Ben
Villalpando
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: June 1, 1993 in Mexico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2007   
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
2012 19 PIT NL     2 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
2013 20 PIT NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 3 4 4 4
2014 21 PIT NL     3 3 4 4 3 3 7 6 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
2015 22 PIT NL     3 3 4 4 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
2016 23 PIT NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5
2017 24 PIT NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5
2018 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5
2019 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2020 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
2021 28 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2012 19 A   61 115 18 20 5 0 1 8 3 1 11 24 .174 .246 .243 .490 6.9  
2013 20 A   36 44 3 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 6 .273 .333 .295 .629 4.5  
2014 21 A   137 481 65 111 25 5 14 63 8 4 69 93 .231 .327 .391 .718 65.0  
2015 22 A   128 490 92 143 28 4 30 91 13 9 86 84 .292 .398 .549 .947 103.4  
2016 23 AA   100 386 71 107 28 9 13 48 8 4 37 56 .277 .340 .497 .838 62.7  
    A   38 137 23 46 11 1 4 21 2 2 24 21 .336 .435 .518 .953 28.9  
2017 24 AA   138 519 84 142 41 3 22 83 9 12 68 97 .274 .358 .491 .849 87.0  
2018 25 PIT NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   89 321 57 87 18 4 19 60 9 6 52 66 .271 .373 .530 .902 62.4  
    AA   49 195 29 55 14 2 12 33 3 3 23 38 .282 .358 .559 .917 36.9  
2019 26 PIT NL 80 113 13 29 4 1 1 11 5 5 12 25 .257 .325 .336 .662 12.1 1.3
2020 27 CLE AL 104 343 42 92 19 1 6 54 1 2 34 58 .268 .349 .382 .731 43.4 7.4
2021 28 CLE AL 35 125 16 33 6 0 2 8 2 2 13 15 .264 .343 .360 .703 15.4 2.8
  TOR AL 99 386 44 116 17 2 6 46 7 8 39 65 .301 .372 .402 .773 55.3 10.0
  TOT   134 511 60 149 23 2 8 54 9 10 52 80 .292 .365 .391 .756 70.7 12.9
4 Years Sim 322 970 115 270 46 4 15 119 15 17 98 163 .278 .353 .380 .734 125.9 21.6
1 Years AAA 89 321 57 87 18 4 19 60 9 6 52 66 .271 .372 .530 .902 62.4  
3 Years AA 287 1100 184 304 83 14 47 164 20 19 128 191 .276 .365 .505 .871 186.6  
5 Years A 400 1267 201 332 70 10 49 190 26 16 194 228 .262 .365 .449 .815 208.6  
9 Years Minors 776 2688 442 723 171 28 115 414 55 41 374 485 .269 .366 .482 .848 457.6  
162 Game Average 488 57 135 23 2 7 59 7 8 49 82 .278 .353 .380 .734 63.3  
Career Highs 134 511 60 149 23 2 8 54 9 10 52 80 .292 .365 .391 .756 70.7  
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   707 82 191 27 3 9 79 11 9 63 120 .270 .341 .355 .696 82.5
vs LH   263 33 79 19 1 6 40 4 8 35 43 .300 .387 .449 .836 42.3
Home 161 478 57 123 21 3 5 54 5 8 45 81 .257 .335 .345 .680 52.0
Away 161 492 58 147 25 1 10 65 10 9 53 82 .299 .372 .415 .786 72.8
RISP   251 0 68 13 1 3 98 0 0 18 51 .271 .323 .367 .689 28.8
Pinch Hitting   57 4 14 2 1 1 11 1 3 4 14 .246 .290 .368 .659 5.4
Close/Late   125 14 33 6 1 3 18 0 0 15 18 .264 .343 .400 .743 17.4
Mar/Apr 30 83 6 19 2 0 0 6 0 1 10 19 .229 .309 .253 .562 6.9
May 64 215 29 57 11 0 2 18 4 4 25 28 .265 .355 .344 .699 25.6
June 60 190 20 48 4 1 4 21 6 0 25 35 .253 .350 .347 .697 25.1
July 70 217 25 64 15 2 3 32 1 4 17 40 .295 .350 .424 .774 29.2
August 46 133 23 47 7 1 1 17 3 6 12 19 .353 .427 .444 .870 21.0
Sep/Oct 52 132 12 35 7 0 5 25 1 2 9 22 .265 .315 .432 .747 17.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2018 25 PIT NL 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2019 26 PIT NL 2B 12 11 84.0 15 33 0 3 1.000 5.14   0.6
    SS 13 9 72.3 6 23 1 2 .967 3.61   0.4
    3B 4 0 11.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.1
2020 27 CLE AL 2B 86 85 754.0 147 276 6 58 .986 5.05   3.0
    SS 15 14 122.0 15 35 4 2 .926 3.69   0.2
    3B 1 1 8.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.2
2021 28 CLE AL 2B 29 28 235.4 48 81 1 19 .992 4.93   1.4
    SS 6 6 47.6 5 14 2 2 .905 3.59   0.1
    CF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOR AL 2B 82 81 728.2 150 249 4 57 .990 4.93   4.7
    SS 16 16 147.4 16 44 5 8 .923 3.66   0.5
    CF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 210 205 1803.6 361 640 11 137 .989 5.00   9.7
  SS 50 45 389.3 42 116 12 14 .929 3.65   1.2
  3B 5 1 19.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 5.21   0.3
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   266 251 2213.9 406 764 23 152 .981 4.76   11.1
Career Highs   134 131 1160.6 219 388 12 86 1.000 9.00    
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
2019 26 PIT NL 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .333 .400 .733
Career Post-Season Batting 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .333 .400 .733
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History
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Injured on 10/19/04 and will miss the rest of the season
Had first career hit on 6/6/2007, off Brian Cardwell (LAN)
Won World Championship with Texas in 2007
Injured on 5/18/2008 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/28/2009 to a 1-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Injured on 6/6/2009 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/2/2010 to a 1-year deal worth $1,750,000 per year
Released by Las Vegas on 7/19/2010
Signed as a free agent by Texas on 2/27/2011 to a minor league contract
Released by Texas on 4/20/2011
Drafted in 3rd round, 69th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 2012