LF Ben Kennard #8
Geelong Cats ABL
Age: 30 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
09/21/2022
BNN Index | ABL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
LF BEN KENNARD #8 - AGE: 30 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
113 370 88 20 4 4 35 47 69 .238 .326 .346 0 0.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 5 5 5 5
Gap 6 6 6 6
Power 5 5 5 5
Eye 6 6 7 6
Avoid K's 6 6 6 6
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 2 5
Errors: - 1 4
Arm: 1 8 10
Turn DP: - 1 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 6
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 5
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 7
Stealing Ability: 6
Baserunning Inst.: 3
Sacrifice Bunt: 3
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/19/2022 SML Loss, 1-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/17/2022 @ SML Win, 2-0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/16/2022 @ SML Loss, 4-7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/15/2022 @ SML Loss, 3-8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/13/2022 SML Win, 8-7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/2022 SML Win, 11-7 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
09/11/2022 SML Loss, 1-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/09/2022 COL Loss, 1-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/08/2022 COL Win, 5-2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
09/07/2022 COL Win, 10-1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Enjoys some quiet time at his locker before first pitch.
Low: Adaptability
Birthday:07/20/1992
Born in:Hobart, TAS
Nationality:Australian
Height:6' 4"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$200,000
Signed Through:2024 Season
Major Service:7 Years, None
Service This Yr:159 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2014, 15th Pick in Round 2
AUSTRALIAN BASEBALL LEAGUE 2022 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 113 370 88 20 4 4 35 40 47 69 .238 .326 .346 .672 .302 .108 94
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 93 421 2 1 0 7 1 1 128 28 0 0 0.0 43.7 4.05 .5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   98 24 4 0 0 4 6 9 17 0 0 0 .245 .308 .286 .594
Versus Right   272 64 16 4 4 31 34 38 52 1 1 2 .235 .332 .368 .700
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   21 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .238 .273 .238 .511
April   70 8 2 0 1 3 6 7 14 0 0 1 .114 .205 .186 .391
May   81 22 4 2 0 8 9 10 16 0 1 0 .272 .352 .370 .722
June   66 15 2 1 0 2 5 9 10 0 0 1 .227 .329 .288 .617
July   56 15 2 0 2 8 12 10 14 1 0 0 .268 .373 .411 .784
August   72 20 8 1 1 9 7 9 11 0 0 0 .278 .358 .458 .816
September   25 8 2 0 0 5 1 2 4 0 0 0 .320 .370 .400 .770
Spring Training   43 4 1 0 1 3 3 9 7 0 0 0 .093 .250 .186 .436
Postseason   29 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .207 .233 .207 .440
Last Year   409 112 29 4 13 49 58 38 68 1 4 3 .274 .339 .460 .799
2 Years Ago   475 115 30 2 9 56 46 60 102 5 0 5 .242 .330 .371 .701
Career   2069 500 122 16 42 216 242 214 430 9 10 18 .242 .317 .377 .694
Home   187 45 8 2 3 24 21 25 32 1 0 2 .241 .335 .353 .688
Road   183 43 12 2 1 11 19 22 37 0 1 0 .235 .317 .339 .656
Grass   370 88 20 4 4 35 40 47 69 1 1 2 .238 .326 .346 .672
Day   183 42 10 1 2 11 20 23 37 0 1 2 .230 .322 .328 .650
Night   187 46 10 3 2 24 20 24 32 1 0 0 .246 .330 .364 .694
As Starter   350 83 20 4 4 33 39 45 65 1 1 2 .237 .327 .351 .678
As Reliever / Substitution   20 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 .250 .318 .250 .568
Pinch Hitting   16 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 .188 .278 .188 .465
Close/Late   100 29 3 3 1 11 10 11 21 0 0 0 .290 .360 .410 .770
