#23 Silas Benjamin, Closer, 37 yrs, Montreal Expos - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#23 Silas Benjamin, Closer, 37 yrs, Montreal Expos
Thursday, 10/30/1981

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Silas Benjamin

2/10/1944
37
Flagstaff, AZ
6"1
195

Closer
L
L

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2 / 6 (Fair)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Average
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Normal
2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 350,000
1982
16 Year(s), 29 Days (2781 total Days)
172 Day(s)
16 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	0	0	0	100+ Mph
Versus LHB	0	0	0
Versus RHB	0	0	0
Talent	9	6	7

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

5
71
5

Pitches:
Fastball
Sinker
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	3	4	2	5	3

Running & Bunting Ratings
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1
2
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 3 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
9/14	@PHI	L 5-6		0.2	1	0	0	0	0
9/18	PHI	W 1-0		0.1	0	0	0	0	1	W
9/19	PHI	L 5-6		1	3	1	0	0	0
9/24	ATL	L 4-5		1	1	0	0	0	0
9/25	ATL	W 5-2		1	0	0	0	1	0	SV
9/26	ATL	W 7-6		1	1	0	0	0	1	SV
9/28	CIN	L 2-3		1	0	0	0	1	2
10/2	@NYN	W 4-2		1	1	0	0	0	1	SV
10/5	@PHI	W 12-10		3	5	1	1	0	3	W
10/6	@PHI	L 3-4		0.2	2	2	2	1	0	L

Pitching Stats 1981

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	51	0	7	6	26	4.73	51.1	62	32	27	18	42	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	72	0	10	9	37	4.73	72.0	88	45	38	26	60

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	32	6	81.3	51	43	14.2	10.9	7.4	3.2	2	2	100.0	14	3	21.4	5.55

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	38	9	0	1	1	6	6	3	10	0	0	0	.237	.293	.368	.661
vs. RHB	170	53	5	1	7	27	26	15	32	0	0	1	.312	.367	.476	.843

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	23	0	3	1	10	4.35	20.2	22	15	10	11	12
Road	28	0	4	5	16	4.99	30.2	40	17	17	7	30
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	6	0	1	2	1	7.20	5.0	10	6	4	4	4
May	9	0	0	0	8	4.32	8.1	8	4	4	3	7
June	10	0	1	1	6	2.25	12.0	9	3	3	2	14
July	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	10	0	3	0	6	5.73	11.0	14	9	7	5	7
Sept./Oct.	16	0	2	3	5	5.40	15.0	21	10	9	4	10

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1965	5	5	2	2	0	4.19	34.1	42	16	16	0	13	23	0	0	1.60	.375	CLE
1966	33	33	14	8	0	2.40	243.1	204	76	65	10	45	195	4	2	1.02	.277	CLE
1967	33	33	14	11	0	2.06	236.1	189	75	54	6	52	221	1	1	1.02	.286	CLE,AL
1968	35	35	16	8	0	2.42	249.1	177	73	67	10	65	203	6	2	0.97	.247	CLE,AL
1969	35	35	15	11	0	3.00	251.2	205	90	84	17	73	194	6	3	1.10	.264	CLE
1970	40	40	19	11	0	2.63	280.2	197	91	82	13	77	251	5	4	0.98	.249	CLE,AL
1971	38	38	22	7	0	2.07	278.0	211	71	64	11	44	239	5	4	0.92	.266	CLE NYN,NL
1972	38	38	20	4	0	2.29	263.2	217	70	67	5	74	206	1	1	1.10	.277	NYN MON
1973	41	41	20	12	0	2.26	263.1	220	79	66	13	66	200	6	6	1.09	.270	MON,NL
1974	41	41	20	12	0	3.13	264.1	239	111	92	6	84	208	3	1	1.22	.299	MON
1975	38	38	19	7	0	2.83	244.2	201	87	77	8	78	180	2	2	1.14	.273	MON
1976	40	40	15	9	0	2.72	248.1	195	95	75	7	113	179	1	0	1.24	.258	MON
1977	33	33	14	8	0	3.34	199.2	177	82	74	6	81	146	1	1	1.29	.293	MON
1978	40	40	16	10	0	3.31	245.0	191	96	90	12	110	144	6	4	1.23	.248	MON
1979	96	0	10	8	25	4.21	117.2	122	56	55	4	65	88	0	0	1.59	.330	MON
1980	45	3	5	5	25	3.32	57.0	56	24	21	4	25	39	0	0	1.42	.306	MON
1981	51	0	7	6	26	4.73	51.1	62	32	27	8	18	42	0	0	1.56	.342	MON
Total	682	493	248	139	76	2.74	3528.2	2905	1224	1076	140	1083	2758	47	31	1.13	.275

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1965, A	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.64	.176
1965, AA	16	16	4	5	0	2.39	120.1	89	35	32	10	17	105	5	2	0.88	.244
1965, AAA	8	8	3	5	0	3.26	58.0	51	27	21	3	24	54	2	1	1.29	.306

