#49 Armando Benitez, Reliever, 30 yrs, Florida Marlins

#49 Armando Benitez, Reliever, 30 yrs, Florida Marlins
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Armando Benitez

11/3/1972
30
D.R.,,Ramon Santana
6"4
265

Reliever
R
R

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1 / 6 (Insignificant)
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Suffers
Prone
1.5 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 4,000,000
2003
9 Year(s), 108 Days (1656 total Days)
76 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 140 Days (1860 total Days)
15 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	10	7	5	95-99 Mph
Versus LHB	10	7	5
Versus RHB	10	7	5
Talent	10	6	5

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
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Holding Runners :

4
57
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	10	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	10	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	10	1	1	2
Talent	1	3	1	1	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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1
3
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .998 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
5/28	@PHI	L 0-1		1	0	0	0	0	2
5/29	@PHI	L 3-6		0.1	2	2	2	1	0
5/31	@ATL	W 8-3		1.1	1	1	1	2	0
6/2	@NYM	L 0-8		1.1	1	0	0	0	2
6/3	@NYM	L 5-6		1	0	0	0	1	0
6/6	PHI	W 5-4		1	1	0	0	1	1
6/7	BOS	L 2-6		0.2	1	1	1	0	2	L
6/8	BOS	W 8-1		1	0	0	0	0	1
6/11	BAL	W 3-2		2	0	0	0	0	3
6/12	BAL	L 1-3		0.2	1	0	0	0	0

Pitching Stats 2003

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	39	0	1	4	1	4.89	46.0	36	28	25	14	50	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	100	0	3	10	3	4.89	118.0	93	72	64	36	129

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	13	2	33.3	39	14	10.8	7.0	9.8	2.7	11	4	36.4	18	4	22.2	3.32

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	87	16	6	1	3	12	12	4	26	0	0	3	.184	.245	.379	.624
vs. RHB	83	20	7	0	5	15	16	10	24	0	0	2	.241	.330	.506	.836

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	15	0	1	2	0	3.38	18.2	12	7	7	5	22
Road	24	0	0	2	1	5.93	27.1	24	21	18	9	28
This Week	4	0	0	1	0	2.08	4.1	2	1	1	0	6
Last Week	4	0	0	0	0	1.93	4.2	3	1	1	4	3

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	14	0	1	3	1	5.85	20.0	16	13	13	7	19
May	18	0	0	0	0	5.40	18.1	16	14	11	5	22
June	7	0	0	1	0	1.17	7.2	4	1	1	2	9

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1992	10	0	2	3	0	5.84	12.1	8	9	8	4	9	15	0	0	1.38	.174	STL
1993	15	0	0	1	0	7.36	14.2	17	12	12	3	6	13	0	0	1.57	.341	STL
1994	13	0	1	2	1	6.86	19.2	18	15	15	6	5	27	0	0	1.17	.293	STL
1995	66	1	7	5	1	5.85	80.0	68	54	52	17	48	114	0	0	1.45	.311	STL
1996	75	1	4	7	37	4.13	98.0	60	46	45	14	61	114	0	0	1.23	.213	STL
1997	78	2	10	5	42	2.52	100.0	65	30	28	10	37	145	0	0	1.02	.279	FLO
1998	74	1	7	7	36	3.92	87.1	66	39	38	13	24	130	0	0	1.03	.305	FLO
1999	63	0	5	10	32	3.16	74.0	51	30	26	12	27	117	0	0	1.05	.289	FLO
2000	61	0	5	2	28	2.97	75.2	61	29	25	11	32	110	0	0	1.23	.313	FLO
2001	88	0	8	8	15	5.37	112.1	108	70	67	30	44	176	0	0	1.35	.351	FLO
2002	110	0	11	8	4	4.76	141.2	103	81	75	27	60	194	0	0	1.15	.260	FLO
2003	39	0	1	4	1	4.89	46.0	36	28	25	8	14	50	0	0	1.09	.250	FLO
Total	692	5	61	62	197	4.35	861.2	661	443	416	155	367	1205	0	0	1.19	.285

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1989, A	53	0	7	4	8	2.51	97.0	59	29	27	10	44	89	0	0	1.06	.213
1990, AA	51	0	5	5	26	2.95	58.0	44	24	19	7	25	72	0	0	1.19	.276
1991, AA	11	0	1	1	6	2.19	12.1	12	3	3	0	8	20	0	0	1.62	.414
1991, AAA	39	0	4	9	19	6.00	48.0	44	33	32	12	28	62	0	0	1.50	.302
1992, AAA	35	0	1	7	21	2.29	39.1	24	11	10	5	18	58	0	0	1.07	.260
1993, AAA	18	0	3	2	8	2.35	23.0	14	6	6	1	8	36	0	0	0.96	.302
1994, AAA	33	0	1	3	18	4.38	37.0	29	18	18	8	20	51	0	0	1.32	.284

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1997	1	0	0	1	0	40.54	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	0	1	0	40.50	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1992	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
1993	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
1994	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
1995	66	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
1996	75	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	0	0	.000	.056	.000	.056	STL
1997	78	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	FLO
1998	74	12	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	FLO
1999	63	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	FLO
2000	61	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	FLO
2001	88	25	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	17	0	0	.040	.111	.080	.191	FLO
2002	110	13	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	5	0	0	.154	.214	.308	.522	FLO
2003	39	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	FLO
Total	692	98	8	4	0	0	6	4	6	53	0	0	.082	.133	.122	.256

Fielding Stats 2003

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.938

46.0

3.13

Player History

Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 3/4/1989 to a minor league deal...
Injured on 3/8/1989 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 2 weeks...
Earned first career win on 8/1/1992...
2/2/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $874,286 through salary arbitration...
2/2/1998: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,280,000 through salary arbitration...
Had first career hit on 4/27/1998, off Todd Worrell (MON)...
2/2/1999: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,280,000 through salary arbitration...
6/8/1999: Signed a contract extension with Florida, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Injured on 6/2/2002 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
1996 - 37 - 4th
1997 - 42 - 1st
1998 - 36 - 4th
1999 - 32 - 3rd
2000 - 28 - 5th
2001 - 15 - 8th

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