Ben Petrick

Benjamin Wayne Petrick

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 7, 1977 in Salem, OR
High School: Glencoe HS (Hillsboro, OR)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed August 9, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1999
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Tigers 1999-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003
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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
1996	19	COL-min	A	122	531	446	74	105	24	2	14	52	19	9	75	98	.235	.350	.392	.742		175	5	5	2	3	1		AVL · SALL
1997	20	COL-min	A+	121	482	412	68	102	23	3	15	56	30	11	62	100	.248	.347	.427	.774		176	6	2	4	2	2		SAL · CARL
1998	21	COL-min	AA	106	411	349	52	83	21	3	18	50	7	7	56	89	.238	.345	.470	.815		164	5	3	0	3	1		NHV · EL
1999	22	COL-min	AAA,AA	104	415	350	74	109	21	6	23	86	12	7	53	73	.311	.400	.603	1.003		211	4	4	0	8	1		CSP,CAR · PCL,SOUL
1999	22	COL	NL	19	72	62	13	20	3	0	4	12	1	0	10	13	.323	.417	.565	.981	124	35	1	0	0	0	0	2
2000	23	COL-min	AAA	63	282	248	38	78	22	3	9	47	7	2	32	40	.315	.390	.536	.926		133	2	0	0	2	1		CSP · PCL
2000	23	COL	NL	52	173	146	32	47	10	1	3	20	1	2	20	33	.322	.401	.466	.867	100	68	1	2	1	4	2	2
2001	24	COL-min	AAA	18	79	64	11	16	2	0	1	9	1	0	13	21	.250	.367	.328	.695		21	1	0	0	2	2		CSP · PCL
2001	24	COL	NL	85	282	244	41	58	15	3	11	39	3	3	31	67	.238	.327	.459	.786	85	112	5	3	1	3	3	2/3
2002	25	COL-min	AAA	79	311	265	51	85	18	4	16	54	10	6	40	77	.321	.406	.600	1.006		159	4	1	1	4	1		CSP · PCL
2002	25	COL	NL	38	106	95	10	20	3	1	5	11	0	1	9	33	.211	.283	.421	.704	72	40	1	1	0	1	0	72/8
2003	26	COL-min	AAA	80	258	228	38	59	16	3	11	40	4	4	26	53	.259	.333	.500	.833		114	8	1	0	3	1		CSP · PCL
2003	26	TOT	MLB	46	131	122	18	27	6	0	4	12	0	0	8	31	.221	.269	.369	.638	72	45	3	0	1	0	0	78/293
2003	26	COL	NL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/287
2003	26	DET	AL	43	129	120	18	27	6	0	4	12	0	0	8	30	.225	.273	.375	.648	75	45	3	0	1	0	0	78/293
2004	27	SDP-DET-min	AAA	27	104	90	14	18	6	1	2	11	0	0	12	25	.200	.298	.356	.654		32	2	1	0	1	1		POR,TOL · PCL,IL
5 Yrs				240	764	669	114	172	37	5	27	94	5	6	78	177	.257	.336	.448	.785	88	300	11	6	3	8	5
162 Game Avg.				162	516	452	77	116	25	3	18	63	3	4	53	119	.257	.336	.448	.785	88	203	7	4	2	5	3

