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Benny Ayala

Benigno (Felix) Ayala

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 7, 1951 in Yauco, P.R.
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1974
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Indians/Mets/Cardinals 1974-1985

Final Game: October 2, 1985
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 NYM NL 23 OF 20 18 17 163.2 41 37 1 3 1 .927 1 8 2.09 1.90 .979 2.27 2.27
1974 NYM NL 23 LF 18 16 16 146.2 36 32 1 3 0 .917 0 2 2.02 1.83 .976 1.99 1.99
1974 NYM NL 23 RF 2 2 1 17.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 56 3.71 3.50 .974 2.01 2.05
1976 NYM NL 25 OF 7 4 0 30.1 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -1 -24 2.37 1.14 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 NYM NL 25 RF 4 1 0 13.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 81 3.38 1.25 .974 2.16 2.15
1976 NYM NL 25 LF 3 3 0 17.0 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -2 -106 2.12 1.33 .976 2.01 2.00
1977 STL NL 26 OF 1 1 1 8.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 1 135 7.88 7.00 .979 2.25 2.30
1977 STL NL 26 RF 1 1 1 8.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 1 135 7.88 7.00 .974 2.14 2.10
1979 BAL AL 28 OF 24 21 3 138.0 39 38 0 1 0 .974 3 30 2.48 1.58 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 BAL AL 28 LF 23 21 3 134.0 39 38 0 1 0 .974 4 31 2.55 1.65 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 BAL AL 28 DH 11 3
1979 BAL AL 28 RF 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1980 BAL AL 29 DH 39 26
1980 BAL AL 29 OF 19 15 5 104.1 22 20 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -16 1.90 1.16 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 BAL AL 29 LF 17 14 4 93.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -18 1.65 1.00 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 BAL AL 29 RF 2 1 1 11.1 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 3.18 2.00 .975 2.14 2.10
1981 BAL AL 30 DH 27 21
1981 BAL AL 30 LF 4 3 0 11.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1 142 4.09 1.25 .980 2.37 2.38
1981 BAL AL 30 OF 4 3 0 11.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1 142 4.09 1.25 .984 2.45 2.48
1982 BAL AL 31 LF 25 22 4 136.0 35 34 0 1 0 .971 1 8 2.25 1.36 .981 2.29 2.28
1982 BAL AL 31 OF 25 22 4 136.0 36 35 0 1 0 .972 1 8 2.32 1.40 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 BAL AL 31 DH 17 9
1982 BAL AL 31 1B 3 2 1 25.0 24 24 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -5 8.64 8.00 .992 9.86 9.80
1983 BAL AL 32 OF 24 21 4 162.0 43 41 0 2 0 .953 0 1 2.28 1.71 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 BAL AL 32 LF 19 18 4 134.0 39 38 0 1 0 .974 2 16 2.55 2.00 .977 2.32 2.30
1983 BAL AL 32 DH 11 9
1983 BAL AL 32 RF 5 3 0 28.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -2 -73 0.96 0.60 .978 2.25 2.24
1984 BAL AL 33 DH 35 23
1984 BAL AL 33 OF 13 7 0 53.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 16 1.70 0.77 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 BAL AL 33 LF 11 6 0 50.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 14 1.80 0.91 .982 2.27 2.26
1984 BAL AL 33 RF 2 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 0.50 .980 2.10 2.20
1985 CLE AL 34 LF 20 19 3 98.0 23 20 1 2 0 .913 -3 -40 1.93 1.05 .977 2.25 2.23
1985 CLE AL 34 OF 20 19 3 98.0 24 21 1 2 0 .917 -3 -40 2.02 1.10 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 CLE AL 34 DH 3 2
10 Seasons OF 157 131 37 904.1 236 218 8 10 3 .958 3 4 2.25 1.44 .981 2.43 2.42
9 Seasons LF 140 122 34 819.2 209 194 6 9 0 .957 2 3 2.20 1.43 .979 2.23 2.23
7 Seasons RF 17 9 3 84.2 28 25 2 1 2 .964 1 13 2.87 1.59 .975 2.16 2.16
1 Season 1B 3 2 1 25.0 24 24 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -5 8.64 8.00 .992 9.86 9.80
10 Seasons TOT 160 133 38 929.1 260 242 8 10 5 .962 3 4 2.42 1.56 .982 2.63 2.56
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1974 NYM NL 23 LF 0 2 -1 -1 -0 1
1974 NYM NL 23 RF 1 56 1 1 0 0
1976 NYM NL 25 RF 1 81 1 0 1 0
1976 NYM NL 25 LF -2 -106 -0 0 -1 -1
1977 STL NL 26 RF 1 135 1 0 1 0
