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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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
2002 PIT 64 230 22 50 9 0 7 21 18 60 0 0 3 .622 .274 .348 .217
2003 PIT 135 529 58 118 11 3 19 67 19 140 0 0 8 .611 .248 .363 .223
2004 PIT 134 512 52 113 22 3 23 80 25 127 2 2 6 .668 .257 .410 .221
2005 PIT 143 543 62 123 21 3 19 80 33 123 9 4 4 .654 .273 .381 .227
2006 PIT 148 555 61 145 17 4 16 68 49 131 14 9 1 .716 .323 .393 .261
2007 PIT 72 188 31 55 9 2 14 42 13 41 2 3 0 .922 .337 .585 .293
2008 PIT 148 571 67 148 22 5 22 77 40 137 7 4 3 .738 .307 .431 .259
2009 PIT 145 486 66 133 12 6 23 87 33 106 10 7 1 .786 .321 .465 .274
2010 PIT 149 378 71 110 20 4 26 80 34 77 12 5 0 .923 .351 .571 .291
2011 PIT 155 432 68 122 18 2 20 68 31 114 8 3 4 .802 .330 .472 .282
2012 PIT 153 370 51 110 17 3 21 77 14 86 7 5 1 .855 .326 .530 .297
2013 PIT 149 321 40 74 11 5 11 36 26 91 8 1 1 .691 .292 .399 .231
2014 PIT 155 435 59 104 23 3 25 74 20 85 8 4 10 .750 .272 .478 .239
2015 PIT 146 449 68 123 21 3 30 100 31 125 6 9 17 .853 .318 .535 .274
2016 PIT 142 431 54 117 19 6 16 59 25 113 10 3 10 .767 .312 .455 .271
2017 PIT-DET 55 179 18 36 3 1 3 15 16 42 1 0 5 .545 .265 .279 .201
Total 2093 6609 848 1681 255 53 295 1031 427 1598 104 59 74 .743 .300 .443 .254
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.