Sleeper Benton  
Catcher | Free Agents

Hitting
He thrives late in games. This guy can't hit a watermelon with a lampost. He hits righthanders and lefthanders with equal consistency. Sleeper Benton has made a career of putting the ball to the opposite field. That's rare in this day and age.

Baserunning & Defense
When you play Benton you're not putting him in for his glove. Runners take advantage of his weak arm. He has below-average speed and is stiff on the basepath. He's poor on a straight steal but has some success at reading pitchers and working a delayed steal.

2010 Outlook
What The Free Agents was thinking when they signed Benton to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 MIL C 24 15 36 48 43 52 47 48 57 21 0 Low Minors 28 43 . 115
1999 MIL C 26 15 36 48 43 52 47 48 57 22 0 Low Minors 34 44 . 117
2000 FA C 27 16 36 48 43 52 47 48 57 23 0 Free Agent 41 45 . 118
2001 FA C 28 18 37 48 43 52 47 48 57 24 0 Free Agent 45 46 . 123
2002 FA C 29 19 37 48 43 52 47 48 57 25 0 Free Agent 48 46 . 124
2003 FA C 31 19 37 48 43 52 47 48 57 26 0 Free Agent 52 46 . 126
2004 FA C 31 21 37 48 43 52 47 48 57 27 0 Free Agent 52 46 . 128
2005 FA C 31 23 37 48 43 52 47 48 57 28 0 Free Agent 52 45 . 129
2006 FA C 31 25 36 48 43 52 47 48 57 29 0 Free Agent 52 45 . 130
2007 FA C 31 27 35 48 43 52 47 48 57 30 0 Free Agent 52 45 . 130
2008 FA C 31 29 34 48 43 52 47 48 57 31 0 Free Agent 52 45 . 131
2009 FA C 31 31 33 48 43 52 47 48 57 32 0 Free Agent 51 44 . 132
2010 FA C 30 32 32 48 43 52 47 48 57 33 0 Free Agent 51 44 . 129
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.