The Reds announced his death in a statement on Thursday. Todd Benzinger, the former Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants star, has passed away at the age of 63. A cause of death of the 1990 MLB World Series winner was not given.
The death of the former MLB World Series winner has revealed that there is very little documented detail on his family, especially his marriages and children. In this article, we will take a look at what is publicly documented over the years about the family of the late Todd Benzinger.
“Todd will forever be remembered by Reds fans for catching the final out of the 1990 World Series, but those of us who had the privilege of knowing him will remember so much more,” Rick Walls, the executive director of the Reds Hall of Fame Museum, said.
a media guide of Wright State University basketball team’s from 2014-15 documents their son, Grant Benzinger, as the “son of Todd Benzinger and Kristi Wagers While the SABR article only documents the name Kristi. Grant Benzinger was a star at Wright State basketball, finishing with 1,451 points in 132 games across four seasons (2014 to 2018). An MLB.com news article from 2018 documents that Grant Benzinger was voted the MVP of the Horizon League Tournament. He suffered an ACL tear in 2019 but stayed with the club till the 2020-21 season.
After college, Grant Benzinger moved to Germany, playing for the Uni Baskets Paderborn in the country’s second-tier ProA League.
Todd Benzinger was married to Kristi Wagers , according to the Society for American Baseball Research.
