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Benjamin Caldwell	Bats: Both Throws: Right Height: 6' 3'' Weight: 220   Born: March 7, 1956 in Portland, OR

Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award	1981
Slick Fielder Award	1983    1985    1993
All-Star Selections	1981    1983    1984    1985    1989

Ratings - Batting     Help
					AVG			2B			3B			HR			BB			SO
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1977	21	CHI	JL	$ 300,000	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	1	6	5	5	6	5	6
1978	22	NO	FL	$ 300,000	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	2	6	6	6	6	6	6
1979	23	NO	FL	$ 300,000	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	2	6	6	6	6	5	6
1980	24	NO	FL	$ 3,478,571	8	8	8	4	4	4	5	4	4	2	2	2	7	6	6	6	6	6
OOTP5 Min Ratings				$ 300,000	7	7	7	4	4	4	5	4	4	1	1	1	6	5	5	6	5	6
OOTP5 Max Ratings				$ 3,478,571	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	2	7	6	6	6	6	6
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1981	25	NO	FL	$ 3,542,857				20	20	20	7	7	7	12	12	12	15	14	15	13	13	13
1982	26	NO	FL	$ 5,470,000				20	20	20	10	10	10	13	12	13	15	15	15	13	13	13
1983	27	NO	FL	$ 5,470,000				20	20	20	12	12	12	13	13	13	15	14	15	13	13	13
1984	28	NO	FL	$ 5,470,000				20	20	20	12	12	12	13	12	13	15	14	15	13	12	13
1985	29	NO	FL	$ 5,470,000				20	20	20	12	12	12	13	12	13	15	15	15	13	13	13
1986	30	NO	FL	$ 6,750,000				19	19	19	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11
1987	31	NO	FL	$ 6,750,000				19	19	19	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
1988	32	NO	FL	$ 6,750,000				19	19	19	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
1989	33	NO	FL	$ 6,750,000				20	20	20	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
1990	34	NO	FL	$ 6,750,000				19	19	19	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
1991	35	WAS	JL	$ 4,900,000				18	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	11	10	10
1992	36	LV	FL	$ 4,900,000				17	17	17	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
1993	37	VAN	JL	$ 4,900,000				16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	9
1994	38	PHX	JL					9	9	9	2	2	2	8	7	8	7	6	7	6	6	6
OOTP6 Min Ratings								9	9	9	2	2	2	8	7	8	7	6	7	6	6	6
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 6,750,000				20	20	20	12	12	12	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	13	13

