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+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 79 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 21 go ahead

8 Tms
CAL	25
TEX	21
BOS	8
SEA	6
BAL	6
TOR	6
NYY	4
KCR	3

Platoon
vs RHP	41
vs LHP	38

Home/Road
Home	42
Away	37

Outs
1	31
0	27
2	21

14 Opps
OAK	12
TEX	9
CLE	8
BAL	8
NYY	6
CHW	6
MIN	5
BOS	5
CAL	5
SEA	4
TOR	4
DET	3
KCR	2
MIL	2

70 Pitchers
Frank Tanana	3
Dave Rozema	2
Dave Lemanczyk	2
Dave Geisel	2
Steve McCatty	2
Britt Burns	2
Mike Flanagan	2
Alfonso Pulido	2
Luis Tiant	1
Dick Drago	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Mike Norris	1
Richard Dotson	1
Scott Bailes	1
Ray Corbin	1
John Candelaria	1
Mike Barlow	1
Mike Loynd	1
Don Sutton	1
John Tudor	1
Sid Monge	1
Balor Moore	1
Ken Brett	1
Grant Jackson	1
Bob Johnson	1
John Verhoeven	1
Paul Mitchell	1
Floyd Bannister	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Scott McGregor	1
Dennis Eckersley	1
Bill Champion	1
Fritz Peterson	1
Dan Boitano	1
Bud Black	1
Mike Warren	1
Steve Foucault	1
Tommy John	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Brian Fisher	1
Ken Schrom	1
Bill Caudill	1
Joe Coleman	1
Tom Candiotti	1
Frank Viola	1
Dave LaRoche	1
Dave Rajsich	1
Doug Bird	1
Ross Baumgarten	1
Byron McLaughlin	1
Rollie Fingers	1
Tim Lollar	1
Dave Schmidt	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Pablo Torrealba	1
Bob Lacey	1
Al Nipper	1
Geoff Zahn	1
Charlie Hough	1
Paul Mirabella	1
Joe Kerrigan	1
Jeff Ballard	1
Moose Haas	1
Bud Anderson	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Curt Young	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Mike Boddicker	1
Jon Matlack	1
Steve Trout	1

13 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	18
Arlington St (ARL)	15
ClevelandStd (CLE)	8
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
Kingdome (SEA)	7
RingCentral Col (OAK)	6
Memor. Stad (BAL)	6
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	42
9	8
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	77
3	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	70
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	16
12-	6
-2-	6
123	2
-23	2
1-3	1

125 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	46
1 on	22
2 on	9
3 on	2
Any on	33

Inning
1	3
2	11
3	10
4	11
5	7
6	9
7	10
8	6
9	8
Extra	4

1-3	24
4-6	27
7-end	28

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	3
+2	6
+1	13
Tied	16
-1	11
-2	4
-3	5
-4..	12

Ahead	31
Tied	16
Behind	32

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	77
1-1	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	40
LF	16
RF	9
DH	8
1B	3
PH	1
PH/DH	1
SS	1

