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SS Mike Benjamin #18
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R
07/14/1997
DBL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY | FRONT OFFICE
SS MIKE BENJAMIN #18 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
30 61 13 6 0 0 7 6 21 .213 .314 .311 2 0.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 10 10 10 10
Gap 15 15 15 15
Power 3 3 3 3
Eye 4 4 4 6
Avoid K's 9 9 9 9
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 17 1
Errors: - 19 2
Arm: - 19 1
Turn DP: - 19 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 18
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 20 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 16
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 12
Stealing Ability: 19
Baserunning Inst.: 20
Sacrifice Bunt: 12
Bunt for Hit: 10
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/13/1997 @ MIL Loss, 0-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/12/1997 @ MIL Win, 3-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
07/11/1997 @ MIL Loss, 1-4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
07/09/1997 CHC Win, 17-8 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 0
07/08/1997 CHC Win, 4-3 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
07/07/1997 CHC Win, 8-4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
07/06/1997 MIN Loss, 8-9 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
07/05/1997 MIN Win, 7-5 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1
07/04/1997 MIN Loss, 3-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
07/03/1997 CHC Loss, 5-15 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Birthday:11/22/1965
Born in:Euclid, OH
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Drafted:1988, 12th Pick in Round 3
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1997 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 30 61 13 6 0 0 7 9 6 21 .213 .314 .311 .626 .278 .098 80
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 14 70 3 0 0 1 0 0 19 6 2 0 100.0 6.7 3.70 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   22 6 3 0 0 4 1 3 5 0 0 1 .273 .385 .409 .794
Versus Right   39 7 3 0 0 3 7 3 16 0 0 2 .179 .273 .256 .529
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   20 5 2 0 0 4 3 2 5 0 0 2 .250 .375 .350 .725
April   4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
May   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
June   14 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 .143 .250 .214 .464
July   40 10 4 0 0 6 6 5 13 0 0 2 .250 .362 .350 .712
Last Year   61 17 8 2 0 10 5 2 16 0 0 1 .279 .313 .475 .788
2 Years Ago   25 7 3 0 0 2 4 0 8 0 0 1 .280 .308 .400 .708
Career   1449 301 98 11 9 116 117 60 406 5 30 20 .208 .248 .309 .558
Home   40 11 5 0 0 7 7 5 12 0 0 1 .275 .370 .400 .770
Road   21 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0 2 .095 .208 .143 .351
Grass   16 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 2 .063 .211 .063 .273
Turf   45 12 6 0 0 7 8 5 15 0 0 1 .267 .353 .400 .753
Day   16 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 .250 .250 .313 .563
Night   45 9 5 0 0 6 6 6 17 0 0 3 .200 .333 .311 .644
As Starter   47 11 5 0 0 7 6 6 14 0 0 2 .234 .345 .340 .686
As Reliever / Substitution   14 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 1 .143 .200 .214 .414
Pinch Hitting   8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
Close/Late   10 3 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 .300 .462 .400 .862
Inning 1-3   15 6 4 0 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 .400 .471 .667 1.137
Inning 4-6   17 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 1 .118 .286 .118 .403
Inning 7-9   29 5 2 0 0 4 3 2 11 0 0 1 .172 .250 .241 .491
0 Outs   16 3 1 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 0 .188 .278 .250 .528
1 Outs   22 2 1 0 0 3 2 2 10 0 0 3 .091 .259 .136 .396
2 Outs   23 8 4 0 0 4 2 2 6 0 0 0 .348 .400 .522 .922
Scoring Position   14 4 1 0 0 5 2 0 4 0 0 1 .286 .333 .357 .690
Bases Empty   33 5 3 0 0 0 5 4 13 0 0 2 .152 .282 .242 .524
Runner on 1st   14 4 2 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 .286 .375 .429 .804
Runner on 2nd   5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533
Runner on 3rd   3 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Runner on 1st & 2nd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Two Strikes   30 4 2 0 0 2 2 3 21 0 0 1 .133 .235 .200 .435
First Pitch   8 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
Count 0-1   3 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000
Count 0-2   9 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 .333 .333 .556 .889
Count 1-0   11 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .455 .818
Count 1-1   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533
Count 1-2   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-0   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .000 .750 .000 .750
Full Count   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 .000 .667 .000 .667
Behind in Count   20 5 4 0 0 3 2 0 12 0 0 0 .250 .250 .450 .700
Ahead in Count   15 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 .267 .421 .333 .754
Batting Leadoff   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Batting 6th   5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
