Joe Benson

Sugar Land Skeeters – No. 5

Outfielder

Born: March 5, 1988 (age 29)
Hinsdale, Illinois

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

MLB debut

September 4, 2011, for the Minnesota Twins

MLB statistics
(through 2011 season)

Batting average

.239

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Minnesota Twins (2011)

William Joseph Benson (born March 5, 1988) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins during the 2011 season

Benson attended Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois. Benson played baseball and American football at Joliet, and was recruited to play college football for the Purdue Boilermakers football team as a running back.

The Minnesota Twins selected Benson in the second round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. Benson signed with the Twins rather than attend Purdue.

Benson participated in spring training for the Twins in 2011, but did not make the opening day roster and was subsequently assigned to the AA affiliate of the Twins, the New Britain Rock Cats, where he was given the starting job in center field. On September 6, 2011, Benson made his major league debut for the Minnesota Twins. He went without a hit a three at-bats, drawing a walk and striking out once. Benson's first major league hit was a single off of Detroit Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer on September 10, 2011.

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