Benny Ayala

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: February 7, 1951 in Yauco, Puerto Rico pr

Debut: August 27, 1974 (Age 23-201d, 13,535th in major league history)
vs. HOU 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1985 (Age 34-237d)
vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Benigno Ayala

Pronunciation: \eye-ALL-ah\

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1983 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

865

217

.251

114

RBI

145

OBP

.305

SLG

.434

OPS

.739

OPS+

104

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-15 / in Starts: 20-4
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	13 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 94 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	57 (32-14-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 94 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (28-19-10)

Most Driven In
Self	6
K Garcia	3
R Dauer	2
G Roenicke	1
M Belanger	1
E Murray	0

Most Driven In By
Self	6
E Murray	2
G Roenicke	2
L May	2
B Smith	1
D DeCinces	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	47	31 (30)	May 10	BAL		OAK	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	7	1.14	0.021	2.29	0.03%	0.27	DH
2	48	43 (11)	May 26	BAL	@	DET	W,7-5	13-GF(16)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	3	4.38	-0.115	11.24	-0.18%	-0.53	PH RF
3	49	46 (2)	May 28	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	13-GF(16)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	5	1.87	-0.103	4.69	-0.16%	-0.36	PH
4	50	48 (1)	May 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	9	2.18	0.137	5.36	0.20%	0.42	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	51	50 (1)	Jun 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	3	.66	-0.019	1.56	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
6	52	58 (7)	Jun 10	BAL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.385	.923	1.308	2	1.07	0.211	2.73	0.32%	1.67	LF
7	53	59	Jun 11	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-0	GS-6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.750	1.063	2	1.27	-0.074	3.36	-0.12%	-0.48	LF
8	54	61 (1)	Jun 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.706	1.000	3	3.27	-0.076	8.72	-0.12%	-0.33	PH
9	55	63 (1)	Jun 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-5	GS-4	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.842	1.158	2	.50	0.060	1.32	0.10%	0.82	LF
10	56	64	Jun 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-7	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.842	1.158	4						PH
11	57	66 (1)	Jun 20	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-5	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.318	.818	1.136	2	.98	0.026	2.63	0.04%	0.25	LF
12	58	74 (7)	Jun 28	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.304	.783	1.087	9	1.66	-0.043	4.01	-0.06%	-0.44	PH
13	59	77 (2)	Jun 30	BAL		TOR	W,2-0	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.259	.259	.667	.926	2	.69	-0.104	1.63	-0.15%	-1.22	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	60	84 (6)	Jul 8	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.679	.964	3	.47	0.013	1.31	0.02%	0.13	PH
15	61	85	Jul 9	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.276	.655	.931	5	.07	-0.002	.20	0.00%	-0.23	PH
16	62	90 (4)	Jul 15	BAL	@	SEA	W,6-1	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.613	.871	7	.88	-0.044	2.43	-0.07%	-0.48	DH
17	63	91	Jul 19 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,3-4	9-GF(11)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.303	.613	.916	9	4.04	0.064	11.79	0.11%	0.47	PH LF
18	64	97 (5)	Jul 24 (1)	BAL		SEA	W,7-6	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.324	.588	.913	7	.59	-0.039	1.52	-0.06%	-0.26	DH
19	65	103 (5)	Jul 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,6-4	GS-7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.243	.300	.541	.841	6	.73	0.013	1.84	0.02%	-0.29	LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	66	109 (5)	Aug 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.293	.526	.819	7	2.15	-0.054	2.55	-0.04%	-0.17	LF
21	67	110	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.318	.561	.879	7	.59	0.010	.91	0.01%	0.36	LF
22	68	111	Aug 7	BAL		MIL	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.319	.545	.865	7	.70	-0.017	1.28	-0.02%	0.05	LF
23	69	112	Aug 8	BAL		MIL	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.271	.314	.583	.897	2	1.67	-0.077	3.72	-0.10%	0.42	LF
24	70	114 (1)	Aug 10	BAL		NYY	W,8-6	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.327	.635	.962	2	1.52	0.186	2.89	0.21%	2.11	LF
25	71	116 (1)	Aug 14	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.310	.600	.910	5	1.62	-0.120	3.32	-0.15%	-0.77	LF
26	72	117	Aug 15	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.310	.600	.910	8						PH
27	73	118	Aug 16	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.306	.576	.883	2	1.02	-0.039	2.16	-0.05%	-0.27	LF
28	74	119	Aug 17	BAL		KCR	L,1-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.302	.567	.868	8	1.07	-0.027	2.78	-0.04%	-0.24	PH
29	75	120	Aug 18	BAL		KCR	W,9-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.288	.540	.828	6	1.37	-0.101	3.57	-0.16%	-1.38	LF
30	76	121	Aug 19	BAL		KCR	L,7-11	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.284	.531	.815	9	2.84	-0.080	6.92	-0.12%	-0.33	PH
31	77	125 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-7	GS-3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.290	.531	.821	2	.71	0.016	1.49	0.02%	-0.17	LF
32	78	126	Aug 26 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.239	.274	.507	.781	2	.81	-0.069	1.50	-0.08%	-0.77	LF
33	79	130 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS-7	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.286	.521	.807	2	.84	0.003	.92	0.00%	-0.05	LF
34	80	131	Aug 30	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.288	.527	.815	2	.89	0.020	.75	0.01%	0.02	LF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	81	135 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,2-1	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.274	.500	.774	8	1.01	-0.106	.52	-0.03%	-0.61	LF
36	82	142 (6)	Sep 11	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.282	.500	.782	9	.46	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
37	83	147 (4)	Sep 16	BAL		BOS	W,13-3	GS-1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.291	.506	.797	2	1.41	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.61	LF
38	84	151 (3)	Sep 20	BAL	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.287	.500	.787	2	.63	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.17	LF
39	85	153 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.284	.494	.778	5	3.92	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH
40	86	156 (2)	Sep 26	BAL		DET	W,13-2	GS-6	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.293	.524	.817	2	.30	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.52	LF
41	87	158 (1)	Sep 29	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.290	.518	.808	1	1.30	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
42	88	159	Sep 30	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-6	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.298	.523	.821	1	2.36	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.21	PH
							27-15		94	86	15	22	5	0	6	13	6	1	9	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	.256	.298	.523	.821		1.23	-0.541	2.45	-0.64%	-1.13

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