Batting 8th   38 7 4 0 0 4 4 2 13 0 0 3 .184 .279 .289 .569
Batting 9th   12 4 1 0 0 3 3 4 3 0 0 0 .333 .500 .417 .917
Low Leverage   28 5 4 0 0 1 5 3 14 0 0 2 .179 .303 .321 .624
Medium Leverage   25 6 2 0 0 3 3 2 5 0 0 1 .240 .321 .320 .641
High Leverage   7 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1989 Hollywood - DBL 23 82 258 41 10 1 5 26 20 13 1 1 72 6 1 .159 .201 .264 .465 36 29 -0.1
1990 Hollywood - DBL 24 17 41 8 2 1 0 3 4 1 2 0 10 0 1 .195 .250 .293 .543 60 58 0.2
1992 San Diego - DBL 26 157 554 121 37 3 2 36 46 22 8 3 149 6 3 .218 .257 .307 .564 64 57 1.3
1993 San Diego - DBL 27 116 395 80 25 4 2 29 22 13 1 1 112 7 1 .203 .229 .301 .531 52 45 0.3
1994 St. Louis - DBL 28 27 54 14 7 0 0 3 7 3 3 0 18 2 0 .259 .333 .389 .722 91 95 0.3
1995 St. Louis - DBL 29 23 25 7 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 8 1 0 .280 .308 .400 .708 88 93 0.1
1996 St. Louis - DBL 30 35 61 17 8 2 0 10 5 2 1 0 16 4 0 .279 .313 .475 .788 107 111 0.6
1997 St. Louis - DBL 31 30 61 13 6 0 0 7 9 6 3 0 21 2 0 .213 .314 .311 .626 72 80 0.3
Total DBL 487 1449 301 98 11 9 116 117 60 20 5 406 28 6 .208 .248 .309 .558 59 54 3.0
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1989 Waikiki - WL 23 31 117 35 4 0 2 16 13 4 1 0 23 1 2 .299 .328 .385 .712 100 101 0.0
1989 Salt Lake City - CBL 23 62 227 61 15 0 2 26 24 8 2 1 38 5 3 .269 .298 .361 .660 79 76 0.0
1990 Salt Lake City - CBL 24 114 408 94 20 3 7 42 39 17 4 2 90 15 2 .230 .267 .346 .612 64 55 0.0
1991 Salt Lake City - CBL 25 130 518 144 42 4 1 56 58 17 4 9 96 13 4 .278 .301 .380 .681 81 76 0.0
Total CBL 306 1153 299 77 7 10 124 121 42 10 12 224 33 9 .259 .288 .364 .653 75 69
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1994 St. Louis - DBL 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0.0
1996 St. Louis - DBL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0.0
Total DBL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 168 173
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1989 Hollywood - DBL SS 82 82 108 267 29 378 3 .992 711.0 4.75 +6.6 1.057
1989 Salt Lake City - CBL SS 62 62 76 190 41 268 2 .993 559.2 4.28 +11.2 1.123
1989 Waikiki - WL SS 31 31 34 136 24 173 3 .983 264.0 5.80 +10.5 1.073
1990 Hollywood - DBL 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1990 Hollywood - DBL 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1990 Hollywood - DBL SS 17 11 19 34 6 53 0 1.000 108.0 4.42 +1.4 1.102
1990 Salt Lake City - CBL SS 114 114 159 371 75 538 8 .985 1007.2 4.73 +14.7 1.093
1991 Salt Lake City - CBL SS 130 130 172 414 91 597 11 .982 1156.0 4.56 +19.0 1.102
1992 San Diego - DBL SS 157 156 193 474 64 675 8 .988 1375.0 4.37 +14.2 1.061
1993 San Diego - DBL SS 116 116 135 333 46 479 11 .977 996.2 4.23 +7.4 1.045
1994 St. Louis - DBL 2B 9 6 21 26 7 48 1 .979 62.2 6.75 +1.3 1.105
1994 St. Louis - DBL SS 14 6 16 22 7 39 1 .974 67.1 5.08 +0.2 1.058
1995 St. Louis - DBL 2B 10 0 1 5 0 7 1 .857 14.2 3.68 -0.3 .891
1995 St. Louis - DBL 3B 5 0 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 7.0 5.14 +0.1 1.060
1995 St. Louis - DBL SS 7 0 8 4 2 12 0 1.000 19.0 5.68 +0.5 1.319
1996 St. Louis - DBL 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1996 St. Louis - DBL 2B 9 3 6 15 2 22 1 .955 43.0 4.40 -0.1 .979
1996 St. Louis - DBL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1996 St. Louis - DBL SS 24 6 17 34 7 51 0 1.000 91.2 5.01 +1.1 1.078
1997 St. Louis - DBL 2B 18 14 18 47 8 67 2 .970 137.0 4.27 +0.6 1.040
1997 St. Louis - DBL 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1997 St. Louis - DBL SS 5 0 1 3 1 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 +0.1 1.045
TOTAL 2B 46 23 46 93 17 144 5 .965 257.1 4.86 +1.4 1.036
TOTAL 3B 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 7.1 4.91 +0.1 1.060
TOTAL SS 759 714 938 2282 393 3267 47 .986 6365.0 4.55 +86.9 1.078
PLAYER HISTORY
12/30/1988 Drafted in the 1988 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 12, 60th overall pick) by the Hollywood Stars.
01/01/1989 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (10); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
01/15/1989 Named to the 1989 Hawaii Winter League for the Waikiki Suns.
02/21/1989 Wins the 1989 HWL Championship with the Waikiki Suns.
03/27/1989 Named the #67 prospect in the DBL
01/01/1990 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 6 (6).
07/09/1990 Goes 5-5 against the San Antonio Missions, with 2 2B, 2 RBI and 2 R.
01/01/1991 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 6 (6).
06/27/1991 Injured (Sprained ankle), day-to-day for 6 days.
01/01/1992 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (11); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 6 (6).
10/27/1992 Wins the 1992 DBL UL Gold Glove at SS.
01/01/1993 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (5).
10/28/1993 Released by the San Diego Padres.
01/01/1994 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 6 (6).
01/01/1995 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 4 (6).
01/01/1996 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (6).
01/01/1997 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (6).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1989 31 1
Year K Rank
1989 23 5
Year 2B Rank
1992 37 3
Year HP Rank
1989 1 8
Year SH Rank
1992 14 7
Year WAR Rank
1989 1.0 9
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