286 41 92 21 1 3 36 11 4 34 39 .322 .396 .434 .830 124 124 3 2 4 1 1 97/8D
1999 28 SFG NL 149 625 562 100 163 36 5 16 64 27 14 55 97 .290 .359 .457 .816 111 257 5 6 1 1 2 *89/7
2000 29 SFG NL 149 633 560 102 147 27 6 12 55 22 7 63 97 .263 .342 .396 .739 92 222 4 6 2 2 0 *897
2001 30 SFG NL 129 429 392 70 104 19 2 15 44 10 5 29 66 .265 .320 .439 .759 100 172 3 4 1 3 2 *897
2002 31 SFG NL 65 131 123 16 34 9 2 1 13 5 1 7 26 .276 .321 .407 .727 95 50 3 1 0 0 0 97/8
2003 32 SFG NL 46 77 71 5 14 3 1 0 4 1 0 4 9 .197 .237 .268 .504 32 19 3 0 1 1 0 7/9
9 Yrs 891 2945 2630 441 714 138 21 54 260 105 43 265 454 .271 .343 .402 .744 96 1056 32 25 15 10 7
162 Game Avg. 162 535 478 80 130 25 4 10 47 19 8 48 83 .271 .343 .402 .744 96 192 6 5 3 2 1
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Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1995 24 SFG NL 13 35 2 0 -0 -0 0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .513 .501 0.3 -0.0 3 $109,000 /8
1996 25 SFG NL 135 558 -9 1 2 11 0 6 0.3 17 23 2.0 .504 .503 1.0 1.0 12 $110,500 *89/7
1997 26 SFG NL 84 130 -6 1 1 -0 -1 -5 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .494 .497 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $185,000 97/8D
1998 27 SFG NL 121 327 11 0 -0 2 -3 10 0.9 10 21 1.9 .509 .506 1.8 -0.1 18 $250,000 97/8D
1999 28 SFG NL 149 625 9 2 2 -17 2 -3 -0.5 19 16 1.4 .498 .498 3.1 -1.6 34 $850,000 *89/7
2000 29 SFG NL 149 633 -6 3 1 6 0 4 0.2 20 24 2.1 .503 .502 1.6 0.5 18 $1,125,000 *897
2001 30 SFG NL 129 429 -1 -0 1 -2 -1 -2 -0.3 13 11 0.9 .498 .498 1.2 -0.3 13 $2,700,000 *897
2002 31 SFG NL 65 131 -1 0 0 3 -1 1 0.1 4 5 0.5 .502 .501 0.2 0.1 2 $4,200,000 97/8
2003 32 SFG NL 46 77 -7 1 -0 1 -1 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.4 .486 .496 -0.5 0.0 -5 $4,200,000 7/9
9 Seasons 891 2945 -8 8 6 3 -4 6 -0.4 92 97 8.6 .501 .501 8.5 -0.6 94 $13,729,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 26 SFG NL NLDS FLA L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 29 SFG NL NLDS NYM L 4 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .071 .133 .071 .205 1 0 0 1 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 6 18 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .063 .118 .063 .180 1 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLDS 6 18 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .063 .118 .063 .180 1 0 0 1 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 SFG NL 24 CF 7 6 5 53.2 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 3.19 2.71 .984 2.48 2.47
1995 SFG NL 24 OF 7 6 5 53.2 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 3.19 2.71 .979 2.15 2.14
1996 SFG NL 25 OF 132 118 96 1058.0 321 309 7 5 0 .984 11 12 2.69 2.39 .978 2.13 2.12
1996 SFG NL 25 CF 102 97 76 848.0 262 253 6 3 0 .989 7 10 2.75 2.54 .984 2.49 2.47
1996 SFG NL 25 RF 38 21 20 202.2 58 55 1 2 0 .966 3 20 2.49 1.47 .974 2.06 2.05
1996 SFG NL 25 LF 5 0 0 7.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 16 1.23 0.20 .980 1.84 1.84
1997 SFG NL 26 OF 36 12 6 161.2 30 27 2 1 0 .967 -0 -2 1.61 0.81 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 SFG NL 26 RF 18 8 4 81.2 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 7 1.21 0.61 .977 2.04 2.03
1997 SFG NL 26 LF 14 0 0 38.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -2 -63 1.66 0.50 .980 1.94 1.93
1997 SFG NL 26 CF 6 4 2 42.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 34 2.36 1.83 .983 2.40 2.38
1997 SFG NL 26 DH 1 1
1998 SFG NL 27 OF 79 57 39 539.2 112 109 1 2 1 .982 2 5 1.83 1.39 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 SFG NL 27 RF 64 48 36 444.0 95 92 1 2 1 .979 4 11 1.89 1.45 .976 2.08 2.07
1998 SFG NL 27 LF 12 3 2 46.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 1.16 0.50 .975 1.89 1.88
1998 SFG NL 27 CF 9 6 1 49.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -37 1.84 1.11 .987 2.53 2.53
1998 SFG NL 27 DH 2 1
1999 SFG NL 28 OF 142 127 110 1155.0 332 323 5 4 1 .988 -17 -18 2.56 2.31 .981 2.26 2.24
1999 SFG NL 28 CF 123 120 103 1056.0 300 291 5 4 1 .987 -15 -17 2.52 2.41 .984 2.63 2.61
1999 SFG NL 28 RF 20 6 6 85.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -13 2.54 1.20 .981 2.16 2.14
1999 SFG NL 28 LF 4 1 1 14.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -111 5.14 2.00 .978 1.99 1.98
2000 SFG NL 29 OF 141 130 65 1143.2 335 323 11 1 1 .997 6 6 2.63 2.37 .981 2.24 2.22
2000 SFG NL 29 CF 128 121 58 977.0 286 275 10 1 1 .997 2 2 2.63 2.23 .987 2.64 2.62
2000 SFG NL 29 RF 38 5 4 111.1 33 31 2 0 0 1.000 1 15 2.67 0.87 .979 2.19 2.16
