What years did Joaquin Benoit play?

Joaquin Benoit played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2017.

Was Joaquin Benoit a pitcher?

Yes. Joaquin Benoit pitched in the major leagues, recording 58 wins and 1058 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Joaquin Benoit hit?

Joaquin Benoit hit 0 career home runs.

What was Joaquin Benoit's career batting average?

Joaquin Benoit batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 9 at bats.

What was Joaquin Benoit's career ERA?

Joaquin Benoit finished with a 3.83 career ERA, going 58-49 with 1,058 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Joaquin Benoit have?

Joaquin Benoit recorded 1,058 career strikeouts.

Joaquin Benoit

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2001-2017)

Joaquin Benoit was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2017 for 8 teams, including the Texas Rangers, a span of 17 seasons. Across 764 career appearances, he went 58-49 with a 3.83 ERA, 1,058 strikeouts, and 53 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 8034.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 8, 2026

W–L 58–49

ERA 3.83

WHIP 1.24

SO 1,058

Pitcher PIV 8034.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 250 lb
Born: 7/26/1977 in Santiago, Santiago, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2001-08-08
Last Game: 2017-09-07

Full name: Joaquin Antonio Benoit

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Career Pitching Statistics

Joaquin Benoit — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
58	49	764	55	0	0	53	1068.7	883	455	129	437	1,058	3.83	8034.4

Career ERA 3.83 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — 8.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Joaquin Benoit Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2001	TEX	AL	0	0	1	1	0	5.0	8	6	3	4	10.80	—	0.0
2002	TEX	AL	4	5	17	13	1	84.7	91	50	58	59	5.31	4.28 (-24%)	-939.5
2003	TEX	AL	8	5	25	17	0	105.0	99	64	51	87	5.49	4.40 (-25%)	-3583.5
2004	TEX	AL	3	5	28	15	0	103.0	113	65	31	95	5.68	4.46 (-27%)	-705.3
2005	TEX	AL	4	4	32	9	0	87.0	69	36	38	78	3.72	4.29 (+13%)	752.5
2006	TEX	AL	1	1	56	0	0	79.7	68	43	38	85	4.86	4.53 (-7%)	2336.4
2007	TEX	AL	7	4	70	0	6	82.0	68	26	28	87	2.85	4.47 (+36%)	2723.8
2008	TEX	AL	3	2	44	0	1	45.0	40	25	35	43	5.00	4.32 (-16%)	-1084.2
2010	TBA	AL	1	2	63	0	1	60.3	30	9	11	75	1.34	4.08 (+67%)	2515.3
2011	DET	AL	4	3	66	0	2	61.0	47	20	17	63	2.95	3.94 (+25%)	1517.3
2012	DET	AL	5	3	73	0	2	71.0	59	29	22	84	3.68	4.01 (+8%)	-442.2
2013	DET	AL	4	1	66	0	24	67.0	47	15	22	73	2.01	3.87 (+48%)	1692.5
2014	SDN	NL	4	2	53	0	11	54.3	28	9	14	64	1.49	3.74 (+60%)	1947.9
2015	SDN	NL	6	5	67	0	2	65.3	36	17	23	63	2.34	3.96 (+41%)	357.0
2016	SEA	AL	1	1	26	0	0	24.3	20	14	15	28	5.18	4.19 (-24%)	-465.3
2016	TOR	AL	2	0	25	0	1	23.7	17	1	9	24	0.38	4.19 (+91%)	821.3
2017	PHI	NL	1	4	44	0	2	42.0	32	19	16	43	4.07	4.36 (+7%)	590.4
2017	PIT	NL	0	2	8	0	0	8.3	11	7	6	3	7.56	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			58	49	764	55	53	1,068.2	883	455	437	1,058	3.83	—	8,034

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Joaquin Benoit — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
765	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .741 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Joaquin Benoit Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2001	TEX	AL	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	TEX	AL	17	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	TEX	AL	25	2	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	TEX	AL	28	6	1	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	TEX	AL	33	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	TEX	AL	56	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	TEX	AL	70	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	TEX	AL	44	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	TBA	AL	63	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	DET	AL	66	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	DET	AL	73	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	DET	AL	66	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SDN	NL	53	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SDN	NL	67	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	SEA	AL	26	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	TOR	AL	25	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	PHI	NL	44	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	PIT	NL	8	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			765	9	1	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Joaquin Benoit — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Joaquin Benoit — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2013	ALCS	DET	3	.000
2013	ALDS2	DET	3	.000
2012	ALCS	DET	1	.000
2012	ALDS2	DET	3	.000
2012	WS	DET	2	.000
2011	ALCS	DET	3	.000
2011	ALDS1	DET	2	.000
2010	ALDS1	TBA	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Joaquin Benoit — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	20	0	3	22.3	17	7	5	27	2.82

