NAME : Armando Benitez
NICKNAME :
ORIGIN : Dominican Republic
BIRTHDAY : 11/3/1972
AGE : 32
HEIGHT : 6"4
WEIGHT : 230
POSITION : Pitcher
ROLE : Closer
BATS : Right
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $4,000,000 through 2007
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 : 9 (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 9, Talent Brilliant)
Avoiding Doubles : 7 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 7, Talent Good)
Avoiding Homeruns : 3 (VS. RHB : 2, VS. LHB : 4, Talent Fair)
Avoiding BB's : 2 (VS. RHB : 4, VS. LHB : 0, Talent Fair)
Getting Strikeouts : 8 (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 9, Talent Good)
Throwing Velocity : 10
Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Changeup, Curveball
PITCHING STATS :
Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K
Overall 9.00 1 1 2 9 0 9.0 16 9 9 8 6
At Home 12.46 0 0 1 4 0 4.1 7 6 6 6 3
Away 5.79 1 1 1 5 0 4.2 9 3 3 2 3
Last Week 3.38 1 0 1 2 0 2.2 5 1 1 0 1
This Week 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Apr/Mar 9.00 1 1 2 9 0 9.0 16 9 9 8 6
May 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 3.19 8 5 24 50 0 0 53.2 19 27 54 NYN,BOS
2004 4.63 5 4 27 63 0 0 70.0 36 42 71 BOS
Total ERA : 3.32
Total Wins : 40
Total Losses: 37
Total Saves : 229
Total SHO : 0
Total CG : 0
Total K's : 820
Total BB's : 350
PLAYER HISTORY Traded from New York (N) to Boston on 3/31/2003 (Going to NYN: RF D. Stenson, P P. Dumatrait, P M. Delcarmen. Going to BOS: P A. Benitez, P D. Weathers)... Won World Series with Boston in 2003... |