Todd Benzinger
1987–1995 · bats B / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants
924G
.257AVG
.301OBP
.386SLG
More career statistics
733H
66HR
376RBI
21SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 924 | 3,106 | 2,856 | 316 | 733 | 135 | 18 | 66 | 376 | 181 | 552 | 21 | 29 | 14 | 34 | 1,102 | .257 | .301 | .386 | .687 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1988-07-20 to 1988-07-31
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1987-09-15 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1987-06-29 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1987-09-03 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 468 | 1533 | 375 | 30 | 180 | 93 | 243 | .268 | .305 | .406 |
| Away | 456 | 1573 | 358 | 36 | 196 | 88 | 309 | .246 | .284 | .366 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 113 | 379 | 81 | 2 | 40 | 24 | 66 | .237 | .277 | .313 |
| May | 153 | 516 | 121 | 10 | 70 | 27 | 94 | .254 | .287 | .378 |
| June | 157 | 538 | 122 | 13 | 51 | 40 | 105 | .249 | .301 | .374 |
| July | 170 | 525 | 128 | 12 | 60 | 27 | 92 | .262 | .295 | .398 |
| August | 167 | 570 | 137 | 15 | 77 | 24 | 99 | .255 | .282 | .408 |
| September | 148 | 523 | 130 | 14 | 74 | 37 | 88 | .275 | .319 | .429 |
| October | 16 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | .275 | .291 | .314 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atlanta-braves | 68 | 237 | 57 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 38 | .265 | .312 | .353 |
| houston-astros | 64 | 202 | 47 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 44 | .253 | .297 | .344 |
| san-diego-padres | 61 | 196 | 36 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 28 | .197 | .224 | .273 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 54 | 177 | 50 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 30 | .296 | .316 | .521 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 53 | 163 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 30 | .211 | .252 | .276 |
| new-york-mets | 52 | 156 | 37 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 25 | .253 | .288 | .384 |
| chicago-cubs | 52 | 187 | 50 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 37 | .287 | .310 | .437 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 49 | 151 | 39 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 32 | .291 | .358 | .485 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  Boston Red Sox | 73 | 223 | 62 | 8 | 43 | 5 | .278 | – | – |
| 1988 | Boston Red Sox | 120 | 405 | 103 | 13 | 70 | 2 | .254 | – | – |
| 1989 |  Cincinnati Reds | 161 | 628 | 154 | 17 | 76 | 3 | .245 | – | – |
| 1990 | Cincinnati Reds | 118 | 376 | 95 | 5 | 46 | 3 | .253 | – | – |
| 1991 | Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals | 129 | 416 | 109 | 3 | 51 | 4 | .262 | – | – |
| 1992 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 121 | 293 | 70 | 4 | 31 | 2 | .239 | – | – |
| 1993 |  San Francisco Giants | 86 | 177 | 51 | 6 | 26 | – | .288 | – | – |
| 1994 | San Francisco Giants | 107 | 328 | 87 | 9 | 31 | 2 | .265 | – | – |
| 1995 | San Francisco Giants | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | .200 | – | – |