Will Benson
RF | 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 303 267 30 52 11 13 .195 .281 .393 .674
3 Seasons 693 609 89 141 22 32 .232 .318 .425 .743
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .182 0 0 .450
2023 .275 11 19 .863
2024 .195 11 13 .674
3 Seasons .232 22 32 .743
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 1277 149 18 12.1 5.9 88.9 110.7 16.2 37.6 .190 .351 .295 .278 .413 42.3 39.9 10.2
Player 2874 371 37 10.0 5.3 89.1 110.7 14.8 37.2 .208 .362 .323 .294 .401 40.7 35.1 10.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 38.3 34.2 23.5 4.0 51.7 28.2 20.1 5.4 26.2 26.8 24.2 5.4 12.1 5.9
Player 39.4 29.6 24.8 6.2 43.9 36.9 19.1 5.1 26.7 24.8 26.1 7.3 10.0 5.3
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 -3 418 32.7 116 .206 .443 .332 34.1 34.5 26.3 .196 .391 .312 44.1
2024 Sinker -1.2 -2 175 13.7 48 .279 .512 .373 22.2 22.9 23.9 .281 .534 .382 34.4
2024 Curveball -1.0 -1 155 12.1 26 .192 .231 .187 49.2 53.8 27.5 .183 .232 .179 50.0
2024 Slider 0.1 0 150 11.7 26 .227 .364 .321 58.9 53.8 27.5 .107 .174 .208 37.5
2024 Changeup 1.0 1 140 11.0 26 .200 .480 .298 47.7 46.2 26.7 .206 .405 .275 53.8
2024 Cutter -2.0 -2 99 7.8 17 .071 .143 .197 34.0 41.2 30.4 .191 .346 .308 85.7
2024 Sweeper -2.1 -1 72 5.6 20 .118 .235 .195 29.6 45.0 34.6 .150 .184 .193 22.2
2024 Split-Finger 1.7 1 55 4.3 22 .095 .381 .214 51.5 54.5 41.4 .107 .236 .167 22.2
2024 Knuckleball -11.0 -1 7 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Slurve 0.6 0 6 0.5 -- -- -- 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 1 186 13.6 56 .208 .453 .298 35.6 37.5 30.0 .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 1 136 9.9 28 .261 .478 .414 39.6 32.1 21.4 .251 .366 .344 28.6
2023 Cutter 0.5 1 120 8.8 23 .333 .762 .476 29.6 26.1 20.7 .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 8.7 4 45 3.3 12 .417 1.000 .588 40.7 33.3 16.7 .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
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -2 82 35.8 25 .136 .182 .223 29.3 44.0 45.8 .114 .198 .181 25.0
2022 Changeup -3.7 -2 41 17.9 10 .200 .200 .180 26.3 0.0 0.0 .316 .353 .298 20.0
2022 Slider 8.2 2 30 13.1 6 .800 .800 .717 25.0 16.7 10.0 .542 .596 .540 50.0
2022 Curveball -2.1 -1 30 13.1 9 .000 .000 .078 41.7 44.4 40.0 .062 .063 .129 50.0
2022 Sinker -6.1 -1 22 9.6 6 .000 .000 .117 37.5 16.7 16.7 .133 .143 .220 25.0
2022 Cutter -5.6 -1 12 5.2 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 33.3 .038 .059 .044 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -3.2 0 7 3.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2022 Sweeper 3.0 0 3 1.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .291 .294 .269 0.0
2022 Slurve -1.9 0 2 0.9 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

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 303 1,277 -3 -18 9 4 -8
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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 1,277 51.1 71.8 69.5 22.4 32.9 41.9 37.0 47.7 38.6 7.0 87.8
Player 2,874 50.8 68.1 73.2 21.1 37.2 42.2 32.6 45.0 34.8 7.5 83.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2022 35 93 46
2023 36 88 20 67
2024 9 1 15 50 8 50 83 46 69 62 1 74 1 85 87 52 58 57 6
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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 10.2 1 2 10 2 18.2
2024 24.4 11 11.3 0 2 10 4 36.4
Player 23.5 22 21.4 1 4 20 6 27.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 11 9 7 8 10 11 11 10 7 10 10 9 11 11 11 10 12 10 11 10 10 10 12 12 10 9 11 12 11 10 10
2024 11 13 7 13 10 13 14 13 9 7 12 12 13 10 12 12 12 10 13 14 13 7 15 14 10 9 11 12 12 8 8
Player 22 22 14 21 20 24 25 23 16 17 22 21 24 21 23 22 24 20 24 24 23 17 27 26 20 18 22 24 23 18 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 88.9 -1.3
Launch Angle 10.4 14.6 4.2 16.2 1.6
Barrel % 0.0 10.3 10.3 12.1 1.8
Hard Hit % 27.0 42.2 15.2 42.3 0.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 18.9 40.5 21.6 37.6 -2.9
xBA .181 .230 0.049 .190 -0.040
BA .182 .275 0.093 .195 -0.080
xwOBA .224 .321 0.097 .278 -0.043
wOBA .212 .369 0.157 .295 -0.074
xSLG .228 .398 0.170 .351 -0.047
SLG .200 .498 0.298 .393 -0.105
K% 31.1 31.3 0.2 39.9 8.6
BB% 4.9 12.2 7.3 10.2 -2.0
Swing % 42.8 42.8 0.0 47.7 4.9
Whiff% 30.6 31.5 0.9 38.6 7.1
In Zone % 52.4 50.2 -2.2 51.1 0.9
Out of Zone % 47.6 49.8 2.2 48.9 -0.9
Out of Zone Swing % 23.9 19.4 -4.5 22.4 3.0
First Pitch Swing % 31.1 28.9 -2.2 37.0 8.1
First Pitch Strike % 65.6 56.8 -8.8 60.7 3.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 61 58 95.1 .000 .219
2023 Shades L 328 187 57.0 .379 .364
2024 Shades L 303 146 48.2 .315 .274
! 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 372 15.7 37.6% 0.3% 171 18.6 5.3% 0.6%
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