Benson is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets. The left-handed-hitting Benson will be on the bench for the fourth time in five games, with three of those absences coming against right-handed starting pitchers. At this point, Benson appears to have faded into a reserve role while the Reds have opened up more playing time in the outfield lately for Blake Dunn and Spencer Steer. The decline in opportunities comes while Benson has slashed just .091/.259/.091 with a 37 percent strikeout rate over his last 11 games.
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William Benson Game Log 2026
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PreseasonDateOppResultABRH1B2B3BHRRBIBBHBPKSBCSTB3/24L 4-1200000001020003/23L 9-1100000000000003/22L 8-2301100000000013/21W 11-7311000110060043/20W 8-6200000000020003/18L 7-4311100001031013/16L 11-6310000000040003/14W 4-3300000000050003/13W 6-1121100002020013/10W 8-1422010110020063/9L 9-7100000001130003/8W 13-4311000120010043/6L 6-3200000001031003/5W 14-13211000121010043/2W 17-9311100000050013/1L 12-4210000001040002/26W 11-10221100001000012/24W 5-4300000000050002/21L 4-231100012002004
Preseason Totals 4614115105891502027 -
Regular SeasonDateOppResultABRH1B2B3BHRRBIBBHBPKSBCSTB6/10L 5-4100000000020006/9W 5-3000000000000006/7L 5-3400000000080006/6L 6-5101100000000016/3L 5-2401100000060016/2W 4-3111000110010046/1L 9-2100000001020005/31W 5-3301010000020025/29L 8-3100000000000005/27L 4-2000000000000005/23W 7-6201100000030015/20W 9-4200000010030005/17L 10-3300000000080005/16L 7-4100000000030005/15W 7-6300000001040005/14W 15-1111100000000015/13L 8-7200000000040005/12L 10-4200000001020005/10W 5-0400000000160005/9W 3-1110000002070005/8L 10-0100000000030005/7L 8-3000000001010005/6L 7-6412200001050025/4L 5-4311100001040015/3L 1-0300000000050005/2L 17-7422010110030064/30W 6-4400000000060004/29L 13-2111000120010044/26L 8-3100000000000004/25W 9-2200000000040004/22L 6-1200000001030004/21W 12-6000000001010004/19W 7-4020000000000004/18W 5-4201100001021014/170-0100000000010004/14W 2-1000000000000004/12L 9-6000000001000004/10L 10-2210000001040004/9L 8-1000000001010004/8L 7-4400000000090004/7W 6-3100000000010004/6W 2-0401100000050114/5W 2-1202110000000034/4W 2-0200000000010004/3W 5-3200000000030004/1L 8-3200000000030003/31L 8-3200000000020003/30W 2-0301001010050033/28W 6-5301100001030013/26L 3-010000000001000
Regular Season Totals 9311181131361511381132
William Benson Splits 2026
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SplitsHRRBIHAVG1B2B3BBBHBPSBCSTBOBP
Overall 36180.189113115111320.313Away 12100.2007208011150.322Home 2480.1784117100170.302Day 1290.1915308110150.333Night 2490.1886017001170.291March 0120.222101100040.300April 1250.152310601190.300May 1280.1955207100130.327June 1130.250200100060.308Opponent vs BOS 0 0 1 0.250 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.400 vs HOU 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.333 vs KC 1 1 2 0.333 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.429 vs COL 1 2 1 0.200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.200 vs ATL 0 0 1 0.200 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.200 vs LAA 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.500 vs PHI 0 1 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 vs SD 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 vs DET 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 vs TEX 0 0 2 0.333 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.333 vs CLE 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.125 vs PIT 1 2 3 0.214 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0.214 vs STL 0 0 2 0.286 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.286 vs MIA 0 0 1 0.111 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0.200 vs NYM 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 vs SF 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 vs WSH 0 0 1 0.200 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.333 vs MIN 0 0 1 0.250 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0.500 vs CHC 0 0 3 0.429 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.600 vs TB 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.500 Venue @ Cincinnati 2 4 8 0.178 4 1 1 7 1 0 0 17 0.302 @ Minnesota 0 0 1 0.250 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0.500 @ St. Louis 0 0 1 0.200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.200 @ Texas 0 0 2 0.333 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.333 @ Miami 0 0 1 0.111 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0.200 @ Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.500 @ Philadelphia 0 1 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 @ San Diego 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 @ New York 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 @ Chicago 0 0 3 0.429 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.600 @ Pittsburgh 1 1 2 0.286 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.286 @ Cleveland 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.125
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William Benson: Breaking News
Hitting bench in Game 1
Benson isn't in the lineup for the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Cardinals. After going just 1-for-20 over his last 11 games, Benson will pick out a seat on the bench to begin the opening half of Saturday's twin bill. While he rests, JJ Bleday, Dane Myers and Blake Dunn will form the Reds' outfield trio.
Hitting bench Monday
Benson is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Phillies. The left-handed-hitting Benson had been included in the lineup for each of the Reds' last six matchups with right-handed pitchers, but he'll hit the bench against Phillies righty Andrew Painter while Cincinnati goes with a starting outfield of JJ Bleday, TJ Friedl and Spencer Steer from left to right. Second baseman Matt McClain will occupy Benson's usual spot at the top of the batting order.