Will Benson
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 230LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #14, Cleveland Indians | Westminster (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 61 55 8 10 0 0 .182 .250 .200 .450
2023 329 287 51 79 11 19 .275 .365 .498 .863
2024 388 343 41 64 14 16 .187 .274 .376 .650
3 Seasons 778 685 100 153 25 35 .223 .311 .413 .724
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .182 0 0 .450
2023 .275 11 19 .863
2024 .187 14 16 .650
3 Seasons .223 25 35 .724
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 24 229 37 0 0.0 0.0 84.2 107.6 10.4 18.9 .181 .228 .212 .224 .276 27.0 31.1 4.9
2023 25 1368 185 19 10.3 5.8 90.2 108.1 14.6 40.5 .230 .398 .369 .321 .417 42.2 31.3 12.2
2024 26 1656 192 22 11.5 5.7 89.4 110.7 18.2 36.5 .180 .333 .285 .268 .392 40.1 39.7 10.3
Player 3253 414 41 9.9 5.3 89.3 110.7 15.9 36.7 .201 .352 .315 .287 .393 39.9 35.5 10.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 48.6 18.9 18.9 13.5 40.5 40.5 18.9 10.8 32.4 24.3 27.0 5.4 0.0 0.0
2023 38.4 28.1 27.0 6.5 38.4 43.2 18.4 3.8 25.9 23.2 27.6 9.2 10.3 5.8
2024 35.9 35.4 22.9 5.7 49.5 31.3 19.3 4.2 25.5 30.7 23.4 4.7 11.5 5.7
Player 38.2 30.7 24.4 6.8 43.7 37.4 18.8 4.6 26.3 26.8 25.6 6.8 9.9 5.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -4 546 33.0 143 .187 .423 .308 32.4 34.3 25.3 .177 .363 .286 43.4
2024 Sinker -1.0 -2 226 13.6 60 .291 .527 .377 26.1 25.0 26.8 .264 .504 .355 32.5
2024 Slider -1.3 -3 195 11.8 35 .167 .267 .259 58.2 60.0 32.3 .095 .152 .190 33.3
2024 Curveball 1.0 2 186 11.2 31 .258 .387 .279 45.9 45.2 22.6 .212 .311 .224 47.1
2024 Changeup 0.5 1 175 10.6 34 .161 .387 .269 54.3 52.9 30.0 .165 .323 .251 53.8
2024 Cutter -2.7 -4 142 8.6 30 .043 .087 .205 29.7 30.0 23.7 .172 .277 .312 50.0
2024 Sweeper -0.9 -1 102 6.2 28 .167 .250 .229 38.1 46.4 31.7 .183 .229 .232 16.7
2024 Split-Finger 0.1 0 71 4.3 25 .083 .333 .188 55.0 52.0 41.9 .109 .237 .169 36.4
2024 Knuckleball -10.7 -1 7 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Slurve 0.5 0 6 0.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 3 469 34.3 107 .300 .533 .410 27.7 27.1 21.0 .259 .470 .370 53.2
2023 Curveball -0.2 0 190 13.9 39 .250 .389 .308 36.9 35.9 24.1 .175 .289 .234 27.3
2023 Slider 0.5 1 187 13.7 56 .208 .453 .298 35.6 37.5 29.6 .155 .272 .209 31.3
2023 Sinker -0.8 -1 163 11.9 46 .289 .342 .352 26.3 26.1 33.3 .301 .450 .388 50.0
2023 Changeup 1.0 1 134 9.8 28 .261 .478 .414 39.6 32.1 22.0 .251 .366 .344 28.6
2023 Cutter 0.5 1 119 8.7 23 .333 .762 .476 29.6 26.1 21.4 .251 .558 .367 46.7
2023 Sweeper 1.5 1 52 3.8 16 .154 .308 .288 29.4 50.0 34.8 .114 .152 .224 40.0
2023 Split-Finger 8.5 4 47 3.4 12 .417 1.000 .588 40.7 33.3 16.0 .286 .583 .365 37.5
2023 Slurve 1.7 0 6 0.4 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2023 Screwball 39.8 0 1 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .849 1.006 .807 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 62 234 -4 -3 1 2 -4
2023 329 1,368 5 -13 13 5 10
2024 388 1,656 -2 -25 11 5 -11
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 229 52.4 60.0 79.2 23.9 38.5 41.9 31.1 42.8 30.6 8.3 84.2
2023 1,368 50.2 65.9 76.2 19.4 41.7 42.6 28.9 42.8 31.5 7.9 80.6
2024 1,656 52.0 71.2 68.4 22.0 33.7 41.9 36.6 47.6 39.0 7.2 88.3
Player 3,253 51.3 68.2 72.2 21.0 37.2 42.2 32.9 45.3 35.5 7.6 84.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2022 35 93 46
2023 36 88 20 68
2024 3 1 9 47 4 37 78 56 67 49 1 76 1 89 87 30 57 55 1 5
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 22.6 11 9.2 2 3 9 2 18.2
2024 24.9 14 12.8 1 5 11 5 35.7
Player 23.9 25 22.1 3 8 20 7 28.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 11 8 6 7 9 10 10 9 6 9 9 7 10 10 10 9 11 9 10 9 10 10 12 12 8 8 10 11 10 9 9
2024 14 15 8 15 11 15 15 15 11 8 12 14 16 11 14 12 14 11 16 16 14 8 19 16 12 10 12 13 13 10 9
Player 25 23 14 22 20 25 25 24 17 17 21 21 26 21 24 21 25 20 26 25 24 18 31 28 20 18 22 24 23 19 18
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.2 90.2 6.0 89.4 -0.8
Launch Angle 10.4 14.6 4.2 18.2 3.6
Barrel % 0.0 10.3 10.3 11.5 1.2
Hard Hit % 27.0 42.2 15.2 40.1 -2.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 18.9 40.5 21.6 36.5 -4.0
xBA .181 .230 0.049 .180 -0.050
BA .182 .275 0.093 .187 -0.088
xwOBA .224 .321 0.097 .268 -0.053
wOBA .212 .369 0.157 .285 -0.084
xSLG .228 .398 0.170 .333 -0.065
SLG .200 .498 0.298 .376 -0.122
K% 31.1 31.3 0.2 39.7 8.4
BB% 4.9 12.2 7.3 10.3 -1.9
Swing % 42.8 42.8 0.0 47.6 4.8
Whiff% 30.6 31.5 0.9 39.0 7.5
In Zone % 52.4 50.2 -2.2 52.0 1.8
Out of Zone % 47.6 49.8 2.2 48.0 -1.8
Out of Zone Swing % 23.9 19.4 -4.5 22.0 2.6
First Pitch Swing % 31.1 28.9 -2.2 36.6 7.7
First Pitch Strike % 65.6 56.8 -8.8 60.6 3.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 61 56 91.8 .000 .227
2023 Shades L 328 187 57.0 .379 .364
2024 Shades L 388 179 46.1 .296 .272
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 43 15.7 39.5% 4.7% 65 21.3 7.7% 6.2%
2023 391 15.8 37.3% 0.5% 254 19.1 6.3% 1.2%
2024 501 15.6 37.9% 0.4% 229 18.7 4.8% 0.4%
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