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Benny Zientara

Benedict Joseph Zientara

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 14, 1918 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1941
Team: Reds 1941-1948

Final Game: September 23, 1948
Died: April 16, 1985 in Lake Elsinore, CA
Buried: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1937	19	DOT	D	15	52	52		15	5	0	0					.288	.288	.385	.673		20						DOT · ALFL
1938	20	BSS	D	117	506	506		150	28	5	6					.296	.296	.407	.704		206						BSS · BIST
1939	21	CIN-min	D	107	449	449		144	30	6	7					.321	.321	.461	.782		207						BSS · BIST
1940	22	CIN-min	AA	142	559	559		147	28	3	3					.263	.263	.340	.603		190						INA · AA
1941	23	CIN-min	AA	151	646	588	77	160	34	10	2	64	8	41	30	.272	.326	.374	.700		220		6	11			INA · AA
1941	23	CIN	NL	9	22	21	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	.286	.318	.286	.604	71	6	0	0	0		/4

1946	28	CIN	NL	78	306	280	26	81	10	2	0	16	3	14	11	.289	.323	.339	.662	90	95	7	0	11		45
1947	29	CIN	NL	117	453	418	60	108	18	1	2	24	2	23	23	.258	.297	.321	.618	64	134	11	0	12		45
1948	30	CIN	NL	74	203	187	17	35	1	2	0	7	0	12	11	.187	.236	.214	.450	24	40	8	0	5		4/56
1949	31	CIN-min	AAA	110	440	380	52	101	14	1	0	23	4	54	31	.266	.360	.308	.668		117		2	4			SYR · IL
1950	32	CIN-min	AAA	131	501	403	47	103	16	2	2	33	3	86	39	.256	.389	.320	.709		129		2	10			SYR · IL
1951	33	SYR	AAA	100	321	250	45	55	7	2	1	27	2	59	23	.220	.375	.276	.651		69		3	9			SYR · IL
1952	34	SYR	AAA	146	606	528	55	125	22	3	2	50	2	64	30	.237	.324	.301	.625		159		4	10			SYR · IL
1953	35	NYY-min	AAA	98	370	299	45	77	14	1	3	36	0	66	19	.258	.393	.341	.735		102		1	4			SYR · IL
1954	36	PHI-min	AAA	54	143	122	12	28	3	0	1	13	0	17	12	.230	.331	.279	.610		34		2	1	1		SYR · IL
1955	37	PHI-min	AAA	3	3	3		0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000		0						SYR · IL
1956	38	PHI-min	D	1	0	0		0																			MTT · MIDW
1957	39	PHI-min	D	1	2	2		0								.000	.000										MOU · GAFL
4 Yrs				278	984	906	106	230	29	5	2	49	5	50	48	.254	.293	.304	.596	64	275	26	0	28
162 Game Avg.				162	573	528	62	134	17	3	1	29	3	29	28	.254	.293	.304	.596	64	160	15	0	16

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
1941	23	CIN	NL	9	22	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/4

1946	28	CIN	NL	78	306	-3	-0	0	10	2	8	0.9	11	19	2.0	.512	.506	0.8	1.4	9	$	45
1947	29	CIN	NL	117	453	-21	0	0	-6	5	-22	-2.2	16	-6	-0.7	.481	.486	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	45
1948	30	CIN	NL	74	203	-19	0	0	-3	2	-19	-2.0	7	-12	-1.3	.473	.488	-1.0	-0.0	-9	$	4/56
4 Seasons				278	984	-44	0	0	1	9	-33	-3.4	35	1	0.0	.488	.495	-0.2	1.3	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
1941	23	CIN	NL	22	15	2	3.6	94	.333	.286	.266	.318	.336	.286	.375	.604	.711	71	.432	-0.9	-0.1	.467	.048	.000

