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  NAME     : Armando Benitez
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 11/3/1972
  AGE      : 31
  HEIGHT   : 6"4
  WEIGHT   : 225
 
  POSITION : Pitcher
  ROLE     : Closer
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $7,000,000 through 2006
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Pitcher : D (Fielding Pct. : 1.000)
PITCHING RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Duration as Starter : * Duration as Reliever : E Holding Runners : C Groundball Pct. : 48 Avoiding Runs : 6 Avoiding Hits : 8 (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 9, Talent Brilliant) Avoiding Doubles : 7 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 7, Talent Good) Avoiding Homeruns : 3 (VS. RHB : 3, VS. LHB : 4, Talent Average) Avoiding BB's : 2 (VS. RHB : 4, VS. LHB : 0, Talent Average) Getting Strikeouts : 10 (VS. RHB : 10, VS. LHB : 11, Talent Brilliant) Throwing Velocity : 10 Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Changeup, Curveball
PITCHING STATS : Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K Overall 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 At Home 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Away 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Last Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr/Mar 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 May 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 June 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 July 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 August 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep/Oct 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
CAREER STATS : YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS 1994 0.90 0 0 0 3 0 0 10.0 1 4 14 BAL 1995 5.63 1 5 2 44 0 0 48.0 30 37 56 BAL 1996 3.86 1 0 4 18 0 0 14.0 6 6 20 BAL 1997 2.47 4 5 9 71 0 0 73.0 20 43 106 BAL 1998 3.84 5 6 22 71 0 0 68.0 29 39 87 BAL 1999 1.85 4 3 22 77 0 0 78.0 16 41 128 NYN 2000 2.61 4 4 41 76 0 0 76.0 22 38 106 NYN 2001 3.79 6 4 43 73 0 0 76.0 32 40 93 NYN 2002 2.28 1 0 33 62 0 0 67.0 17 25 79 NYN 2003 1.92 3 3 25 53 0 0 56.1 12 31 68 NYN,TEX Total ERA : 2.94 Total Wins : 29 Total Losses: 30 Total Saves : 201 Total SHO : 0 Total CG : 0 Total K's : 757 Total BB's : 304
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from New York (N) to Texas on 5/16/2003 (Going to TEX: C M. Piazza, CF T. Perez, P S. Strickland, P A. Benitez. Going to NYN: CF C. Everett, P U. Urbina, P F. Cordero)... Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/14/2004 to a 3-year deal worth $7,000,000 per year... Injured on 9/2/2004 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...