Yamil Benitez vs. Dick Groat — Career Comparison

Yamil Benitez
Gen XP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueLeft Fielder
Dick Groat
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueShortstopMVPAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Yamil Benitez and Dick Groat are closely matched on the surface stats. Yamil Benitez posted stronger numbers in OPS (.711 vs .699) and slugging (.420 vs .366). Dick Groat had the advantage in on-base percentage (.333 vs .292). By the career numbers, Yamil Benitez had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Yamil Benitez and Dick Groat

Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
169
210.81
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1929
141.51
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
481
600
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8179
600
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
448
558.84
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7484
549.02
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.715
0.715
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.712
0.712
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
109
135.97
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2138
156.84
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
71
88.57
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1680
123.24
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
16
19.96
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
352
25.82
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.74
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
4.92
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
23.7
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
2.86
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
47.4
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
458
33.6
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54.39
67.84
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
855.2
62.74
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
234.51
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2741
201.08
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
139
173.39
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2659
195.06
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.696
0.696
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.627
0.627
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.586
0.586
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
47
58.63
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
829
60.81
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
74.84
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
707
51.86
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
88
109.77
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1497
109.82
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
53.28
66.46
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
960.6
70.47
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.24
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
2.27
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
25
31.19
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
490
35.95
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.25
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
2.86
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
132.22
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PAverified
512
37.56
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
4.54
4.54
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.97
15.97
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
0.96
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.49
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
8.95
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.25
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
3.81
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.23
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PA
220
16.14
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.99
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
1.03
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.48
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
1.98
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.47
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
3.01
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
40
Dick Groat
Career
Per 600 PA
34.15
34.15

Fielding Stats for Yamil Benitez and Dick Groat

Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.28
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1906
1.09
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.04
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1781
1.02
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2775
27
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47109
27
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
925
9
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15703
9
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
2.25
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3526
2.02
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5864
3.36
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Dick Groat
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
0.22
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
2.38
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9766
5.6
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
2.3
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9390
5.38
Yamil Benitez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Dick Groat
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.15
96.15
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.788
1.788
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.927
4.927
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.06
81.06
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.44
93.44
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Groat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1241
0.71
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Groat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Groat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Groat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yamil Benitez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Groat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0