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Name Team Age
Big Red Hiene Retired (1987, Age 36) Died (2028, Age 77)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 45
(1969)		 1B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Lou Brock League 0 11 years (83 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B- B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  A  C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C  C- C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D  C- C-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 6/27/1951
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) 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 
1969 Minors 57.00 6 / 8 6 / 7 6 / 6 5 / 5 10 / 10 10 / 10 11 / 11 54 / 57
1970 Minors 42.00 6 / 8 5 / 7 5 / 5 7 / 7 5 / 5 4 / 4 6 / 6 38 / 42
1971 Minors 44.00 5 / 10 4 / 6 7 / 8 4 / 5 4 / 5 3 / 3 6 / 7 33 / 44
1972 Minors 45.00 1 / 5 3 / 9 2 / 4 9 / 11 6 / 7 1 / 1 7 / 8 29 / 45
1973 Minors 52.00 1 / 2 2 / 6 12 / 16 2 / 5 6 / 10 6 / 7 6 / 6 35 / 52
1974 Minors 50.00 2 / 7 3 / 9 3 / 5 3 / 5 6 / 12 5 / 6 5 / 6 27 / 50
1975 Majors 24.72 162 1 0 0 / 3 2 / 6 1 / 2 2 / 7 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 8 / 24
1976 Majors 28.98 162 14 0 0 / 6 1 / 3 2 / 7 1 / 2 1 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 5 / 28
1977 Majors 64.75 162 142 0 0 / 11 0 / 4 2 / 10 2 / 8 0 / 7 6 / 11 4 / 13 14 / 64
1978 Majors 62.60 162 142 0 0 / 7 2 / 10 0 / 11 1 / 9 0 / 6 6 / 10 1 / 9 10 / 62
1979 Majors 54.23 145 95 17 0 / 12 0 / 2 0 / 10 1 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 4 4 / 12 5 / 54
1980 Majors 53.86 129 93 31 0 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 8 2 / 8 3 / 12 1 / 6 7 / 53
1981 Majors 38.88 162 40 0 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 5 1 / 38
1982 Majors 26.60 127 21 30 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 26
1983 Majors 35.79 162 33 0 0 / 4 1 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 5 1 / 8 0 / 2 2 / 35
1984 Majors 27.48 162 18 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 27
1985 Majors 20.49 162 10 0 -2 / 3 -7 / 2 -4 / 4 -6 / 1 -4 / 5 -1 / 3 -3 / 2 -27 / 20
1986 Majors 24.77 162 21 0 -4 / 6 -5 / 4 -5 / 1 -5 / 7 -6 / 3 0 / 2 -1 / 1 -26 / 24
1987 Minors 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1987 Majors 9.00 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 9
Total 1859 630 78 15 / 112 18 / 102 31 / 112 26 / 111 32 / 111 45 / 100 48 / 108 215 / 756
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1987-11-01Big Red Hiene has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1987-04-22The Minnesota Lumber Kings have waived Big Red Hiene.
1987-04-01The Minnesota Lumber Kings have promoted Hosken Bowman to the major league team. The Minnesota Lumber Kings have designated Big Red Hiene for assignment.
1982-07-03Big Red Hiene of the Minnesota Lumber Kings is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1980-04-08Big Red Hiene of the Minnesota Lumber Kings is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1979-08-06Big Red Hiene of the New York is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1977-04-01The New York Scandals have renamed Gene Benton to Big Red Hiene.
1975-04-01The New York Shipbuilders have promoted Stu Shotton to the major league team. The New York Shipbuilders have promoted Gene Benton to the major league team.
1972-08-03A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Brats and the New York Shipbuilders. The New York Shipbuilders receive Gene Benton from the Milwaukee Brats in exchange for Phil "Beetle" Bailey.