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Benjamin
Benjamin		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 4, 1957 in Philadelphia, PA
 
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 20 CAL JL   2 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
1978 21 CAL JL   3 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2
1979 22 MRQ JL   4 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2
1980 23 MRQ JL   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
                                             
  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 24 MRQ JL     10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7
1982 25 MRQ JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 11 11 11 9 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7
1983 26 MRQ JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 11 11 11 9 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7
1984 27 MAD JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 12 12 12 9 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8
1985 28 MAD JL $ 300,000   9 9 9 12 12 12 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8
1986 29 MAD JL $ 350,000   10 10 10 12 12 12 10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7
1987 30 MAD JL $ 350,000   10 10 11 13 13 13 10 11 11 8 8 8 7 7 7
1988 31 MAD JL $ 350,000   9 9 10 11 11 11 8 9 8 9 9 9 7 7 7
1989 32 MAD JL $ 350,000   10 10 10 9 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 9 6 6 6
1990 33 HAK FL     9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   10 10 11 13 13 13 10 11 11 9 9 9 8 8 8
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 20 A   115 480 61 124 14 0 0 32 28 6 20 110 .258 .288 .288 .576 40.8  
1978 21 A   135 565 73 157 26 2 1 35 35 8 40 127 .278 .326 .336 .662 64.4  
1979 22 AA   136 549 63 164 28 1 7 52 27 8 37 137 .299 .343 .392 .735 73.2  
1980 23 AAA   137 591 73 159 35 3 8 37 32 7 35 152 .269 .310 .379 .689 70.3  
1981 24 AAA   138 604 94 166 28 11 19 87 37 15 56 165 .275 .336 .452 .788 91.8  
1982 25 MRQ JL 64 227 20 57 8 4 6 34 9 8 21 66 .251 .315 .401 .716 27.1 3.5
    AAA   89 340 56 92 10 3 14 51 21 8 37 100 .271 .342 .441 .783 53.0  
1983 26 MRQ JL 141 454 56 114 23 5 13 44 24 14 31 134 .251 .303 .410 .713 54.7 8.0
1984 27 MAD JL 106 166 23 24 3 0 5 11 8 7 9 68 .145 .191 .253 .444 5.2 0.0
1985 28 MAD JL 77 87 23 14 0 1 1 5 11 4 2 32 .161 .180 .218 .398 2.3 0.0
1986 29 MAD JL 52 35 13 7 1 0 0 0 7 3 3 14 .200 .263 .229 .492 2.4 0.0
1987 30 MAD JL 6 12 8 6 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 .500 .571 .833 1.405 4.2 1.1
    AAA   126 499 103 137 21 6 33 90 29 7 73 146 .275 .367 .539 .906 100.4  
1988 31 MAD JL 13 18 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 4 .222 .263 .222 .485 0.1 0.0
    AAA   121 530 96 149 21 5 31 83 30 9 45 139 .281 .337 .515 .852 92.2  
1989 32 MAD JL 4 9 4 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 2 .333 .400 1.000 1.400 3.2 0.7
    AAA   138 563 95 173 12 12 30 93 34 11 66 159 .307 .380 .531 .911 111.4  
1990 33 AAA   95 392 60 114 18 4 15 53 21 10 28 113 .291 .338 .472 .810 60.6  
8 Years Sim 463 1008 149 229 36 10 28 103 64 41 69 321 .227 .280 .366 .646 99.3 13.2
7 Years AAA 844 3519 577 990 145 44 150 494 204 67 340 974 .281 .345 .475 .821 579.8  
1 Years AA 136 549 63 164 28 1 7 52 27 8 37 137 .299 .346 .392 .737 73.2  
2 Years A 250 1045 134 281 40 2 1 67 63 14 60 237 .269 .309 .314 .623 105.2  
10 Years Minors 1230 5113 774 1435 213 47 158 613 294 89 437 1348 .281 .338 .433 .771 758.2  
162 Game Average 352 52 80 12 3 9 36 22 14 24 112 .227 .280 .366 .646 34.7  
Career Highs 141 454 56 114 23 5 13 44 24 14 31 134 .500 .571 1.000 1.405 54.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   699 113 159 24 8 20 75 47 24 40 221 .227 .274 .371 .645 70.4
vs LH   309 36 70 12 2 8 28 17 17 29 100 .227 .291 .356 .647 30.8
