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Earl Averill League
8-1-2077
Ben Clay Right Field
Retired (2017, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .743 Status Deceased (2058) Option Years 0  
H 1681 Age at Death 78 Date of Birth 04-06-1980
HR 295 Drafted Round 2, Pick 21
(1999)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(159 games)
RBI 1031
SB 104
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L C- Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A- Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF B  (66.4%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 2
3B A+ (98.7%) RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1999 Minors 19 27.00 3 / 3 3 / 3 4 / 6 4 / 5 3 / 4 3 / 3 3 / 3 23 / 27
2000 Minors 20 48.00 7 / 8 11 / 11 5 / 7 5 / 7 4 / 8 5 / 5 2 / 2 39 / 48
2000 Pos (RF) 20 32.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 / 32
2001 Minors 21 39.00 3 / 6 4 / 6 4 / 9 1 / 5 3 / 5 5 / 5 3 / 3 23 / 39
2002 Minors 22 23.00 3 / 3 2 / 5 2 / 5 4 / 5 1 / 4 0 / 0 1 / 1 13 / 23
2002 Majors 22 26.00 70 64 0 5 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 3 5 / 9 1 / 2 15 / 26
2002 Pos (1B) 22 22.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 22
2003 Minors 23 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
2003 Majors 23 61.30 151 134 0 2 / 5 4 / 8 5 / 13 0 / 11 3 / 8 4 / 6 6 / 10 24 / 61
2004 Majors 24 61.46 147 134 15 6 / 10 3 / 8 5 / 9 0 / 10 2 / 7 5 / 10 7 / 7 28 / 61
2005 Majors 25 62.98 157 143 5 4 / 8 4 / 11 2 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 11 5 / 6 2 / 7 17 / 62
2006 Majors 26 64.37 162 148 0 2 / 6 4 / 9 1 / 8 0 / 18 0 / 4 4 / 9 4 / 10 15 / 64
2007 Majors 27 35.67 162 39 0 1 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 12 1 / 5 1 / 5 2 / 6 7 / 35
2008 Majors 28 65.74 162 148 0 0 / 9 0 / 9 1 / 6 0 / 13 1 / 15 0 / 7 2 / 6 4 / 65
2009 Majors 29 61.34 162 116 0 0 / 8 0 / 4 2 / 10 0 / 16 1 / 8 1 / 7 0 / 8 4 / 61
2010 Majors 30 49.42 162 80 0 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 49
2011 Majors 31 54.13 162 96 0 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 8 2 / 10 0 / 8 2 / 54
2012 Majors 32 47.80 162 70 0 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 47
2013 Majors 33 44.20 162 60 0 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 44
2014 Majors 34 49.67 162 93 0 -2 / 6 -6 / 7 1 / 11 -3 / 5 -10 / 8 -2 / 4 -2 / 8 -24 / 49
2015 Majors 35 52.49 162 108 0 -2 / 7 -1 / 10 -3 / 8 -7 / 4 1 / 5 -1 / 9 -1 / 9 -14 / 52
2016 Majors 36 53.94 162 98 0 -3 / 11 -1 / 8 -1 / 7 -5 / 8 -4 / 8 -1 / 7 -4 / 4 -19 / 53
2017 Minors 37 6.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 6
2017 Majors 37 25.90 108 48 0 -4 / 0 -2 / 2 -6 / 4 -6 / 4 -7 / 6 0 / 6 -4 / 3 -29 / 25
Total 2415 1579 20 25 / 120 26 / 133 24 / 147 -5 / 164 0 / 140 36 / 128 22 / 121 153 / 1007
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2017-11-01Ben Clay has retired from the Detroit First Nationals
2017-07-11The Detroit First Nationals have acquired Ben Clay from the waiver wire.
2017-07-07The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Ben Clay for assignment.
2017-05-29The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team.
2017-04-01The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Bill Keating to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Ben Clay for assignment.
2014-05-30The Pittsburgh Panthers have removed Ben Clay from the trade block.
2010-10-03The Pittsburgh Panthers have placed Ben Clay on the trade block.
2005-09-26Ben Clay of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
2004-06-18Ben Clay of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
2003-10-01Ben Clay of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
2003-06-18The Pittsburgh Pirates have removed Ben Clay from the trade block.
2003-06-18The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Nick Ensberg to the minors.
2003-06-12The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed Ben Clay on the trade block.
2003-06-09The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Nick Ensberg to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Ben Clay to the minors.
2003-05-14The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Nick Ensberg to the minors.
2003-05-14The Pittsburgh Pirates have removed Ben Clay from the trade block.
2003-05-10The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed Ben Clay on the trade block.
2003-05-10The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Nick Ensberg to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Ben Clay to the minors.
2002-10-09The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Pete Perkins to the minors.
2002-09-09The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Kelly Dorgan to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Ben Clay to the minors.
2002-06-25The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Rod Norris for assignment.
2002-04-05The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Simmons Koll to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Clint Herrera to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Roy Lacy to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Ben Clay to the minors.
2002-04-01The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have waived Iron Harris .
2002-03-07The Pittsburgh Pirates have renamed Benny Clay to Ben Clay.