Ben Hendrickson

Who is Ben Hendrickson?

Benjamin John Hendrickson is a former baseball pitcher.

Hendrickson originally signed with the Milwaukee Brewers in the tenth round of the 1999 First-Year Player Draft. He made his major league debut with the Brewers in 2004, going only 1-8 with a 6.22 earned run average the same season he was named the International League's Most Valuable Player after going 11-3 with a 2.02 ERA and 93 strike outs in 21 starts for the Indianapolis Indians.

Hendrickson spent all of 2005 with the Brewers' triple A affiliate, the Nashville Sounds, but was once again a major leaguer for 2006. He struggled in his major league starts in early 2006, twice struggling to get out of the first inning. He was reassigned to Triple-A Nashville on May 21, 2006, after a dismal start against the Twins in which he allowed six runs on five hits and a walk without recording an out. He was the 14th pitcher in Brewers history to fail to record an out in a start and the first since Jamie McAndrew on August 28, 1995. He went 9-8 with Nashville, and was named a Pacific Coast League All-Star. He has a career major league ERA of 6.48 and has played in 13 games in his career, 10 in 2004 and 3 in 2006. Hendrickson also has 58 innings pitched.