Education
Benes attended Lake Forest High School in Illinois and Creighton University, where he was part of Creighton"s National Collegiate Athletic Association College World Series appearance (1991).
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Alan Benes
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He began his major league career in 1995, pitching in three games for the Saint Louis Cardinals. His performance during the 1996 season helped the Cardinals reach the playoffs for the first time since 1987. During the 1996 post-season, Alan posted an 0–1 record with an 2.84 European Research Area. In 1997, batters hit only.219 against him, and Benes had 160 strikeouts in 161.2 innings.
His 2.89 European Research Area would have placed him tied for the sixth-best European Research Area than year, but he fell just 1/3 of an inning short of the 162 required innings when he had a shoulder injured that ended his season in late July.
At the time of this injury he ranked third in the league in strikeouts. Benes sat out the majority of the 1998 and 1999 seasons with an arm injury, which would never allow him to return to top form.
From 2000 through 2003, he pitched a combined 123 innings with Saint Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers. After various stints in the minor leagues following the 2003 season, Alan retired before the 2007 season and is currently serving as an instructor to the Saint Louis Cardinals.