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1977	21	CHI	JL	92	371	51	113	10	8	2	35	19	8	25	51	.305	.353	.391	.744	49.9	8.8
		AAA		63	223	36	77	11	1	1	24	6	4	40	34	.345	.445	.417	.862	41.8
1978	22	CHI	JL	46	167	18	47	6	2	1	14	7	3	17	24	.281	.349	.359	.709	21.8	3.6
		NO	FL	109	435	56	132	17	2	2	31	20	9	38	75	.303	.363	.366	.728	59.0	13.0
		TOT		155	602	74	179	23	4	3	45	27	12	55	99	.297	.359	.364	.723	80.8	16.6
1979	23	NO	FL	152	581	63	194	24	9	9	64	24	15	42	96	.334	.383	.453	.836	91.9	20.3
1980	24	NO	FL	112	423	64	142	24	6	5	47	26	13	46	61	.336	.405	.456	.861	72.3	16.1
1981	25	NO	FL	157	601	116	209	32	11	11	78	24	14	89	104	.348	.433	.493	.926	124.6	29.3
1982	26	NO	FL	153	547	81	185	33	5	10	66	17	4	60	103	.338	.408	.472	.880	102.4	22.5
1983	27	NO	FL	156	603	108	195	38	10	20	96	9	8	55	112	.323	.387	.519	.906	109.0	24.4
1984	28	NO	FL	154	577	88	194	27	5	10	80	12	5	63	99	.336	.399	.452	.852	100.8	20.6
1985	29	NO	FL	152	556	93	168	27	9	15	80	3	4	52	103	.302	.363	.464	.827	89.1	15.6
1986	30	NO	FL	15	53	12	23	3	0	2	10	1	0	7	12	.434	.500	.604	1.104	12.8	2.6
1987	31	NO	FL	140	543	92	167	25	4	17	101	7	5	49	122	.308	.374	.462	.837	89.2	14.2
1988	32	NO	FL	141	553	79	164	35	4	11	66	10	3	43	119	.297	.350	.434	.784	77.1	13.6
1989	33	NO	FL	155	606	104	201	26	5	19	84	14	10	46	99	.332	.384	.485	.869	105.5	18.9
1990	34	NO	FL	122	466	76	150	26	4	12	74	21	8	44	80	.322	.379	.472	.851	82.7	15.3
1991	35	WAS	JL	154	562	80	156	29	3	15	70	7	4	59	112	.278	.349	.420	.769	79.9	12.9
1992	36	PHX	JL	99	388	65	119	17	8	16	72	6	3	34	62	.307	.368	.515	.883	67.6	14.3
		LV	FL	53	217	30	69	3	0	5	23	4	2	14	32	.318	.366	.401	.767	30.3	4.6
		TOT		152	605	95	188	20	8	21	95	10	5	48	94	.311	.367	.474	.841	98.0	18.9
1993	37	LV	FL	23	96	21	35	3	2	3	17	3	2	4	19	.365	.392	.531	.923	18.1	3.2
		VAN	JL	123	488	74	164	20	4	12	52	18	11	30	82	.336	.381	.467	.848	81.9	13.5
		TOT		146	584	95	199	23	6	15	69	21	13	34	101	.341	.383	.478	.860	99.9	16.7
1994	38	PHX	JL	100	352	36	94	13	3	6	53	5	3	15	82	.267	.300	.372	.672	37.3	3.1
18 Years Sim				2408	9185	1407	2921	438	104	203	1213	257	134	832	1649	.318	.378	.455	.833	1503.1	290.5
1 Years AAA				63	223	36	77	11	1	1	24	6	4	40	34	.345	.455	.417	.872	41.8
162 Game Average					617	94	196	29	6	13	81	17	9	55	110	.318	.378	.455	.833	101.1
Career Highs				157	606	116	209	38	11	21	101	27	15	89	122	.434	.500	.604	1.104	124.6

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		6335	963	2033	310	74	131	855	185	100	555	1118	.321	.380	.455	.835	1024.8
vs LH		2850	444	888	128	30	72	358	72	34	277	531	.312	.375	.453	.828	463.9
Home	1214	4523	686	1433	201	57	107	600	127	67	422	827	.317	.379	.457	.836	740.3
Away	1194	4662	721	1488	237	47	96	613	130	67	410	822	.319	.378	.452	.830	748.4
RISP		2165	0	716	120	26	53	949	0	0	254	413	.331	.396	.484	.880	395.5
Pinch Hitting		103	25	30	3	1	6	20	5	1	14	12	.291	.381	.515	.896	20.2
Close/Late		1077	150	316	44	12	29	162	0	0	130	213	.293	.371	.437	.808	172.6
Mar/Apr	374	1447	223	451	70	17	38	220	35	21	134	288	.312	.371	.462	.834	235.3
May	388	1459	224	454	62	19	24	172	41	14	132	253	.311	.376	.429	.805	224.8
June	386	1447	212	459	64	21	32	200	43	23	146	267	.317	.383	.457	.840	240.2
July	420	1581	237	481	76	18	32	209	44	25	156	291	.304	.370	.436	.805	244.4
August	427	1665	264	556	82	19	37	215	39	24	138	291	.334	.389	.473	.862	280.9
Sep/Oct	413	1586	247	520	84	10	40	197	55	27	126	259	.328	.380	.469	.850	263.2

