Yamil Benítez

Yamil Antonio Benitez

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 5, 1972 in San Juan, P.R.
High School: San Juan (San Juan, PR)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1995
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Royals/Expos 1995-1998

Final Game: September 27, 1998
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1990	17	WSN-min	Rk	22	91	83	6	19	1	0	1	5	0	0	8	18	.229	.297	.277	.574		23		0	0	0	0		EXO · GULF
1991	18	WSN-min	Rk	54	216	197	20	47	9	5	5	38	10	5	12	55	.239	.279	.411	.690		81	3	1	1	5	1		EXO · GULF
1992	19	WSN-min	A-,A	67	263	241	30	57	9	8	4	29	19	3	19	101	.237	.298	.390	.688		94	6	2	1	0	1		JAM,ABY · NYPL,SALL
1993	20	WSN-min	A	111	452	411	70	112	21	5	15	61	18	7	29	99	.273	.323	.457	.780		188	8	3	6	3	1		BUR · MIDW
1994	21	WSN-min	AA	126	518	475	58	123	18	4	17	91	18	15	36	134	.259	.311	.421	.732		200	12	2	1	4	2		HRB · EL
1995	22	WSN-min	AAA	127	524	474	66	123	24	6	18	69	14	6	44	128	.259	.324	.449	.773		213	10	2	2	2	3		OTT · IL
1995	22	MON	NL	14	40	39	8	15	2	1	2	7	0	2	1	7	.385	.400	.641	1.041	166	25	1	0	0	0	0	/987
1996	23	WSN-min	AAA	114	474	439	56	122	20	2	23	81	11	4	28	120	.278	.319	.490	.808		215	5	1	0	6	5		OTT · IL
1996	23	MON	NL	11	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	-12	2	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1997	24	KCR-min	AAA	92	358	329	61	97	14	1	21	71	12	3	24	82	.295	.341	.535	.876		176	8	1	0	4	1		OMA · AA
1997	24	KCR	AL	53	204	191	22	51	7	1	8	21	2	2	10	49	.267	.307	.440	.747	92	84	2	1	2	0	0	79
1998	25	ARI	NL	91	225	206	17	41	7	1	9	30	2	2	14	46	.199	.262	.374	.636	65	77	6	4	0	1	1	79/D
1999	26	MIL-min	AAA	99	374	341	47	73	24	2	12	49	13	4	29	103	.214	.279	.402	.681		137	7	2	1	1	0		LOU · IL
2000	27	CHW-min	AAA	19	70	66	4	13	1	0	1	2	1	0	3	17	.197	.243	.258	.500		17	2	1	0	0	0		CHR · IL
2001	28	REY	AAA	29	128	121	21	42	6	1	5	28	6	1	6	21	.347	.378	.537	.915		65	6	0	1	0	0		REY · MEX
2002	29	REY,CMP	AAA	42	164	157	14	38	8	1	3	17	0	0	6	32	.242	.274	.363	.637		57	5	1	0	0	0		REY,CMP · MEX
4 Yrs				169	481	448	47	109	16	3	19	60	4	6	25	106	.243	.290	.420	.710	83	188	9	5	2	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	461	429	45	104	15	3	18	58	4	6	24	102	.243	.290	.420	.710	83	180	9	5	2	1	1

MON (2 yrs)				25	52	51	8	17	2	1	2	9	0	2	1	11	.333	.346	.529	.876	125	27	1	0	0	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				91	225	206	17	41	7	1	9	30	2	2	14	46	.199	.262	.374	.636	65	77	6	4	0	1	1
KCR (1 yr)				53	204	191	22	51	7	1	8	21	2	2	10	49	.267	.307	.440	.747	92	84	2	1	2	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				116	277	257	25	58	9	2	11	39	2	4	15	57	.226	.278	.405	.683	77	104	7	4	0	1	1
AL (1 yr)				53	204	191	22	51	7	1	8	21	2	2	10	49	.267	.307	.440	.747	92	84	2	1	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1995	22	MON	NL	14	40	3	-0	-0	-1	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.510	.501	0.4	-0.2	4	$	/987
1996	23	MON	NL	11	12	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.478	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/79
1997	24	KCR	AL	53	204	-1	-0	0	-1	-2	-5	-0.4	7	2	0.2	.492	.497	0.4	-0.3	3	$150,000	79
1998	25	ARI	NL	91	225	-11	-1	-0	-1	-3	-16	-1.7	6	-10	-1.1	.482	.490	-1.0	-0.4	-9	$195,000	79/D
4 Seasons				169	481	-10	-2	-0	-4	-6	-21	-2.2	14	-7	-0.9	.487	.497	-0.4	-0.9	-4	$345,000

