Griffin Benedict hit .259 across 30 games with the Eugene Emeralds. He went 30-for-116 with seven doubles, one homer, 12 runs scored and 12 RBI. He posted a .348 on-base percentage with a 11-to-30 walk-to-strikeout ratio while getting hit by five pitches. He stole four bases in five attempts and committed two errors in the field with two passed balls. He hit .225 with runners in scoring position in 40 at-bats and grounded into one double play. Benedict threw out 3-of-19 runners attempting to steal, good for 15.8 percent.

Griffin Benedict hit .286 across six games with the Fort Wayne TinCaps. He went 6-for-21 with four runs scored and two RBI. He posted a .375 on-base percentage with a 2-to-2 walk-to-strikeout ratio. He was caught stealing in his only attempt and committed two errors in the field. He hit .143 in seven at-bats with runners in scoring position. Benedict threw out 3-of-6 runners attempting to steal.

Griffin Benedict went 0-for-3 across one game with the Portland Beavers.

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Griffin Benedict was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 16th-round of the 2009 MLB Draft, 474th overall.

Benedict finished with the team lead hitting 14 home runs. He hit three homers and finished 6-for-9 at the plate at the NCAA Fullerton Regional, ending the season with a .412 batting average – tied for seventh-best in a season. He hit two doubles, scored five runs and drove in four in the two games.

The First Team All-Southern Conference pick hit 17 doubles, scored 67 runs and drove in 65. He set the Georgia Southern single season record with 24 hit by pitches and finished his career second all-time with 53. Benedict also walked (34) more times than he struck out on the year (31) in 221 at-bats. He finished 8-for-8 in stolen bases and posted a .988 fielding percentage.

Among the national leaders, Benedict currently stands 35th in batting average, fourth in hit by pitches, seventh in on-base percentage (.528), 59th in RBI and 84th in slugging percentage (.679). Earlier this year he tied a NCAA single-game record hitting two home runs during the same inning in a 14-4 win over #20 East Carolina.

He played in 225 career games as an Eagle, tying for 10th place on that all-time list. Benedict also finished his career ranked sixth in runs (192) and tied for sixth in RBI (195). He posted a .342 all-time batting average with 53 doubles (tied 7th) and 33 home runs. Benedict was one of two players in program history to record 60 runs scored/60 RBI in two consecutive years.