Playoff Pitching by Year

Joaquin Benoit — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2013	ALCS	DET	0	3	1	2.3	4	2	0	4	7.71
2013	ALDS2	DET	0	3	2	3.3	3	2	1	6	5.40
2012	ALCS	DET	0	1	0	0.7	1	0	0	0	0.00
2012	ALDS2	DET	0	3	0	3.0	4	2	1	2	6.00
2012	WS	DET	0	2	0	1.7	1	0	0	3	0.00
2011	ALCS	DET	0	3	0	4.0	0	0	2	3	0.00
2011	ALDS1	DET	0	2	0	3.7	4	1	1	6	2.45
2010	ALDS1	TBA	1	3	0	3.7	0	0	0	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Joaquin Benoit — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	402	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	363	9	1	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Joaquin Benoit — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	402	556.1	466	252	223	518	4.08
Away	362	512.1	417	203	214	540	3.57

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Joaquin Benoit — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2017-09-07	PIT	CHC	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2017-08-21	PIT	LAD	—	2.0	0	0	0	4	1	0
2017-08-17	PIT	STL	L	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0
2017-08-15	PIT	MIL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017-08-12	PIT	TOR	—	1.0	3	3	1	0	0	0
2017-08-06	PIT	SDP	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-08-04	PIT	SDP	—	0.2	2	2	2	2	1	1
2017-08-02	PIT	CIN	L	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2017-07-28	PHI	ATL	SV	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0
2017-07-26	PHI	HOU	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Joaquin Benoit — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	764	55	48	93	4	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Joaquin Benoit — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2001	TEX	P	1	1	0	0	0	0
2002	TEX	P	17	13	4	4	0	1
2003	TEX	P	25	17	8	15	1	0
2004	TEX	P	28	15	6	6	1	1
2005	TEX	P	32	9	2	7	0	0
2006	TEX	P	56	0	4	4	0	0
2007	TEX	P	70	0	5	7	0	2
2008	TEX	P	44	0	3	4	0	0
2010	TBA	P	63	0	0	4	0	0
2011	DET	P	66	0	1	4	0	1
2012	DET	P	73	0	4	8	0	0
2013	DET	P	66	0	6	8	0	0
2014	SDN	P	53	0	0	5	0	0
2015	SDN	P	67	0	3	8	0	0
2016	SEA	P	26	0	1	2	1	0
2016	TOR	P	25	0	0	2	1	0
2017	PHI	P	44	0	0	1	0	0
2017	PIT	P	8	0	1	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Joaquin Benoit Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	765

Awards & Honors

Joaquin Benoit — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2010	This Year in Baseball Setup Man of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Joaquin Benoit — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SEA	AL	$7,500,000
2015	SDN	NL	$8,000,000
2014	SDN	NL	$6,000,000
2013	DET	AL	$5,500,000
2012	DET	AL	$5,500,000
2011	DET	AL	$5,500,000
2009	TEX	AL	$3,750,000
2008	TEX	AL	$2,250,000
2007	TEX	AL	$1,050,000
2006	TEX	AL	$775,000
2005	TEX	AL	$372,500
2004	TEX	AL	$335,000
Total Career Earnings			$46,532,500

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Frequently Asked Questions about Joaquin Benoit

What years did Joaquin Benoit play?: Joaquin Benoit played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2017.
Was Joaquin Benoit a pitcher?: Yes. Joaquin Benoit pitched in the major leagues, recording 58 wins and 1058 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Joaquin Benoit hit?: Joaquin Benoit hit 0 career home runs.
What was Joaquin Benoit's career batting average?: Joaquin Benoit batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 9 at bats.
What was Joaquin Benoit's career ERA?: Joaquin Benoit finished with a 3.83 career ERA, going 58-49 with 1,058 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Joaquin Benoit have?: Joaquin Benoit recorded 1,058 career strikeouts.