Juan Beníquez

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 150lb (180cm, 68kg)

Born: May 13, 1950 in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico pr

Debut: September 4, 1971 (Age 21-114d, 13,170th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 30, 1988 (Age 38-017d)
vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Ray Negron

Full Name: Juan José Beníquez

Pronunciation: \beh-NEE-kez\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.9

4651

1274

.274

610

RBI

476

104

OBP

.327

SLG

.379

OPS

.705

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	40-22 / in Starts: 23-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 158 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	90 (53-20-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 158 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	97 (48-32-17)

Most Driven In
Self	4
W Randolph	3
L Piniella	2
G Nettles	2
C Johnson	1
B Dent	1
D Jones	1
B Gulden	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
T Munson	3
W Randolph	3
L Piniella	2
B Dent	2
R Staiger	1
G Nettles	1
O Gamble	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	629	7 (6)	Apr 13	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-12	6-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	5	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.38	RF
2	630	8	Apr 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	7	1.01	-0.013	1.22	-0.01%	-0.27	LF
3	631	9	Apr 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	1.167	1.738	7	1.41	0.291	1.86	0.23%	2.49	LF
4	632	10	Apr 17	NYY		BAL	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.778	1.178	8	.80	-0.065	1.28	-0.06%	-0.59	LF
5	633	13 (2)	Apr 20	NYY		TEX	W,5-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1	.333	.400	.778	1.178	1	.34	-0.014	.52	-0.01%	-0.63	PR CF
6	634	15 (1)	Apr 22	NYY		TEX	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.583	.940	8	.79	-0.003	1.22	0.00%	-0.58	CF
7	635	17 (1)	Apr 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.533	.886	8	1.31	0.083	2.21	0.08%	0.33	LF
8	636	18	Apr 27	NYY	@	SEA	L,5-6	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.400	.529	.929	8	.63	0.011	.93	0.01%	0.21	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	637	22 (3)	May 1	NYY	@	CAL	W,12-8	CG(11)	6	6	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.348	.423	.652	1.075	2	.52	0.202	.57	0.13%	2.25	CF
10	638	23	May 2	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.379	.577	.956	8	1.05	-0.079	1.36	-0.06%	-0.56	CF
11	639	24	May 4	NYY		OAK	L,5-11	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.567	.930	8	.86	0.016	.91	0.01%	-0.10	CF
12	640	25	May 5	NYY		OAK	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.515	.848	7	1.70	-0.141	1.63	-0.08%	-0.99	CF
13	641	26	May 6	NYY		OAK	W,6-5	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.300	.472	.772	7	1.53	-0.120	1.57	-0.07%	-0.85	CF
14	642	27	May 7	NYY		SEA	L,4-12	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.282	.341	.487	.828	8	.76	0.062	.76	0.04%	0.81	CF
15	643	28	May 8	NYY		SEA	W,5-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.340	.476	.817	7	.95	0.009	.87	0.01%	-0.09	CF
16	644	29	May 9	NYY		SEA	W,5-0	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.279	.347	.465	.812	8	.88	0.019	.92	0.01%	0.24	CF
17	645	30	May 10	NYY		SEA	W,8-1	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.340	.455	.795	1	.03	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.30	CF
18	646	31	May 11	NYY		CAL	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.255	.321	.426	.746	8	1.25	-0.134	1.56	-0.10%	-1.34	CF
19	647	32	May 12	NYY		CAL	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.275	.333	.431	.765	8	.86	-0.008	.92	-0.01%	-0.37	CF
20	648	33	May 13	NYY		CAL	W,12-10	CG	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.259	.311	.407	.719	8	.54	0.028	.59	0.02%	-0.19	CF
21	649	34	May 14	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.313	.421	.734	8	1.20	0.011	1.56	0.01%	0.22	CF
22	650	35	May 15	NYY		DET	W,11-3	6-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.308	.414	.721	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PR CF
23	651	36	May 16	NYY		DET	W,6-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.308	.414	.721	1						CF
24	652	37	May 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.303	.407	.710	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.71	CF
25	653	38	May 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.299	.400	.699	1	2.22	-0.057	4.24	-0.07%	-0.18	CF
26	654	41 (2)	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,12-8	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.290	.387	.677	1	.05	-0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.76	CF
27	655	42	May 23	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.290	.387	.677	8						PR LF