COL (5 yrs)				197	635	549	96	145	31	5	23	82	5	6	70	147	.264	.349	.464	.814	91	255	8	6	2	8	5
DET (1 yr)				43	129	120	18	27	6	0	4	12	0	0	8	30	.225	.273	.375	.648	75	45	3	0	1	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				197	635	549	96	145	31	5	23	82	5	6	70	147	.264	.349	.464	.814	91	255	8	6	2	8	5
AL (1 yr)				43	129	120	18	27	6	0	4	12	0	0	8	30	.225	.273	.375	.648	75	45	3	0	1	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
1999	22	COL	NL	19	72	2	0	0	-6	1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.488	.499	0.5	-0.5	6	$	2
2000	23	COL	NL	52	173	2	-1	0	-4	2	-0	-0.0	5	4	0.4	.500	.500	0.8	-0.2	8	$	2
2001	24	COL	NL	85	282	-6	-1	0	-6	4	-9	-0.9	8	-2	-0.2	.489	.494	0.4	-0.2	4	$232,000	2/3
2002	25	COL	NL	38	106	-4	-0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.488	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$265,000	72/8
2003	26	COL	NL	3	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.518	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$	/287
2003	26	DET	AL	43	129	-4	1	-0	1	-0	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.493	.498	0.0	0.1	0	$	78/293
5 Seasons				240	764	-10	-0	0	-15	7	-19	-1.9	22	3	0.2	.492	.498	1.5	-0.7	17	$497,000

COL (5 yrs)				197	635	-6	-2	1	-16	7	-16	-1.6	17	2	0.1	.492	.498	1.5	-0.8	17	$497,000
DET (1 yr)				43	129	-4	1	-0	1	-0	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.493	.498	0.0	0.1	0	$

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
1999	22	COL	NL	72	43	15	9.4	137	.356	.323	.305	.417	.384	.565	.491	.981	.875	124	.738	2.5	0.2	1.070	.419	.242	1.6
2000	23	COL	NL	173	107	29	7.2	137	.386	.322	.301	.401	.382	.466	.492	.867	.874	100	.637	0.8	0.1	.873	.274	.144	1.5
2001	24	COL	NL	282	198	37	5.0	130	.278	.238	.293	.327	.367	.459	.480	.786	.847	85	.497	-6.5	-0.6	.753	.348	.221	4.7
2002	25	COL	NL	106	78	11	3.8	120	.259	.211	.283	.283	.359	.421	.450	.704	.809	72	.392	-4.7	-0.5	.636	.295	.211	.0
2003	26	TOT	MLB	131	99	12	3.2	101	.264	.221	.260	.269	.325	.369	.416	.638	.741	72	.309	-5.1	-0.5	.541	.213	.148	.0
2003	26	COL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	122	.000	.000	.286	.000	.360	.000	.458	.000	.818	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2003	26	DET	AL	129	97	12	3.3	101	.267	.225	.259	.273	.324	.375	.415	.648	.739	75	.317	-4.5	-0.4	.552	.217	.150	.0
5 Yrs				764	525	104	5.3	125	.307	.257	.288	.336	.364	.448	.468	.785	.831	88	.518	-13.1	-1.3	.745	.306	.191	8.4
162 Game Avg.				516	354	70	5.3	125	.307	.257	.288	.336	.364	.448	.468	.785	.831	88	.518	-13.1	-1.3	.745	.306	.191	6

COL (5 yrs)				635	428	92	5.7	131	.315	.264	.295	.349	.372	.464	.479	.814	.851	91	.554	-8.6	-0.8	.789	.326	.200	8.2
DET (1 yr)				129	97	12	3.3	101	.267	.225	.259	.273	.324	.375	.415	.648	.739	75	.317	-4.5	-0.4	.552	.217	.150	.0

NL (5 yrs)				635	428	92	5.7	131	.315	.264	.295	.349	.372	.464	.479	.814	.851	91	.554	-8.6	-0.8	.789	.326	.200	8.2
AL (1 yr)				129	97	12	3.3	101	.267	.225	.259	.273	.324	.375	.415	.648	.739	75	.317	-4.5	-0.4	.552	.217	.150	.0

