Armando Benítez

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 180lb (193cm, 81kg)

Born: November 3, 1972 in Ramon Santana, Dominican Republic do

Last Game: June 6, 2008 (Age 35-216d)
vs. BAL 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Agents: Mike Powers

Full Name: Armando German Benítez

Pronunciation: \beh-NEE-tess\

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Career

WAR

17.3

ERA

3.13

762

289

779.0

946

WHIP

1.217

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1991	18	-1.1	Orioles	GULF	Rk	BAL	3	2	.600	2.72	3.96	14	3	6	0	0	0	36.1	35	16	11	2	11	0	33	4	0	2	157	1.266	8.7	0.5	2.7	8.2	3.00
1992	19	-1.3	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	BAL	1	2	.333	4.31	8.90	25	0	18	0	0	5	31.1	35	31	15	1	23	0	37	3	0	7	157	1.851	10.1	0.3	6.6	10.6	1.61
1993	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	BAL	8	1	.889	1.34	1.48	52	0	44	0	0	18	67.0	38	11	10	2	23	0	112	2	0	5	261	0.910	5.1	0.3	3.1	15.0	4.87
1993	20	-2.6	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	3	0	1.000	0.66	0.66	12	0	10	0	0	4	13.2	7	1	1	0	4	0	29	0	0	1	52	0.805	4.6	0.0	2.6	19.1	7.25
1993	20	-1.6	Albany	SALL	A	BAL	5	1	.833	1.52	1.69	40	0	34	0	0	14	53.1	31	10	9	2	19	0	83	2	0	4	209	0.938	5.2	0.3	3.2	14.0	4.37
1994	21	-2.9	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	8	4	.667	3.14	3.64	53	0	36	0	0	16	71.2	41	29	25	6	39	0	106	2	0	3	298	1.116	5.1	0.8	4.9	13.3	2.72
1994	21	-8.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	0		0.90	0.90	3	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	14	1	0	0	42	1.200	7.2	0.0	3.6	12.6	3.50
1995	22	-4.5	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	2	2	.500	1.25	1.66	17	0	17	0	0	8	21.2	10	4	3	2	7	0	37	0	0	1	81	0.785	4.2	0.8	2.9	15.4	5.29
1995	22	-6.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	5	.167	5.66	6.23	44	0	18	0	0	2	47.2	37	33	30	8	37	2	56	5	1	3	221	1.552	7.0	1.5	7.0	10.6	1.51
1996	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-AAA-Rk	BAL	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	7	4	1	0	0	0	12.0	11	4	4	1	1	0	18	0	0	1	47	1.000	8.3	0.8	0.8	13.5	18.00
1996	23	-3.4	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	0	0		2.25	2.25	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	17	1.000	6.8	2.3	2.3	11.3	5.00
1996	23	-0.7	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	0	0		4.50	4.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	23	1.167	10.5	0.0	0.0	12.0
1996	23	3.8	Orioles	GULF	Rk	BAL	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	22.5
1996	23	-5.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	0	1.000	3.77	3.77	18	0	8	0	0	4	14.1	7	6	6	2	6	0	20	0	0	1	56	0.907	4.4	1.3	3.8	12.6	3.33
1997	24	-4.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	4	5	.444	2.45	2.70	71	0	26	0	0	9	73.1	49	22	20	7	43	5	106	1	0	1	307	1.255	6.0	0.9	5.3	13.0	2.47
1998	25	-4.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	5	6	.455	3.82	3.82	71	0	54	0	0	22	68.1	48	29	29	10	39	2	87	4	0	0	289	1.273	6.3	1.3	5.1	11.5	2.23
1999	26	-2.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	4	3	.571	1.85	1.96	77	0	42	0	0	22	78.0	40	17	16	4	41	4	128	0	0	2	312	1.038	4.6	0.5	4.7	14.8	3.12
2000	27	-1.7	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	4	4	.500	2.61	2.84	76	0	68	0	0	41	76.0	39	24	22	10	38	2	106	0	0	0	304	1.013	4.6	1.2	4.5	12.6	2.79
2001	28	-0.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	6	4	.600	3.77	3.77	73	0	64	0	0	43	76.1	59	32	32	12	40	6	93	1	0	5	320	1.297	7.0	1.4	4.7	11.0	2.33
2002	29	0.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	0	1.000	2.27	2.67	62	0	52	0	0	33	67.1	46	20	17	8	25	0	79	3	0	1	275	1.054	6.1	1.1	3.3	10.6	3.16
2003	30		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM	4	4	.500	2.96	3.33	69	0	49	0	0	21	73.0	59	27	24	6	41	3	75	0	1	3	313	1.370	7.3	0.7	5.1	9.2	1.83
2003	30	1.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	3	3	.500	3.10	3.28	45	0	40	0	0	21	49.1	41	18	17	5	24	1	50	0	1	3	209	1.318	7.5	0.9	4.4	9.1	2.08
2003	30	1.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	1	.500	1.93	3.86	9	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	8	4	2	0	6	1	10	0	0	0	40	1.500	7.7	0.0	5.8	9.6	1.67
2003	30	1.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	0		3.14	3.14	15	0	7	0	0	0	14.1	10	5	5	1	11	1	15	0	0	0	64	1.465	6.3	0.6	6.9	9.4	1.36
2004	31	1.8	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	2	2	.500	1.29	1.42	64	0	59	0	0	47	69.2	36	11	10	6	21	4	62	0	0	0	262	0.818	4.7	0.8	2.7	8.0	2.95
2005	32	8.7	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
2005	32	2.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	2	3	.400	4.50	5.10	30	0	27	0	0	19	30.0	25	17	15	5	16	0	23	0	0	0	127	1.367	7.5	1.5	4.8	6.9	1.44
2006	33	3.9	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	4	2	.667	3.52	3.52	41	0	33	0	0	17	38.1	39	15	15	6	21	2	31	0	0	1	171	1.565	9.2	1.4	4.9	7.3	1.48
2007	34		2 Teams	NL	Maj	FLA-SFG	2	8	.200	5.36	6.62	55	0	24	0	0	9	50.1	49	37	30	8	29	2	57	1	3	1	228	1.550	8.8	1.4	5.2	10.2	1.97
2007	34	5.0	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	0	3	.000	4.67	4.67	19	0	17	0	0	9	17.1	17	9	9	3	9	1	18	0	2	0	78	1.500	8.8	1.6	4.7	9.3	2.00
2007	34	5.0	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	2	5	.286	5.73	7.64	36	0	7	0	0	0	33.0	32	28	21	5	20	1	39	1	1	1	150	1.576	8.7	1.4	5.5	10.6	1.95
2007-08	34	6.3	Azucareros	DOWL	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
2008	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	TOR	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.38	8	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	9	3	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	33	1.125	10.1	0.0	0.0	10.1
2008	35	7.9	Syracuse	IL	AAA	TOR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	35	11.8	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	1	0	1.000	3.86	3.86	7	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	3	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	30	1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	11.6
2008	35	6.7	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	1	.000	5.68	7.11	8	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	4	5	4	3	2	0	9	0	0	0	26	0.947	5.7	4.3	2.8	12.8	4.50
2008-09	35	7.1	Azucareros	DOWL	FgW		0	1	.000	3.86	4.82	10	0	3	0	0	0	9.1	9	5	4	0	1	0	6	0	0	2	38	1.071	8.7	0.0	1.0	5.8	6.00
2009	36	9.0	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	2	0	1.000	3.86	4.82	7	0	3	0	0	1	9.1	7	5	4	4	3	0	9	0	0	0	40	1.071	6.8	3.9	2.9	8.7	3.00
2009	36	6.4	Newark	ATLL	Ind		1	0	1.000	2.86	2.86	34	0	29	0	0	16	34.2	21	11	11	4	10	1	43	1	0	0	134	0.894	5.5	1.0	2.6	11.2	4.30
2009-10	36	8.0	Toros	DOWL	FgW		0	1	.000	81.00	81.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	15.000	54.0	27.0	81.0	0.0	0.00
2010	37	10.3	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	FLA	0	1	.000	2.70	8.10	8	0	7	0	0	4	6.2	6	6	2	2	5	0	5	0	0	0	30	1.650	8.1	2.7	6.8	6.8	1.00
2010	37	7.6	Newark	ATLL	Ind		2	1	.667	2.86	3.38	33	0	30	0	0	12	34.2	22	13	11	5	12	0	52	0	0	4	141	0.981	5.7	1.3	3.1	13.5	4.33