1979 BAL AL 28 LF 4 31 2 2 0 2
1979 BAL AL 28 RF -0 -30 -0 0 -0 0
1980 BAL AL 29 LF -1 -18 -1 -0 -1 0
1980 BAL AL 29 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BAL AL 30 LF 1 142 0 0 0 1
1982 BAL AL 31 LF 1 8 2 1 1 -1
1982 BAL AL 31 1B -0 -5 -0 0 -0 0
1983 BAL AL 32 LF 2 16 3 -1 4 -1
1983 BAL AL 32 RF -2 -73 -2 -0 -1 0
1984 BAL AL 33 LF 1 14 1 0 0 0
1984 BAL AL 33 RF 0 40 0 0 0 0
1985 CLE AL 34 LF -3 -40 -3 -2 -1 0
9 Seasons LF 2 3 1 -0 2 1
7 Seasons RF 1 13 1 0 1 0
1 Season 1B -0 -5 -0 0 -0 0
10 Seasons TOT 3 4 2 -0 2 0 1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 NYM NL 23 23 18 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 2 20 0 4 0
1976 NYM NL 25 22 4 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 0 16 1
1977 STL NL 26 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
1979 BAL AL 28 42 24 42 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1 24 11 17 0
1980 BAL AL 29 76 41 76 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 2 19 39 35 0
1981 BAL AL 30 44 24 44 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 27 20 0
1982 BAL AL 31 64 33 64 28 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 17 28 1
1983 BAL AL 32 47 30 47 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 5 24 11 15 1
1984 BAL AL 33 60 30 60 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 13 35 30 0
1985 CLE AL 34 46 21 46 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 3 25 0
10 Seasons 425 226 425 160 0 0 3 0 0 0 140 0 17 157 143 190 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 NYM NL 23 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 8 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 20 14 70.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 596 67% 82% 29% 69 48%
1976 NYM NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 1 12.5% 7 0 0.0% 1 73 79% 84% 29% 17 24%
1979 BAL AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 4 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 18 15 83.3% 3 0 0.0% 0 563 61% 84% 27% 71 54%
1980 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 4 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 8 53.3% 6 1 6.7% 0 388 67% 83% 26% 45 38%
1981 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 33.3% 2 2 33.3% 0 45 60% 73% 27% 6 83%
1982 BAL AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 5 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 23 13 56.5% 10 0 0.0% 0 566 69% 86% 31% 79 43%
1983 BAL AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 16 10 62.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 541 60% 84% 30% 78 49%
1984 BAL AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 197 68% 85% 29% 10 100%
1985 CLE AL 34 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 1 462 51% 86% 27% 24 83%
9 Seasons 9 0 8 1 3 6 0 2 1 2 42 33 1 29 9 2 17 11 0 10 2 0 17 13 0 115 68 59.1% 44 3 2.6% 3 3431 63% 84% 29% 399 50%
MLB Averages 59.5% 3.0% 60% 82% 27% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 NYM NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 77 78% 82% 38% 9 78%
1976 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 87% 81% 30% 5 100%
1977 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 42 48% 95% 26% 13 46%
1979 BAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 53% 67% 13% 1 0%
1980 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 49 55% 88% 33% 8 38%
1983 BAL AL 32 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 116 59% 85% 30% 13 23%
1984 BAL AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 62% 92% 15% 1 100%
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 13 5 38.5% 8 0 0.0% 2 365 65% 85% 30% 50 50%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.1% 60% 82% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1982 BAL AL 31 103 72% 84% 25% 2 100% 0 24 0 24 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1 Season 103 72% 84% 25% 2 100% 0 24 0 24 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 60% 82% 28% 94% 90%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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