Kris Benson Baseball player

Kristin James Benson (born November 7, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher.A highly touted prospect, Benson was drafted first overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1996. He followed a strong rookie season in 1999 with an even stronger season in 2000, but those would prove to be the two best seasons of his career, as he underwent Tommy John surgery after the 2000 season. He posted three more good seasons from 2004 to 2006 with the Pirates, the New York Mets, and the Baltimore Orioles, but then underwent rotator cuff surgery, after which he was never again an effective Major League pitcher.Benson is also known for his marriage to Anna Benson.

Personal facts

Kris Benson
Birth dateNovember 07, 1974
Birth place
Superior Wisconsin

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Baseball player

Career startApril 09, 1999
Career endApril 28, 2010
batting sideRight
former teams
Arizona Diamondbacks
Pittsburgh Pirates
position
Pitcher
teams
Arizona Diamondbacks
Baltimore Orioles
New York Mets
Pittsburgh Pirates
Texas Rangers (baseball)
throwing sideRight

Kris Benson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=bensokr01
  2. http://www.krisbenson.com