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	34-30 / in Starts: 20-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	1 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 133 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	107 (58-37-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 133 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (39-26-14)

Most Driven In
Self	6
G Roenicke	4
R Dauer	3
L Sakata	3
E Murray	2
C Ripken	2
K Singleton	2
D Ford	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
K Singleton	4
G Roenicke	3
R Dempsey	2
C Ripken	1
D Ford	1
J Nolan	0

1982 Batting Game Log

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1982 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	209	2 (1)	Apr 10 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					4						PR
2	210	7 (4)	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	.76	-0.060	.87	-0.04%	-0.63	LF
3	211	10 (2)	Apr 20	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	6	.88	0.180	1.00	0.12%	1.53	LF
4	212	12 (1)	Apr 23	BAL		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	9	1.56	-0.045	1.15	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
May		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	213	22 (9)	May 4	BAL		SEA	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	8	3.49	-0.098	2.26	-0.04%	-0.23	PH
6	214	24 (1)	May 7	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	7	1.02	-0.077	.63	-0.03%	-0.68	LF
7	215	26 (1)	May 9	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-8	8-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.455	.788	5	.02	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.22	PH
8	216	27	May 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.455	.788	5						PH
9	217	28	May 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-1	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.500	.885	3	.25	0.018	.12	0.01%	1.49	PH
10	218	29	May 12	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.462	.819	3	.46	-0.013	.24	0.00%	-0.35	PH
11	219	32 (2)	May 15	BAL	@	SEA	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.462	.819	5						PH
12	220	35 (2)	May 19	BAL		MIN	W,4-2	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.714	1.114	6	1.93	0.180	.96	0.05%	2.01	LF
13	221	42 (6)	May 26	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.421	.722	1.143	5	.81	0.023	.69	0.01%	0.27	LF
14	222	43	May 27	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-0	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.429	.684	1.113	6	.77	-0.013	.57	-0.01%	-0.06	LF
15	223	45 (1)	May 29 (2)	BAL		TOR	L,10-11	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.850	1.305	5	4.15	0.416	3.63	0.22%	2.16	PH
16	224	47 (1)	May 31	BAL		TEX	W,8-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.440	.783	1.223	6	1.42	-0.023	.90	-0.01%	-0.21	LF
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
17	225	48	Jun 2	BAL		TEX	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.393	.692	1.085	5	.83	-0.064	.58	-0.03%	-0.63	LF
18	226	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,0-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.387	.655	1.042	5	1.03	-0.048	.60	-0.02%	-0.40	LF
19	227	51 (1)	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-5	GS-5	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.382	.719	1.101	5	1.68	0.141	.99	0.05%	0.85	LF
20	228	52	Jun 7	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	GS-5	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.371	.405	.800	1.205	5	.81	0.064	.51	0.02%	1.67	LF
21	229	53	Jun 8	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.342	.375	.737	1.112	5	1.09	-0.081	.89	-0.04%	-0.60	LF
22	230	55 (1)	Jun 10	BAL	@	MIL	L,7-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.366	.718	1.084	5	1.74	-0.039	1.43	-0.02%	-0.46	LF
23	231	56	Jun 11	BAL		NYY	W,9-4	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.366	.718	1.084	5						PH
24	232	57	Jun 12	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.357	.700	1.057	5	3.19	-0.088	2.59	-0.04%	-0.50	PH
25	233	59 (1)	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,3-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.302	.333	.651	.984	6	1.21	-0.091	1.34	-0.06%	-0.78	LF
26	234	62 (2)	Jun 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.630	.964	4	1.22	-0.061	1.61	-0.05%	-0.63	1B
27	235	63	Jun 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.321	.588	.909	4	1.33	0.019	1.48	0.01%	-0.12	1B
28	236	64	Jun 21	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-0	1-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.333	.596	.929	5	.49	0.012	.66	0.01%	0.21	LF
29	237	70 (5)	Jun 27	BAL		DET	W,13-1	3-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.304	.328	.571	.899	6	.07	-0.011	.13	-0.01%	0.55	PH
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
30	238	74 (3)	Jul 2	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.339	.571	.910	1	1.26	0.014	1.78	0.01%	0.23	PH
