Joaquín Benoit

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Joaquín Benoit

Texas Rangers — No. 53
Relief Pitcher
Born: July 26, 1977 (1977-07-26) (age 30)
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
Major League Baseball debut
August 8, 2001 for the Texas Rangers
Selected MLB statistics
(through April 28, 2008)
Win-Loss     29-25
Earned Run Average     4.81
Strikeouts     505
Teams

Joaquín Antonio Benoit (born July 26, 1977 in Santiago, Dominican Republic) is a set-up pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played for the Texas Rangers since the 2001 season. He bats and throws right handed.

Signing with the Rangers at the age of 16, Benoit has been with the organization for his entire professional career. Excepting rehab assignments after stints on the disabled list, he has been with the Major League club full-time since midway through the 2003 season. Benoit's seven years with the Texas Rangers makes him the second longest-tenured member of the team after Michael Young. Originally a starter, Benoit was moved to the bullpen part-time in the 2003 season. Since then, he has filled one of the Rangers' long relief roles, making spot starts as necessary.

Benoit holds the Major League record for having recorded the longest save in history. [1][2] He relieved Todd Van Poppel at the start of the third inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles on September 3, 2002.

In 2006, Benoit ranked in the top ten American League relievers in strikeouts, innings pitched and percentage of inherited runners who scored.[3]

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  1. ^ Rangers MLBeat: Narron pleased. mlb.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  2. ^ Joaquín Benoit - Player File. mlb.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  3. ^ Joaquín Benoit - Player File. mlb.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
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Texas Rangers current roster

5 Ian Kinsler | 6 Germán Durán | 7 David Murphy | 10 Michael Young | 12 Ramón Vázquez | 15 Gerald Laird | 16 Chris Shelton | 18 Eddie Guardado | 21 Milton Bradley | 22 Marlon Byrd | 25 Jarrod Saltalamacchia | 27 Frank Catalanotto | 32 Josh Hamilton | 33 Kevin Millwood | 36 C. J. Wilson | 39 Scott Feldman | 41 Brandon Boggs | 43 Kameron Loe | 44 Vicente Padilla | 45 Jamey Wright | 49 Doug Mathis | 50 Frank Francisco | 53 Joaquín Benoit | 55 Robinson Tejeda | 59 Josh Rupe

Inactive (40-man) roster: 4 Joaquín Árias | 13 Kason Gabbard | 30 Travis Metcalf | 58 Wes Littleton | 60 Warner Madrigal | 65 Matt Harrison | 76 Max Ramírez | -- Julio Borbon

Disabled list: 9 Hank Blalock | 20 Brandon McCarthy | 31 Jason Jennings | 46 Luis Mendoza | 47 A. J. Murray | 48 John Rheinecker | 61 Thomas Diamond

Coaching Staff: Manager 38 Ron Washington | Bench Coach 11 Art Howe | 1st Base Coach 24 Gary Pettis | 3rd Base Coach 3 Matt Walbeck | Hitting Coach 8 Rudy Jaramillo | Pitching Coach 52 Mark Connor | Bullpen Coach 56 Dom Chiti
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