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
1999	22	COL	NL	72	5.6%	18.1%	13.9%	9.7%	35%	1.30	4.8	15.5	5.2	0.81	1.50	63%	20%	16.0%	7%
2000	23	COL	NL	173	1.7%	19.1%	11.6%	8.1%	30%	1.65	4.4	48.7	7.3	0.65	0.92	66%	32%	4.8%	10%
2001	24	COL	NL	282	3.9%	23.8%	11.0%	10.3%	50%	2.16	3.6	22.2	6.3	0.66	0.90	60%	23%	13.4%	20%
2002	25	COL	NL	106	4.7%	31.1%	8.5%	8.5%	45%	3.67	2.9	19.0	8.6	0.97	1.39	55%	17%	22.7%	24%
2003	26	TOT	MLB	131	3.1%	23.7%	6.1%	7.6%	37%	3.88	3.9	30.5	10.2	0.70	0.94	66%	16%	10.0%	25%
2003	26	COL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	0.00	50%	0%	0.0%	0%
2003	26	DET	AL	129	3.1%	23.3%	6.2%	7.8%	37%	3.75	4.0	30.0	10.0	0.71	0.97	67%	16%	10.3%	25%
5 Yrs				764	3.5%	23.2%	10.2%	9.0%	40%	2.27	3.8	24.8	7.1	0.71	1.01	62%	23%	11.7%	18%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.7%	8.9%	8.0%	34%	1.87	5.3	30.9	7.4	0.77	1.07	70%	23%	8.3%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1999	22	COL	NL	2.4	0.2	73	0.1	1.2	-1.1	.87	0.3	-0.2	4.6	0.4	0.89	3.4		0
2000	23	COL	NL	0.8	0.1	177	0.1	3.3	-3.3	1.11	0.3	-0.2	3.9	0.3	0.94	3.9	1.30	4
2001	24	COL	NL	-6.5	-0.6	290	-1.1	4.2	-5.3	.99	-0.2	-0.9	-2.6	-0.2	0.95	-5.9	1.75	7
2002	25	COL	NL	-4.8	-0.5	107	-0.3	1.7	-2.0	.92	-0.1	-0.3	-6.2	-0.6	0.93	-2.4	0.97	8
2003	26	TOT	MLB	-5.1	-0.5	132	-1.1	1.5	-2.7	.97	-0.5	-0.7	-4.1	-0.4	0.89	-6.6	1.48	5
2003	26	COL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.40	-0.6		0
2003	26	DET	AL	-4.5	-0.4	130	-1.1	1.5	-2.6	.97	-0.5	-0.7	-3.9	-0.4	0.89	-6.0	1.48	5
5 Yrs				-13.3	-1.3	779	-2.4	12.0	-14.4	.99	-0.2	-2.3	-4.4	-0.5	0.93	-7.5	1.36	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1999	22	COL	NL	0	35%	38	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	11%	6	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	0
2000	23	COL	NL	4	44%	75	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	5	4	50%	10	6	4	6	3	3	8	3	5
2001	24	COL	NL	3	37%	91	3	3	50%	3	3	0	1	1	4	2	48%	8	8	0	4	3	1	13	1	11
2002	25	COL	NL	1	20%	41	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	43%	5	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
2003	26	TOT	MLB	1	45%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	2	73%	6	3	3	1	0	1	4	0	4
2003	26	COL	NL	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	26	DET	AL	1	45%	42	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	2	73%	6	3	3	1	0	1	4	0	4
5 Yrs				9	38%	289	5	6	45%	5	5	1	1	1	13	9	47%	35	24	10	14	8	6	27	5	20