Home 226 480 68 100 15 5 12 43 28 18 35 162 .208 .262 .335 .597 42.0
Away 235 528 80 129 21 5 16 60 36 22 34 159 .244 .296 .394 .690 59.6
RISP   273 0 58 6 4 8 74 0 0 18 85 .212 .263 .352 .614 25.5
Pinch Hitting   62 6 11 3 1 1 2 2 3 6 23 .177 .261 .306 .567 4.2
Close/Late   129 57 33 4 2 7 21 0 1 7 44 .256 .294 .481 .775 17.9
Mar/Apr 75 159 17 23 4 0 0 3 8 5 11 56 .145 .218 .170 .388 2.9
May 70 118 22 29 4 2 4 12 6 7 8 46 .246 .294 .415 .709 13.2
June 61 128 20 30 6 1 4 13 11 5 7 41 .234 .272 .391 .663 14.0
July 84 199 37 53 9 3 8 34 15 6 16 57 .266 .323 .462 .785 29.8
August 93 234 27 49 9 2 6 20 13 10 16 71 .209 .258 .342 .600 20.0
Sep/Oct 77 170 26 45 4 2 6 21 11 8 11 50 .265 .313 .418 .731 21.3
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1982 25 MRQ JL CF 63 60 523.3 140 5 6 0 .960 2.49 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1983 26 MRQ JL RF 88 80 695.0 179 6 0 1 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    C 20 19 171.0 127 9 1 0 .993 7.16 25 5 .200 0 1.1
    CF 20 19 167.0 54 1 1 1 .982 2.96 0 0 .000 0  
1984 27 MAD JL C 22 18 157.0 132 7 2 0 .986 7.97 21 5 .238 0 1.1
    RF 21 14 139.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.94 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 10 4 41.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 28 MAD JL C 12 9 78.0 56 5 1 0 .984 7.04 8 1 .125 0 0.5
    CF 17 5 65.0 24 1 1 0 .962 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 15 3 48.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.06 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 5 0 9.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 9.3 5 3 0 3 1.000 7.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1986 29 MAD JL C 12 4 42.7 47 1 0 0 1.000 10.13 6 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 6 3 25.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 7 1 15.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 30 MAD JL CF 2 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 31 MAD JL CF 3 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 2 15.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 11.40 3 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 1 9.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 14.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 32 MAD JL C 3 3 24.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 2 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 133 99 913.3 227 7 0 2 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0 3.1
  CF 121 95 855.3 240 7 8 1 .969 2.60 0 0 .000 0 1.6
  C 71 55 487.7 405 22 4 0 .991 7.88 65 11 .169 0 3.2
  LF 2 1 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 4 1 10.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 5 0 9.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 2 0 9.3 5 3 0 3 1.000 7.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   339 251 2300.3 896 41 12 6 .987 3.67 65 11 .169 0 8.0
Career Highs   128 118 1033.0 360 16 6 3 1.000 9.00 25 5 .238 0  
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.
Strikeouts
1983-8-134
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Edwin Cifonte (975)
  2. John Gibbons (971)
  3. Brendon Yagi (969)
  4. Jim Severin (968)
  5. Ernie Whitt (966)
  6. Thad Krueter (966)
  7. Dick Lotz (964)
  8. Alex Cordero (964)
  9. Lance Houston (963)
  10. Curt McAleavey (961)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 23rd overall pick, by California in 1977
Injured on 4/25/1977 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 6/28/1978 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from California to Marquette on 7/3/1979 (Going to CAL: P J. Schmatzhagen. Going to MRQ: CF B. Benjamin, P D. Jensen)
Injured on 4/4/1980 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
 
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