Andy Benes

Infobox MLB retired
name=Andy Benes

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position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1967|8|20
city-state|Evansville|Indiana
deathdate=
debutdate=August 11
debutyear=by|1989
debutteam=San Diego Padres
finaldate=September 29
finalyear=by|2002
finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=155-139
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.97
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=2,000
teams=
* San Diego Padres (by|1989-by|1995)
* Seattle Mariners (by|1995)
* St. Louis Cardinals (by|1996-by|1997)
* Arizona Diamondbacks (by|1998-by|1999)
* St. Louis Cardinals (by|2000-by|2002)
highlights=
* All-Star selection (1993)

Andrew Charles Benes (born August 20, 1967 in Evansville, Indiana) is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four teams: the San Diego Padres, the Seattle Mariners, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Arizona Diamondbacks, in a fourteen-year career from by|1989 to by|2002. His brother Alan also pitched in the Major Leagues, and was his teammate in 1996-97 and 2000-01.

Benes was the first person selected in the by|1988 Major League Baseball Draft after playing college baseball at the University of Evansville. Benes was an All-Star in by|1993 after a 15-15 season with the Padres, and led the Majors in losses with 14 and in strikeouts with 189 the next season. Benes finished third in the Cy Young Award balloting in by|1996 after a 18-10, 3.83 earned run average season. Benes also became one of the first players in Diamondbacks history when he signed as a free agent prior to the by|1998 season and threw out the first pitch in the franchise's history.

In a 2004 column for "The Sporting News", pitcher Todd Jones wrote that Benes had a habit of gritting his teeth when preparing to throw a slider, a tell that some hitters exploited. [" [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_34_228/ai_n6165497 No spying in baseball? Then you aren't paying attention] ", Todd Jones, "The Sporting News", published August 23 2004, accessed April 23 2006.]

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins

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