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Benji Gil
Romar Benjamin (Aguilar) Gil

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 5, 1993
  vs. BAL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 31, 2003
Born October 6, 1972 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 1991. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1993 20 TEX AL  22   57    3    7   0  0   0    2   1  2   5  22  .123  .194  .123  -11    7   4   0   0   0   0
 1995 22 TEX AL 130  415   36   91  20  3   9   46   2  4  26 147  .219  .266  .347   57  144  10   2   0   1   5
 1996 23 TEX AL   5    5    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  1   1   1  .400  .500  .400  128    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1997 24 TEX AL 110  317   35   71  13  2   5   31   1  2  17  96  .224  .263  .325   50  103   6   4   0   1   3
 2000 27 ANA AL 110  301   28   72  14  1   6   23  10  6  30  59  .239  .317  .352   68  106   5   2   0   5   7
 2001 28 ANA AL 104  260   33   77  15  4   8   39   3  4  14  57  .296  .330  .477  109  124   2   2   0   0   6
 2002 29 ANA AL  61  130   11   37   8  1   3   20   2  1   5  33  .285  .307  .431   94   56   2   2   0   0   0
 2003 30 ANA AL  62  125   12   24   5  1   1    9   5  1   4  33  .192  .214  .272   29   34   4   2   1   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      604 1610  158  381  75 12  32  171  24 21 102 448  .237  .283  .358   65  576  34  14   1   7  26
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        432   42  102  20  3   9   46   6  6  27 120  .237  .283  .358   65  154   9   4   0   2   7
 Career High    130  415   36   91  20  4   9   46  10  6  30 147  .296  .330  .477  109  144  10   4   1   5   7
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1993 20 TEX AL   66   56    2   1.0    99| .123  .262| .194  .332| .123  .400| .317  .732| -11  .050  -9.0  -0.9  33%
 1995 22 TEX AL  454  345   38   2.9   112| .219  .274| .266  .348| .347  .433| .613  .781|  57  .259 -29.1  -2.7  33%
 1996 23 TEX AL    7    5    1   5.4   120| .400  .283| .500  .357| .400  .455| .900  .812| 128  .481   0.3   0.0   0%
 1997 24 TEX AL  345  261   28   2.9   113| .224  .277| .263  .347| .325  .438| .588  .786|  50  .255 -25.1  -2.4  33%
 2000 27 ANA AL  343  249   34   3.6   117| .239  .279| .317  .352| .352  .448| .669  .800|  68  .318 -15.0  -1.4  62%
 2001 28 ANA AL  278  197   38   5.2   108| .296  .268| .330  .336| .477  .431| .807  .766| 109  .509   2.4   0.2  42%
 2002 29 ANA AL  139   98   18   4.9   105| .285  .264| .307  .332| .431  .425| .738  .757|  94  .497  -1.4  -0.1  66%
 2003 30 ANA AL  135  113    7   1.7   105| .192  .265| .214  .331| .272  .425| .486  .756|  29  .116 -13.1  -1.2  83%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1767 1324  166   3.4   111| .237  .273| .283  .344| .358  .434| .641  .778|  65  .310 -90.0  -8.5  53%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1993 20 TEX AL SS 22 27 76 5 10 .954 .973 4.68 4.13 5.18 4.69 20 179.0 1995 22 TEX AL SS 130 226 408 17 95 .974 .974 4.88 4.16 5.18 4.71 126 1100.7 1996 23 TEX AL SS 5 5 7 1 0 .923 .968 2.40 4.20 5.40 4.68 2 20.0 1997 24 TEX AL SS 106 163 328 19 71 .963 .974 4.63 4.05 5.13 4.55 100 860.7 DH 4 2000 27 ANA AL SS 94 140 261 18 59 .957 .973 4.27 4.17 4.87 4.71 84 741.7 2B 7 20 19 0 10 1.000 .980 5.57 4.31 7.85 5.03 6 44.7 DH 6 1B 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.33 8.17 7.20 9.36 0 5.0 2001 28 ANA AL SS 44 77 109 11 24 .944 .973 4.23 4.03 4.93 4.49 40 339.3 2B 21 30 53 3 14 .965 .981 3.95 4.44 5.22 4.87 16 143.0 1B 18 69 8 0 7 1.000 .994 4.28 8.27 8.97 9.38 9 77.3 DH 14 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 2002 29 ANA AL 2B 26 41 58 1 11 .990 .979 3.81 4.36 4.90 4.90 22 181.7 SS 14 16 32 2 5 .960 .976 3.43 4.15 6.06 4.56 7 71.3 1B 10 33 3 1 6 .973 .992 3.60 8.02 7.96 9.33 5 40.7 DH 8 2003 30 ANA AL 2B 28 32 62 2 14 .979 .982 3.36 4.37 5.01 4.94 22 168.7 SS 20 25 35 4 12 .938 .971 3.00 4.13 4.30 4.54 13 125.7 1B 5 15 4 0 2 1.000 .995 3.80 8.28 8.14 9.56 1 21.0 3B 