2012	39	9.5	Long Island	ATLL	Ind		2	1	.667	5.23	5.23	32	0	12	0	0	2	32.2	38	19	19	1	10	0	20	2	0	1	148	1.469	10.5	0.3	2.8	5.5	2.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		40	47	.460	3.13	3.42	762	0	527	0	0	289	779.0	545	296	271	95	403	32	946	16	5	18	3253	1.217	6.3	1.1	4.7	10.9	2.35
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		26	12	.684	2.61	3.69	193	9	133	0	0	52	266.0	192	109	77	20	113	0	366	11	0	20	1110	1.147	6.5	0.7	3.8	12.4	3.24
Foreign (3 seasons)					Foreign		0	2	.000	5.91	6.75	13	0	4	0	0	1	10.2	11	8	7	1	5	0	8	0	0	3	49	1.500	9.3	0.8	4.2	6.8	1.60
Other (3 seasons)					Other		5	2	.714	3.62	3.79	99	0	71	0	0	30	102.0	81	43	41	10	32	1	115	3	0	5	423	1.108	7.1	0.9	2.8	10.1	3.59
All Levels (21 Seasons)							71	63	.530	3.08	3.55	1067	9	735	0	0	372	1157.2	829	456	396	126	553	33	1435	30	5	46	4835	1.194	6.4	1.0	4.3	11.2	2.59

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		4	3	.571	2.11	3.38	35	0	28	0	0	13	42.2	26	16	10	9	16	0	56	0	0	2	171	0.984	5.5	1.9	3.4	11.8	3.50
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		8	4	.667	3.24	3.71	57	4	36	0	0	16	77.2	48	32	28	6	39	0	114	2	0	3	321	1.120	5.6	0.7	4.5	13.2	2.92
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		4	0	1.000	1.59	1.59	21	2	10	0	0	4	22.2	16	4	4	0	5	0	38	0	0	2	88	0.926	6.4	0.0	2.0	15.1	7.60
A (1 season)					Minors		5	1	.833	1.52	1.69	40	0	34	0	0	14	53.1	31	10	9	2	19	0	83	2	0	4	209	0.938	5.2	0.3	3.2	14.0	4.37
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	3.36	6.07	40	3	25	0	0	5	69.2	71	47	26	3	34	0	75	7	0	9	321	1.507	9.2	0.4	4.4	9.7	2.21