Ben VanRyn Batting Statistics and History

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Ben VanRyn

Benjamin Ashley VanRyn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 9, 1971 in Fort Wayne, IN
High Schools: East Noble County HS (Kendallville, IN), East Noble HS (Kendaliville, IN)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (37th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1996 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Cubs/Padres/Angels 1996-1998

Final Game: September 26, 1998 (Age 27)
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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
1990	18	WSN-min	Rk	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EXO · GULF
1991	19	WSN-min	A,A-	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SUM,JAM · SALL,NYPL
1992	20	LAD-min	A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		VRO · FLOR
1993	21	LAD-min	AA,AAA	27	33	30	2	5	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	17	.167	.242	.267	.509		8		0	0	0	0		SAN,ABQ · TL,PCL
1994	22	LAD-min	AA,AAA	30	30	28	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.107	.107	.143	.250		4	0	0	2	0	0		SAN,ABQ · TL,PCL
1995	23	CIN-ANA-min	AA,AAA	35	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500		2	0	0	0	0	0		CNG,MDL,VAN · SOUL,TL,PCL
1996	24	STL-ANA-min	AAA	37	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400		1	0	0	0	0	0		LOU,VAN · AA,PCL
1996	24	CAL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1997	25	CHC-min	AAA	51	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1998	26	TOR-min	AAA	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
1998	26	TOT	MLB	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	26	TOT	NL	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	26	CHC	NL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	26	SDP	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	26	TOR	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	27	CHW-min	AAA	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CHR · IL
2 Yrs				26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

SDP (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (1 yr)				15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1996	24	CAL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1

1998	26	CHC	NL	9	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$170,000	/1
1998	26	SDP	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1998	26	TOR	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2 Seasons				26	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$170,000

SDP (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
CHC (1 yr)				9	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$170,000
CAL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0
TOR (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	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
1998	26	TOT	MLB	1	1	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.272	.000	.344	.000	.430	.000	.774	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1998	26	TOT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.272	.000	.344	.000	.430	.000	.774	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1998	26	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.272	.000	.344	.000	.430	.000	.774	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				1	1	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.272	.000	.344	.000	.430	.000	.774	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				6	6	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.272	.000	.344	.000	.430	.000	.774	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.272	.000	.344	.000	.430	.000	.774	-100		-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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
1998	26	TOT	MLB	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
1998	26	TOT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
1998	26	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
2 Yrs				1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.8%	8.9%	7.8%	33%	1.89	5.3	32.7	7.5	0.82	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	16%

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1996	24	CAL	AL	0.0	0.0

1998	26	TOT	MLB	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.35	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.22	-0.3	0
1998	26	TOT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.35	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.22	-0.3	0
1998	26	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.35	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.22	-0.3	0
1998	26	SDP	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	26	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
2 Yrs				-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.35	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.22	-0.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg
1998	26	TOT	MLB
1998	26	TOT	NL
1998	26	CHC	NL
2 Yrs

Situational Batting*

						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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1998	26	TOT	MLB	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	26	TOT	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	26	CHC	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			52%			56%

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	S/SO	L/SO%	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1998	26	TOT	MLB	1	2	2.00	2	100%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%		50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
1998	26	TOT	NL	1	2	2.00	2	100%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%		50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
1998	26	CHC	NL	1	2	2.00	2	100%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%		50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
1 Yr				1	2	2.00	2	100%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%		50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	31%	5%			16%			9%					29%

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
1998	26	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1998	26	25	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	25
1 Yr		25	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	25
162 Game Avg.		162	6	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	25

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