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Benji Gil \GILL\

Romar Benjamin (Aguilar) Gil

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 6, 1972 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
High School: Castle Park HS (Chula Vista, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed July 19, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1993 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Angels/Rangers 1993-2003

Final Game: July 31, 2003 (Age 30)
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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
1991	18	TEX-min	Rk	32	144	129	25	37	4	3	2	15	9	3	14	36	.287	.354	.411	.765		53	0	0	0	1	1		BTE · PION
1992	19	TEX-min	A	132	542	482	75	132	21	1	9	55	26	13	50	106	.274	.343	.378	.721		182	16	3	3	4	0		GST · SALL
1993	20	TEX-min	AA	101	387	342	45	94	9	1	17	59	20	12	35	89	.275	.351	.456	.808		156	9	7	0	3	2		TUL · TL
1993	20	TEX	AL	22	66	57	3	7	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	22	.123	.194	.123	.316	-11	7	0	0	4	0	0	6

1994	21	TEX-min	AAA	139	537	487	62	121	20	6	10	55	14	8	33	120	.248	.298	.376	.674		183	9	4	7	6	2		OKC · AA
1995	22	TEX	AL	130	454	415	36	91	20	3	9	46	2	4	26	147	.219	.266	.347	.613	57	144	5	1	10	2	0	*6
1996	23	TEX-min	AAA,A+	95	356	323	34	73	21	1	7	35	4	6	24	97	.226	.281	.362	.643		117	10	2	4	3	0		OKC,CHT · AA,FLOR
1996	23	TEX	AL	5	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	128	2	0	0	1	0	0	/6
1997	24	TEX	AL	110	345	317	35	71	13	2	5	31	1	2	17	96	.224	.263	.325	.587	50	103	3	1	6	4	0	6/D

1998	25	CHW-min	AAA	128	516	460	80	114	24	5	14	69	11	4	41	90	.248	.311	.413	.724		190	9	4	5	6	2		CGY · PCL
1999	26	FLA-min	AAA	116	453	412	74	115	29	1	17	64	17	5	27	101	.279	.332	.478	.810		197	5	7	4	3	1		CGY · PCL
2000	27	ANA	AL	110	343	301	28	72	14	1	6	23	10	6	30	59	.239	.317	.352	.669	68	106	7	5	5	2	0	6/4D3
2001	28	ANA	AL	104	278	260	33	77	15	4	8	39	3	4	14	57	.296	.330	.477	.807	109	124	6	0	2	2	0	643D/8
2002	29	ANA-min	AAA	6	25	24	4	10	5	1	2	6	0	2	1	4	.417	.440	.958	1.398		23	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
2002	29	ANA	AL	61	139	130	11	37	8	1	3	20	2	1	5	33	.285	.307	.431	.737	94	56	0	0	2	2	0	463/D
2003	30	CLE-min	AAA	9	36	36	4	5	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	10	.139	.139	.333	.472		12	1	0	0	0	0		BFL · IL
2003	30	ANA	AL	62	135	125	12	24	5	1	1	9	5	1	4	33	.192	.214	.272	.486	29	34	5	0	4	2	1	46/35D
2004	31	CHC-DET-min	AAA	50	178	164	15	38	11	1	1	16	0	0	11	37	.232	.284	.329	.613		54	9	1	2	0	1		IWA,TOL,TIJ · PCL,IL,MEX
2005	32	NYM-min	AAA	68	249	229	27	59	9	0	7	28	4	6	14	64	.258	.310	.389	.699		89	5	4	1	1	1		NFK · IL
2006	33	MTY	AAA	57	217	198	45	74	9	1	11	45	8	4	18	35	.374	.429	.596	1.025		118	6	1	0	0	2		MTY · MEX
2007	34	MTY	AAA	84	331	303	43	91	18	2	6	43	9	4	21	61	.300	.348	.432	.781		131	9	3	1	3	2		MTY · MEX
2008	35	CHH	AAA	104	430	379	58	121	30	5	10	59	9	3	37	83	.319	.387	.504	.891		191	14	6	6	2	4		CHH · MEX
2009	36	CHH	AAA	90	380	329	64	108	34	4	3	49	7	6	36	56	.328	.398	.483	.882		159	8	5	6	4	2		CHH · MEX
2010	37	CHH	AAA	93	382	336	46	97	15	3	9	48	8	4	33	72	.289	.359	.432	.791		145	9	5	6	2	1		CHH · MEX
2011	38	OAX	AAA	16	62	56	5	14	1	0	2	5	0	0	5	15	.250	.311	.375	.686		21	4	0	1	0	0		OAX · MEX
8 Yrs				604	1767	1610	158	381	75	12	32	171	24	21	102	448	.237	.283	.358	.641	65	576	26	7	34	14	1
162 Game Avg.				162	474	432	42	102	20	3	9	46	6	6	27	120	.237	.283	.358	.641	65	154	7	2	9	4	0