28	656	48 (5)	May 30	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG(11)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.231	.284	.369	.653	8	1.17	0.035	1.81	0.03%	-0.32	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	657	52 (3)	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.273	.353	.626	8	1.30	-0.108	1.64	-0.08%	-0.60	3B
30	658	55 (2)	Jun 6	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.288	.366	.654	8	1.24	0.228	1.51	0.17%	1.78	LF
31	659	56	Jun 7	NYY		MIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.286	.360	.646	8	1.20	-0.164	1.66	-0.14%	-1.66	LF
32	660	59 (2)	Jun 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,10-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.282	.355	.638	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	CF
33	661	60	Jun 12	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.282	.355	.638	8						LF
34	662	62 (1)	Jun 14	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.303	.405	.708	8	1.20	0.315	1.19	0.19%	2.77	RF
35	663	63	Jun 15	NYY	@	TEX	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.290	.386	.676	8	.64	-0.066	.59	-0.04%	-0.96	CF
36	664	64	Jun 16	NYY	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.299	.425	.724	8	1.95	0.121	1.53	0.06%	1.04	LF
37	665	65	Jun 17	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.297	.411	.708	8	.71	0.011	.62	0.01%	-0.01	LF
38	666	66	Jun 19	NYY		TOR	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.286	.394	.679	8	1.85	-0.192	1.19	-0.07%	-1.55	RF
39	667	67	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		TOR	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.287	.412	.699	8	.88	0.106	.50	0.04%	0.59	LF
40	668	68	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		TOR	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.277	.396	.673	2	1.01	-0.110	.67	-0.04%	-0.88	CF
41	669	69	Jun 21	NYY		TOR	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.277	.396	.673	2						LF
42	670	70	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.277	.396	.673	8						LF
43	671	71	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.283	.402	.685	8	2.93	0.073	1.39	0.02%	0.39	LF
44	672	72	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.291	.415	.706	7	.60	0.020	.29	0.01%	0.73	3B LF
45	673	73	Jun 25	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.292	.413	.705	7	1.14	-0.024	.68	-0.01%	-0.05	3B
46	674	74	Jun 26	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.289	.409	.698	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.17	LF
47	675	76 (1)	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	10-GF(13)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.243	.293	.405	.698	1	2.57	-0.086	1.83	-0.04%	-0.28	CF
48	676	77	Jun 30	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.296	.416	.712	8	.86	0.022	.45	0.01%	0.25	CF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	677	78	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.296	.416	.712	7						CF
50	678	81 (2)	Jul 4	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.239	.287	.402	.689	7	.51	-0.039	.20	-0.01%	-0.66	CF
51	679	83 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.287	.402	.689	5						PR CF
52	680	84	Jul 6 (2)	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.278	.388	.667	2	.83	-0.079	.31	-0.02%	-1.05	CF
53	681	85	Jul 7	NYY	@	OAK	W,8-3	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.277	.384	.661	8	.63	-0.015	.33	-0.01%	-0.53	CF
54	682	104 (18)	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	GS-9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.234	.282	.383	.665	2	1.03	-0.017	.03	0.00%	0.30	CF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	683	134 (29)	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	W,10-6	7-8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.287	.388	.674	3	.25	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.66	CF
56	684	145 (10)	Sep 15 (2)	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.284	.381	.664	2	.37	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.49	CF
57	685	147 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS-5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.234	.278	.372	.650	2	1.83	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-1.84	CF
58	686	149 (1)	Sep 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-16	5-GF	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.288	.388	.676	4	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.02	RF
59	687	151 (1)	Sep 20	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.288	.388	.676	2						PR CF
60	688	155 (3)	Sep 25	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.288	.388	.676	4						CF
61	689	157 (1)	Sep 27	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.299	.394	.694	7	2.51	0.197	.00	0.00%	0.76	CF
62	690	160 (2)	Sep 30	NYY		TOR	W,9-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.299	.394	.694	4						RF
							40-22		158	142	19	36	6	1	4	17	9	0	17	2	1	4	2	5	3	3	.254	.299	.394	.694		1.01	0.218	.88	0.14%	-1.71

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