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Carl
Benda		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 10, 1921 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Series of the Wests Won 1953   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 30 SLC PL $ 3,390,000  
1953 31 SLC PL $ 3,390,000  
1954 32 OMA PL $ 3,390,000  
1955 33 MIN PL $ 1,650,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,650,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,390,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 30 SLC PL 104 381 56 91 25 9 10 48 28 4 29 77 .239 .292 .430 .723 51.4 5.1
1953 31 SLC PL 71 176 43 59 16 5 2 27 28 3 21 32 .335 .406 .517 .923 36.8 7.1
1954 32 OMA PL 135 495 85 121 31 3 11 70 59 12 57 109 .244 .326 .386 .712 70.7 7.1
1955 33 DEN PL 34 94 19 31 8 2 5 18 9 0 5 18 .330 .364 .617 .981 19.8 3.8
  OKC PL 6 22 2 3 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 5 .136 .174 .318 .492 1.5 0.0
  MIN PL 76 268 35 73 14 8 6 38 27 1 20 56 .272 .322 .451 .773 41.3 5.5
  TOT   116 384 56 107 22 12 11 59 38 1 26 79 .279 .324 .484 .808 62.6 9.3
4 Years Sim 426 1436 240 378 94 29 34 204 153 20 133 297 .263 .327 .440 .767 221.6 28.6
162 Game Average 546 91 143 35 11 12 77 58 7 50 112 .263 .327 .440 .767 84.3  
Career Highs 135 495 85 121 31 12 11 70 59 12 57 109 .335 .406 .517 .923 70.7  
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   1011 149 251 53 19 21 126 107 13 82 222 .248 .305 .401 .706 137.2
vs LH   425 91 127 41 10 13 78 46 7 51 75 .299 .375 .534 .909 84.9
Home 213 698 115 177 44 14 17 104 72 12 72 151 .254 .325 .430 .755 105.3
Away 213 738 125 201 50 15 17 100 81 8 61 146 .272 .328 .450 .778 116.8
RISP   399 0 113 23 6 9 164 0 0 33 86 .283 .333 .439 .771 57.0
Pinch Hitting   31 8 7 1 0 0 2 4 1 8 2 .226 .385 .258 .643 4.5
Close/Late   136 32 41 9 4 4 20 1 0 15 22 .301 .371 .515 .886 24.6
Mar/Apr 43 143 25 39 8 2 8 25 16 2 11 27 .273 .323 .524 .847 25.9
May 85 286 56 84 25 6 4 37 36 3 30 50 .294 .363 .465 .828 50.8
June 85 288 45 64 18 7 7 43 21 5 21 61 .222 .275 .406 .681 34.1
July 82 281 52 77 13 10 6 38 29 1 25 70 .274 .333 .456 .789 46.2
August 75 251 32 61 10 1 4 34 29 6 30 54 .243 .327 .339 .666 32.3
Sep/Oct 56 187 30 53 20 3 5 27 22 3 16 35 .283 .340 .503 .843 32.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 30 SLC PL LF 72 68 592.7 121 5 1 2 .992 1.91   2.6
    RF 29 27 242.0 66 3 3 3 .958 2.57    
1953 31 SLC PL LF 39 28 260.7 53 3 0 1 1.000 1.93   1.1
    RF 8 7 59.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.68    
    CF 3 3 23.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1954 32 OMA PL LF 132 124 1094.7 267 10 3 2 .989 2.28   2.7
    RF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1955 33 DEN PL RF 21 20 145.4 39 2 1 0 .976 2.54   1.2
    LF 9 8 56.9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.0
  OKC PL RF 4 4 33.8 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.0
    LF 2 1 13.2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.36   0.0
  MIN PL RF 47 45 424.4 114 5 3 1 .975 2.52   1.3
    LF 21 18 166.2 30 1 1 0 .969 1.68   0.0
  LF 275 247 2184.3 483 19 5 5 .990 2.07   6.4
  RF 111 103 909.6 240 11 7 4 .973 2.48   2.5
  CF 3 3 23.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
  1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   390 353 3118.9 732 30 12 9 .984 2.20   8.9
Career Highs   134 124 1099.7 269 10 5 5 1.000 2.28    
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
1953 31 SLC PL 9 27 4 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 1 .185 .241 .296 .538
Career Post-Season Batting 9 27 4 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 1 .185 .241 .296 .538
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1952-6-9
1955-2-12
CAR-18-29
 Stolen Bases
1954-6-59
CAR-22-153
 Strikeouts
1954-4-109
CAR-37-297
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 4
 
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History
Drafted in 10th round, 200th overall pick, by Salt Lake City in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/15/1952, off Fabian Cordova (DEN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1952, off Christopher Funke (OMA)
Won Series of the West with Salt Lake City in 1953
Traded from Salt Lake City to Omaha on 3/15/1954 (Going to SLC: LF Waldo Threlkeld. Going to OMA: LF Carl Benda, C James Jamison)
Signed as a free agent by Denver on 2/15/1955 to a 2-year deal worth $1,650,000 per year
Traded from Denver to Oklahoma on 6/16/1955 (Going to OKC: 2B Joe Whelan, 1B August Jones, LF Carl Benda. Going to DEN: 1B Rod Madera, 3B Joel Monroy, RF Leroy Thornsberry, LF Greg Wampler)
Traded from Oklahoma to Minneapolis on 6/23/1955 (Going to MIN: 3B Ramon Dearmas, SS Patrick Nehring, LF Carl Benda. Going to OKC: LF Shawn Despain)
 
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