Benjamin Risinger, (born 25 November 1977 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian professional baseball player.
He made his professional debut in the 1995–1996 Australian Baseball League, hitting .265/.321/.286 as a backup infielder for the Perth Heat.
Lake Elsinore was co-champion of the California League when the final series was cancelled due to the attack on the World Trade Center on 11 September.
The next season, his average fell further as he only eked out a batting line of .211/.369/.336 in 41 games; all he had going for him was the fact that he managed to get hit by pitch 13 times.
In the postseason, he batted .432 with a team-high 3 home runs and 12 RBI as Gary won the Northern League title.
He was then brought up to San Diego, not as a player, but as the bullpen catcher when Mark Merila was battling a brain tumor.
He led the Cup in average but was not included in the All-Star team as Maximiliano De Biase was chosen as the DH.
Risinger tied Omar Linares for the third-highest average in an Intercontinental Cup from 1991–2007, trailing only Jeffrey Cranston (.591, 1995) and fellow Australian team member Paul Gonzalez (.571, 1994).
After falling behind 0–2 in the count, he smacked a 93-mph fastball from Doo-sung Hwang into deep center field to drive in Huber with the winning run.