Marvin Benard
HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 180 lb
BornJanuary 20, 1971 · Bluefields, Zelaya, Nicaragua
MLB debutSeptember 5, 1995
Final gameSeptember 27, 2003
Seasons9 (1995–2003)
San Francisco Giants 1995–2003
Percentile snapshot
2000 season — qualified batters
of 165 qualified 2000 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 13 | 35 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .382 | .400 | .529 | .929 | 149.8 | 145.9 | .413 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | 135 | 558 | 488 | 89 | 121 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 59 | 84 | 25 | 11 | .248 | .333 | .330 | .663 | 83.0 | 78.5 | .309 | 0.6 |
| 1997 | 84 | 130 | 114 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .228 | .315 | .289 | .605 | 65.5 | 61.7 | .288 | -0.3 |
| 1998 | 121 | 327 | 286 | 41 | 92 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 4 | .322 | .396 | .434 | .830 | 128.8 | 124.2 | .376 | 1.9 |
| 1999 | 149 | 625 | 562 | 100 | 163 | 36 | 5 | 16 | 64 | 55 | 97 | 27 | 14 | .290 | .359 | .457 | .816 | 113.3 | 112.2 | .362 | 3.2 |
| 2000 | 149 | 633 | 560 | 102 | 147 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 63 | 97 | 22 | 7 | .263 | .342 | .396 | .739 | 96.9 | 93.8 | .334 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | 129 | 429 | 392 | 70 | 104 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 44 | 29 | 66 | 10 | 5 | .265 | .320 | .439 | .759 | 100.3 | 100.9 | .330 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 65 | 131 | 123 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .276 | .321 | .407 | .727 | 96.0 | 95.0 | .327 | 0.2 |
| 2003 | 46 | 77 | 71 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .197 | .237 | .268 | .504 | 27.1 | 32.7 | .229 | -0.6 |
Career totals
G
891
PA
2,945
AB
2,630
R
441
H
714
2B
138
3B
21
HR
54
RBI
260
BB
265
SO
454
SB
105
BA
.2715
OBP
.3427
SLG
.4015
OPS
.7442
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-08-02 | SF @ AZ Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1999-06-12 | SF @ SEA Gameday | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2000-06-23 | SF @ HOU Gameday | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1999-07-22 | SD @ SF Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2002-06-03 | SF @ SD Gameday | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.