Inning 1-3   116 21 5 0 1 10 13 12 19 1 0 0 .181 .256 .250 .506
Inning 4-6   125 31 9 1 2 11 14 15 24 0 1 1 .248 .333 .384 .717
Inning 7-9   118 31 6 3 0 10 12 18 23 0 0 1 .263 .365 .364 .729
Extra Innings   11 5 0 0 1 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .455 .538 .727 1.266
0 Outs   118 31 8 1 1 4 20 19 19 0 1 1 .263 .370 .373 .742
1 Outs   133 28 5 2 1 14 10 19 29 1 0 1 .211 .312 .301 .612
2 Outs   119 29 7 1 2 17 10 9 21 0 0 0 .244 .297 .370 .667
Scoring Position   92 26 3 1 1 29 10 15 25 1 1 0 .283 .380 .370 .749
Bases Empty   215 45 12 3 1 1 20 26 40 0 0 2 .209 .300 .307 .607
Runner on 1st   63 17 5 0 2 5 10 6 4 0 0 0 .270 .333 .444 .778
Runner on 2nd   19 8 0 0 1 6 2 3 6 0 0 0 .421 .500 .579 1.079
Runner on 3rd   8 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 .250 .455 .250 .705
Runner on 1st & 2nd   28 8 2 1 0 9 5 5 5 0 0 0 .286 .394 .429 .823
Runner on 1st & 3rd   15 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 0 0 0 .133 .235 .133 .369
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   10 3 1 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 .300 .417 .400 .817
Bases Loaded   12 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 .250 .231 .250 .481
Two Strikes   191 35 10 2 0 12 11 16 69 0 0 0 .183 .246 .257 .503
First Pitch   39 8 0 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .205 .205 .282 .487
Count 0-1   25 9 3 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .360 .360 .600 .960
Count 0-2   26 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 .038 .038 .038 .077
Count 1-0   38 9 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .237 .250 .342 .592
Count 1-1   25 8 2 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 .320 .370 .480 .850
Count 1-2   53 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 0 0 0 .151 .151 .170 .321
Count 2-0   16 6 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .625 1.000
Count 2-1   26 7 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 .269 .269 .423 .692
Count 2-2   62 12 3 1 0 1 4 0 22 0 0 0 .194 .194 .274 .468
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 6 1 0 0 0 8 20 0 0 0 0 .600 .867 .700 1.567
Full Count   50 14 6 1 0 9 6 16 10 0 0 0 .280 .455 .440 .895
Behind in Count   104 18 4 0 1 7 4 0 37 0 0 0 .173 .173 .240 .413
Ahead in Count   90 28 5 1 2 8 18 31 0 1 1 0 .311 .484 .456 .939
Batting 2nd   84 13 2 0 1 5 7 8 18 0 1 0 .155 .228 .214 .443
Batting 5th   270 73 18 4 3 30 32 37 47 1 0 2 .270 .361 .400 .761
Batting 6th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 8th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   12 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 .083 .214 .083 .298
Low Leverage   155 31 10 2 0 5 11 18 28 0 0 1 .200 .287 .290 .578
Medium Leverage   131 37 10 0 2 15 21 18 22 0 0 1 .282 .373 .405 .778
High Leverage   81 19 0 2 2 15 8 11 19 1 1 0 .235 .323 .358 .681
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2016 Wests - ABL 23 87 90 19 3 0 3 8 11 8 0 0 27 2 1 .211 .276 .344 .620 80 85 0.1
2017 Wests - ABL 24 94 120 34 12 0 4 21 15 12 1 0 31 3 5 .283 .353 .483 .837 146 144 0.8
2018 Wests - ABL 25 95 122 21 6 1 4 11 12 8 3 1 32 0 1 .172 .239 .336 .575 64 66 -0.4
2019 Wests - ABL 26 125 483 111 22 5 5 36 60 41 4 1 101 5 4 .230 .295 .327 .622 77 77 -0.3
2020 Wests - ABL 27 130 475 115 30 2 9 56 46 60 5 5 102 6 5 .242 .330 .371 .701 103 108 1.2
2021 Wests - ABL 28 120 409 112 29 4 13 49 58 38 3 1 68 2 4 .274 .339 .460 .799 123 127 1.8
2022 Geelong - ABL 29 113 370 88 20 4 4 35 40 47 2 1 69 0 0 .238 .326 .346 .672 84 94 0.5
Total ABL 764 2069 500 122 16 42 216 242 214 18 9 430 18 20 .242 .317 .377 .694 97 101 3.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2014 Total - 21 51 228 67 12 6 13 46 67 23 2 3 32 35 10 .294 .359 .570 .930 100 100 1.7