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1977	21	CHI	JL	3B	90	90	779.3	53	185	11	22	.956	2.75					2.4
				2B	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1978	22	CHI	JL	3B	37	36	298.5	20	80	4	9	.962	3.02					0.9
				2B	8	7	63.8	14	27	0	4	1.000	5.78					0.4
		NO	FL	3B	89	85	770.5	50	207	11	22	.959	3.00					2.6
				2B	19	17	164.6	37	68	1	11	.991	5.74					0.8
		TOT		3B	126	121	1069.0	70	287	15	31	.960	3.01					3.5
				2B	27	24	228.4	51	95	1	15	.993	5.75					1.2
1979	23	NO	FL	2B	99	94	854.0	175	377	12	68	.979	5.82					4.5
				SS	50	50	441.3	77	184	12	37	.956	5.32					2.2
				3B	1	0	2.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.86					0.0
1980	24	NO	FL	SS	110	106	961.0	143	370	31	58	.943	4.80					2.8
				3B	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1981	25	NO	FL	2B	150	148	1337.3	282	480	16	94	.979	5.13					4.4
				SS	3	0	8.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				3B	2	0	5.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80					0.0
1982	26	NO	FL	2B	134	129	1138.7	233	435	8	89	.988	5.28					7.0
				3B	15	8	84.3	3	16	1	2	.950	2.03					0.0
				SS	3	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1983	27	NO	FL	3B	125	124	1112.0	81	269	22	17	.941	2.83					3.7
				2B	23	18	176.0	32	78	6	11	.948	5.63					0.9
				SS	3	0	4.0	2	1	0	1	1.000	6.75					0.0
1984	28	NO	FL	3B	141	140	1251.0	85	282	16	17	.958	2.64					3.8
				2B	10	1	28.0	5	10	0	1	1.000	4.82					0.2
1985	29	NO	FL	3B	142	142	1256.0	88	296	17	25	.958	2.75					5.0
				2B	7	0	15.0	1	8	0	1	1.000	5.40					0.1
				SS	3	0	4.7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1986	30	NO	FL	3B	15	15	129.3	12	29	0	0	1.000	2.85					0.7
1987	31	NO	FL	2B	114	113	1012.7	174	326	8	50	.984	4.44					4.6
				3B	25	24	221.0	14	47	2	1	.968	2.48					0.7
1988	32	NO	FL	2B	95	92	801.3	135	237	5	47	.987	4.18					3.7
				3B	46	46	408.7	28	82	8	9	.932	2.42					1.0
1989	33	NO	FL	3B	111	107	959.3	57	187	12	10	.953	2.29					2.7
				2B	42	39	349.7	68	100	5	20	.971	4.32					1.7
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1990	34	NO	FL	3B	113	113	1012.7	83	233	9	18	.972	2.81					4.1
				2B	2	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00					0.0
				SS	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1991	35	WAS	JL	3B	112	111	1000.0	66	233	13	22	.958	2.69					4.1
				2B	31	30	268.0	52	100	2	26	.987	5.10					1.2
				SS	8	2	31.7	10	12	2	5	.917	6.25					0.2
1992	36	PHX	JL	3B	65	64	553.7	37	115	5	9	.968	2.47					1.0
				2B	19	16	137.3	32	53	1	10	.988	5.57					0.7
				SS	14	13	121.2	12	39	3	5	.944	3.79					0.5
		LV	FL	3B	35	35	305.3	20	64	3	5	.966	2.48					0.3
				2B	10	8	75.7	17	29	1	5	.979	5.47					0.5
				SS	7	7	66.8	7	22	2	2	.935	3.91					0.3
		TOT		3B	100	99	859.0	57	179	8	14	.967	2.47					1.3
				2B	29	24	213.0	49	82	2	15	.985	5.54					1.1
				SS	21	20	188.0	19	61	5	7	.941	3.83					0.8
1993	37	LV	FL	3B	20	20	181.7	13	48	2	6	.968	3.02					1.0
				2B	2	2	16.5	3	6	0	1	1.000	4.91					0.1
				SS	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
		VAN	JL	3B	109	108	943.7	66	249	12	30	.963	3.00					3.6
				2B	10	10	85.5	18	34	2	8	.963	5.47					0.5
				SS	1	0	1.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	5.29					0.0
		TOT		3B	129	128	1125.4	79	297	14	36	.964	3.01					4.6
				2B	12	12	102.0	21	40	2	9	.968	5.38					0.6
				SS	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1994	38	PHX	JL	3B	99	98	834.7	60	144	9	10	.958	2.20					0.5
				SS	2	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
				2B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
				3B	1393	1366	12112.0	836	2768	157	234	.958	2.68					38.3
				2B	778	724	6531.0	1279	2370	67	446	.982	5.03					31.2
				SS	207	178	1650.0	253	632	50	108	.947	4.83					6.0
Career Totals					2378	2268	20293.1	2368	5770	274	788	.967	3.61					75.6
Career Highs					155	148	1350.7	282	562	31	105	1.000	5.65

