Ben Gamel

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: May 17, 1992 in Neptune Beach, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 10th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bishop Kenny HS (Jacksonville, FL).

High School: Bishop Kenny HS (Jacksonville, FL)

Debut: May 6, 2016 (Age 23-355d, 21,102nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2024 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2024): 6.056 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: Wasserman • Previously: Jet Sports Management

Full Name: Benjamin Joseph Gamel

Nicknames: Gam

Pronunciation: \GAM-uhl\

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Relatives: Brother of Mat Gamel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

1965

496

.252

261

RBI

200

OBP

.332

SLG

.384

OPS

.716

OPS+

Summary of 40 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 19 go ahead

3 Tms
PIT	17
SEA	13
MIL	10

Platoon
vs RHP	35
vs LHP	5

Home/Road
Away	21
Home	19

Outs
1	15
2	13
0	12

19 Opps
MIL	5
PHI	4
STL	3
CIN	3
ATL	3
HOU	3
CHC	2
LAA	2
DET	2
PIT	2
CLE	2
WSN	2
SFG	1
TEX	1
SEA	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
NYM	1
CHW	1

38 Pitchers
Tyler Mahle	2
Joe Musgrove	2
Chris Tillman	1
Wes Parsons	1
Daniel Stumpf	1
Miguel Sánchez	1
Robert Dugger	1
Steve Cishek	1
Wade LeBlanc	1
Josiah Gray	1
Brad Boxberger	1
Erick Fedde	1
Corbin Burnes	1
Brett Oberholtzer	1
Max Fried	1
Lucas Giolito	1
Carlos Rodón	1
Miguel González	1
Adam Wainwright	1
Jake Woodford	1
Chad Kuhl	1
Carlos Carrasco	1
Jerad Eickhoff	1
Justin Verlander	1
Enyel De Los Santos	1
Brandon Woodruff	1
Freddy Peralta	1
Mike Fiers	1
Josh Tomlin	1
Connor Brogdon	1
Noah Syndergaard	1
Masahiro Tanaka	1
Zach Eflin	1
Corey Kluber	1
Kyle Hendricks	1
Ricky Nolasco	1
Charlie Morton	1
Miles Mikolas	1

15 Parks
PNC Pk (PIT)	10
Am Fam Field (MIL)	8
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	6
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
9	17
89	9
8	6
78	6
7	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	9
5	8
2	7
1	6
4	5
7+	4
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
12-	6
1--	5
--3	2
-2-	2
1-3	1

63 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	24
1 on	9
2 on	7
Any on	16

Inning
1	2
2	7
3	4
4	10
5	5
6	3
7	4
8	4
Extra	1

1-3	13
4-6	18
7-end	9

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	1
+2	1
+1	3
Tied	12
-1	6
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	2

Ahead	10
Tied	12
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
2-2	6
1-1	5
3-1	5
0-1	5
2-0	4
3-2	2
1-2	2
1-0	2
2-1	2
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	21
RF	10
CF	6
1B	1
PH	1
DH	1

