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Name	Team	Age
Turk Beniquez	Retired (1981, Age 35)	Died (2023, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 19 (1968)	1B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mickey Mantle League	0	13 years (111 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	C+	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	5/13/1946
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	1
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (C)
D  (18.5 %)	D  (13.8 %)	F  (0.9 %)

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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

1968

Majors

53.00

2 / 7

1 / 3

9 / 10

7 / 8

6 / 10

2 / 4

8 / 11

35 / 53

1969

Majors

50.00

5 / 11

7 / 13

7 / 8

6 / 6

4 / 5

4 / 4

3 / 3

36 / 50

1970

Majors

50.02

2 / 4

4 / 5

7 / 11

5 / 7

3 / 6

9 / 10

7 / 7

37 / 50

1971

Majors

16.97

0 / 0

1 / 2

3 / 3

3 / 5

2 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 2

10 / 16

1972

Majors

25.37

0 / 5

2 / 3

3 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 4

1 / 1

3 / 5

10 / 25

1973

Minors

3.00

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 3

1973

Majors

54.12

1 / 7

2 / 10

2 / 3

4 / 9

3 / 6

3 / 13

0 / 6

15 / 54

1974

Majors

35.98

0 / 1

1 / 7

1 / 7

1 / 4

1 / 9

0 / 3

0 / 4

4 / 35

1975

Majors

15.50

1 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 4

3 / 15

1976

Majors

18.20

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 18

1977

Majors

29.10

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 4

2 / 8

0 / 4

2 / 29

1978

Majors

14.10

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 14

1979

Majors

10.19

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 10

1980

Majors

19.20

0 / 4

1 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 19

1981

Majors

5.08

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 5

Total

0

0

0

11 / 50

19 / 60

32 / 62

28 / 60

22 / 61

22 / 52

22 / 51

156 / 396

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1981-11-01	Turk Beniquez has retired from the Cincinnati Redhawks
1975-04-12	The Cincinnati Redhawks have acquired Turk Beniquez from the waiver wire.
1975-04-08	The Philadelphia Athletics have promoted Ben Leiper to the major league team. The Philadelphia Athletics have designated Turk Beniquez for assignment.
1974-07-01	The Philadelphia Athletics have acquired Turk Beniquez from the waiver wire.
1974-06-26	The Pittsburgh Buccos have promoted Dan Demande to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Buccos have designated Turk Beniquez for assignment.
1973-05-03	The Pittsburgh Buccos have promoted Turk Beniquez to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Buccos have sent Dan Demande to the minors.
1973-04-01	The Pittsburgh Buccos have promoted George Gonzalez to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Buccos have sent Turk Beniquez to the minors.
1969-04-01	The Milwaukee Brewmeisters have promoted Turk Beniquez to the major league team. The Milwaukee Brewmeisters have promoted Dick Cone to the major league team. The Milwaukee Brewmeisters have designated Roger Pittinger for assignment. The Milwaukee Brewmeisters have designated Jay Gura for assignment.
1969-04-01	A trade has been completed between the Chicago Gamblers and the Milwaukee Brewmeisters. The Milwaukee Brewmeisters receive Rabbit Stimson, Howard Lee, Turk Beniquez from the Chicago Gamblers in exchange for Draft Pick - 1970 Round 2 (MIL).
1968-04-01	The Chicago Gamblers have promoted Turk Beniquez to the major league team. The Chicago Gamblers have sent Pinky "and the brain" Warwick to the minors.