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1969	1	1	0	1	0	10.80	5.0	9	6	6	2	7	0	0
1972	3	3	0	2	0	3.86	18.2	17	13	8	5	11	0	0
1973	4	4	2	0	0	4.18	28.0	25	13	13	10	30	0	0
1974	4	4	1	2	0	4.01	24.2	24	11	11	11	23	0	0
1976	4	4	1	2	0	4.50	24.0	30	13	12	13	19	0	0
1977	2	2	1	1	0	10.39	8.2	10	10	10	7	6	0	0
1978	3	0	1	0	0	3.38	5.1	5	2	2	2	5	0	0
1979	2	0	0	1	1	20.26	1.1	7	3	3	0	2	0	0
Total	23	18	6	9	1	5.06	115.2	127	71	65	50	103	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1965	5	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	CLE
1966	33	77	18	2	0	0	2	6	7	20	0	1	.234	.294	.260	.554	CLE
1967	33	74	12	2	0	0	4	2	9	22	0	0	.162	.253	.189	.442	CLE,AL
1968	35	75	15	2	0	0	2	5	11	22	0	0	.200	.302	.227	.529	CLE,AL
1969	35	86	14	6	1	0	7	4	4	25	0	0	.163	.200	.256	.456	CLE
1970	40	91	7	0	0	0	3	6	10	32	0	0	.077	.165	.077	.242	CLE,AL
1971	38	91	11	2	0	1	3	9	6	34	0	0	.121	.192	.176	.368	CLE NYN,NL
1972	38	83	11	0	0	0	7	4	9	23	0	0	.133	.217	.133	.350	NYN MON
1973	41	87	8	1	0	0	4	7	5	25	0	0	.092	.140	.103	.243	MON,NL
1974	41	85	14	3	0	0	2	7	5	29	0	0	.165	.211	.200	.411	MON
1975	38	72	16	3	0	1	14	9	6	14	0	0	.222	.278	.306	.584	MON
1976	40	81	9	3	0	0	5	8	7	26	0	0	.111	.191	.148	.339	MON
1977	33	68	10	3	0	0	5	4	3	27	0	0	.147	.183	.191	.374	MON
1978	40	75	6	2	0	0	1	9	7	25	0	0	.080	.159	.107	.265	MON
1979	96	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	MON
1980	45	11	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	MON
1981	51	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MON
Total	682	1077	156	30	1	2	59	82	89	332	0	1	.145	.211	.180	.391

Fielding Stats 1981

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

51.1

1.05

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1965...
Had first career hit on 9/6/1965, off Andrew Bernard (CHA)...
Earned first career win on 9/6/1965...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1966, going 6-1, 0.99...
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Pitcher in 1968...
Pitched NO-HITTER against California on 6/7/1969, striking out 8...
Pitched NO-HITTER against Kansas City on 9/3/1969, striking out 4...
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game...
Traded from Cleveland to New York (N) on 3/1/1971 (Going to NYN: P Silas Benjamin, C John Kane, RF Jake Kienzle, RF Daniel Desario, P Pick Pickering. Going to CLE: CF Reggie Dunlop, P Turk Meaney
)...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1971, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1971, going 4-0, 0.45...
Hit first career homerun on 6/15/1971, off James Everard (SLN)...
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1971, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Pitched NO-HITTER against San Diego on 8/20/1971, striking out 9...
Traded from New York (N) to Montreal on 3/1/1972 (Going to NYN: P Luther Stuckey, P Vincent Quinn, P Ricardo Maribel, 2B Steven Maxoutopoulis. Going to MON: P Silas Benjamin, CF Hank Daltrey)...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1973, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA...
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1973, winning 2 games with a 3.07 ERA...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1975, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Injured on 9/6/1975 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 2 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1975, winning 2 games with a 1.13 ERA...
Won WORLD SERIES with Montreal in 1976...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1977, winning 2 games with a 0.64 ERA...
Injured on 6/8/1977 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks...
Injured on 8/14/1977 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1978, going 5-0, 1.72...
Won WORLD SERIES with Montreal in 1978...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 1966 - 2.40 - 6th 1967 - 2.06 - 3rd 1968 - 2.42 - 7th 1970 - 2.63 - 4th 1971 - 2.07 - 2nd 1972 - 2.29 - 6th 1973 - 2.26 - 4th 1975 - 2.83 - 9th 1976 - 2.72 - 6th	WHIP 1966 - 1.02 - 9th 1967 - 1.02 - 5th 1968 - 0.97 - 5th 1969 - 1.10 - 7th 1970 - 0.98 - 2nd 1971 - 0.92 - 3rd	Wins 1970 - 19 - 10th 1971 - 22 - 4th 1972 - 20 - 7th 1973 - 20 - 3rd 1974 - 20 - 5th 1975 - 19 - 7th 1978 - 16 - 10th	Saves 1979 - 25 - 8th 1980 - 25 - 7th	IP 1971 - 278.0 - 7th
K's 1967 - 221 - 5th 1968 - 203 - 7th 1969 - 194 - 8th 1970 - 251 - 4th 1971 - 239 - 4th 1972 - 206 - 10th 1973 - 200 - 8th 1974 - 208 - 5th 1975 - 180 - 8th 1976 - 179 - 9th	BB 1976 - 113 - 5th 1978 - 110 - 4th	SHO 1969 - 3 - 5th 1970 - 4 - 3rd 1971 - 4 - 6th 1973 - 6 - 1st 1978 - 4 - 7th

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