Will Benson
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 230LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #14, Cleveland Indians | Westminster (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 329 287 51 79 11 19 .275 .365 .498 .863
2024 388 343 41 64 14 16 .187 .274 .376 .650
2025 21 18 2 5 1 1 .278 .381 .556 .937
4 Seasons 799 703 102 158 26 36 .225 .312 .417 .729
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .275 11 19 .863
2024 .187 14 16 .650
2025 .278 1 1 .937
4 Seasons .225 26 36 .729
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
2025 27 62 10 1 10.0 5.9 90.0 106.9 4.5 50.0 .214 .334 .284 .287 .349 50.0 29.4 11.8
Player 3315 424 42 9.9 5.3 89.3 110.7 15.6 37.0 .201 .351 .314 .287 .392 40.1 35.3 10.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2022 48.6 51.4 18.9 18.9 13.5 40.5 40.5 18.9 18.9 24.3 5.4 21.6 16.2 13.5
2023 38.4 61.6 28.1 27.0 6.5 38.4 43.2 18.4 23.2 13.5 1.6 15.1 29.7 16.8
2024 35.9 64.1 35.4 22.9 5.7 49.5 31.3 19.3 23.4 9.4 3.1 26.0 21.9 16.1
2025 40.0 60.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 30.0 50.0 20.0 10.0 20.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 10.0
Player 38.2 61.8 30.4 24.8 6.6 43.4 37.7 18.9 22.6 12.7 2.8 20.8 25.0 16.0
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 10.8 32.4 24.3 27.0 5.4 0.0 0.0
2023 3.8 25.9 23.2 27.6 9.2 10.3 5.8
2024 4.2 25.5 30.7 23.4 4.7 11.5 5.7
2025 10.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 20.0 10.0 5.9
Player 4.7 26.4 26.7 25.2 7.1 9.9 5.3
MLB 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 %
2025 Slider -4.2 -1 22 35.5 5 .000 .000 .140 61.5 60.0 42.9 .101 .109 .213 100.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball -3.2 -1 16 25.8 4 .000 .000 .175 0.0 0.0 0.0 .216 .564 .416 66.7
2025 Changeup 13.5 1 9 14.5 6 .500 .833 .567 14.3 16.7 50.0 .350 .468 .350 40.0
2025 Sinker -2.0 0 7 11.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2025 Curveball -0.3 0 4 6.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Cutter -1.7 0 3 4.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Split-Finger -24.3 0 1 1.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .062 .069 .057 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 554 33.5 144 .184 .416 .301 32.1 34.0 25.3 .175 .359 .281 42.3
2024 Sinker 2.0 4 215 13.0 59 .302 .547 .395 26.1 25.4 26.8 .271 .520 .371 34.2
2024 Slider -0.7 -1 194 11.7 35 .167 .267 .259 58.2 60.0 32.3 .095 .152 .190 33.3
2024 Curveball 0.4 1 178 10.7 31 .258 .387 .279 47.1 45.2 24.1 .212 .311 .224 47.1
2024 Changeup 0.1 0 175 10.6 34 .161 .387 .269 54.3 52.9 30.0 .165 .323 .251 53.8
2024 Cutter -3.0 -4 143 8.6 30 .043 .087 .205 29.7 30.0 23.7 .172 .277 .312 50.0
2024 Sweeper -1.4 -1 110 6.6 28 .167 .250 .229 37.0 46.4 28.9 .183 .229 .232 16.7
2024 Split-Finger -1.8 -1 74 4.5 25 .083 .333 .188 56.1 52.0 41.9 .109 .237 .169 36.4
2024 Knuckleball -6.3 0 7 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Slurve 0.6 0 6 0.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 61 229 -4 -3 1 1 -5
2023 329 1,368 6 -12 13 5 11
2024 388 1,656 -3 -23 14 6 -6
2025 17 62 -1 0 0 0 -1
Player 795 3,315 -3 -37 27 -3 -1
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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
2025 62 54.8 76.5 69.2 28.6 50.0 40.3 29.4 54.8 35.3 4.8 100.0
Player 3,315 51.4 68.4 72.1 21.1 37.5 42.2 32.8 45.4 35.5 7.5 84.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 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 25 29 37
2024 3 1 9 47 4 37 78 56 67 49 1 76 1 89 87 32 57 55 1 5
2025 32 91
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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 12 4 28.6
Player 23.9 25 22.0 3 8 21 6 24.0
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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 16 15 11 8 12 14 16 11 14 12 13 11 16 16 15 8 19 16 12 10 10 13 13 10 9
Player 25 23 14 22 20 25 26 24 17 17 21 21 26 21 24 21 24 20 26 25 25 18 31 28 20 18 20 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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 84.2 6.0 90.2 -0.8 89.4 0.6 90.0
Launch Angle 10.4 4.2 14.6 3.6 18.2 -13.7 4.5
Barrel % 0.0 10.3 10.3 1.2 11.5 -1.5 10.0
Hard Hit % 27.0 15.2 42.2 -2.1 40.1 9.9 50.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 18.9 21.6 40.5 -4.0 36.5 13.5 50.0
xBA .181 0.049 .230 -0.050 .180 0.034 .214
BA .182 0.093 .275 -0.088 .187 0.013 .200
xwOBA .224 0.097 .321 -0.053 .268 0.019 .287
wOBA .212 0.157 .369 -0.084 .285 -0.001 .284
xSLG .228 0.170 .398 -0.065 .333 0.001 .334
SLG .200 0.298 .498 -0.122 .376 -0.043 .333
K% 31.1 0.2 31.3 8.4 39.7 -10.3 29.4
BB% 4.9 7.3 12.2 -1.9 10.3 1.5 11.8
Swing % 42.8 0.0 42.8 4.8 47.6 7.2 54.8
Whiff% 30.6 0.9 31.5 7.5 39.0 -3.7 35.3
In Zone % 52.4 -2.2 50.2 1.8 52.0 2.8 54.8
Out of Zone % 47.6 2.2 49.8 -1.8 48.0 -2.8 45.2
Out of Zone Swing % 23.9 -4.5 19.4 2.6 22.0 6.6 28.6
First Pitch Swing % 31.1 -2.2 28.9 7.7 36.6 -7.2 29.4
First Pitch Strike % 65.6 -8.8 56.8 3.8 60.6 -7.7 52.9
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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
2025 Shades L 17 5 29.4 .328 .178
! 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%
2025 3 16.8 33.3% 0.0% 2 16.0 0.0% 0.0%
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