» July 3, 1994: The Mets' Rico Brogna breaks up Andy Benes' no-hit bid with a double in the 8th inning. The Padres win, 7–0, as Benes fans 13 and walks only one in his 1-hitter. He also drives home three runs with a double of his own.

» July 30, 1995: The Astros Jeff Bagwell suffers a broken hand when his is hit by a pitch in the 4th from Brian Williams in the Astros 7–1 win over the Padres. It is the same bone that he broke last year when he was hit by a pitch from Andy Benes on August 10, two days before the strike.

» December 23, 1995: The Cardinals sign free agent P Andy Benes to a 2-year contract, and free agent OF Ron Gant to a 5-year contract.

» July 17, 1996: Cards pitcher Andy Benes, who started the year going 1–7, evens his record at 8–8, beating the Reds 6–4.

» August 21, 1996: The Rockies end Andy Benes' 10-game win streak, beating the Cardinals, 10–2. The Rocks also claim Giants C Steve Decker, while the Giants claim the Rocks Trenidad Hubbard, essentially trading both waived players.

» May 13, 1997: St. Louis starter Andy Benes blanks the Phillies for seven innings but his bullpen blows it. Scott Rolen's two-run triple highlites a three-run eighth inning for Philadelphia as they beat the visiting Cardinals, 3–2. Philadelphia starter Garrett Stephenson allows just two hits—both solo homers—and strikes out 12 in seven innings of his first start. Stephenson fans the first five batters. Jerry Spradlin pitches the eighth for the win and Ricky Bottalico the 9th.

» February 3, 1998: Free agent P Andy Benes signs a 3-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

» March 31, 1998: The Arizona Diamondbacks drop a 9–2 decision to the Rockies in their first game ever. P Andy Benes is tagged with the loss, and rookies Travis Lee, who gets three hits, and Karim Garcia hit home runs. Vinny Castilla drives in five runs for Colorado.

» April 5, 1998: The Arizona Diamondbacks win their first game in franchise history, 3–2, over the Giants. Andy Benes gets the win for the 1–5 D'backs.

» September 13, 1998: Arizona defeats the Reds, 5–0, behind the 1–hit pitching of Andy Benes. Gregg Olson picks up the last two outs for the save, as 1B Sean Casey gets the only hit for Cincinnati.

» January 7, 2000: The Cardinals sign free agent P Andy Benes to a 3-year contract.

» July 23, 2000: The Astros defeat the Cardinals, 15-7, hitting a record-tying four home runs off Andy Benes in the 2nd inning, and six homers all told. Benes is the 17th pitcher to surrender four homers in a single frame, and the 2nd his year.

» October 14, 2000: The Cardinals defeat the Mets, 8-2, for their 1st win in the NLCS. Andy Benes gets the win for St. Louis as all nine Cardinal starters get hits.

» September 6, 2002: The Cardinals defeat the Cubs, 11–2, as brothers Andy Benes and Alan Benes oppose each other in the 7th matchup of brothers in ML history. Andy gets the win while Alan takes the loss. The Cards score all 11 of their runs in the 3rd inning.

» September 29, 2002: The Cardinals win their 97th, beating the Brewers, 4–0. Andy Benes pitches five innings before leaving with a back twinge. Wayne Franklin pitches seven innings for the Brewers. Edgar Renteria knocks in the game's 1st run in the 8th with the 1st of two RBIs. He finishes with 82 RBIs, the highest for a Bird SS since Doc Lavan's 82 in 1921. Albert Pujols has no RBIs, but finishes with 127, one behind National League leader Lance Berkman. Pujols is the first batter since Ted Williams in 1939–40 to drive in more than 250 runs in his first two seasons in the majors. Pujols drove in 257 runs in his first two campaigns. Just four big–leaguers have posted 250 or more RBIs in their first two years in the majors. Joe DiMaggio holds the record with 292 ribbies in his first two; Dale Alexander with 272, is in 2nd place.