Andrew Benintendi

Bats L Throws L5'9" 180 lbBorn 1994 Cincinnati, USADebut 2016Team CWS1x All-StarDraft 2013 R31 #945 Cincinnati Reds, Madeira (OH) HSContract 5 y/$75M (23-27) 2026: $17,100,000

Awards: Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 90.1FIELD+ 98.7 at LFTotal 0.59 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	409	365	89	17	1	12	38	72	3	0.244	0.316	0.392	0.708	0.148	0.310	17.6	9.2	92.4	0.90
2027	315	282	68	13	1	10	28	63	2	0.240	0.309	0.394	0.703	0.154	0.308	20.2	8.8	94.5	0.77

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 91 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Darin Erstad	2004	97.7	87.4	663
2	Luis Polonia	1994	99.9	77.4	326
3	Lloyd Waner	1936	100.4	107.2	582
4	John Dobbs	1905	99.3	did not play
5	Jason Heyward	2020	106.8	68.0	353
6	Troy O'Leary	2000	98.6	86.0	376
7	Gus Bell	1959	106.1	84.1	554
8	Al Martin	1998	104.2	107.2	593
9	Mel Hall	1991	104.3	102.7	622
10	Lloyd Moseby	1990	102.2	94.9	288

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			315		68	13	1	10		2	28	63	0.240	0.309	0.394	0.703	94.5
2026*	CHA	112	377	48	84	18	2	13		1	32	90	0.248	0.311	0.428	0.739	105.5
2025	CWS	116	469	57	101	16	2	20	63	1	40	82	0.240	0.307	0.431	0.738	102.8
2024	CWS	135	522	50	109	20	0	20	64	3	41	96	0.229	0.289	0.396	0.685	92.0
2023	CWS	151	621	72	147	34	2	5	45	13	52	89	0.262	0.326	0.356	0.682	85.2
2022	NYY	126	521	54	140	23	3	5	51	8	52	77	0.304	0.373	0.399	0.772	123.7
2021	KC	134	538	63	136	27	2	17	73	8	36	97	0.276	0.324	0.442	0.766	102.8
2020	BOS	14	52	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	11	17	0.103	0.314	0.128	0.442	45.1
2019	BOS	138	615	72	144	40	5	13	68	10	59	140	0.266	0.343	0.431	0.774	99.8
2018	BOS	148	661	103	168	41	6	16	87	21	71	106	0.290	0.366	0.465	0.830	123.7
2017	BOS	151	658	84	155	26	1	20	90	20	70	112	0.271	0.352	0.424	0.776	101.4
2016	BOS	34	118	16	31	11	1	2	14	1	10	25	0.295	0.359	0.476	0.835	117.7
Career		1147	4775	575	1135	239	22	118	556	86	442	841	0.267	0.337	0.417	0.754	103.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	377	88.7	17.2	8.8	43.5	29.2	32.4	0.245	0.408	0.314	26.6
2025	470	88.0	20.1	11.1	36.9	24.5	29.0	0.234	0.430	0.320	26.7
2024	522	88.0	16.1	6.3	34.4	21.1	25.1	0.244	0.407	0.310	26.7
2023	621	86.6	14.5	2.9	27.0	19.3	26.7	0.270	0.383	0.314	27.3
2022	521	89.2	12.6	5.1	38.7	20.7	22.7	0.273	0.423	0.340	27.6
2021	538	89.6	15.4	8.9	43.2	22.5	30.1	0.256	0.460	0.331	27.6
2020	52	85.2	8.6	4.5	26.1	33.0	23.3	0.121	0.213	0.278	26.9
2019	615	89.1	17.6	8.7	37.7	25.2	29.7	0.261	0.454	0.338	27.1
2018	661	88.6	12.8	7.1	33.7	19.2	24.3	0.282	0.449	0.353	27.7
2017	658	87.5	14.7	6.1	33.4	19.2	25.3	0.265	0.435	0.338	28.3
2016	118	86.9	14.8	4.5	26.8	20.5	22.9	0.233	0.360	0.291	28.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	CWS	OF	69	564	141	1	3	1	0.979
2024	CWS	OF	125	1031	244	3	3	0	0.988
2023	CWS	OF	147	1252	271	6	4	1	0.986
2022	NYY	OF	124	1041	214	4	0	0	1.000
2021	KC	OF	129	1116	225	6	3	1	0.987
2020	BOS	OF	13	100	20	0	0	0	1.000
2019	BOS	OF	136	1194	182	9	2	3	0.990
2018	BOS	OF	144	1268	241	12	4	2	0.984
2017	BOS	OF	149	1319	257	11	5	1	0.982
2016	BOS	OF	32	262	55	0	1	0	0.982

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2016	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	263	8 HR, 8 SB	0.295	0.872
2016	A+	Salem Red Sox	Bat	155	1 HR, 8 SB	0.341	0.976
2015	A	Greenville Drive	Bat	86	4 HR, 3 SB	0.351	1.011

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.277	0.334	0.308	0.342
2025	0.360	0.323	0.356	0.306
2024	0.272	0.313	0.336	0.270
2023	0.331	0.305	0.319	0.303
2022	0.322	0.367	0.346	0.362
2021	0.368	0.337	0.323	0.372
2020	0.255	0.268	0.230	0.332
2019	0.353	0.341	0.365	0.325

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2018	14	56	15	15	4	0	5	2	4	13	0.268	0.328	0.339	0.667
2017	4	16	2	4	0	1	2	0	1	3	0.250	0.294	0.438	0.732
2016	3	9	1	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.778	1.111
Career	21	81	18	22	5	2	9	2	5	17	0.272	0.322	0.407	0.729