Player Report for #42 Ben McGinnis

04/26/1981

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P Ben McGinnis #42

Age: 35

Bats: L

Throws: L

Morale: Normal

G	GS	Rec	SV	ERA	IP	HA	HR	BB	K	WHIP
0	0	0-0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00

	Overall	Potential
Stuff
Movement
Control

Pitching Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Stuff	6	7	6	6
Movement	9	10	9	10
Control	18	18	17	18

Pitch Ratings
Pitch	Current	Potential
Fastball	10	10
Slider	7	7
Changeup	3	4
Forkball	10	10

Other Pitching Ratings
Velocity	94-96 Mph
Stamina	6
Suggested Role	Strictly BP
Groundball Percentage	49 %
Hold Runners	20
Defense	10

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	4
Stealing Ability:	7
Baserunning Inst.:	10
Sacrifice Bunt:	18
Bunt for Hit:	1

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	Normal
Loyalty:	Very Low
Desire f. Win:	Low
Greed:	Normal
Intelligence:	High
Work Ethic:	High

Ben McGinnis
Birthday:	04/30/1933
Born in:	Gilbert (Arizona)
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 0"
Weight:	220 lbs
Local Popularity:	Unknown
National Pop.:	Unknown

Status
Contract:	RETIRED
Salary:	-
Signed Through:	-
Major Service:	1 Year, 58 Days
Service This Yr:	None
40-Man Service:	1 Year, 75 Days
Pro Service:	17 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	2 option years left
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1951, 7th Pick in Round 3

Career Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	ERA+
1957 Detroit - ABA	24	16	16	4	10	0	4.83	100.2	131	60	54	11	28	45	1	0	1.58	.335	1.0	75
1958 Detroit - ABA	25	1	1	0	1	0	7.50	6.0	11	7	5	1	0	3	0	0	1.83	.385	-1.5	49
Total ABA		17	17	4	11	0	4.98	106.2	142	67	59	12	28	48	1	0	1.59	.339	-0.5	73

