Ben Hayes
Ben Joseph Hayes
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 4, 1957 in Niagara Falls, NY
School: University of South Florida
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1982
Final Game: October 2, 1983
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1982 24 CIN NL 2 0 1.000 1.97 26 0 11 0 0 2 45.2 37 12 10 3 22 5 38 0 0 1 197 187 1.292 7.3 0.6 4.3 7.5 1.73
1983 25 CIN NL 4 6 .400 6.49 60 0 34 0 0 7 69.1 82 53 50 8 37 6 44 1 1 1 318 58 1.716 10.6 1.0 4.8 5.7 1.19
2 Seasons 6 6 .500 4.70 86 0 45 0 0 9 115.0 119 65 60 11 59 11 82 1 1 2 515 80 1.548 9.3 0.9 4.6 6.4 1.39
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 4.70 68 0 36 0 0 7 91 94 51 47 9 47 9 65 1 1 2 407 80 1.548 9.3 0.9 4.6 6.4 1.39

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 24 CIN NL 26 197 169 12 37 9 0 3 3 0 22 38 .219 .307 .325 .633 .264 55 2 0 5 1 5
1983 25 CIN NL 60 318 272 53 82 12 3 8 6 2 37 44 .301 .381 .456 .837 .329 124 5 1 3 5 6
2 Seasons 86 515 441 65 119 21 3 11 9 2 59 82 .270 .353 .406 .759 .305 179 7 1 8 6 11
162 Game Avg. 68 407 349 51 94 17 2 9 7 2 47 65 .270 .353 .406 .759 .305 142 6 1 6 5 9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1982 24 CIN NL 26 26 11 2 0 3 2 1 67% 4 1 26 10 38% 8 1.121 10 3 13 4 5 17 11 15 17 4 17 6 5.3
1983 25 CIN NL 60 60 34 4 6 10 7 3 70% 14 3 43 12 28% 8 1.016 26 11 20 17 13 30 25 35 22 19 25 20 3.5
2 Seasons 86 86 45 6 6 13 9 4 69% 18 4 69 22 32% 1.056 36 14 33 21 18 47 36 50 39 23 42 26 4.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1982 24 CIN NL 197 41% 1.5% 19.3% 11.2% 6.1% 32% 0.46 65% 37 2 5%
1983 25 CIN NL 318 38% 2.5% 13.8% 11.6% 7.2% 28% 0.71 71% 60 5 8%
2 Seasons 515 39% 2.1% 15.9% 11.5% 6.8% 29% 0.60 69% 97 7 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1982 24 CIN NL 197 37 3 0 17 2 1 1 2 15 5 3 33% 4 1 0 73 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1983 25 CIN NL 318 82 8 1 15 3 5 7 1 19 10 4 53% 2 1 0 130 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2 Seasons 515 119 11 1 32 5 6 8 3 34 15 7 44% 6 2 0 203 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1982 24 2 0 1.000 1.97 26 0 11 0 0 2 45.2 37 12 10 3 22 5 38 0 0 1 197 187 1.292 7.3 0.6 4.3 7.5 1.73 187
1983 25 6 6 .500 4.70 86 0 45 0 0 9 115.0 119 65 60 11 59 11 82 1 1 2 515 80 1.548 9.3 0.9 4.6 6.4 1.39 80

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1982 24 4 1 .800 2.20 45.0 39 12 11 3 23 37 0 1.378 7.8 4.6 7.4 1.61 0.6 26
1983 25 2 5 .286 6.95 66.0 83 57 51 8 37 42 1 1.818 11.3 5.0 5.7 1.14 1.1 60
2 Seasons 6 6 .500 5.03 111.0 122 69 62 11 60 79 1 1.640 9.9 6.4 1.32 0.9 86

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Similarity Scores

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