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Mike Piazza League
10-3-2123
Ben Bender Relief Pitcher
Retired (1995, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.90 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 41-45 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
SV 27 Age at Death 65 Date of Birth 05-05-1960
K 567 Drafted Round 2, Pick 32
(1980)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(26 games)
IP 764.1
WHIP 1.60
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D- Endurance D+   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity A-   Mentor Val B+
Speed F  Bunt C- Control B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year H/A W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1983 Away 0 3 36 0 0 0 0 1 52.1 68 41 34 1 17 42 1.62 5.85
1983 Home 2 0 41 0 0 0 0 1 47.2 59 38 34 0 25 30 1.76 6.42
1984 Away 1 5 44 0 0 0 2 3 47.0 62 45 41 1 29 35 1.94 7.85
1984 Home 3 4 46 0 0 0 1 4 55.1 67 46 42 4 19 52 1.55 6.83
1985 Away 1 3 38 0 0 0 2 1 49.2 53 27 24 1 20 41 1.47 4.35
1985 Home 1 2 49 0 0 0 2 1 68.2 86 50 45 2 26 45 1.63 5.90
1986 Away 3 3 42 0 0 0 4 1 56.2 66 43 38 0 31 42 1.71 6.04
1986 Home 1 2 45 0 0 0 5 2 57.2 62 37 24 5 18 40 1.39 3.75
1987 Away 3 1 32 0 0 0 3 0 39.1 41 19 19 0 10 29 1.30 4.35
1987 Home 3 2 37 0 0 0 3 0 42.1 62 41 41 2 27 29 2.10 8.72
1988 Away 1 5 13 0 0 0 0 1 15.0 23 25 23 1 12 13 2.33 13.80
1988 Home 1 1 16 1 0 0 0 1 30.0 25 17 17 0 20 24 1.50 5.10
1989 Away 1 3 17 0 0 0 3 4 22.0 31 21 18 0 8 12 1.77 7.36
1989 Home 4 1 17 0 0 0 2 3 16.0 21 9 9 0 6 13 1.69 5.06
1990 Away 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.55 0.00
1990 Home 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 13.2 15 15 15 1 5 8 1.46 9.88
1993 Away 2 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 23.1 23 11 11 0 8 18 1.33 4.24
1993 Home 3 3 46 0 0 0 0 1 54.2 55 34 31 1 22 41 1.41 5.10
1994 Away 3 1 17 0 0 0 0 1 15.2 16 6 6 1 3 9 1.21 3.45
1994 Home 5 1 32 0 0 0 0 1 36.2 34 17 14 1 7 29 1.12 3.44
1995 Away 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 3 4.1 10 10 10 1 3 4 3.00 20.77
1995 Home 1 2 12 0 0 0 0 3 12.2 18 5 5 0 5 9 1.82 3.55
2123 Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
2123 Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total Away 16 27 272 0 0 0 14 15 329.0 393 248 224 6 143 247 1.63 6.13
Total Home 25 18 347 2 0 0 13 17 435.1 504 309 277 16 180 320 1.57 5.73
Total
41
 45
619
2
0
0
27
 32
764.1
 897 557 501 22 323
567
1.60
5.90
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1995-11-01Ben Bender has retired from the Atlanta Engineers
1995-07-20Trade #1232799 has been completed between the New York Rotties and the Atlanta Engineers. The Atlanta Engineers receive Jo Jo Rivera, Mike Macfarlane, Ben Bender from the New York Rotties in exchange for Jack Hamlin, Ed Bratcher.
1993-03-25The New York Rotties have promoted Ben Bender to the major league team.
1990-06-15The New York Rotties have acquired Ben Bender from the waiver wire.
1990-06-08The Cincinnati Reds have waived Ben Bender.
1990-05-19The Cincinnati Reds have designated Ben Bender for assignment.
1990-05-14Ben Bender of the Cincinnati Reds is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1985-09-29Ben Bender of the Cincinnati Reds is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1983-04-19The Los Angeles Blue have promoted Ben Bender to the major league team. The Los Angeles Blue have designated Ace Rocker for assignment.
1983-04-19Trade #1135885 has been completed between the Florida Flamingos and the Los Angeles Blue. The Los Angeles Blue receive Bill Senteney, Floyd Waitkus, Harry Covington, Choke Paschal, Ben Bender, Johnny Calvo, Draft Pick 1986 Round 2 FLA (Nick Green), Draft Pick 1985 Round 2 FLA (Gavvy Hernandez), Draft Pick 1984 Round 1 FLA (Deron Parks) from the Florida Flamingos in exchange for Shug McGraw, Jay Knight, Wade McCormick. Protest This Trade.