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	ERA+
1951 Total - HS	18	13	13	8	0	0	1.94	88.1	75	21	19	3	13	77	0	0	1.00	.259	0.0	100
1951 Santa Monica - A	18	2	2	0	1	0	2.35	15.1	11	4	4	1	4	6	0	0	0.98	.200	1.7	92
1952 San Bernadino - A	19	29	29	5	9	0	3.29	191.2	185	84	70	18	93	72	1	0	1.45	.263	18.4	97
1953 San Bernadino - A	20	6	6	5	1	0	2.41	41.0	41	14	11	2	13	8	0	0	1.32	.269	12.8	173
1954 San Bernadino - A	21	29	24	9	10	0	4.06	168.2	174	88	76	21	62	80	1	0	1.40	.276	21.6	102
1955 San Bernadino - A	22	23	7	5	4	0	4.94	71.0	88	39	39	11	21	31	1	0	1.54	.314	0.6	81
1956 San Bernadino - A	23	21	13	7	7	0	4.12	91.2	93	48	42	9	27	35	1	0	1.31	.264	11.5	97
1957 San Antonio - AA	24	16	16	7	3	0	3.27	118.1	104	49	43	5	28	65	3	1	1.12	.263	18.0	117
1957 Vaughan - AAA	24	7	7	5	2	0	3.12	52.0	42	20	18	5	15	13	1	0	1.10	.215	8.5	120
1958 Vaughan - AAA	25	7	7	2	3	0	6.07	43.0	44	30	29	10	13	14	0	0	1.33	.233	-8.3	62
1959 Santa Ana - A	26	5	2	3	0	0	1.77	20.1	19	6	4	0	1	7	0	0	0.98	.279	7.4	216
1959 San Bernadino - A	26	5	0	0	0	0	8.68	9.1	9	9	9	2	3	4	0	0	1.29	.241	-3.9	44
1959 Total - A	26	10	2	3	0	0	3.94	29.2	28	15	13	2	4	11	0	0	1.08	.268	3.5	0
1959 San Antonio - AA	26	1	1	0	0	0	3.86	7.0	11	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.57	.393	0.5	108
1959 Brownsville - AA	26	5	5	2	3	0	3.55	33.0	33	13	13	2	9	10	0	0	1.27	.274	4.6	110
1959 Total - AA	26	6	6	2	3	0	3.60	40.0	44	16	16	2	9	12	0	0	1.33	.298	5.0	0
1959 Hamilton - AAA	26	1	1	1	0	0	6.35	5.2	11	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2.47	.393	-0.8	64
1960 Whittier - A	27	11	0	3	0	1	1.53	17.2	8	3	3	0	3	9	0	0	0.62	.167	7.7	288
1960 Montebello - A	27	2	0	1	0	0	2.70	6.2	4	3	2	1	0	4	0	0	0.60	.158	2.1	163
1960 Total - A	27	13	0	4	0	1	1.85	24.1	12	6	5	1	3	13	0	0	0.62	.164	9.8	0
1960 Galveston - AA	27	6	0	0	0	0	22.85	4.1	13	11	11	3	1	2	0	0	3.23	.476	-9.2	18
1960 Edna - AA	27	1	1	0	1	0	3.38	8.0	7	5	3	2	2	2	1	0	1.13	.185	1.6	124
1960 Total - AA	27	7	1	0	1	0	10.22	12.1	20	16	14	5	3	4	1	0	1.86	.313	-7.6	0
1960 Oshawa - AAA	27	6	6	0	4	0	4.11	30.2	36	14	14	6	6	10	0	0	1.37	.275	1.1	93
1961 Whittier - A	28	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	.143	1.1	999
1961 Calabasas - A	28	7	0	3	0	0	3.38	8.0	6	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0.75	.130	1.1	125
1961 Total - A	28	8	0	3	0	1	2.70	10.0	7	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0.70	.133	2.2	0
1961 Harlingen - AA	28	30	0	3	1	1	2.88	40.2	34	14	13	2	10	15	0	0	1.08	.239	7.9	129
1961 Edna - AA	28	9	0	1	0	0	2.79	9.2	8	3	3	2	2	6	0	0	1.03	.222	2.1	137
1961 Total - AA	28	39	0	4	1	1	2.86	50.1	42	17	16	4	12	21	0	0	1.07	.236	10.0	0
1962 Brownsville - AA	29	3	3	2	0	0	2.79	19.1	20	6	6	2	3	12	0	0	1.19	.286	3.7	135
1962 Hamilton - AAA	29	27	25	7	11	1	3.50	154.1	176	67	60	19	30	59	0	0	1.33	.290	24.9	110
1963 Hamilton - AAA	30	45	2	9	3	2	3.27	77.0	87	30	28	5	12	20	0	0	1.29	.285	11.1	104
1964 Timmins - AAA	31	21	16	4	5	0	2.59	97.1	92	38	28	9	8	41	1	0	1.03	.254	16.6	123
1965 San Antonio - AA	32	12	0	2	1	1	0.54	16.2	15	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.02	.246	7.2	614
1965 Vaughan - AAA	32	11	11	5	2	0	2.69	77.0	71	23	23	7	6	25	1	0	1.00	.252	13.1	126
1966 Welland - AAA	33	35	10	10	4	1	2.90	114.2	96	41	37	7	14	53	1	0	0.96	.243	17.0	116
1967 Brownsville - AA	34	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.01	.667	0.2	999
1967 Hamilton - AAA	34	29	0	0	0	3	3.61	47.1	51	22	19	6	7	10	0	0	1.23	.257	2.8	87
Total GHL		189	85	43	34	7	3.35	699.0	706	289	260	74	114	245	4	0	1.17	.262	86.1	109.0
Total STL		84	26	17	9	2	3.36	257.1	247	106	96	19	57	118	4	1	1.18	.268	36.5	151.6
Total SCL		141	83	41	32	2	3.68	643.1	639	301	263	68	227	259	4	0	1.35	.267	82.2	113.5

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1957 Detroit - ML	P	16	16	5	7	0	12	0	1.000	100.2	1.07	-0.5	.918
1958 Detroit - ML	P	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.500	6.0	1.50	-0.5	.000