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1983	27	NO	FL	9	41	5	14	3	0	4	10	0	0	4	10	.341	.400	.707	1.107
1984	28	NO	FL	16	67	14	15	3	0	3	9	0	1	7	18	.224	.307	.403	.710
1985	29	NO	FL	17	65	9	29	3	1	4	18	1	0	5	10	.446	.486	.708	1.194
1987	31	NO	FL	14	57	9	22	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	10	.386	.417	.474	.890
1988	32	NO	FL	14	54	6	11	0	0	2	7	0	0	6	12	.204	.279	.315	.594
1992	36	LV	FL	4	19	2	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	.421	.450	.474	.924
Career Post-Season Batting				74	303	45	99	13	2	13	47	2	1	25	62	.327	.381	.512	.893

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1979-4-.334 1980-8-.315* 1981-2-.348 1982-2-.338 1983-8-.323 1984-2-.336 1989-4-.332 1990-7-.322 1993-5-.336 CAR-15-.318 On-Base Pct 1979-7-.383 1980-7-.382* 1981-1-.433 1982-2-.408 1983-3-.387 1984-1-.399 1989-6-.384 1993-8-.381 CAR-24-.378 Slugging Pct 1981-8-.493 1983-6-.519 OPS 1979-10-.836 1981-1-.926 1982-6-.880 1983-3-.906 1984-8-.852 XR 1981-1-124.6 1982-3-102.4 1983-4-109.0 1984-4-100.8 1989-9-105.5 CAR-8-1503.1 Games 1981-6-157 1983-8-156 CAR-5-2408 At-Bats 1981-6-601 1983-7-603 1989-5-606 CAR-3-9185 Runs 1981-1-116 1983-4-108 1989-6-104 CAR-9-1407 Hits 1979-4-194 1981-3-209 1982-3-185 1983-4-195 1984-4-194 1989-4-201 CAR-3-2921 Total Bases 1981-3-296 1983-3-313 CAR-9-4176 Singles 1979-3-152 1981-3-155 1982-3-137 1983-10-127 1984-4-152 1987-9-121 1989-4-151 CAR-3-2176 Doubles CAR-23-438 Triples 1981-8-11 1983-7-10 CAR-22-104 RBIs 1983-9-96 CAR-22-1213 Caught Stealing 1980-10-13 CAR-48-134 Walks 1981-5-89 CAR-25-832 Strikeouts CAR-17-1649

Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)    Gray Ink Test: 82    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)    Hall of Fame Standards: 70    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Chicago in 1977

Had first career hit on 6/11/1977, off Aaron Alfonso (CHA)

Hit first career homerun on 7/20/1977, off Andy Messersmith (WAS)

Traded from Chicago to New Orleans on 5/21/1978 (Going to NO: 3B B. Caldwell. Going to CHI: P B. Franco, 3B B. Nowell)

Injured on 4/20/1979 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week

Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1979, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 17 RBI

Injured on 5/7/1980 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Calgary on 8/21/1980

Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game

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