OrderPos
2nd	26
7th	16
3rd	7
1st	7
8th	7
6th	7
5th	5
9th	4

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	33
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1972-07-04	BOS		MIN	Ray Corbin	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---		1	8	6	0.121	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1974-04-11	BOS		BAL	Grant Jackson	behind 5-6	b 10	1	---		1	2	8	0.469	58%		Home Run (Deep CF)
3	3	2	1	1974-05-05 (1)	BOS		TEX	Steve Foucault	behind 2-5	b 8	0	---		1	2	8	0.077	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	1974-05-24	BOS		MIL	Bill Champion	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.098	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	1974-06-29	BOS	@	CLE	Fritz Peterson	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	123		4	2	8	0.108	94%		Home Run; R. Burleson Scores; M. Guerrero Scores; T. Harper Scores
6	6	5	2	1974-06-29	BOS	@	CLE	Bob Johnson	ahead 6-0	t 4	2	---		1	2	8	0.019	97%		Home Run
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1975-05-20	BOS		OAK	Rollie Fingers	ahead 6-0	b 6	1	---		1	9	8	0.008	99%		Home Run
8	8	2	1	1975-06-17	BOS	@	DET	Dave Lemanczyk	ahead 6-4	t 8	2	---		1	1	7	0.074	92%		Home Run
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1977-04-27	TEX	@	KCR	Dennis Leonard	tied 0-0	t 3	0	-23		3	9	8	0.141	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Henderson Scores; J. Sundberg Scores
10	10	2	1	1977-05-22	TEX		TOR	Dave Lemanczyk	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	---		1	9	8	0.101	79%		Home Run
11	11	3	1	1977-06-04	TEX		MIL	Moose Haas	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---		1	9	8	0.101	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1977-06-13	TEX	@	CLE	Dennis Eckersley	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---		1	2	8	0.133	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	5	1	1977-06-26 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	Ken Brett	behind 0-1	t 7	0	1--		2	3	8	0.327	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Campaneris Scores
14	14	6	1	1977-06-29 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	Mike Norris	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---		1	6	8	0.097	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	7	1	1977-07-06	TEX		OAK	Bob Lacey	tied 3-3	b 7	2	---		1	3	8	0.234	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	8	1	1977-07-29	TEX		DET	Dave Rozema	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--		2	7	8	0.196	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wills Scores
17	17	9	2	1977-07-29	TEX		DET	Dave Rozema	behind 5-13	b 9	0	---		1	7	8	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	10	1	1977-09-25 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	Pablo Torrealba	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---		1	3	8	0.129	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1978-05-19 (2)	TEX	@	SEA	Paul Mitchell	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---		1	6	8	0.112	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	2	1	1978-05-26	TEX		SEA	Byron McLaughlin	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---		1	8	8	0.126	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	3	1	1978-06-04	TEX	@	TOR	Joe Coleman	ahead 7-5	t 7	2	1--		2	7	8	0.130	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Thompson Scores
22	22	4	1	1978-07-13	TEX	@	BOS	Luis Tiant	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	8	0.097	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	1978-07-17	TEX	@	BAL	Mike Flanagan	ahead 1-0	t 11	2	---		1	2	8	0.098	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	6	1	1978-07-25	TEX		BAL	Joe Kerrigan	tied 3-3	b 4	1	---		1	2	8	0.140	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	7	1	1978-08-11	TEX	@	CLE	Sid Monge	ahead 6-1	t 8	0	1--		2	2	8	0.009	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Jorgensen Scores
26	26	8	1	1978-08-29	TEX		TOR	Balor Moore	behind 0-4	b 8	0	---		1	8	8	0.039	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	9	1	1978-09-07	TEX	@	CAL	Frank Tanana	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	12-		3	2	8	0.209	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wills Scores; M. Hargrove Scores
28	28	10	1	1978-09-12	TEX		CAL	Frank Tanana	behind 2-4	b 5	1	1--		2	2	8	0.258	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hargrove Scores
29	29	11	1	1978-09-13	TEX		CAL	Dave LaRoche	tied 3-3	b 7	2	---		1	2	8	0.246	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1979-04-15	NYY	@	CHW	Ross Baumgarten	behind 1-4	t 6	1	12-		3	7	7	0.280	47%		Home Run; L. Piniella Scores; R. Jackson Scores
31	31	2	1	1979-05-01	NYY	@	CAL	Mike Barlow	ahead 4-0	t 2	2	---		1	2	8	0.054	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	3	1	1979-06-14	NYY	@	MIN	Geoff Zahn	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--		2	8	9	0.188	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. White Scores
33	33	4	1	1979-06-16	NYY	@	TEX	Dave Rajsich	behind 1-2	t 7	1	---		1	8	7	0.197	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1980-06-09	SEA		BOS	Dick Drago	tied 7-7	b 13	1	---		1	2	8	0.419	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	2	1	1980-07-01	SEA		TEX	Jon Matlack	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	1--		2	2	8	0.158	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores
36	36	3	1	1980-07-02	SEA		TEX	Gaylord Perry	behind 0-5	b 4	0	---		1	2	8	0.051	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	4	1	1980-07-14	SEA	@	MIN	John Verhoeven	ahead 6-1	t 5	2	---		1	6	8	0.031	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	5	1	1980-07-17	SEA		TOR	Paul Mirabella	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	-2-		2	7	8	0.113	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Meyer Scores
