Mike Benjamin (baseball)
Michael Paul Benjamin (born November 22, 1965) is an American former professional baseball infielder who played primarily as a shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1989 to 2000 and 2002. His longest stint was with the San Francisco Giants as a utility infielder. A 1983 graduate of Bellflower High School, he played college baseball at Arizona State University.
| Mike Benjamin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infielder | |||
| Born: November 22, 1965 Euclid, Ohio | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 7, 1989, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 28, 2002, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .229 | ||
| Home runs | 24 | ||
| Runs batted in | 169 | ||
| Teams | |||
On June 14, 1995, he tied a Giants single-game record with six hits. This was part of a stretch in which he tied the major league record for most hits in two consecutive games with ten, set a major league record for most hits in three consecutive games with 14, and tied another record for most hits in four consecutive games with 15.
Mike coached his son's Little League team from Arizona to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 2003. From 2016-17, he served as the manager for the Kane County Cougars. He was the manager for the Missoula Osprey of the Pioneer League in 2017-2018, and he became the team's bench coach in 2019.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Mike Benjamin at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Mike Benjamin at Baseball Almanac
- Mike Benjamin at Baseball Library
- San Francisco Giants Single-Game Records