Armando
Benitez
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 3, 1972 in D.R., , RAMON SANTANA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 31 FLO NL $ 2,450,000 3 10 8 9 1 7 4 6 7 7
2005 32 FLO NL $ 6,500,000 2 10 8 9 1 7 4 6 7 6
2006 33 FLO NL $ 6,500,000 2 10 8 9 1 7 4 6 7 6
2007 34 FLO NL $ 6,500,000 2 10 8 9 1 7 4 6 7 6
2008 35 BAL AL $ 5,500,000 1 10 7 8 1 6 3 4 5 4
2009 36 BAL AL   1 10 7 8 1 6 3 4 5 4
2010 37 SFN NL   1 9 6 8 1 6 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 9 6 8 1 6 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000 3 10 8 9 1 7 4 6 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 31 FLO NL $ 2,450,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2005 32 FLO NL $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2006 33 FLO NL $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2007 34 FLO NL $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2008 35 BAL AL $ 5,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2009 36 BAL AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2010 37 SFN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 31 FLO NL 7 8 .467 71 0 0 0 26 78.3 65 33 9 42 84 3.79 .225 .326 .349 .676 9.9
2005 32 FLO NL 2 5 .286 74 0 0 0 34 79.7 71 33 6 43 87 3.73 .241 .339 .327 .666 10.6
2006 33 FLO NL 3 5 .375 85 0 0 0 10 83.0 58 37 11 42 92 4.01 .201 .303 .346 .649 8.6
2007 34 FLO NL 7 3 .700 86 0 0 0 10 74.7 60 35 8 36 67 4.22 .216 .310 .353 .663 9.0
2008 35 BAL AL 6 0 1.000 51 0 0 0 2 58.0 63 36 9 34 64 5.59 .278 .367 .436 .804 3.7
2009 36 BAL AL 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 2 1 2 1 6.00 .462 .500 .769 1.269 0.2
2010 37 SFN NL 1 8 .111 46 0 0 0 14 42.0 44 20 7 17 40 4.29 .268 .337 .439 .776 4.5
7 Years Sim 27 30 .474 417 0 0 0 96 418.7 367 196 51 216 435 4.21 .236 .330 .371 .701 46.5
Season Average 3 4 .429 59 0 0 0 13 59.8 52 28 7 30 62 4.21 .236 .330 .371 .701  
Career Highs 7 8 1.000 86 0 0 0 34 83.0 71 37 11 43 92 6.00 .462 .500 .769 1.269  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   207 105 27 75 225   .230 .290 .356 .645
vs LH   160 91 24 141 210   .244 .378 .391 .769
Home 17 10 .630 214 0 0 0 51 215.3 178 97 22 103 216 4.05 .225 .314 .347 .661
Away 10 20 .333 203 0 0 0 47 203.3 189 99 29 113 219 4.38 .248 .345 .395 .740
Mar/Apr 4 7 .364 59 0 0 0 18 58.3 58 24 7 33 53 3.70 .261 .357 .396 .753
May 5 6 .455 71 0 0 0 15 69.7 65 31 11 25 76 4.01 .248 .314 .408 .722
June 7 4 .636 59 0 0 0 14 63.3 48 29 8 31 69 4.12 .210 .304 .345 .649
July 3 3 .500 70 0 0 0 18 67.3 61 33 4 41 65 4.41 .245 .352 .333 .685
August 5 5 .500 78 0 0 0 14 81.3 65 45 14 49 82 4.98 .219 .329 .394 .723
Sep/Oct 3 5 .375 80 0 0 0 19 78.7 70 34 7 37 90 3.89 .237 .322 .346 .668
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 31 FLO NL 71 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2005 32 FLO NL 74 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.2 0.0
2006 33 FLO NL 85 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
2007 34 FLO NL 86 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2010 37 SFN NL 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
5 Years Sim 362 22 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .045 .043 .091 .134 -0.8 0.0
162 Game Average 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .045 .043 .091 .134 -0.4  
Career Highs 86 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   18 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .056 .053 .111 .164 -0.9
vs LH   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Home 188 14 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .143 .214 -0.5
Away 110 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
RISP   8 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .125 .111 .250 .361 0.0
Close/Late   10 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1
Mar/Apr 30 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5
May 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
June 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 60 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Sep/Oct 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 31 FLO NL P 71 0 78.3 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.84    
2005 32 FLO NL P 74 0 79.7 5 14 1 3 .950 2.15    
2006 33 FLO NL P 85 0 83.0 7 16 0 1 1.000 2.49    
2007 34 FLO NL P 86 0 74.7 2 12 1 1 .933 1.69    
2008 35 BAL AL P 51 0 58.0 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.40    
2009 36 BAL AL P 4 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2010 37 SFN NL P 46 0 42.0 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.14    
Career Totals   417 0 418.7 29 62 2 5 .978 1.96    
Career Highs   86 0 83.0 7 16 1 3 1.000 2.49    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2004 31 FLO NL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 4 0 3 2 27.07 .500 .636 .500 1.136
2005 32 FLO NL 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 2 7.0 7 2 1 4 11 2.57 .269 .367 .423 .790
2006 33 FLO NL 0 2 .000 8 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 5 2 3 13 6.43 .154 .241 .385 .626
2007 34 FLO NL 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 0 9.7 11 5 1 3 8 4.66 .297 .350 .459 .809
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 5 .000 26 0 0 0 2 25.0 26 16 4 13 34 5.76 .268 .355 .433 .788
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 31 FLO NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2006 33 FLO NL 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2004-8-26
2005-3-34
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 6/4/2004
Had first career hit (double) on 4/30/2005, off Allen Levrault (MIL)
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/23/2008 to a 3-year deal worth $5,500,000 per year
Released by Baltimore on 5/22/2009
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/27/2010 to a minor league contract
Released by San Francisco on 10/5/2010