MON (2 yrs)				25	52	1	-0	-0	-2	-1	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.2	-0.2	2	$
ARI (1 yr)				91	225	-11	-1	-0	-1	-3	-16	-1.7	6	-10	-1.1	.482	.490	-1.0	-0.4	-9	$195,000
KCR (1 yr)				53	204	-1	-0	0	-1	-2	-5	-0.4	7	2	0.2	.492	.497	0.4	-0.3	3	$150,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1995	22	MON	NL	40	27	8	8.0	109	.433	.385	.274	.400	.344	.641	.427	1.041	.771	166	.713	3.4	0.3	.889	.231	.256	.0
1996	23	MON	NL	12	10	0	0.0	108	.250	.167	.272	.167	.342	.167	.426	.333	.768	-12	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.200	.000	.000
1997	24	KCR	AL	204	146	25	4.6	110	.321	.267	.272	.307	.342	.440	.431	.747	.773	92	.446	-3.5	-0.3	.660	.225	.173	3.2
1998	25	ARI	NL	225	174	19	2.9	107	.211	.199	.269	.262	.340	.374	.424	.636	.764	65	.284	-11.6	-1.1	.549	.243	.175	3.3
4 Yrs				481	357	52	3.9	109	.278	.243	.271	.290	.341	.420	.427	.710	.768	83	.390	-13.8	-1.3	.610	.228	.176	6.6
162 Game Avg.				461	342	50	3.9	109	.278	.243	.271	.290	.341	.420	.427	.710	.768	83	.390	-13.8	-1.3	.610	.228	.176	6

MON (2 yrs)				52	37	8	5.8	109	.395	.333	.274	.346	.344	.529	.426	.876	.770	125	.582	1.4	0.1	.703	.176	.196	.0
ARI (1 yr)				225	174	19	2.9	107	.211	.199	.269	.262	.340	.374	.424	.636	.764	65	.284	-11.6	-1.1	.549	.243	.175	3.3
KCR (1 yr)				204	146	25	4.6	110	.321	.267	.272	.307	.342	.440	.431	.747	.773	92	.446	-3.5	-0.3	.660	.225	.173	3.2

NL (3 yrs)				277	211	27	3.4	108	.247	.226	.270	.278	.340	.405	.425	.683	.765	77	.347	-10.2	-1.0	.576	.230	.179	3.4
AL (1 yr)				204	146	25	4.6	110	.321	.267	.272	.307	.342	.440	.431	.747	.773	92	.446	-3.5	-0.3	.660	.225	.173	3.2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1995	22	MON	NL	40	5.0%	17.5%	2.5%	12.5%	33%	7.00	5.6	19.5	5.6	1.46	1.25	75%	9%	16.7%	8%
1996	23	MON	NL	12	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		6.0	0.60	1.00	67%	13%	0.0%	60%
1997	24	KCR	AL	204	3.9%	24.0%	4.9%	7.8%	31%	4.90	3.9	23.9	9.1	0.70	1.02	66%	24%	11.3%	14%
1998	25	ARI	NL	225	4.0%	20.4%	6.2%	7.6%	42%	3.29	4.5	22.9	6.9	0.63	0.81	68%	15%	11.3%	19%
4 Yrs				481	4.0%	22.0%	5.2%	7.9%	35%	4.24	4.2	23.6	7.5	0.71	0.92	67%	18%	11.5%	18%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.7%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	1.87	5.3	33.0	7.5	0.82	1.11	70%	21%	8.2%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1995	22	MON	NL	3.3	0.3	45	0.2	0.9	-0.7	1.01	0.4	-0.1	3.5	0.3	1.00	4.3	1.76	2
1996	23	MON	NL	-2.0	-0.2	13	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.47	-0.1	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.98	-1.4	0.40	7
1997	24	KCR	AL	-3.5	-0.3	210	-0.2	3.4	-3.7	.97	0.2	-0.5	-5.2	-0.5	0.91	0.1	1.78	1
1998	25	ARI	NL	-11.6	-1.1	230	-0.9	3.8	-4.7	1.07	-1.1	0.3	-11.5	-1.1	1.00	-11.1	1.36	31
4 Yrs				-13.8	-1.3	498	-0.9	8.3	-9.1	1.01	-0.6	-0.2	-14.0	-1.3	0.96	-8.1	1.23	41