2014 Concord - AA 21 77 253 77 11 2 12 49 42 25 7 5 62 7 4 .304 .376 .506 .882 132 133 1.5
2015 Concord - AA 22 88 330 103 19 3 19 59 78 57 7 2 77 10 7 .312 .422 .561 .982 166 168 4.0
Total YL 165 583 180 30 5 31 108 120 82 14 7 139 17 11 .309 .402 .537 .939 151 153
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2016 Wests - ABL 23 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 183 195 -0.0
2022 Geelong - ABL 29 7 29 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .207 .233 .207 .440 22 21 -0.8
Total ABL 10 32 7 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .219 .242 .250 .492 37 37
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2014 Concord - AA LF 12 8 20 1 0 22 1 .955 78.0 2.42 +0.8 .991
2014 Concord - AA RF 55 54 115 3 1 120 2 .983 475.1 2.23 -3.0 .960
2015 Concord - AA RF 88 88 202 7 1 213 4 .981 782.1 2.40 -1.0 .986
2016 Wests - MLB LF 4 4 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 35.0 2.06 -0.2 .978
2016 Wests - MLB CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 .996
2017 Wests - MLB LF 17 10 18 1 0 22 3 .864 107.2 1.59 -1.2 .829
2017 Wests - MLB RF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 3.1 5.40 +0.1 .991
2018 Wests - MLB LF 16 13 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 119.2 1.35 -2.8 .831
2018 Wests - MLB RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2019 Wests - MLB LF 118 117 219 5 0 228 4 .982 1027.2 1.96 -1.3 .978
2019 Wests - MLB RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2020 Wests - MLB LF 127 127 213 4 1 219 2 .991 1144.1 1.71 -5.1 .990
2021 Wests - MLB LF 103 101 199 2 1 205 4 .980 878.1 2.06 -4.4 .978
2021 Wests - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2022 Geelong - MLB LF 95 93 168 3 0 174 3 .983 833.1 1.85 -3.7 .977
2022 Geelong - MLB RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 492 473 863 16 2 896 17 .981 4224.0 1.87 -17.9 .974
TOTAL CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 .996
TOTAL RF 152 142 319 10 2 335 6 .982 1274.0 2.32 -3.8 .977
PLAYER HISTORY
05/01/2014 Drafted in the 2014 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 15, 35th overall pick) by the Wests Tigers.
10/14/2014 Named the #78 prospect in the ABL
01/01/2015 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 3 (6); Eye: 4 (6).
04/06/2015 Named the #71 prospect in the ABL
06/22/2015 Wins the YL Player of the Week Award.
09/16/2015 Wins the 2015 YL Platinum Stick Award at RF.
09/18/2015 Wins the 2015 YL Outstanding Hitter Award.
01/01/2016 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 4 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
10/26/2016 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $43,000.
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 5 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
11/04/2017 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $45,000.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 5 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
10/30/2018 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $65,000.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 5 (5).
10/29/2019 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $85,000.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 5 (5).
07/28/2020 Injured (pulled abdominal muscle),day-to-day for one week.
11/06/2020 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $110,000.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
03/08/2021 Injured (sore ankle),day-to-day for one week.
11/04/2021 Became a free agent.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
02/06/2022 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $600,000 with the Geelong Cats organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year BB Rank
2020 60 9
Year SF Rank
2020 5 3
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