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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 School: East Noble County HS (Kendallville, 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
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Cubs/Padres/Angels 1996-1998

Final Game: September 26, 1998
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Standard Pitching

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
1990	18	WSN-min	Rk	5	3	.625	1.74	10	9	0	0	0	0	51.2	44	13	10	0	15	0	56	2	0	0			1.142	7.7	0.0	2.6	9.8	3.73	EXO · GULF
1991	19	WSN-min	A,A-	5	16	.238	6.16	26	26	0	1	0	0	141.2	159	115	97	14	73	0	100	8	4	14	649		1.638	10.1	0.9	4.6	6.4	1.37	SUM,JAM · SALL,NYPL
1992	20	LAD-min	A+	10	7	.588	3.20	26	25	0	1	1	0	137.2	125	58	49	4	54	1	108	2	5	4	583		1.300	8.2	0.3	3.5	7.1	2.00	VRO · FLOR
1993	21	LAD-min	AA,AAA	15	8	.652	3.52	27	27	0	1	0	0	158.2	153	73	62	6	54	1	153	4	4	2	677		1.305	8.7	0.3	3.1	8.7	2.83	SAN,ABQ · TL,PCL
1994	22	LAD-min	AA,AAA	12	4	.750	4.12	29	26	1	0	0	0	153.0	168	84	70	11	59	1	116	0	1	2	669		1.484	9.9	0.6	3.5	6.8	1.97	SAN,ABQ · TL,PCL
1995	23	ANA-CIN-min	AAA,AA	3	2	.600	4.00	35	8	10	0	0	1	74.1	84	38	33	7	27	1	50	3	0	4	325		1.493	10.2	0.8	3.3	6.1	1.85	MDL,VAN,CNG · TL,PCL,SOUL
1996	24	STL-ANA-min	AAA	7	9	.438	4.54	37	11	8	0	0	1	101.0	104	60	51	11	40	1	70	1	0	5	442		1.426	9.3	1.0	3.6	6.2	1.75	LOU,VAN · AA,PCL
1996	24	CAL	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5		2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

1997	25	CHC-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.59	51	5	12	0	0	3	80.1	88	43	41	10	25	2	64	1	0	5	343		1.407	9.9	1.1	2.8	7.2	2.56	IWA · AA
1998	26	TOR-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.51	30	0	7	0	0	2	41.0	34	16	16	3	13	1	30	0	0	0	164		1.146	7.5	0.7	2.9	6.6	2.31	SYR · IL
1998	26	TOT	MLB	0	2	.000	6.14	25	0	6	0	0	0	14.2	18	10	10	0	12	0	10	2	0	1	72	76	2.045	11.0	0.0	7.4	6.1	0.83
1998	26	TOT	NL	0	1	.000	5.06	15	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	12	6	6	0	10	0	7	2	0	1	55	90	2.063	10.1	0.0	8.4	5.9	0.70
1998	26	CHC	NL	0	0		3.38	9	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	6	1	0	0	39	135	1.875	10.1	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1998	26	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	10.13	6	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	3	3	3	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	16	44	2.625	10.1	0.0	13.5	3.4	0.25
1998	26	TOR	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	10	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	17	55	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50
1999	27	CHW-min	AAA	3	2	.600	5.93	47	8	13	0	0	5	68.1	83	47	45	9	30	0	54	1	0	4	314		1.654	10.9	1.2	4.0	7.1	1.80	CHR · IL
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	5.74	26	0	7	0	0	0	15.2	19	10	10	0	13	0	10	2	0	1	77	83	2.043	10.9	0.0	7.5	5.7	0.77
162 Game Avg.				0	5	.000	5.74	68	0	18	0	0	0	41	50	26	26	0	34	0	26	5	0	3	201	83	2.043	10.9	0.0	7.5	5.7	0.77

SDP (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.13	6	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	3	3	3	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	16	44	2.625	10.1	0.0	13.5	3.4	0.25
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		3.38	9	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	6	1	0	0	39	135	1.875	10.1	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
CAL (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5		2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
TOR (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.00	10	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	17	55	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50

NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.06	15	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	12	6	6	0	10	0	7	2	0	1	55	90	2.063	10.1	0.0	8.4	5.9	0.70
AL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	7.20	11	0	4	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	22	73	2.000	12.6	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1996	24	CAL	AL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	4.66	-0.05	-0.35	96.0	4.19	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.542	.500	$

1998	26	CHC	NL	8.0	9	0	3	3.38	4.71	-0.10	-0.36	97.0	4.32	1	0.1	.8	-0.0	0.1	2	.510	.501	$170,000
1998	26	SDP	NL	2.2	6	0	3	10.13	5.74	-0.40	-0.44	98.1	5.60	-1	-0.1	1.3	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.478	.499	$
1998	26	TOR	AL	4.0	10	0	4	9.00	5.67	0.00	-0.43	99.6	5.22	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.484	.499	$
2 Seasons				15.2	26	0	10	5.74	5.13	-0.12	-0.39	97.8	4.76	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.494	.500	$170,000

SDP (1 yr)				2.2	6	0	3	10.13	5.74	-0.40	-0.44	98.1	5.60	-1	-0.1	1.3	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.478	.499	$
CHC (1 yr)				8.0	9	0	3	3.38	4.71	-0.10	-0.36	97.0	4.32	1	0.1	.8	-0.0	0.1	2	.510	.501	$170,000
CAL (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	0	0.00	4.66	-0.05	-0.35	96.0	4.19	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.542	.500	$
TOR (1 yr)				4.0	10	0	4	9.00	5.67	0.00	-0.43	99.6	5.22	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.484	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1996	24	CAL	AL	1	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1998	26	TOT	MLB	25	72	57	10	18	6	0	0	2	1	12	10	.316	.444	.421	.865	.375	24	1	2	0	1	0	0
1998	26	CHC	NL	9	39	31	3	9	3	0	0	1	1	6	6	.290	.410	.387	.797	.346	12	0	1	0	1	0	0
1998	26	SDP	NL	6	16	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.273	.500	.273	.773	.300	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
1998	26	TOR	AL	10	17	15	4	6	3	0	0	1	0	2	3	.400	.471	.600	1.071	.500	9	1	0	0	0	0	0
1998	26	TOT	NL	15	55	42	6	12	3	0	0	1	1	10	7	.286	.436	.357	.794	.333	15	0	2	0	1	0	0
2 Yrs				26	77	61	10	19	6	0	0	2	1	13	10	.311	.442	.410	.851	.365	25	1	2	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	201	160	26	50	16	0	0	5	3	34	26	.311	.442	.410	.851	.365	65	3	5	0	3	0	0
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.422	.759	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	24	CAL	AL	0.7	0.1	5	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.02	0.1	0	0	1

1998	26	TOT	MLB	-2.2	-0.2	75	-0.2	0.8	-1.0	.67	-0.3	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.68	-2.2	7	7	10
1998	26	TOT	NL	-0.5	-0.1	57	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.58	-0.2	-0.4	-0.8	-0.1	0.58	-2.0	4	4	6
1998	26	CHC	NL	1.1	0.1	40	0.2	0.4	-0.2	.46	-0.1	0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.46	-1.3	1	4	4
1998	26	SDP	NL	-1.7	-0.2	17	-0.5	0.0	-0.6	.87	-0.1	-0.5	-0.5	-0.1	0.87	-0.7	3	0	2
1998	26	TOR	AL	-1.6	-0.2	18	0.1	0.4	-0.2	.97	-0.0	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.97	-0.2	3	3	4
2 Yrs				-1.4	-0.1	80	-0.2	0.8	-1.0	.64	-0.3	-0.1	0.6	0.0	0.64	-2.0	7	7	11

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1996	24	CAL	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.018	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	20

