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John Van Benschoten PPirates

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Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
4	26	90	2	13	0	9.20	-1.9

Birth Date	4-14-1980
Height	6' 4"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	44 years, 0 months, 10 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2004	PIT	MLB	6	5	28.7	1	3	33	19	18	3	92	10.4	6.0	0.9	5.7	0%	.323	1.81	5.25	6.91	109	5.50	113.5	0.1
2007	PIT	MLB	11	9	39.0	0	7	55	29	26	4	98	12.7	6.7	0.9	6.0	0%	.367	2.15	5.78	10.15	128	8.40	173.8	-1.1
2008	PIT	MLB	9	5	22.3	1	3	37	20	21	7	99	14.9	8.1	2.8	8.5	0%	.405	2.55	8.38	10.48	130	8.75	186.6	-0.8
Career		MLB	26	19	90.0	2	13	125	68	65	14	96	12.5	6.8	1.4	6.5	43%	.363	2.14	6.26	9.20	123	7.56	157.8	-1.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2004	PIT	MLB	NL	6	5	28.7	1	3	33	19	18	3	92	10.4	6.0	0.9	5.7	0%	.323	1.81	5.25	6.91	109	5.50	113.5
2007	PIT	MLB	NL	11	9	39.0	0	7	55	29	26	4	98	12.7	6.7	0.9	6.0	0%	.367	2.15	5.78	10.15	128	8.40	173.8
2008	PIT	MLB	NL	9	5	22.3	1	3	37	20	21	7	99	14.9	8.1	2.8	8.5	0%	.405	2.55	8.38	10.48	130	8.75	186.6
2011	TUC	AAA	PCL	5	5	26.3	1	4	37	9	14	3	112	12.6	3.1	1.0	4.8	0%	.354	1.75	5.33	7.52	107	5.78	118.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	474	0.5042	0.4135	0.8061	0.6067	0.2170	0.8759	0.6078	0.1939
Career	474	0.5042	0.4135	0.8061	0.6067	0.2170	0.8759	0.6078	0.1939

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2011-08-24	2011-09-06	Minors	13	14	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation	Biceps	-	-
2010-05-07	2010-07-11	Minors	65	0	Right	Knee	Cartilage Injury	Meniscus	-
2009-06-17	2009-08-01	Minors	45	0			Not Disclosed		-
2006-04-03	2006-08-16	60-DL	135	120	Right	Shoulder	Recovery From Surgery	Labrum + Rotator Cuff + Thermal Capsule Repair	2005-01-27
2005-04-01	2005-10-02	60-DL	184	161	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum + Rotator Cuff + Thermal Capsule Repair	2005-01-27

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2006	NYA	$327,000
2005	NYA	$316,000

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$643,000
2 yr	Total	$643,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 114 d

Details

signed as a free agent from CWS 2/10 (minor-league contract)
signed as a free agent from PIT 12/8/08 (minor-league contract)
sent outright to Triple-A 10/29/08 recalled 7/21/08 optioned to Triple-A 7/10/08 recalled 6/28/08 optioned to Triple-A 5/13/08 recalled 4/27/08 optioned to Triple-A 3/18/08 recalled 9/3/07 optioned to Triple-A 7/28/07
recalled 6/15/07
optioned to Triple-A 3/07 re-signed 3/07, 1 year (07) re-signed 1/06, 1 year/$0.327M (06)
re-signed 1/05, 1 year/$0.316M (05) (split contract) recalled 8/04 optioned to Triple-A 8/04 recalled 8/04 optioned to Triple-A 3/04 40-m 11/03 $2.4M signing bonus
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2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-04-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is there any reason to keep Strasburg at AA? He's toying with that level at this point. Wouldn't the move to AAA right now make sense? (tommybones from brooklyn)	He's working on some things, like not stepping across his body from the stretch. My question would be "Is Triple-A that much harder?" Would facing Scranton be more of a challenge? The best hitter in Scranton's lineup last night was ... John Van Benschoten. I think he'll get there quickly, but we're not going to learn much until he's in Washington. He's really good with two devastating pitches and the makings of another. (Will Carroll)
2008-07-21 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Any health-related issues with Adam Loewen becoming a hitter? Even if he becomes Cal Ripken on the durability front he has to face some monumental odds at getting back to the majors after taking six years off from hitting. (Drungo from SoMd)	No I don't think so. The screw in his elbow shouldn't affect hitting. I'm still trying to figure out if it's staying in or will need to be re-fixated. My question is if Loewen does it, does it make Rick Ankiel's feat a bit less impressive? Someone figure out who else could do this - John Van Benschoten comes to mind, though I'm told he has no interest. Brian Bogusevic? Where's KG when you need him? (Will Carroll)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, John Van Benschoten threw 717 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Sinker (92mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Curve (76mph), Slider (85mph) and Change (86mph).