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.35 2.00 2.65 1 18.0 DH 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 27 ANA AL 1B 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.33 8.17 7.20 9.36 0 5.0 2001 28 ANA AL 1B 18 69 8 0 7 1.000 .994 4.28 8.27 8.97 9.38 9 77.3 2002 29 ANA AL 1B 10 33 3 1 6 .973 .992 3.60 8.02 7.96 9.33 5 40.7 2003 30 ANA AL 1B 5 15 4 0 2 1.000 .995 3.80 8.28 8.14 9.56 1 21.0 2000 27 ANA AL 2B 7 20 19 0 10 1.000 .980 5.57 4.31 7.85 5.03 6 44.7 2001 28 ANA AL 2B 21 30 53 3 14 .965 .981 3.95 4.44 5.22 4.87 16 143.0 2002 29 ANA AL 2B 26 41 58 1 11 .990 .979 3.81 4.36 4.90 4.90 22 181.7 2003 30 ANA AL 2B 28 32 62 2 14 .979 .982 3.36 4.37 5.01 4.94 22 168.7 2003 30 ANA AL 3B 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.35 2.00 2.65 1 18.0 2001 28 ANA AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1997 24 TEX AL DH 4 2000 27 ANA AL DH 6 2001 28 ANA AL DH 14 2002 29 ANA AL DH 8 2003 30 ANA AL DH 2 2001 28 ANA AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1993 20 TEX AL SS 22 27 76 5 10 .954 .973 4.68 4.13 5.18 4.69 20 179.0 1995 22 TEX AL SS 130 226 408 17 95 .974 .974 4.88 4.16 5.18 4.71 126 1100.7 1996 23 TEX AL SS 5 5 7 1 0 .923 .968 2.40 4.20 5.40 4.68 2 20.0 1997 24 TEX AL SS 106 163 328 19 71 .963 .974 4.63 4.05 5.13 4.55 100 860.7 2000 27 ANA AL SS 94 140 261 18 59 .957 .973 4.27 4.17 4.87 4.71 84 741.7 2001 28 ANA AL SS 44 77 109 11 24 .944 .973 4.23 4.03 4.93 4.49 40 339.3 2002 29 ANA AL SS 14 16 32 2 5 .960 .976 3.43 4.15 6.06 4.56 7 71.3 2003 30 ANA AL SS 20 25 35 4 12 .938 .971 3.00 4.13 4.30 4.54 13 125.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 435 679 1256 77 276 .962 .974 4.45 4.12 5.07 4.64 392 3438.3 2B* 82 123 192 6 49 .981 .981 3.84 4.38 5.27 4.92 66 538.0 1B* 36 121 15 1 15 .993 .993 3.78 8.19 8.50 9.39 15 144.0 DH 34 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.35 2.00 2.65 1 18.0 CF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 558 925 1465 84 341 .966 .976 4.28 4.40 5.20 4.83 474 4139
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  ANA NYY     W   2   5   1   4  0  0  0   1   0   0  .800  .800  .800   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  ANA MIN     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    ANA SFG     W   3   5   1   4  1  0  0   0   0   1  .800  .800 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   3-0   6  12   2   8  1  0  0   1   0   2  .667  .667  .750   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1995 AL-147-2

Sac. Hits
1995 AL-10-5

Youngest Player
1993 AL-20-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 1991.

December 19, 1997: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Chicago White Sox for Alan Levine and Larry Thomas.

December 14, 1998: Drafted by the Florida Marlins from the Chicago White Sox in the 1998 minor league draft.

October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

February 1, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

August 18, 2003: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

August 24, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 5, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

March 30, 2004: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

April 5, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

July 19, 2004: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

August 2, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 25, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

March 28, 2005: Purchased by the New York Mets from the Seattle Mariners.

July 10, 2005: Released by the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Texas Rangers$109,000
1994Texas Rangers$111,500
1995Texas Rangers$130,000
1996Texas Rangers$200,000
1997Texas Rangers$200,000
2000Anaheim Angels$225,000
2001Anaheim Angels$350,000
2002Anaheim Angels$400,000
2003Anaheim Angels$725,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,450,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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