TEX (4 yrs)				267	872	794	74	171	33	5	14	80	4	9	49	266	.215	.261	.322	.583	50	256	8	2	21	6	0
ANA (4 yrs)				337	895	816	84	210	42	7	18	91	20	12	53	182	.257	.304	.392	.696	79	320	18	5	13	8	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1993	20	TEX	AL	22	66	-9	-1	1	2	1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.471	.496	-0.5	0.3	-5	$109,000	6

1995	22	TEX	AL	130	454	-31	-4	1	12	8	-14	-1.3	17	3	0.3	.490	.492	-0.8	1.9	-9	$130,000	*6
1996	23	TEX	AL	5	7	0	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000	/6
1997	24	TEX	AL	110	345	-22	-1	1	12	6	-4	-0.3	13	9	0.9	.497	.498	-0.3	1.8	-3	$200,000	6/D

2000	27	ANA	AL	110	343	-16	-2	0	5	5	-7	-0.6	13	6	0.6	.494	.496	0.1	1.0	0	$225,000	6/4D3
2001	28	ANA	AL	104	278	4	-1	0	0	1	4	0.4	10	14	1.4	.503	.502	1.4	0.1	14	$350,000	643D/8
2002	29	ANA	AL	61	139	-2	-1	0	6	0	4	0.4	5	9	0.9	.506	.502	0.3	0.6	3	$400,000	463/D
2003	30	ANA	AL	62	135	-14	1	-1	0	1	-12	-1.2	5	-7	-0.7	.481	.493	-0.7	0.2	-7	$725,000	46/35D
8 Seasons				604	1767	-88	-9	3	37	22	-36	-3.2	66	30	3.0	.494	.497	-0.6	5.8	-7	$2,339,000