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1995	22	MON	NL	0	43%	9	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	4	20%	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1996	23	MON	NL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	24	KCR	AL	4	26%	95	2	2	50%	2	1	1	0	1	5	48%	11	6	5	3	2	1	7	3	4
1998	25	ARI	NL	2	16%	53	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	2	2	44%	4	3	1	2	1	1	3	0	2
4 Yrs				6	23%	161	4	6	40%	4	4	1	1	3	12	43%	18	12	6	6	3	3	11	4	6

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1995	22	MON	NL	40	63%	15	4	0	2	0	0	0	1.76	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		6	1	17%	2	1	50%	34	6	18%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1996	23	MON	NL	12	25%	2	1	0	7	1	0	0	0.40	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	2	25%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1997	24	KCR	AL	204	30%	51	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.78	8	0	10	5	3	5	3	0	2	2	100%	34	2	6%	18	2	11%	115	13	11%	10	2	20%	6	1	17%	0
1998	25	ARI	NL	225	50%	41	5	0	31	2	1	1	1.36	9	1	7	4	5	4	5	0	0	0		44	6	14%	26	7	27%	174	22	13%	17	9	53%	9	3	33%	0
4 Yrs				481	42%	109	14	0	41	3	1	1	1.23	19	1	19	9	10	10	9	0	2	2	100%	85	9	11%	48	10	21%	331	43	13%	29	12	41%	17	5	29%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	22	MON	NL	40	136	3.40	102	76%	18%	23%	25%	31%	79%	0%	60%	69%	56%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	1	3
1996	23	MON	NL	10	35	3.50	23	66%	9%	48%	13%	30%	91%	0%	60%	48%	80%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	10%	1	1	0%	2	0	0
1997	24	KCR	AL	200	696	3.48	482	69%	22%	26%	23%	29%	78%	0%	54%	67%	39%	3%	5	0	11%	21	6	4%	7	1	13%	4	0	0
1998	25	ARI	NL	225	805	3.58	514	64%	21%	23%	24%	31%	79%	1%	50%	71%	39%	4%	10	0	9%	20	8	5%	12	9	24%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				475	1672	3.52	1121	67%	21%	25%	23%	30%	79%	1%	53%	68%	41%	3%	15	0	9%	42	14	4%	20	11	19%	6	1	3
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	5%			16%			9%			29%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1995	22	14	40	39	8	15	2	1	2	7	0	2	1	7	.385	.400	.641	1.041	166	25	1	0	0	0	0
1996	23	25	52	51	8	17	2	1	2	9	0	2	1	11	.333	.346	.529	.876	125	27	1	0	0	0	0
1997	24	78	256	242	30	68	9	2	10	30	2	4	11	60	.281	.315	.459	.774	99	111	3	1	2	0	0
1998	25	169	481	448	47	109	16	3	19	60	4	6	25	106	.243	.290	.420	.710	83	188	9	5	2	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1995	22	16	44	43	8	16	2	1	2	7	0	1	8	.372	.386	.605	.991	10	14
1996	23	11	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
1997	24	53	202	189	21	49	7	1	8	20	2	10	49	.259	.300	.434	.734	24	53
1998	25	91	225	206	17	41	7	1	9	30	2	14	46	.199	.262	.374	.636	19	91
4 Yrs		171	483	450	46	106	16	3	19	57	4	25	107	.236	.283	.411	.694	53	169
162 Game Avg.		162	458	426	44	100	15	3	18	54	4	24	101	.236	.283	.411	.694	50	169

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