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
1999	22	COL	NL	72	19%	20	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	3	1	33%	45	8	18%	2	1	50%	5	4	80%	0
2000	23	COL	NL	173	28%	47	5	0	4	0	0	0	1.30	3	0	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	100%	40	1	3%	23	9	39%	117	18	15%	19	11	58%	7	4	57%	0
2001	24	COL	NL	282	32%	58	5	0	7	1	0	1	1.75	11	0	6	8	3	7	4	0	1	1	100%	53	5	9%	30	11	37%	188	29	15%	22	11	50%	11	7	64%	0
2002	25	COL	NL	106	54%	20	4	1	8	2	1	1	0.97	5	0	6	1	4	4	1	0	0	0		12	1	8%	14	4	29%	66	6	9%	9	3	33%	7	3	43%	0
2003	26	TOT	MLB	131	47%	27	1	0	5	0	0	0	1.48	4	0	3	3	1	2	2	0	1	1	100%	23	3	13%	4	2	50%	57	8	14%	3	3	100%	0	0		0
2003	26	COL	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2003	26	DET	AL	129	48%	27	1	0	5	0	0	0	1.48	4	0	3	3	1	2	2	0	1	1	100%	23	3	13%	4	2	50%	57	8	14%	3	3	100%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				764	35%	172	15	1	24	3	1	2	1.36	27	0	20	18	9	19	8	0	3	3	100%	138	11	8%	74	27	36%	473	69	15%	55	29	53%	30	18	60%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			73%			11%			34%			15%			53%			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
1999	22	COL	NL	72	296	4.11	172	58%	28%	17%	26%	28%	72%	0%	42%	76%	28%	6%	4	1	17%	12	6	15%	11	8	31%	0	0	0
2000	23	COL	NL	173	677	3.91	408	60%	27%	17%	27%	29%	73%	3%	44%	77%	26%	7%	12	0	21%	36	17	9%	16	8	21%	0	0	0
2001	24	COL	NL	285	1101	3.86	677	61%	29%	20%	25%	27%	71%	1%	44%	72%	28%	5%	13	0	12%	35	17	7%	19	8	25%	-3	0	0
2002	25	COL	NL	106	422	3.98	252	60%	27%	21%	27%	25%	73%	0%	44%	71%	27%	7%	7	1	18%	19	7	10%	11	7	18%	0	0	0
2003	26	TOT	MLB	131	507	3.87	333	66%	24%	20%	28%	28%	76%	0%	50%	74%	31%	2%	2	0	8%	11	5	7%	9	8	23%	0	0	0
2003	26	COL	NL	2	7	3.50	5	71%	0%	40%	40%	20%	100%	0%	71%	60%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2003	26	DET	AL	129	500	3.88	328	66%	24%	20%	28%	28%	76%	0%	50%	74%	31%	2%	2	0	9%	11	5	7%	9	8	23%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				767	3003	3.92	1842	61%	27%	19%	26%	27%	73%	1%	45%	73%	28%	5%	38	2	15%	113	52	9%	66	39	23%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

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
1999	22	19	72	62	13	20	3	0	4	12	1	0	10	13	.323	.417	.565	.981	124	35	1	0	0	0	0
2000	23	71	245	208	45	67	13	1	7	32	2	2	30	46	.322	.406	.495	.901	107	103	2	2	1	4	2
2001	24	156	527	452	86	125	28	4	18	71	5	5	61	113	.277	.364	.476	.839	95	215	7	5	2	7	5
2002	25	194	633	547	96	145	31	5	23	82	5	6	70	146	.265	.350	.466	.816	91	255	8	6	2	8	5
2003	26	240	764	669	114	172	37	5	27	94	5	6	78	177	.257	.336	.448	.785	88	300	11	6	3	8	5

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
1999	22	19	66	58	9	16	2	0	3	8	1	8	13	.276	.364	.466	.829	10	19
2000	23	52	159	136	22	37	8	1	2	14	1	16	33	.272	.348	.390	.738	19	52
2001	24	85	270	236	32	50	13	3	9	30	3	27	67	.212	.297	.407	.704	28	85
2002	25	38	105	94	9	19	3	1	5	10	0	9	33	.202	.276	.415	.691	10	38
2003	26	46	132	123	19	28	6	0	4	13	0	8	31	.228	.275	.374	.649	13	46
5 Yrs		240	732	647	91	150	32	5	23	75	5	68	177	.232	.307	.403	.711	80	240
162 Game Avg.		162	494	437	61	101	22	3	16	51	3	46	119	.232	.307	.403	.711	54	240

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Name and misspellings: Benjamin Ben benji Wayne Petrick

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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