1946	28	CIN	NL	306	217	31	3.8	90	.301	.289	.259	.323	.334	.339	.363	.662	.697	90	.474	-4.2	-0.4	.544	.111	.050	.0
1947	29	CIN	NL	453	333	40	3.2	106	.270	.258	.274	.297	.349	.321	.406	.618	.756	64	.336	-22.3	-2.2	.495	.122	.062	2.0
1948	30	CIN	NL	203	165	9	1.4	99	.199	.187	.265	.236	.339	.214	.393	.450	.732	24	.114	-20.3	-2.0	.325	.091	.027
4 Yrs				984	730	82	3.0	99	.266	.254	.267	.293	.342	.304	.389	.596	.732	64	.330	-47.7	-4.8	.470	.110	.050	2.9
162 Game Avg.				573	425	48	3.0	99	.266	.254	.267	.293	.342	.304	.389	.596	.732	64	.330	-47.7	-4.8	.470	.110	.050	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1941	23	CIN	NL	22	0.0%	13.6%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	3.00	7.0		10.5		82%

1946	28	CIN	NL	306	0.0%	3.6%	4.6%	3.9%	15%	0.79	25.5		17.5		88%
1947	29	CIN	NL	453	0.4%	5.1%	5.1%	4.6%	19%	1.00	18.2	209.0	17.4		87%
1948	30	CIN	NL	203	0.0%	5.4%	5.9%	1.5%	9%	0.92	17.0		26.7	0.92	87%
4 Yrs				984	0.2%	4.9%	5.1%	3.7%	16%	0.96	18.9	453.0	18.5	0.92	87%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	26%	1.00	9.7	70.0	8.7	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1941	23	CIN	NL	-0.9	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	28	CIN	NL	-4.2	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	29	CIN	NL	-22.3	-2.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	30	CIN	NL	-20.3	-2.0	72	-0.9	0.5	-1.4	1.03	-0.7	-0.1	-7.9	-0.8	1.00	-8.0	1.17	2
4 Yrs				-47.7	-4.8	72	-0.9	0.5	-1.4	1.03	-0.7	-0.1	-7.9	-0.8	1.00	-8.0	1.17	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	30	CIN	NL	1	0	36%	15	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	0	37%	15	5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1948	30	CIN	NL	203	48%	35			2	0	0	0	1.17	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	500%	17	8	47%	9	3	33%	48	2	4%	2	1	50%	3	3	100%	0
4 Yrs				203	48%	230			2	0	0	0	1.17	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	2800%	17	26	153%	9	3	33%	48	2	4%	2	1	50%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			1247%			128%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1941	23	9	22	21	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	.286	.318	.286	.604	71	6	0	0
1942	24	9	22	21	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	.286	.318	.286	.604	71	6	0	0
1943	25	9	22	21	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	.286	.318	.286	.604	71	6	0	0
1944	26	9	22	21	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	.286	.318	.286	.604	71	6	0	0
1945	27	9	22	21	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	.286	.318	.286	.604	71	6	0	0
1946	28	87	328	301	29	87	10	2	0	18	3	15	14	.289	.323	.336	.658	89	101	7	11
1947	29	204	781	719	89	195	28	3	2	42	5	38	37	.271	.308	.327	.635	74	235	18	23
1948	30	278	984	906	106	230	29	5	2	49	5	50	48	.254	.293	.304	.596	64	275	26	28

Neutralized Batting

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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
1941	23	9	23	22	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	.273	.304	.273	.577	2	9

1946	28	82	327	300	31	92	11	2	0	19	3	16	11	.307	.342	.357	.698	37	78
1947	29	122	470	434	60	110	18	1	2	24	2	23	24	.253	.291	.313	.604	40	117
1948	30	77	215	197	19	38	1	2	0	8	0	13	11	.193	.243	.218	.461	10	74
4 Yrs		290	1035	953	113	246	30	5	2	53	5	53	49	.258	.297	.306	.604	89	278
162 Game Avg.		162	578	532	63	137	17	3	1	30	3	30	27	.258	.297	.306	.604	50	278

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1946 NL 1.4 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1947 NL 12 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1946 NL 1.4 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 NL 12 (4th)

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