Player Report for #17 Ben Bennett

04/26/1981

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1B Ben Bennett #17

ABA Cincinnati Rivermen

Age: 26

Bats: L

Throws: L

Morale: Good


	5-1, .833, - GB

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
6	26	6	2	0	0	3	1	4	.231	.259	.308	1

	Overall	Potential
Contact
Gap
Power
Eye
Avoid K's

Batting Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Contact	15	14	16	15
Gap	14	13	15	14
Power	13	11	13	13
Eye	13	11	13	13
Avoid K's	18	17	19	18

Fielding Ratings
	Catcher	Infield	Outfield
Range:	-	11	20
Errors:	-	8	15
Arm:	2	20	20
Turn DP:	-	8	-
Ability:	1	-	-

Position Ratings
Pitcher:	-	Shortstop:	-
Catcher:	-	Left Field:	20
1st Base:	14	Center Field:	20
2nd Base:	-	Right Field:	20
3rd Base:	-

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	17
Stealing Ability:	19
Baserunning Inst.:	20
Sacrifice Bunt:	15
Bunt for Hit:	12

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
04/25/1981	BSN	Win, 6-3	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
04/24/1981	@ CHH	Win, 7-4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
04/23/1981	@ CHH	Win, 5-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
04/22/1981	@ CHH	Loss, 4-5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
04/21/1981	ATL	Win, 14-8	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
04/20/1981	ATL	Win, 3-2	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0
04/14/1981	@ CHH	Win, 10-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
04/13/1981	MAN	Loss, 2-7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
04/12/1981	@ TB	Loss, 5-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04/11/1981	PHO	Loss, 0-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Ben Bennett
Birthday:	05/19/1954
Born in:	Altamont (Oregon)
Nationality:	American
Height:	5' 9"
Weight:	170 lbs
Local Popularity:	Popular
National Pop.:	Well Known

Status
Contract:	Major League Contract
Salary:	$820,000
Signed Through:	1981 Season
Major Service:	4 Years, 122 Days
Service This Yr:	7 Days
40-Man Service:	4 Years, 122 Days
Pro Service:	9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	3 option years left
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1972, 14th Pick in Round 1

American Baseball Association 1981 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WOBA	ISO	VORP
Overall	6	26	6	2	0	0	3	1	1	4	.231	.259	.308	.567	.243	.077	-0.9
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	6	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	2	1	1	50.0	1.9	2.36
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		10	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	.300	.300	.500	.800
Versus Right		16	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Last Week		26	6	2	0	0	3	1	1	4	0	1	0	.231	.259	.308	.567
April		26	6	2	0	0	3	1	1	4	0	1	0	.231	.259	.308	.567
Spring Training		56	14	5	3	0	2	5	3	6	0	2	0	.250	.288	.446	.735
Last Year		281	81	14	4	8	38	40	33	27	1	0	1	.288	.364	.452	.816
2 Years Ago		543	146	20	5	16	76	88	56	52	5	2	2	.269	.337	.413	.749
Career		2325	581	102	28	47	295	321	210	259	18	34	8	.250	.312	.378	.690
Home		13	5	2	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.385	.429	.538	.967
Road		13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	.077	.077	.077	.154
Grass		26	6	2	0	0	3	1	1	4	0	1	0	.231	.259	.308	.567
Day		4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250
Night		22	4	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	1	0	.182	.217	.227	.445
Close/Late		10	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700
Inning 1-3		10	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Inning 4-6		6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.333	.619
Inning 7-9		8	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625
Extra Innings		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
0 Outs		10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	.200	.273	.200	.473
1 Outs		7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
2 Outs		9	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.556	.889
Scoring Position		8	5	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.625	.625	.750	1.375
Bases Empty		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067
Runner on 1st		4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.250	.500	.750
Runner on 2nd		2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500
Runner on 3rd		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd		3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333
Runner on 2nd & 3rd		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Bases Loaded		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Two Strikes		14	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	.286	.333	.357	.690
First Pitch		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 0-1		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 0-2		2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
Count 1-1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 1-2		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Count 2-1		2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
Count 2-2		4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Count 3-1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Full Count		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650
Behind in Count		9	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556
Ahead in Count		3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667
Batting Leadoff		9	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	.111	.111	.111	.222
Batting 4th		17	5	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	.294	.333	.412	.745

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+	VORP
1976 Cincinnati - ABA	22	120	408	86	24	4	5	46	42	27	1	5	72	25	13	.211	.259	.326	.584	69	-7.5
1977 Cincinnati - ABA	23	138	553	133	22	6	10	75	82	47	1	4	65	40	19	.241	.299	.356	.655	82	1.9
1978 Cincinnati - ABA	24	139	514	129	20	9	8	57	68	46	3	3	39	32	10	.251	.314	.372	.686	100	15.6
1979 Cincinnati - ABA	25	139	543	146	20	5	16	76	88	56	2	5	52	41	13	.269	.337	.413	.749	107	20.2
1980 Cincinnati - ABA	26	71	281	81	14	4	8	38	40	33	1	1	27	17	4	.288	.364	.452	.816	130	18.3
1981 Cincinnati - ABA	27	6	26	6	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	.231	.259	.308	.567	62	-0.9
Total ABA		613	2325	581	102	28	47	295	321	210	8	18	259	156	60	.250	.312	.378	.690	95	47.6

