Benito
Vidal
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 170
 
Born: August 22, 1979 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2006    2007    2010   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 24 KK HL $ 5,621,429   8 8 8 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7
2005 25 OK HL $ 12,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 7 7 7 7
2006 26 OK HL $ 12,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6 7 7 7
2007 27 OK HL $ 12,500,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6 7 7 7
2008 28 OK HL $ 12,500,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6 7 7 7
2009 29 FCO KL $ 17,250,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 5 6 6 6 6
2010 30 FCO KL $ 17,250,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 5,621,429   8 8 8 7 6 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 17,250,000   9 9 9 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 24 KK HL 104 366 61 116 24 13 10 53 27 18 55 49 .317 .408 .536 .944 73.0 20.3
2005 25 OK HL 127 464 88 141 36 15 15 70 39 22 59 77 .304 .386 .543 .929 91.0 19.2
2006 26 OK HL 160 569 111 181 58 11 30 103 27 11 60 85 .318 .383 .617 .999 123.3 27.1
2007 27 OK HL 159 624 110 185 46 19 22 91 29 11 59 128 .296 .361 .537 .898 111.7 21.0
2008 28 OK HL 162 650 78 181 47 16 10 90 22 21 38 126 .278 .320 .446 .766 81.6 12.2
2009 29 FCO KL 154 561 89 167 39 17 14 86 20 15 42 115 .298 .352 .503 .855 91.9 19.2
2010 30 FCO KL 157 605 94 181 47 12 26 110 20 18 49 133 .299 .353 .545 .898 103.9 27.9
7 Years Sim 1023 3839 631 1152 297 103 127 603 184 116 362 713 .300 .363 .530 .893 676.3 147.0
162 Game Average 607 99 182 47 16 20 95 29 18 57 112 .300 .363 .530 .893 107.1  
Career Highs 162 650 111 185 58 19 30 110 39 22 60 133 .318 .408 .617 .999 123.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2824 473 843 224 76 98 454 143 80 260 530 .299 .360 .536 .896 502.3
vs LH   1015 158 309 73 27 29 149 41 36 102 183 .304 .370 .515 .885 175.2
Home 507 1893 314 576 143 57 68 313 100 48 160 368 .304 .361 .548 .909 344.8
Away 516 1946 317 576 154 46 59 290 84 68 202 345 .296 .364 .513 .878 332.7
RISP   876 0 289 77 30 32 403 0 0 144 166 .330 .421 .596 1.016 200.3
Pinch Hitting   39 5 13 2 1 1 7 1 0 8 6 .333 .447 .513 .960 8.8
Close/Late   496 80 140 32 6 9 54 0 1 80 99 .282 .383 .425 .808 81.4
Mar/Apr 161 606 121 201 58 20 21 85 40 22 68 105 .332 .403 .597 1.000 128.2
May 177 645 110 196 52 19 21 110 32 31 63 115 .304 .369 .541 .910 113.6
June 158 589 89 152 41 11 18 84 19 5 50 111 .258 .318 .457 .775 84.7
July 155 586 88 182 51 12 17 94 30 20 57 117 .311 .375 .526 .901 104.3
August 186 701 116 205 58 21 23 112 28 20 63 131 .292 .352 .534 .886 120.7
Sep/Oct 186 712 107 216 37 20 27 118 35 18 61 134 .303 .359 .525 .885 126.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 24 KK HL CF 96 93 861.0 228 6 2 3 .992 2.45   2.3
    RF 3 0 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96    
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
2005 25 OK HL CF 122 121 1073.3 342 11 6 2 .983 2.96   4.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
2006 26 OK HL CF 144 141 1248.0 396 11 13 2 .969 2.94   4.4
    RF 12 0 18.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.45    
2007 27 OK HL CF 157 156 1389.7 424 11 9 2 .980 2.82   5.9
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2008 28 OK HL CF 162 162 1463.0 390 8 5 1 .988 2.45   4.6
2009 29 FCO KL RF 148 143 1289.7 264 6 11 1 .961 1.88   3.2
    CF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
2010 30 FCO KL CF 108 102 935.0 229 6 6 2 .975 2.26   3.2
    RF 49 44 409.0 87 2 5 0 .947 1.96    
  CF 792 775 6977.0 2011 53 41 12 .981 2.66   24.6
  RF 216 187 1732.7 356 8 16 1 .958 1.89   3.2
  2B 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
Career Totals   1009 963 8718.6 2369 63 57 13 .977 2.51   27.9
Career Highs   162 162 1463.0 424 11 13 3 .992 2.96    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2009 29 FCO KL 4 15 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 .200 .316 .200 .516
2010 30 FCO KL 10 40 8 12 3 0 0 5 0 2 5 10 .300 .383 .375 .758
Career Post-Season Batting 14 55 10 15 3 0 0 7 1 2 8 13 .273 .364 .327 .691
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2010-8-.299
CAR-26-.300
On-Base Pct
CAR-33-.363
Slugging Pct
2005-3-.543
2006-2-.617
2007-6-.537
2009-5-.503
2010-2-.545
CAR-6-.530
OPS
2005-5-.929
2006-4-.999
2007-7-.898
2009-7-.855
2010-3-.898
CAR-11-.893
XR
2006-4-123.3
2007-9-111.7
2010-3-103.9
CAR-13-676.3
Games
2006-5-160
2007-3-159
2008-1-162
2010-5-157
CAR-42-1023
At-Bats
2007-4-624
2008-2-650
2010-2-605
CAR-28-3839
Runs
2006-4-111
2007-8-110
2009-7-89
2010-6-94
CAR-11-631
Hits
2007-8-185
2008-4-181
2010-5-181
CAR-20-1152
Total Bases
2006-1-351
2007-2-335
2008-9-290
2009-5-282
2010-1-330
CAR-6-2036
Doubles
2005-5-36
2006-1-58
2007-2-46
2008-1-47
2009-10-39
2010-3-47
CAR-1-297
Triples
2004-2-13
2005-1-15
2006-2-11
2007-1-19
2008-1-16
2009-1-17
2010-1-12
CAR-1-103
Homeruns
2006-8-30
2010-4-26
CAR-31-127
RBIs
2006-8-103
2008-10-90
2010-1-110
CAR-11-603
Stolen Bases
2005-9-39
2006-7-27
2007-8-29
2008-10-22
CAR-20-184
Caught Stealing
2004-8-18
2005-5-22
2008-1-21
2009-2-15
2010-4-18
CAR-9-116
Walks
CAR-35-362
Strikeouts
CAR-25-713
 
   Black Ink Test: 14
   Gray Ink Test: 94
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Kingston in 2004
Had first career hit on 4/5/2004, off Marshall McSwain (JBR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/2004, off Joel Delmonte (TSK)
Injured on 5/16/2004 with a Broken Hand, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 8/24/2005 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Sioux Falls on 8/15/2006
Won Player of the Week award on 8/16/2006, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2006, hitting .434 with 8 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/2006, hitting .524 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
2/4/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $12,500,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 4/12/2008
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2008, hitting .444 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Local on 9/18/2008
Signed as a free agent by Fort Collins on 2/24/2009 to a 4-year deal worth $17,250,000 per year
Hit for the cycle against Dyersville on 4/24/2009
Drove in 6 runs against DeKalb on 5/16/2010
Won Player of the Week award on 7/12/2010, hitting .444 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2010, hitting .374 with 4 HR, 24 RBI