Benny Ayala
Benigno (Felix) Ayala
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
Final Game: October 2, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 NYM NL 23 OF 20 18 163.2 41 37 1 3 1 .927 1.1 8.1 0.1 -0.1 0.2 1 2.09 1.90 .980 2.27 1.96
1974 NYM NL 23 LF 18 16 146.2 36 32 1 3 0 .917 0.3 2.5 -0.7 -0.1 -0.6 1 2.02 1.83 .978 1.99 1.55
1974 NYM NL 23 RF 2 2 17.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 56.5 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 3.71 3.50 .971 2.06 1.65
1976 NYM NL 25 OF 7 4 30.1 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -0.6 -23.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 -1 2.37 1.14 .978 2.34 2.03
1976 NYM NL 25 RF 4 1 13.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 81.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 3.38 1.25 .980 2.16 1.82
1976 NYM NL 25 LF 3 3 17.0 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -1.5 -105.9 -0.5 -0.7 0.2 -1 2.12 1.33 .980 2.01 1.60
1977 STL NL 26 OF 1 1 8.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 0.9 135.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 7.88 7.00 .971 2.25 1.90
1977 STL NL 26 RF 1 1 8.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 0.9 135.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 7.88 7.00 .971 2.14 1.80
1979 BAL AL 28 OF 24 21 138.0 39 38 0 1 0 .974 3.4 29.6 1.4 -0.1 1.5 2 2.48 1.58 .982 2.46 2.13
1979 BAL AL 28 LF 23 21 134.0 39 38 0 1 0 .974 3.5 31.3 1.5 0.0 1.5 2 2.55 1.65 .979 2.22 1.80
1979 BAL AL 28 DH 10
1979 BAL AL 28 RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1980 BAL AL 29 DH 41
1980 BAL AL 29 OF 19 15 104.1 22 20 2 0 1 1.000 -1.4 -16.1 -1.4 -1.2 -0.2 0 1.90 1.16 .977 2.47 2.15
1980 BAL AL 29 LF 17 14 93.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -18.1 -1.4 -1.2 -0.2 0 1.65 1.00 .982 2.35 1.92
1980 BAL AL 29 RF 2 1 11.1 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.18 2.00 .975 2.14 1.75
1981 BAL AL 30 DH 27
1981 BAL AL 30 LF 4 3 11.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.3 141.8 0.3 0.0 0.3 1 4.09 1.25 .980 2.37 2.00
1981 BAL AL 30 OF 4 3 11.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.3 141.8 0.3 0.0 0.3 1 4.09 1.25 .980 2.45 2.15
1982 BAL AL 31 LF 25 22 136.0 35 34 0 1 0 .971 0.9 7.9 1.9 0.8 1.0 -1 2.25 1.36 .980 2.29 1.91
1982 BAL AL 31 OF 25 22 136.0 36 35 0 1 0 .972 0.9 7.9 1.9 0.8 1.0 -1 2.32 1.40 .983 2.47 2.15
1982 BAL AL 31 DH 17
1982 BAL AL 31 1B 3 2 25.0 24 24 0 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -4.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 8.64 8.00 .992 9.86 8.50
1983 BAL AL 32 OF 24 21 162.0 43 41 0 2 0 .953 0.1 0.7 1.1 2.3 -1.1 -1 2.28 1.71 .981 2.50 2.16
1983 BAL AL 32 LF 19 18 134.0 39 38 0 1 0 .974 1.8 16.1 2.8 3.5 -0.6 -1 2.55 2.00 .977 2.32 1.90
1983 BAL AL 32 DH 11
1983 BAL AL 32 RF 5 3 28.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1.7 -72.9 -1.7 -1.2 -0.5 0 0.96 0.60 .975 2.25 1.84
1984 BAL AL 33 DH 34
1984 BAL AL 33 OF 13 7 53.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 15.8 0.7 0.6 0.2 0 1.70 0.77 .980 2.51 2.17
1984 BAL AL 33 LF 11 6 50.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 14.4 0.6 0.5 0.2 0 1.80 0.91 .980 2.27 1.80
1984 BAL AL 33 RF 2 1 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.90
1985 CLE AL 34 LF 20 19 98.0 23 20 1 2 0 .913 -3.3 -40.4 -3.3 -1.1 -2.2 0 1.93 1.05 .978 2.25 1.77
1985 CLE AL 34 OF 20 19 98.0 24 21 1 2 0 .917 -3.3 -40.4 -3.3 -1.1 -2.2 0 2.02 1.10 .983 2.44 2.10
1985 CLE AL 34 DH 3
10 Seasons OF 157 131 904.1 236 218 8 10 3 .958 3.1 4.1 2.1 2.3 -0.1 1 2.25 1.44 .981 2.43 2.11
7 Seasons DH 143
9 Seasons LF 140 122 819.2 209 194 6 9 0 .957 2.2 3.2 1.2 1.7 -0.4 1 2.20 1.43 .979 2.23 1.81
7 Seasons RF 17 9 84.2 28 25 2 1 2 .964 0.9 12.8 0.9 0.6 0.3 0 2.87 1.59 .975 2.17 1.81
1 Season 1B 3 2 25.0 24 24 0 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -4.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 8.64 8.00 .992 9.86 8.50
10 Seasons TOT 160 133 929.1 260 242 8 10 5 .962 3.0 3.9 2.0 2.2 -0.1 1 0 2.42 1.56 .943 2.63 2.23
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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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 3 17 0
1980 BAL AL 29 76 41 76 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 2 19 26 35 0
1981 BAL AL 30 44 24 44 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 21 20 0
1982 BAL AL 31 64 33 64 28 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 9 28 1
1983 BAL AL 32 47 30 47 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 5 24 9 15 1
1984 BAL AL 33 60 30 60 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 13 23 30 0
1985 CLE AL 34 46 21 46 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 2 25 0
10 Seasons 425 226 425 160 0 0 3 0 0 0 140 0 17 157 93 190 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 2 2 0 19 13 68.4% 6 0 0.0% 1 616 65% 80% 28% 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 77 75% 79% 27% 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% 0 590 59% 81% 26% 71 54%
1980 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 8 57.1% 6 0 0.0% 1 401 65% 80% 25% 45 38%
1981 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0.0% 2 2 50.0% 0 45 60% 73% 27% 6 83%
1982 BAL AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 5 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 20 11 55.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 587 67% 83% 30% 79 43%
1983 BAL AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 562 57% 80% 29% 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 2 2 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 208 64% 80% 28% 10 100%
1985 CLE AL 34 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 482 49% 82% 26% 24 83%
9 Seasons 9 0 8 1 3 6 0 2 1 2 33 27 0 29 9 2 17 11 0 10 2 0 14 11 0 103 60 58.3% 41 2 1.9% 4 3568 61% 81% 28% 399 50%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 79 76% 80% 37% 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 54 85% 80% 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 45 44% 89% 24% 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 16 50% 63% 13% 1 0%
1980 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 50 54% 86% 32% 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% 0 121 57% 82% 29% 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 3 2 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 12 4 33.3% 8 0 0.0% 2 378 63% 82% 29% 50 50%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 31 106 70% 82% 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 106 70% 82% 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 58% 79% 26% 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 1954 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.

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