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Name	Team	Age
Ralph Benge	Retired (2023, Age 35)	82
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17 (2008)	2B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Tim Raines League	0	13 years (12 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	C-	A+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	A-	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B+	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	A-	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A	0	4/22/1988
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	1
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (---)
D- (9.2 %)	F  (0.8 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

2008

Minors

52.00

7 / 7

7 / 7

4 / 7

6 / 9

0 / 5

5 / 5

12 / 12

41 / 52

2009

Minors

73.00

5 / 8

10 / 14

6 / 11

3 / 11

5 / 11

11 / 11

7 / 7

47 / 73

2010

Minors

69.00

3 / 4

7 / 12

2 / 11

2 / 10

2 / 10

9 / 10

8 / 12

33 / 69

2010

Pos (1B)

40.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

9 / 40

2011

Majors

31.41

162

32

0

0 / 4

1 / 7

1 / 2

1 / 6

0 / 3

1 / 2

4 / 7

8 / 31

2012

Majors

36.91

162

43

0

4 / 4

2 / 5

3 / 5

0 / 4

1 / 7

4 / 5

4 / 6

18 / 36

2013

Majors

30.35

162

20

0

2 / 6

2 / 3

1 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 4

2 / 4

2 / 6

10 / 30

2014

Majors

29.46

162

20

0

1 / 5

1 / 5

2 / 4

0 / 2

3 / 5

1 / 4

2 / 4

10 / 29

2015

Majors

41.53

162

42

0

5 / 9

0 / 2

0 / 9

2 / 7

0 / 3

1 / 4

2 / 7

10 / 41

2016

Majors

53.03

162

108

0

0 / 6

1 / 13

2 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 7

1 / 7

4 / 53

2017

Majors

63.13

162

160

0

0 / 4

0 / 10

1 / 11

2 / 12

0 / 13

0 / 6

1 / 7

4 / 63

2018

Majors

63.32

162

161

0

0 / 7

1 / 6

0 / 14

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 17

0 / 8

1 / 63

2019

Majors

62.83

162

160

0

0 / 9

0 / 4

0 / 16

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 62

2020

Majors

62.86

162

160

0

0 / 15

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 62

2021

Majors

62.86

162

160

0

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 12

0 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 62

2022

Majors

53.68

162

121

0

-2 / 9

-4 / 9

-3 / 4

-7 / 10

-6 / 8

-4 / 6

-2 / 7

-28 / 53

2023

Majors

27.71

162

9

0

-6 / 4

-5 / 3

-3 / 4

-2 / 5

-3 / 3

-2 / 5

-1 / 3

-22 / 27

Total

2106

1196

0

19 / 107

23 / 120

16 / 126

8 / 117

2 / 103

29 / 116

40 / 117

146 / 846

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2023-11-01	Ralph Benge has retired from the Pittsburgh Pirates
2011-03-01	The St. Louis Twins have promoted Ralph Benge to the major league team. The St. Louis Twins have designated Jing Smith for assignment.