TEX (4 yrs)				267	872	-61	-6	3	25	15	-24	-2.2	33	9	0.8	.491	.496	-1.6	4.0	-17	$639,000
ANA (4 yrs)				337	895	-28	-3	-0	11	7	-12	-1.0	34	21	2.1	.496	.498	1.0	1.9	10	$1,700,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
2002	29	ANA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	2	5	5	1	4	0	1	0	.800	.800	.800	1.600	4	0
2002	29	ANA	AL	ALCS	MIN	W	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2002	29	ANA	AL	WS	SFG	W	3	5	5	1	4	1	0	1	.800	.800	1.000	1.800	5	0
1 Yr (3 Series)							6	13	12	2	8	1	1	2	.667	.667	.750	1.417	9	1
1 ALDS							2	5	5	1	4	0	1	0	.800	.800	.800	1.600	4	0
1 ALCS							1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1 WS							3	5	5	1	4	1	0	1	.800	.800	1.000	1.800	5	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1993	TEX	AL	20	SS	22	20	18	179.0	108	27	76	5	10	.954	2		10		5.18	4.68	.973	4.69	4.64
1995	TEX	AL	22	SS	130	126	108	1100.2	651	226	408	17	95	.974	12		13		5.18	4.88	.974	4.71	4.65
1996	TEX	AL	23	SS	5	2	1	20.0	13	5	7	1	0	.923	-0		-18		5.40	2.40	.971	4.68	4.64
1997	TEX	AL	24	SS	106	100	78	860.2	510	163	328	19	71	.963	12		17		5.13	4.63	.974	4.55	4.51
1997	TEX	AL	24	DH	4	0
2000	ANA	AL	27	SS	94	84	69	741.2	418	140	260	18	59	.957	5		8		4.85	4.26	.973	4.71	4.66
2000	ANA	AL	27	2B	7	6	2	44.2	39	20	19	0	10	1.000	0		13		7.86	5.57	.980	5.04	4.97
2000	ANA	AL	27	DH	6	2
2000	ANA	AL	27	1B	3	0	0	5.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0		-72		7.20	1.33	.992	9.36	9.27
2001	ANA	AL	28	SS	44	40	29	339.1	199	78	110	11	24	.945	-4		-14		4.99	4.27	.973	4.49	4.45
2001	ANA	AL	28	2B	21	16	11	143.0	86	30	53	3	14	.965	2		19		5.22	3.95	.981	4.86	4.82
2001	ANA	AL	28	1B	18	9	3	77.1	77	69	8	0	7	1.000	2		28		8.96	4.28	.993	9.38	9.31
2001	ANA	AL	28	DH	14	8
2001	ANA	AL	28	CF	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
2001	ANA	AL	28	OF	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		2.70	2.30
2002	ANA	AL	29	2B	26	22	14	182.2	100	41	58	1	11	.990	4		24		4.88	3.81	.979	4.89	4.84
2002	ANA	AL	29	SS	14	7	4	71.1	50	16	32	2	5	.960	2		40		6.06	3.43	.975	4.55	4.51
2002	ANA	AL	29	1B	10	5	3	40.1	37	33	3	1	6	.973	-0		-9		8.03	3.60	.993	9.33	9.23
2002	ANA	AL	29	DH	8	4
2003	ANA	AL	30	2B	28	22	9	168.2	96	32	62	2	14	.979	0	-1	4	-8	5.02	3.36	.982	4.94	4.89
2003	ANA	AL	30	SS	20	13	11	125.2	64	25	35	4	12	.938	-1	0	-13	0	4.30	3.00	.971	4.54	4.49
2003	ANA	AL	30	1B	5	1	0	21.0	19	15	4	0	2	1.000	1	1	46	63	8.14	3.80	.993	9.56	9.46
2003	ANA	AL	30	3B	4	1	1	18.0	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	1	0	40	0	2.00	1.00	.955	2.65	2.65
2003	ANA	AL	30	DH	2	0
	8 Seasons			SS	435	392	318	3438.1	2013	680	1256	77	276	.962	27	0	10	0	5.07	4.45	.974	4.64	4.59
	4 Seasons			2B	82	66	36	539.0	321	123	192	6	49	.981	7	-1	16	-7	5.26	3.84	.981	4.91	4.86
	4 Seasons			1B	36	15	6	143.2	137	121	15	1	15	.993	2	1	17	57	8.52	3.78	.993	9.39	9.31
	1 Season			3B	4	1	1	18.0	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	1	0	40	0	2.00	1.00	.955	2.65	2.65
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		2.70	2.30
	1 Season			CF	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
	8 Seasons			TOT	558	474	361	4139.1	2475	926	1465	84	341	.966	37	0	11	0	5.20	4.28	.975	4.83	4.91
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1995 AL 1.9 (3rd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1995 AL 147 (2nd)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1995 AL 10 (5th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1995 AL 130 (4th)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 1995 AL 226 (3rd)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1995 AL 408 (3rd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1995 AL 17 (4th) 1997 AL 19 (5th) 2000 AL 18 (5th)	Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y 1995 AL 95 (2nd)
Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1995 AL 12 (3rd) 1997 AL 12 (2nd) Career 28 (58th)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1995 AL 5.18 (1st) 1997 AL 5.13 (1st) 2000 AL 4.85 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1995 AL 4.88 (1st) 1997 AL 4.63 (2nd)	Youngest s c a p y 1993 AL born 1972-10-06 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2757), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Shortstop (280th), 3.0 career WAR/3.7 7yr-peak WAR/3.3 JAWS Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

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Transactions

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 1991.
December 19, 1997: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Chicago White Sox for Al Levine and Larry Thomas.
December 14, 1998: Drafted by the Florida Marlins from the Chicago White Sox in the 1998 minor league draft.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
February 1, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.
August 18, 2003: Released by the Anaheim Angels.
August 24, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 5, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
March 30, 2004: Released by the Colorado Rockies.
April 5, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
July 19, 2004: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
August 2, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 25, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
March 28, 2005: Purchased by the New York Mets from the Seattle Mariners.
July 10, 2005: Released by the New York Mets.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
1993	20	Texas Rangers	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	21	Texas Rangers	$111,500	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	22	Texas Rangers	$130,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $15,000 earned bonus
1996	23	Texas Rangers	$200,000	4/10/96 Baseball Weekly survey
1997	24	Texas Rangers	$200,000	1997 AP survey

2000	27	Anaheim Angels	$225,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2001	28	Anaheim Angels	$350,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	29	Anaheim Angels	$400,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	30	Anaheim Angels	$725,000	4/3/03 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,450,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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