Mike Benjamin (baseball)
Mike Benjamin | |||
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Infielder | |||
Born: Euclid, Ohio | November 22, 1965|||
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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 | |||
Michael Paul Benjamin (born November 22, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played primarily as a shortstop from 1989–2000 and in 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.
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 is currently the 2017 manager for the Missoula Osprey affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks, is a member of the Pioneer League, a short-season league which is designated Rookie Advanced
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Baseball Almanac
- San Francisco Giants Single-Game Records