39	39	6	1	1980-08-20	SEA		NYY	Doug Bird	behind 2-6	b 9	1	1--		2	5	8	0.026	5%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Anderson Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1981-08-24	CAL		BOS	Frank Tanana	behind 0-3	b 2	2	---		1	7	7	0.086	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	2	1	1981-09-13	CAL		TEX	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	---		1	8	8	0.034	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	3	1	1981-10-04	CAL	@	TEX	Dave Schmidt	ahead 8-1	t 9	0	---		1	7	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1982-06-27	CAL		KCR	Bud Black	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--		2	2	9	0.152	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Downing Scores/unER
44	44	2	1	1982-09-13	CAL	@	CHW	Richard Dotson	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---		1	7	8	0.163	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	3	1	1982-09-24	CAL	@	TEX	Dan Boitano	ahead 7-1	t 8	2	12-		3	6	9	0.006	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Baylor Scores; B. Grich Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1983-04-30	CAL		BOS	John Tudor	tied 0-0	b 8	1	---		1	2	9	0.295	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	2	1	1983-05-30	CAL	@	CLE	Bud Anderson	behind 3-5	t 9	0	---		1	8	8	0.090	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	3	1	1983-08-17	CAL	@	OAK	Mike Warren	tied 1-1	t 7	1	123		4	3	9	0.284	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Boone Scores; R. Carew Scores; R. Wilfong Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1984-04-15	CAL	@	OAK	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 10-8	t 9	1	-2-		2	6	7	0.046	99%		Home Run; D. DeCinces Scores
50	50	2	1	1984-05-25	CAL		BAL	Mike Flanagan	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	1--		2	2	7	0.187	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Picciolo Scores
51	51	3	1	1984-05-26	CAL		BAL	Mike Boddicker	behind 4-9	b 9	0	---		1	7	7	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	4	1	1984-06-14	CAL		CHW	Britt Burns	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---		1	2	7	0.106	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	5	1	1984-07-06	CAL	@	BOS	Al Nipper	behind 3-8	t 9	0	-2-		2	7	7	0.018	3%		Home Run; B. Grich Scores
54	54	6	1	1984-07-30	CAL	@	OAK	Bill Caudill	tied 4-4	t 12	1	---		1	1	7	0.390	83%		Home Run
55	55	7	1	1984-08-12	CAL		OAK	Steve McCatty	behind 2-3	b 2	0	---		1	7	9	0.112	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	8	2	1984-08-12	CAL		OAK	Steve McCatty	behind 4-5	b 5	2	12-		3	7	9	0.393	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. DeCinces Scores; R. Jackson Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1985-04-21	CAL		SEA	Dave Geisel	ahead 6-0	b 4	0	-2-		2	3	DH	0.014	99%		Home Run; R. Carew Scores
58	58	2	1	1985-04-22	CAL		OAK	Don Sutton	behind 0-1	b 3	2	---		1	2	8	0.123	51%		Home Run
59	59	3	1	1985-04-26	CAL	@	SEA	Dave Geisel	ahead 4-1	t 2	1	-2-		2	3	PH/DH	0.094	88%		Home Run; R. Carew Scores
60	60	4	1	1985-05-27	CAL		BAL	Scott McGregor	behind 2-3	b 5	1	-2-		2	1	3	0.245	69%		Home Run; J. Howell Scores
61	61	5	1	1985-06-22	CAL	@	CHW	Tim Lollar	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	1--		2	1	3	0.132	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Pettis Scores
62	62	6	1	1985-08-18	CAL		OAK	Tommy John	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---		1	2	3	0.122	53%		Home Run (Deep CF)
63	63	7	1	1985-08-26	CAL		BAL	Dennis Martínez	behind 0-4	b 1	0	1--		2	2	8	0.125	35%		Home Run; R. Carew Scores
64	64	8	1	1985-09-25	CAL		CHW	Britt Burns	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	1-3		3	2	9	0.110	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Schofield Scores; R. Carew Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1986-05-15	BAL		MIN	Frank Viola	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	1--		2	6	7	0.158	83%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores
66	66	2	1	1986-06-12	BAL		NYY	Alfonso Pulido	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---		1	5	DH	0.089	34%		Home Run
67	67	3	2	1986-06-12	BAL		NYY	Alfonso Pulido	behind 1-5	b 4	2	---		1	5	DH	0.062	17%		Home Run
68	68	4	3	1986-06-12	BAL		NYY	Brian Fisher	behind 4-5	b 6	0	---		1	5	DH	0.181	58%		Home Run
69	69	5	1	1986-07-28	BAL	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 2-3	t 7	1	---		1	7	7	0.194	46%		Home Run
70	70	6	1	1986-07-29	BAL	@	TEX	Mike Loynd	behind 2-5	t 7	0	1--	5,(3-1) BFBBX	2	7	7	0.159	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Sheets Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1987-05-08	KCR	@	CLE	Ken Schrom	ahead 4-1	t 6	1	---		1	1	7	0.061	90%		Home Run
72	72	2	1	1987-05-09	KCR	@	CLE	Tom Candiotti	ahead 3-0	t 9	0	---		1	1	7	0.021	98%		Home Run
73	73	3	1	1987-06-24	KCR	@	OAK	Curt Young	behind 0-4	t 7	1	1--		2	6	7	0.089	15%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. White Scores
74	74	4	1	1987-07-24	TOR		MIN	Dan Schatzeder	behind 2-6	b 7	2	12-		3	5	PH	0.218	29%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Moseby Scores; J. Barfield Scores
75	75	5	1	1987-08-06	TOR	@	CLE	Scott Bailes	behind 2-6	t 5	0	---		1	7	DH	0.061	17%		Home Run
76	76	6	1	1987-08-13	TOR		CHW	Floyd Bannister	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---		1	2	9	0.124	66%		Home Run
77	77	7	1	1987-09-17	TOR	@	NYY	Steve Trout	behind 2-4	t 5	1	-23		3	3	DH	0.243	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Liriano Scores; L. Moseby Scores/unER
78	78	8	1	1987-09-22	TOR	@	BAL	Jeff Ballard	behind 0-2	t 4	2	12-		3	7	DH	0.312	58%		Home Run; T. Fernández Scores; J. Barfield Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
79	79	1	1	1988-04-12	TOR		NYY	John Candelaria	behind 0-7	b 6	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	2	DH	0.028	5%		Home Run; N. Liriano Scores