31	239	80 (5)	Jul 8	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.333	.561	.895	9	4.08	-0.106	6.48	-0.10%	-0.45	PH
32	240	81	Jul 9	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-5	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.344	.569	.913	5	.75	0.021	1.17	0.02%	0.38	PH
33	241	82	Jul 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	1-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.349	.567	.916	4	2.20	0.036	3.80	0.04%	0.14	1B
34	242	85 (2)	Jul 16	BAL		SEA	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.328	.531	.860	5	.58	-0.055	.95	-0.05%	-0.90	LF
35	243	90 (4)	Jul 21	BAL		CAL	W,8-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.338	.554	.892	2	2.99	0.500	3.55	0.36%	2.03	PH
36	244	92 (1)	Jul 24	BAL		OAK	W,5-4	10-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.329	.537	.866	7	4.28	-0.202	6.76	-0.19%	-1.01	PH LF
37	245	95 (2)	Jul 27	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.315	.514	.829	5	1.75	-0.173	3.53	-0.21%	-1.45	LF
38	246	98 (2)	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.311	.507	.818	1	2.34	-0.047	4.82	-0.06%	-0.18	PH
39	247	99	Jul 31	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.307	.500	.807	9	1.30	-0.037	2.64	-0.05%	-0.32	PH
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
40	248	101 (1)	Aug 2	BAL		BOS	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.321	.507	.827	5	1.05	0.028	2.64	0.04%	0.23	LF
41	249	107 (5)	Aug 6 (2)	BAL		KCR	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.313	.494	.806	5	1.26	-0.090	1.99	-0.09%	-0.76	DH
42	250	108	Aug 7	BAL		KCR	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.313	.488	.801	5	.96	-0.019	1.24	-0.01%	-0.31	LF
43	251	113 (4)	Aug 13	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.310	.488	.798	5	.67	-0.008	.87	-0.01%	-0.04	DH
44	252	116 (2)	Aug 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.307	.482	.789	6	2.17	-0.056	2.83	-0.04%	-0.25	PH
45	253	117	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.315	.477	.792	5	1.07	-0.071	.84	-0.03%	-0.25	DH
46	254	118	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.316	.473	.788	5	1.55	-0.144	1.71	-0.10%	-1.16	DH
47	255	122 (3)	Aug 22	BAL	@	TEX	W,10-3	GS-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.313	.467	.780	5	.87	-0.021	.79	-0.01%	-0.28	LF
48	256	125 (2)	Aug 26	BAL		TOR	W,12-5	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.316	.468	.784	3	.02	0.000	.02	0.00%	-1.19	PH
49	257	129 (3)	Aug 29	BAL		TEX	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.317	.464	.781	5	1.15	0.076	1.49	0.06%	1.10	LF
Sep/Oct		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
50	258	133 (3)	Sep 3	BAL		MIN	W,4-2	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.308	.450	.758	5	.63	-0.045	1.18	-0.05%	-0.93	LF
51	259	135 (1)	Sep 5	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.311	.446	.757	5	1.01	0.019	2.53	0.03%	0.23	DH
52	260	136	Sep 6	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-2	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.318	.480	.798	1	.04	0.007	.10	0.01%	1.88	PH
53	261	140 (3)	Sep 10	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	11-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.312	.471	.783	1	3.64	-0.197	10.22	-0.33%	-0.74	PH LF
54	262	143 (2)	Sep 13	BAL		NYY	W,8-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.476	.794	1	1.56	0.095	5.61	0.20%	0.94	PH
55	263	144	Sep 14 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.333	.514	.847	5	1.20	0.265	5.17	0.68%	2.22	DH
56	264	146 (1)	Sep 15	BAL		NYY	W,8-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.297	.328	.505	.832	5	.78	0.053	3.59	0.15%	0.57	LF
57	265	148 (1)	Sep 17	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.325	.500	.825	3	.56	-0.015	2.62	-0.04%	-0.10	PH
58	266	150 (1)	Sep 19	BAL		CLE	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.317	.487	.804	5	2.01	-0.134	8.44	-0.34%	-1.14	DH
59	267	156 (5)	Sep 26	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	GS-9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.323	.496	.818	5	.88	0.046	6.92	0.22%	0.42	DH
60	268	157	Sep 28	BAL	@	DET	L,6-9	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.325	.496	.821	5	.56	0.015	3.10	0.05%	0.03	PH
61	269	158	Sep 29	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.323	.492	.815	1	4.62	-0.104	18.76	-0.25%	-0.48	PH
62	270	159	Sep 30	BAL	@	DET	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.320	.488	.808	5	3.92	-0.089	7.29	-0.10%	-0.48	PH
63	271	161 (1)	Oct 1 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307	.333	.496	.829	5	.14	0.009	1.74	0.06%	0.14	DH
64	272	163 (1)	Oct 3	BAL		MIL	L,2-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.331	.492	.823	3	.01	0.000	.42	-0.01%	-0.29	PH
							34-30		133	128	17	39	6	0	6	24	5	2	14	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	.305	.331	.492	.823		1.23	-0.186	2.27	-0.04%	2.32

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