Yamil Benitez
Yamil Antonio Benitez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 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 16, 1995
Final Game: September 27, 1998
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Standard Batting

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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
1995 22 MON NL 14 40 39 8 15 2 1 2 7 0 2 1 7 .385 .400 .641 1.041 165 25 1 0 0 0 0 /987
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 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
4 Seasons 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 .876 124 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

Advanced Batting

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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 8.0 110 .433 .385 .275 .400 .345 .641 .429 1.041 .774 165 .713 3.3 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 Seasons 481 357 52 3.9 109 .278 .243 .271 .290 .341 .420 .427 .710 .769 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 .769 83 .390 -13.8 -1.3 .610 .228 .176 6
MON (2 yrs) 52 37 8 5.8 110 .395 .333 .275 .346 .345 .529 .428 .876 .772 124 .582 1.3 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 -10.3 -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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1995 22 MON NL 0 0 43% 9 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1996 23 MON NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 24 KCR AL 4 0 26% 95 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 48% 11 6 5 3 2 1 7 3 4
1998 25 ARI NL 2 0 16% 53 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 44% 4 3 1 2 1 1 3 0 2
4 Seasons 6 0 23% 161 4 6 40% 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 12 43% 18 12 6 6 3 3 11 4 6
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 3 1 33% 0
1996 23 MON NL 12 25% 2 1 0 7 1 0 0 0.42 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 1.77 8 0 10 5 3 5 3 0 2 2 100% 34 2 6% 18 2 11% 115 13 11% 10 2 20% 7 1 14% 0
1998 25 ARI NL 225 50% 41 5 0 31 2 1 1 1.38 9 1 7 4 5 4 5 0 0 0 44 6 14% 26 7 27% 174 22 13% 17 9 53% 15 4 27% 0
4 Seasons 481 42% 109 14 0 41 3 1 1 1.25 19 1 19 9 10 10 9 0 2 2 100% 85 9 11% 48 10 21% 331 43 13% 29 12 41% 26 6 23% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Batting

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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 1.041 165 25 1 0 0 0 0
1996 23 25 52 51 8 17 2 1 2 9 0 2 1 11 .333 .346 .529 .876 124 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 43 42 9 15 2 1 2 8 0 1 8 .357 .372 .595 .967 9 14
1996 23 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1997 24 53 200 189 21 49 7 1 8 20 2 10 49 .259 .300 .434 .734 24 53
1998 25 91 222 204 16 39 7 1 9 29 2 13 46 .191 .252 .368 .620 18 91
4 Seasons 171 477 447 46 103 16 3 19 57 4 24 107 .230 .277 .407 .684 51 169
162 Game Avg. 162 452 423 44 98 15 3 18 54 4 23 101 .230 .277 .407 .684 48 169

* 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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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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