1998	26	TOT	MLB	25	25	6	0	2	1	0	1	0%	6	3	20	4	20%		.672	7	7	10	7	4	14	13	12	2	18	4	5	1.8	11
1998	26	TOT	NL	15	15	3	0	1	1	0	1	0%	4	2	14	3	21%		.579	4	4	6	5	2	8	9	6	2	9	4	2	2.1	14
1998	26	CHC	NL	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	9	2	22%	6	.459	1	4	4	2	1	6	5	4	2	5	4	1	2.7	15
1998	26	SDP	NL	6	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	0	5	1	20%	8	.872	3	0	2	3	1	2	4	2	0	4	0	1	1.3	11
1998	26	TOR	AL	10	10	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	6	1	17%	7	.974	3	3	4	2	2	6	4	6	0	9	0	3	1.2	7
2 Yrs				26	26	7	0	2	1	0	1	0%	6	3	20	4	20%		.630	7	7	11	7	4	15	13	13	2	18	4	5	1.8	11

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1996	24	CAL	AL	5	40%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	3.00		80%	0%	0.0%	0%	2	0	0%

1998	26	TOT	MLB	72	50%	0.0%	13.9%	16.7%	8.3%	33%	0.66	0.94	67%	27%	0.0%	7%	14	1	7%
1998	26	TOT	NL	55	44%	0.0%	12.7%	18.2%	5.5%	25%	0.71	0.85	65%	22%	0.0%	10%	11	0	0%
1998	26	CHC	NL	39	33%	0.0%	15.4%	15.4%	7.7%	33%	0.53	0.70	67%	27%	0.0%	12%	9	0	0%
1998	26	SDP	NL	16	69%	0.0%	6.3%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	1.50	1.33	63%	10%	0.0%	0%	2	0	0%
1998	26	TOR	AL	17	71%	0.0%	17.7%	11.8%	17.7%	50%	0.50	1.25	71%	42%	0.0%	0%	3	1	33%
2 Yrs				77	49%	0.0%	13.0%	16.9%	7.8%	32%	0.73	1.12	68%	25%	0.0%	7%	16	1	6%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.8%	8.9%	7.8%	33%	0.82	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1996	24	CAL	AL	5	20	4.00	12	60%	33%	17%	17%	33%	67%	0%	40%	75%	20%	20%	1	1	20%	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0

1998	26	TOT	MLB	72	271	3.76	151	56%	36%	11%	21%	32%	64%	0%	35%	82%	51%	6%	4	2	21%	15	11	1	50%	5	2	0	0	0
1998	26	TOT	NL	55	206	3.75	112	54%	38%	12%	19%	32%	63%	0%	34%	81%	53%	5%	3	1	20%	11	7	0	57%	4	2	0	0	0
1998	26	CHC	NL	39	139	3.56	80	58%	38%	10%	20%	33%	63%	0%	36%	84%	59%	5%	2	1	28%	11	7	0	50%	4	1	0	0	0
1998	26	SDP	NL	16	67	4.19	32	48%	38%	16%	16%	31%	63%	0%	30%	75%	38%	6%	1	0	0%	0	0	0	100%	0	1	0	0	0
1998	26	TOR	AL	17	65	3.82	39	60%	33%	10%	26%	31%	67%	0%	40%	85%	47%	6%	1	1	24%	4	4	1	33%	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				77	291	3.78	163	56%	36%	12%	20%	32%	64%	0%	36%	82%	49%	6%	5	3	21%	16	12	1	50%	5	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			19%				29%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1996	24	CAL	AL	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1998	26	TOT	MLB	72	18	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	25%	0	1	0	31	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1998	26	TOT	NL	55	12	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	17%	0	1	0	24	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1998	26	CHC	NL	39	9	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	20%	0	0	0	16	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1998	26	SDP	NL	16	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	1	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1998	26	TOR	AL	17	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				77	19	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	25%	0	1	0	34	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1996	24	0		0.00	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5		2.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1997	25	0		0.00	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5		2.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1998	26	2	.000	5.74	26	7	15.2	19	10	10	13	10	2	1	77	83	2.043	10.9	7.5	5.7	0.77	83

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996	24	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1

1998	26	0	1	.000	6.92	13.0	18	11	10	0	12	9	2	2.308	12.5	8.3	6.2	0.75	0.0	25
2 Yrs		0	1	.000	6.43	14.0	18	11	10	0	13	9	2	2.214	11.6		5.8	0.69	0.0	26

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