2000 SFG NL 29 LF 21 4 3 55.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 3 65 3.09 0.90 .976 1.92 1.90
2001 SFG NL 30 OF 109 85 54 781.0 226 213 5 8 2 .965 -2 -3 2.51 2.00 .982 2.20 2.18
2001 SFG NL 30 CF 75 70 42 590.0 183 173 3 7 2 .962 -1 -2 2.68 2.35 .986 2.59 2.56
2001 SFG NL 30 RF 37 9 8 126.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 1.85 0.70 .981 2.11 2.09
2001 SFG NL 30 LF 15 6 4 64.2 17 15 1 1 0 .941 0 2 2.23 1.07 .979 1.91 1.89
2002 SFG NL 31 OF 38 17 11 190.2 53 50 3 0 0 1.000 3 17 2.50 1.39 .983 2.19 2.17
2002 SFG NL 31 RF 20 8 7 92.1 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.83 1.45 .983 2.07 2.05
2002 SFG NL 31 LF 14 6 3 68.2 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 0 9 1.97 1.07 .977 1.93 1.90
2002 SFG NL 31 CF 6 3 1 29.2 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 36 2.73 1.50 .988 2.58 2.55
2003 SFG NL 32 OF 21 13 8 123.1 39 37 2 0 0 1.000 2 1 19 9 2.85 1.86 .984 2.17 2.15
2003 SFG NL 32 LF 17 11 8 105.2 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 19 0 2.64 1.82 .979 1.91 1.89
2003 SFG NL 32 RF 4 2 0 17.2 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 20 68 4.08 2.00 .982 2.09 2.08
9 Seasons OF 705 565 394 5206.2 1467 1410 36 21 5 .986 4 1 1 9 2.50 2.05 .981 2.20 2.18
8 Seasons CF 456 427 288 3645.1 1080 1040 25 15 4 .986 -7 -2 2.63 2.34 .985 2.59 2.57
8 Seasons RF 239 107 85 1161.0 284 271 9 4 1 .986 9 1 9 67 2.17 1.17 .978 2.09 2.09
8 Seasons LF 102 31 21 400.1 105 100 3 2 0 .981 2 0 6 0 2.32 1.01 .978 1.92 1.90
2 Seasons DH 3 2
9 Seasons TOT 705 565 394 5206.2 1467 1410 36 21 5 .986 4 1 1 9 2.50 2.05 .981 2.20 2.18
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Complete player games played data.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1930 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1930 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1930 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1913 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1930 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1913) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1930 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1996 NL  11 (7th)
1999 NL  14 (5th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2000 NL  10 (2nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 NL  7 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2001 NL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† †s c a p y
1996 NL  2.75 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  2.54 (4th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1999 NL  .987 (4th)
2000 NL  .997 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† †s c a p y
1996 NL  2.69 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1996 NL  2.39 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2000 NL  .997 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1209), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1880), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (255th), 8.6 career WAR/9.2 7yr-peak WAR/8.9 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 19) = 71.1 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Terrence Long (948)
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  2. Steve Lyons (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Adrian Brown (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Randy Winn (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lenny Green (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lee Maye (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mitch Webster (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mitch Webster (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary ServTm(OpnDay) Sources Notes/Other Sources
1995 24 San Francisco Giants $109,000 ? 1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1996 25 San Francisco Giants $110,500 ? 1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997 26 San Francisco Giants $185,000 ? 1997 AP survey
1998 27 San Francisco Giants $250,000 ? 11/23/98 USA Today Includes $25,000 earned bonus
1999 28 San Francisco Giants $850,000 ? 11/19/99 USA Today Includes $150,000 earned bonus
2000 29 San Francisco Giants $1,125,000 ? 4/5/00 AP
2001 30 San Francisco Giants $2,700,000 ? 4/6/01 USA Today
2002 31 San Francisco Giants $4,200,000 ? 4/3/02 AP
2003 32 San Francisco Giants $4,200,000 ? 4/3/03 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$13,729,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesy of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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