Joaquín Benoit

Infobox MLB player


width = 150px
name=Joaquín Benoit
position=Relief pitcher
team=Texas Rangers
number=53
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1977|7|26
birthplace=Santiago, Dominican Republic
debutdate=August 8
debutyear=2001
debutteam=Texas Rangers
statyear=2008 season
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=30-26
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.79
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=538
teams=
*Texas Rangers (by|2001-present)

Joaquín Antonio Benoit Pena (born July 26, 1977 in Santiago, Dominican Republic) is a set-up pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played for the Texas Rangers since the mlby|2001 season. He bats and throws right-handed.

Signing with the Rangers at the age of 16, Benoit has been with the organization for his entire professional career. Except rehab assignments after stints on the disabled list, he has been with the Major League club full-time since midway through the mlby|2003 season. Benoit's seven years with the Texas Rangers makes him the second longest-tenured member of the team after Michael Young. Originally a starter, Benoit was moved to the bullpen part-time in the 2003 season. Since then, he has filled one of the Rangers' long relief roles, making spot starts as necessary.

Benoit holds the Major League record for having recorded the longest save in history. [cite web | title = Rangers MLBeat: Narron pleased | publisher = mlb.com | url = http://rangers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/tex/news/tex_news.jsp?ymd=20020904&content_id=121153&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp| accessdate = 2007-04-15] [cite web | title = Joaquín Benoit - Player File | publisher = mlb.com | url = http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=276542&y=2002 | accessdate = 2007-04-15] He relieved Todd Van Poppel at the start of the third inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles on September 3, mlby|2002.

In mlby|2006, Benoit ranked in the top ten American League relievers in strikeouts, innings pitched and percentage of inherited runners who scored. [cite web | title = Joaquín Benoit - Player File | publisher = mlb.com | url = http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=276542&y=2006 | accessdate = 2007-04-15]

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