Ben Gamel stats
Bio
- Age
- 34 yearsMay 17, 1992
- Height
- 5' 10"
Ben Gamel played 9 MLB seasons, 2016 to 2024.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 723
- AB
- 2,046
- R
- 283
- H
- 516
- HR
- 41
- RBI
- 204
- SB
- 22
- AVG
- .252
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 |  NYY/SEA | 33 | 48 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .188 |
| 2017 | SEA | 134 | 509 | 68 | 140 | 11 | 59 | 4 | .275 |
| 2018 | SEA | 101 | 257 | 37 | 70 | 1 | 19 | 7 | .272 |
| 2019 | MIL | 134 | 311 | 47 | 77 | 7 | 33 | 2 | .248 |
| 2020 | MIL | 40 | 114 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .237 |
| 2021 |  CLE/PIT | 122 | 340 | 43 | 84 | 8 | 26 | 3 | .247 |
| 2022 | PIT | 115 | 371 | 42 | 86 | 9 | 46 | 5 | .232 |
| 2023 | SD | 6 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 |
| 2024 |  NYM/HOU | 38 | 81 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .247 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,320
- TB
- 781
- XBH
- 168
- HBP
- 14
- IBB
- 9
- GIDP
- 29
- P/PA
- 4.04
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NYY/SEA | 57 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 |
| 2017 | SEA | 550 | 210 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | SEA | 293 | 95 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | MIL | 356 | 116 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | MIL | 127 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | CLE/PIT | 400 | 132 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | PIT | 423 | 137 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | SD | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | NYM/HOU | 99 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.9 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 0.9
- RC
- 268.5
- RC/27
- 4.60
- ISOP
- .130
- SECA
- .252
- BB/K
- 0.43
- AB/HR
- 49.9
- GO/FO
- 0.80
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NYY/SEA | -0.3 | 3.9 | 2.4 | .104 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 48 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | SEA | 1.0 | 67.3 | 4.8 | .138 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 46.3 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | SEA | 0.5 | 36 | 5 | .097 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 257 | 1 |
| 2019 | MIL | 0.6 | 42.1 | 4.8 | .125 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 44.4 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | MIL | -0.5 | 12.9 | 3.8 | .167 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 38 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | CLE/PIT | -0.3 | 46.3 | 4.5 | .141 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 42.5 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | PIT | 0.0 | 46.8 | 4.3 | .137 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 41.2 | 0.8 |
| 2023 | SD | -0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | .067 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | NYM/HOU | 0.1 | 12.5 | 5.6 | .086 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 81 | 0.8 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 34 yearsMay 17, 1992
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2016
- Birthplace
- Neptune Beach, FL
- Draft
- 2010Rd 10, Pk 325
Latest performance
Ben Gamel
Sep 14 · @ LAA · W 5-3
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- BB
- 0
- SO
- 1
- AVG
- .259
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Sep 14 | at LAAW 5-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 11 | vs ATHL 5-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Sep 10 | vsATHL 4-3 F/12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Sep 08 | vs ARIL 12-6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 07 | vsARIW 11-5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Sep 06 | vsARIW 8-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What were Ben Gamel's career stats?
Ben Gamel played 9 seasons for the Mariners, the Brewers, the Pirates and the Padres. He was a career .252 hitter with 516 hits, 41 home runs and 204 RBI. His best season was 2017: a .275 batting average, 11 home runs and 59 RBI.
More on Ben Gamel
Playoff series
Ben Gamel played 2 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 2 series — 0 won, 2 lost.
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |  LAD | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 |  WSH | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Gamel’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Ben Gamel against each club
- vs Cincinnati Reds (58)
- vs Chicago Cubs (47)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (43)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (39)
- vs Athletics (37)
- vs Texas Rangers (34)
- vs Houston Astros (32)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (30)
- vs Colorado Rockies (29)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (28)
- vs Detroit Tigers (26)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (25)
- vs Minnesota Twins (24)
- vs New York Mets (22)
- vs Washington Nationals (22)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (21)
- vs Chicago White Sox (20)
- vs Atlanta Braves (19)
- vs Kansas City Royals (19)
- vs Miami Marlins (19)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (18)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (16)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (16)
- vs New York Yankees (15)
- vs San Francisco Giants (14)
- vs Boston Red Sox (13)
- vs San Diego Padres (13)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (13)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (10)
- vs Seattle Mariners (3)
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