Player History
06/15/1951	Drafted in the 1951 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 39th overall pick) by the Baltimore Barons, out of high school (Desert Ridge; Mesa, AZ).
08/10/1951	Signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Barons organization with a signing bonus of $9,900.
11/19/1951	Was traded by the Baltimore Barons to the Detroit Bears, along with RF Cristián Bañuelos, in exchange for CL Matt McKown.
01/01/1952	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (7); Movement: 8 (9); Control: 6 (18).
07/10/1952	Injured (viral infection), out for 4 days.
07/13/1952	Was selected to the 1952 Southern California League All-Star Game.
01/01/1953	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (7); Movement: 8 (9); Control: 8 (18).
05/06/1953	Injured (partially torn ulnar collateral ligament (elbow)), out for 7-8 months.
01/01/1954	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (7); Movement: 8 (9); Control: 9 (15).
07/11/1954	Was selected to the 1954 Southern California League All-Star Game.
08/30/1954	Won the 1954 Southern California League Southland Series with the San Bernadino Bears!
01/01/1955	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (9); Movement: 9 (9); Control: 12 (16).
01/01/1956	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (9); Movement: 9 (9); Control: 12 (14).
01/01/1957	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (8); Movement: 9 (9); Control: 14 (15).
06/10/1957	Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Victoria Bulls with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
07/07/1957	Was selected to the 1957 South Texas League All-Star Game.
01/01/1958	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (8); Movement: 9 (9); Control: 15 (16).
05/09/1958	Injured (sprained ankle), out for 1-2 weeks.
05/27/1958	Injured (radial nerve (elbow) decompression surgery), out for 4 months.
08/11/1958	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 2-3 months.
01/01/1959	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 9 (9); Control: 14 (15).
05/01/1959	Released by the Detroit organization.
06/01/1959	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Keystones organization.
07/26/1959	Released by the Pittsburgh organization.
08/01/1959	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the St. Louis Dredgers organization.
09/07/1959	Won the 1959 Golden Horseshoe League Ontario Series with the Hamilton Steelers!
10/16/1959	Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1960	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (6); Movement: 9 (9); Control: 15 (16).
04/07/1960	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Boston Morrills organization.
06/20/1960	Released by the Boston organization.
07/11/1960	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Chicago Clout organization.
07/22/1960	Released by the Chicago organization.
07/24/1960	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Los Angeles Quakes organization.
10/13/1960	Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1961	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (6); Movement: 9 (9); Control: 16 (17).
04/08/1961	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Philadelphia Blue Rocks organization.
08/02/1961	Released by the Philadelphia organization.
08/02/1961	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Boston Morrills organization.
08/19/1961	Released by the Boston organization.
08/19/1961	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Philadelphia Blue Rocks organization.
10/12/1961	Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1962	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (6); Movement: 9 (9); Control: 17 (17).
04/09/1962	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the St. Louis Dredgers organization.
06/08/1962	Was selected to the 1962 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
08/08/1962	Injured (mild oblique strain), day-to-day for 2 days.
10/07/1962	Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1963	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (6); Movement: 9 (9); Control: 17 (17).
04/10/1963	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the St. Louis Dredgers organization.
10/08/1963	Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1964	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (6); Movement: 9 (9); Control: 17 (17).
04/13/1964	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the The Bronx Ironmen organization.
06/10/1964	Injured (strained forearm), out for one week.
07/13/1964	Injured (herniated disc (back)), out for 2 weeks.
10/13/1964	Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1965	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (6); Movement: 9 (10); Control: 16 (16).
05/01/1965	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Detroit Bears organization.
10/13/1965	Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1966	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (6); Movement: 10 (10); Control: 16 (17).
04/18/1966	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Washington Mutuals organization.
06/10/1966	Was selected to the 1966 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
10/09/1966	Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1967	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (6); Movement: 10 (11); Control: 17 (17).
04/08/1967	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the St. Louis Dredgers organization.
08/09/1967	Injured (torn rotator cuff), out for 13 months.
10/04/1967	Became a minor league free agent.
01/01/1968	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (6); Movement: 10 (11); Control: 17 (18).
08/01/1968	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Boston Morrills organization.
09/30/1968	Retired from professional baseball.