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+	VORP
1972 Total - HS	18	20	90	46	8	4	2	29	43	10	1	2	5	29	5	.511	.553	.756	1.309	100	0.0
1972 Fullerton - A	18	5	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	-2	-1.2
1973 Victoria - AA	19	21	84	16	0	0	2	4	7	2	0	1	15	1	0	.190	.207	.262	.469	29	-4.9
1973 Kitchener - AAA	19	9	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	-4.7
1974 Kitchener - AAA	20	126	429	98	22	8	8	49	55	20	5	5	78	15	5	.228	.268	.373	.641	84	1.5
1975 Victoria - AA	21	1	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	246	1.0
1975 Kitchener - AAA	21	121	457	129	22	9	10	46	69	42	0	2	91	24	14	.282	.341	.435	.777	110	19.6
1976 Kitchener - AAA	22	13	52	18	5	0	0	1	7	4	0	0	10	4	1	.346	.393	.442	.835	136	4.9
1978 Kitchener - AAA	24	1	5	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.600	.667	.800	1.467	323	2.3
Total GHL		270	973	251	50	17	18	97	133	67	5	7	185	44	20	.258	.307	.400	.707	97	23.6
Total STL		22	88	18	1	0	2	5	7	2	0	1	15	1	0	.205	.220	.284	.504	38	-3.9
Total SCL		5	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	-2	-1.2

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1976 Cincinnati - ML	LF	30	29	78	2	0	85	5	.941	251.2	2.86	-2.6	.955
1976 Cincinnati - ML	CF	48	45	131	5	1	137	1	.993	404.2	3.02	+8.3	1.092
1976 Cincinnati - ML	RF	17	17	35	2	1	38	1	.974	145.0	2.30	+1.9	1.080
1976 Cincinnati - ML	1B	24	23	214	19	20	236	3	.987	208.2	10.05	-0.4	.979
1977 Cincinnati - ML	CF	137	137	404	10	3	422	8	.981	1219.1	3.06	+26.7	1.098
1977 Cincinnati - ML	1B	3	0	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	6.0	9.00	+0.0	1.073
1977 Cincinnati - ML	RF	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0	.000
1978 Cincinnati - ML	CF	138	138	468	10	3	484	6	.988	1220.2	3.52	+39.7	1.127
1978 Cincinnati - ML	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1979 Cincinnati - ML	CF	139	139	418	12	0	435	5	.989	1259.0	3.07	+32.1	1.115
1979 Cincinnati - ML	1B	1	0	4	1	1	5	0	1.000	3.2	12.27	+0.0	1.057
1980 Cincinnati - ML	CF	71	71	198	2	0	201	1	.995	637.1	2.82	+10.3	1.075
1980 Cincinnati - ML	1B	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	2.0	18.00	0.0	.000
1980 Cincinnati - ML	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1981 Cincinnati - ML	CF	6	6	18	1	0	19	0	1.000	55.2	3.07	+3.0	1.300
1981 Cincinnati - ML	LF	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0	.958

Player History
06/15/1972	Drafted in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 14, 14th overall pick) by the Cincinnati Rivermen, out of high school (Klamath Union; Klamath Falls, OR).
08/09/1972	Signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Rivermen organization with a signing bonus of $54,500.
01/01/1973	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (15); Power: 4 (11); Eye: 5 (14).
04/16/1973	Named the #44 prospect in the ABA
04/20/1973	Injured (partially torn labrum), out for 3-4 months.
12/21/1973	Injured (ankle soreness), out for 2 weeks.
01/01/1974	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (14); Power: 4 (12); Eye: 5 (13).
01/02/1974	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 4 days.
04/15/1974	Named the #55 prospect in the ABA
01/01/1975	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (14); Power: 5 (12); Eye: 6 (11).
04/14/1975	Named the #69 prospect in the ABA
05/26/1975	Wins the GHL MKL Player of the Week Award.
08/18/1975	Goes 5-5 against the Brampton Roses, with 2 2B, 0 RBI and 2 R.
09/15/1975	Wins the 1975 GHL MKL Earl Alexander Award at CF.
01/01/1976	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (15); Power: 6 (12); Eye: 9 (13).
04/19/1976	Named the #29 prospect in the ABA
01/01/1977	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (15); Power: 8 (12); Eye: 11 (13).
04/18/1977	Named the #85 prospect in the ABA
10/15/1977	Wins the 1977 ABA RL Top Glove Award at CF.
01/01/1978	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 9 (11); Eye: 13 (14).
10/12/1978	Wins the 1978 ABA RL Top Glove Award at CF.
01/01/1979	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 9 (10); Eye: 11 (12).
10/11/1979	Wins the 1979 ABA RL Top Glove Award at CF.
01/01/1980	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 12 (12); Eye: 11 (12).
03/28/1980	Injured (post-concussion syndrome), out for 3 months.
07/10/1980	Hits for the CYCLE, going 4-5 against the Manhattan Peril, with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored.
07/21/1980	Wins the ABA RL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1981	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (15); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 13 (13).

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	3B	Rank
1977	6	10
1978	9	2

Year	SB	Rank
1976	25	9
1977	40	2
1978	32	2
1979	41	2

Year	R	Rank
1979	88	4

Year	IBB	Rank
1979	5	8

Year	SH	Rank
1977	13	6
1978	10	6