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Name	Team	Age
Ben Clay	Retired (2017, Age 37)	Died (2058, Age 78)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 21 (1999)	RF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League	0	14 years (159 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B+	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C	C-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	4/6/1980
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	2
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (LF)
A+ (98.7 %)	B+ (71.2 %)	B  (66.4 %)

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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

1999

Minors

27.00

3 / 3

3 / 3

4 / 6

4 / 5

3 / 4

3 / 3

3 / 3

23 / 27

2000

Minors

48.00

7 / 8

11 / 11

5 / 7

5 / 7

4 / 8

5 / 5

2 / 2

39 / 48

2000

Pos (RF)

32.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

20 / 32

2001

Minors

39.00

3 / 6

4 / 6

4 / 9

1 / 5

3 / 5

5 / 5

3 / 3

23 / 39

2002

Minors

23.00

3 / 3

2 / 5

2 / 5

4 / 5

1 / 4

0 / 0

1 / 1

13 / 23

2002

Majors

26.00

70

64

0

5 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 3

1 / 3

5 / 9

1 / 2

15 / 26

2002

Pos (1B)

22.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

5 / 22

2003

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

2003

Majors

61.30

151

134

0

2 / 5

4 / 8

5 / 13

0 / 11

3 / 8

4 / 6

6 / 10

24 / 61

2004

Majors

61.46

147

134

15

6 / 10

3 / 8

5 / 9

0 / 10

2 / 7

5 / 10

7 / 7

28 / 61

2005

Majors

62.98

157

143

5

4 / 8

4 / 11

2 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 11

5 / 6

2 / 7

17 / 62

2006

Majors

64.37

162

148

0

2 / 6

4 / 9

1 / 8

0 / 18

0 / 4

4 / 9

4 / 10

15 / 64

2007

Majors

35.67

162

39

0

1 / 1

1 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 12

1 / 5

1 / 5

2 / 6

7 / 35

2008

Majors

65.74

162

148

0

0 / 9

0 / 9

1 / 6

0 / 13

1 / 15

0 / 7

2 / 6

4 / 65

2009

Majors

61.34

162

116

0

0 / 8

0 / 4

2 / 10

0 / 16

1 / 8

1 / 7

0 / 8

4 / 61

2010

Majors

49.42

162

80

0

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 11

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 49

2011

Majors

54.13

162

96

0

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 8

2 / 10

0 / 8

2 / 54

2012

Majors

47.80

162

70

0

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 47

2013

Majors

44.20

162

60

0

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 44

2014

Majors

49.67

162

93

0

-2 / 6

-6 / 7

1 / 11

-3 / 5

-10 / 8

-2 / 4

-2 / 8

-24 / 49

2015

Majors

52.49

162

108

0

-2 / 7

-1 / 10

-3 / 8

-7 / 4

1 / 5

-1 / 9

-1 / 9

-14 / 52

2016

Majors

53.94

162

98

0

-3 / 11

-1 / 8

-1 / 7

-5 / 8

-4 / 8

-1 / 7

-4 / 4

-19 / 53

2017

Minors

6.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 6

2017

Majors

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

Date	Transaction
2017-11-01	Ben Clay has retired from the Detroit First Nationals
2017-07-11	The Detroit First Nationals have acquired Ben Clay from the waiver wire.
2017-07-07	The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Ben Clay for assignment.
2017-05-29	The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team.
2017-04-01	The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Bill Keating to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Ben Clay for assignment.
2014-05-30	The Pittsburgh Panthers have removed Ben Clay from the trade block.
2010-10-03	The Pittsburgh Panthers have placed Ben Clay on the trade block.
2005-09-26	Ben Clay of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
2004-06-18	Ben Clay of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
2003-10-01	Ben Clay of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
2003-06-18	The Pittsburgh Pirates have removed Ben Clay from the trade block.
2003-06-18	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Nick Ensberg to the minors.
2003-06-12	The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed Ben Clay on the trade block.
2003-06-09	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Nick Ensberg to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Ben Clay to the minors.
2003-05-14	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Nick Ensberg to the minors.
2003-05-14	The Pittsburgh Pirates have removed Ben Clay from the trade block.
2003-05-10	The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed Ben Clay on the trade block.
2003-05-10	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Nick Ensberg to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Ben Clay to the minors.
2002-10-09	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Pete Perkins to the minors.
2002-09-09	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Kelly Dorgan to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Ben Clay to the minors.
2002-06-25	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Rod Norris for assignment.
2002-04-05	The 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.
2002-04-01	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Ben Clay to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have waived Iron Harris .
2002-03-07	The Pittsburgh Pirates have renamed Benny Clay to Ben Clay.