OrderPos
5th	9
1st	8
8th	6
7th	5
2nd	5
4th	3
9th	2
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2016-09-12	SEA	@	LAA	Brett Oberholtzer	ahead 6-1	t 8	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	1	9	0.014	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Martín Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2017-04-28	SEA	@	CLE	Carlos Carrasco	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	9	0.125	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
3	3	2	1	2017-05-09	SEA	@	PHI	Jerad Eickhoff	behind 2-4	t 4	1	12-	6,(3-2) BBFBTX	3	2	9	0.285	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. Miranda Scores; J. Segura Scores
4	4	3	1	2017-06-20	SEA		DET	Daniel Stumpf	ahead 3-2	b 7	2	---	9,(2-2) .CFBBFFFFX	1	1	7	0.114	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
5	5	4	1	2017-06-23	SEA		HOU	Joe Musgrove	ahead 7-2	b 4	0	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	2	7	0.021	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	5	1	2017-07-19	SEA	@	HOU	Charlie Morton	behind 0-1	t 4	0	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	2	9	0.205	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Segura Scores
7	7	6	1	2017-07-22	SEA		NYY	Masahiro Tanaka	tied 1-1	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	7	0.120	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
8	8	7	1	2017-08-28	SEA	@	BAL	Chris Tillman	behind 1-3	t 4	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	7	7	0.321	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); N. Cruz Scores; D. Valencia Scores
9	9	8	1	2017-09-08	SEA		LAA	Ricky Nolasco	behind 0-2	b 2	2	12-	4,(1-2) SC*BX	3	8	7	0.292	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); N. Cruz Scores; M. Zunino Scores
10	10	9	1	2017-09-12	SEA	@	TEX	Miguel González	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1-3	3,(1-1) F*BX	3	8	7	0.161	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Y. Alonso Scores; M. Zunino Scores
11	11	10	1	2017-09-17	SEA	@	HOU	Justin Verlander	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	7	0.118	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
12	12	11	1	2017-09-24	SEA		CLE	Corey Kluber	behind 0-2	b 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	7	0.266	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Heredia Scores/unER; B. Gamel Scores/unER
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2018-05-19	SEA		DET	Mike Fiers	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	7	7	0.110	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2019-04-27	MIL	@	NYM	Noah Syndergaard	ahead 3-1	t 4	1	---	7,(3-2) BSFBBFX	1	9	7	0.090	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	2	1	2019-05-19	MIL	@	ATL	Wes Parsons	tied 2-2	t 10	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	7	0.324	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	3	1	2019-05-26	MIL		PHI	Zach Eflin	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	7,(2-2) CFBBFFX	1	1	8	0.115	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
17	17	4	2	2019-05-26	MIL		PHI	Enyel De Los Santos	ahead 7-1	b 8	1	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	1	8	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); O. Arcia Scores
18	18	5	1	2019-06-26	MIL		SEA	Wade LeBlanc	behind 1-3	b 6	1	---	5,(2-2) BCBCX	1	5	8	0.131	36%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line)
19	19	6	1	2019-07-27	MIL		CHC	Steve Cishek	behind 0-2	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) ..CX	1	9	PH	0.143	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
20	20	7	1	2019-08-18	MIL	@	WSN	Erick Fedde	behind 0-13	t 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2020-07-29	MIL	@	PIT	Joe Musgrove	tied 0-0	t 3	0	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	8	0.141	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. García Scores
22	22	2	1	2020-08-04	MIL		CHW	Lucas Giolito	tied 0-0	b 5	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	8	9	0.157	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); L. Morrison Scores
23	23	3	1	2020-08-21	MIL	@	PIT	Chad Kuhl	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	5	8	0.103	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2021-06-11	PIT	@	MIL	Brandon Woodruff	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	8	0.107	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
25	25	2	1	2021-06-27	PIT	@	STL	Jake Woodford	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	7	0.016	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
26	26	3	1	2021-07-01	PIT		MIL	Corbin Burnes	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	5	9	0.128	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	4	1	2021-07-03	PIT		MIL	Miguel Sánchez	behind 1-9	b 8	2	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	5	7	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	5	1	2021-07-05	PIT		ATL	Max Fried	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	5,(3-1) 1SBB*BX	2	6	7	0.236	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Nogowski Scores
29	29	6	2	2021-07-05	PIT		ATL	Josh Tomlin	ahead 6-1	b 7	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	7	0.008	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Stallings Scores; J. Nogowski Scores
30	30	7	1	2021-09-11	PIT		WSN	Josiah Gray	behind 4-5	b 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	7	0.160	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
31	31	8	1	2021-09-21	PIT	@	CIN	Tyler Mahle	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	9	0.117	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2022-04-13	PIT		CHC	Kyle Hendricks	behind 0-1	b 1	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	5	7	0.274	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Hayes Scores; Y. Tsutsugo Scores
33	33	2	1	2022-05-07 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	Robert Dugger	ahead 5-2	t 4	2	-2-	7,(2-2) BBFSFFX	2	1	7	0.106	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Tucker Scores
34	34	3	1	2022-05-13	PIT		CIN	Tyler Mahle	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	7	0.101	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
35	35	4	1	2022-07-09	PIT	@	MIL	Brad Boxberger	behind 2-3	t 7	2	--3	3,(2-0) B*BX	2	1	7	0.375	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); O. Cruz Scores
36	36	5	1	2022-08-12	PIT	@	SFG	Carlos Rodón	behind 1-4	t 6	2	---	4,(1-2) FBCX	1	4	9	0.069	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
37	37	6	1	2022-08-26	PIT	@	PHI	Connor Brogdon	behind 3-6	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBBCX	1	5	9	0.077	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	7	1	2022-08-31	PIT	@	MIL	Freddy Peralta	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	4	9	0.134	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
39	39	8	1	2022-09-09	PIT		STL	Miles Mikolas	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	DH	0.108	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
40	40	9	1	2022-10-02	PIT	@	STL	Adam Wainwright	behind 0-3	t 2	1	12-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	7	3	0.227	48%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Suwinski Scores; C. Mitchell Scores