Ben Van Ryn
Benjamin Ashley Van Ryn
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 9, 1971 in Fort Wayne, IN
High School: East Noble County (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
Final Game: September 26, 1998
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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
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
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 71 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 84 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 39 129 1.875 10.1 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1998 26 SDP NL 0 1 .000 10.12 6 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 3 3 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 16 38 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 51 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 6.8 1.50
2 Seasons 0 2 .000 5.74 26 0 7 0 0 0 15.2 19 10 10 0 13 0 10 2 0 1 77 76 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 76 2.043 10.9 0.0 7.5 5.7 0.77
SDP (1 yr) 0 1 .000 10.12 6 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 3 3 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 16 38 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 39 129 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 51 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 84 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 65 2.000 12.6 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2 Seasons 26 77 61 10 19 6 0 0 2 1 13 10 .311 .442 .410 .851 .365 25 1 2 0 1 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
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
1996 24 CAL AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.020 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% 0.681 7 7 11 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% 0.591 4 4 7 5 2 8 9 6 2 9 4 2 2.1 15
1998 26 CHC NL 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 2 22% 6 0.475 1 4 4 2 1 6 5 4 2 5 4 1 2.7 19
1998 26 SDP NL 6 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 0 5 1 20% 8 0.875 3 0 3 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 0.971 3 3 4 2 2 6 4 6 0 9 0 3 1.2 7
2 Seasons 26 26 7 0 2 1 0 1 0% 6 3 20 4 20% 0.638 7 7 12 7 4 15 13 13 2 18 4 5 1.8 12

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%
1996 24 CAL AL 5 60% 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 56% 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 67% 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 31% 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 29% 0.0% 17.7% 11.8% 17.7% 50% 0.50 1.25 71% 42% 0.0% 0% 3 1 33%
2 Seasons 77 51% 0.0% 13.0% 16.9% 7.8% 32% 0.73 1.12 68% 25% 0.0% 7% 16 1 6%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 Seasons 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

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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1996 24 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 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
1998 26 0 2 .000 5.74 26 0 7 0 0 0 15.2 19 10 10 0 13 0 10 2 0 1 77 76 2.043 10.9 0.0 7.5 5.7 0.77 76

Neutralized Pitching

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
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 5.79 14.0 17 10 9 0 11 10 2 2.000 10.9 7.1 6.4 0.91 0.0 25
2 Seasons 0 1 .000 5.40 15.0 17 10 9 0 12 10 2 1.933 10.2 6.0 0.83 0.0 26

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