Juan Beniquez was born on Saturday, May 13, 1950, in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. Beniquez was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 4, 1971, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Juan Beniquez baseball stats page.
"Utility man Juan Beniquez, released by Toronto last week, tied a record by playing with his eighth AL club. 'I can make a career of playing in old-timers' games,' he said." - Columnist Ivy McLemore in The Houston Post (06/05/1988, 'Around the Majors')
Juan Beniquez![]() Juan Beniquez Autograph on a 1977 Topps Baseball Card (#81 | Checklist) |
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Juan BeniquezJuan Beniquez Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| - | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
Juan BeniquezJuan Beniquez Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1971 | 21 | Red Sox | 16 | 57 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .298 | .333 | .333 |
| 1972 | 22 | Red Sox | 33 | 99 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .242 | .287 | .333 |
| 1974 | 24 | Red Sox | 106 | 389 | 60 | 104 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .267 | .313 | .357 |
| 1975 | 25 | Red Sox | 78 | 254 | 43 | 74 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .291 | .358 | .402 |
| 1976 | 26 | Rangers | 145 | 478 | 49 | 122 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 39 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .255 | .315 | .301 |
| 1977 | 27 | Rangers | 123 | 424 | 56 | 114 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 50 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .269 | .336 | .413 |
| 1978 | 28 | Rangers | 127 | 473 | 61 | 123 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 50 | 20 | 1 | 59 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 10 | .260 | .292 | .378 |
| 1979 | 29 | Yankees | 62 | 142 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .254 | .299 | .394 |
| 1980 | 30 | Mariners | 70 | 237 | 26 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .228 | .278 | .346 |
| 1981 | 31 | Angels | 58 | 166 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .181 | .251 | .265 |
| 1982 | 32 | Angels | 112 | 196 | 25 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .265 | .321 | .388 |
| 1983 | 33 | Angels | 92 | 315 | 44 | 96 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .305 | .343 | .381 |
| 1984 | 34 | Angels | 110 | 354 | 60 | 119 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .336 | .370 | .452 |
| 1985 | 35 | Angels | 132 | 411 | 54 | 125 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 34 | 3 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .304 | .364 | .418 |
| 1986 | 36 | Orioles | 113 | 343 | 48 | 103 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 40 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | .300 | .372 | .397 |
| 1987 | 37 | Royals | 57 | 174 | 14 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .236 | .282 | .328 |
| 1987 | 37 | Blue Jays | 39 | 81 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .284 | .330 | .556 |
| 1988 | 38 | Blue Jays | 27 | 58 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .293 | .373 | .379 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 17 Years | 1,500 | 4,651 | 610 | 1,274 | 190 | 30 | 79 | 2 | 476 | 349 | 11 | 551 | 87 | 32 | 31 | 145 | .274 | .327 | .379 | ||
Juan BeniquezJuan Beniquez Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1971 Red Sox | SS | 15 | 14 | 377 | 57 | 3.8 | 51 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .895 | 3.65 |
| 1972 Red Sox | SS | 27 | 24 | 681 | 140 | 5.2 | 126 | 38 | 88 | 14 | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .900 | 5.00 |
| 1974 Red Sox | CF | 91 | 85 | 2,308 | 268 | 2.9 | 262 | 258 | 4 | 6 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 3.06 |
| 1974 Red Sox | LF | 7 | 3 | 105 | 5 | 0.7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.29 |
| 1975 Red Sox | 3B | 14 | 8 | 234 | 20 | 1.4 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.31 |
| 1975 Red Sox | CF | 12 | 11 | 288 | 32 | 2.7 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
| 1975 Red Sox | LF | 31 | 21 | 641 | 73 | 2.4 | 72 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 3.03 |
| 1975 Red Sox | RF | 4 | 3 | 78 | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.38 |
| 1976 Rangers | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .500 | 9.00 |
| 1976 Rangers | CF | 141 | 129 | 3,507 | 433 | 3.1 | 427 | 410 | 17 | 6 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 3.29 |
| 1977 Rangers | CF | 123 | 118 | 3,181 | 324 | 2.6 | 320 | 310 | 10 | 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 2.72 |
| 1978 Rangers | CF | 126 | 124 | 3,293 | 328 | 2.6 | 319 | 311 | 8 | 9 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 2.62 |
| 1979 Yankees | 3B | 3 | 3 | 72 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
| 1979 Yankees | CF | 37 | 23 | 689 | 73 | 2.0 | 72 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 2.82 |
| 1979 Yankees | LF | 18 | 11 | 317 | 22 | 1.2 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.87 |
| 1979 Yankees | RF | 5 | 2 | 78 | 9 | 1.8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 2.77 |
| 1980 Mariners | CF | 63 | 60 | 1,569 | 186 | 3.0 | 178 | 175 | 3 | 8 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 3.06 |
| 1980 Mariners | LF | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1981 Angels | CF | 36 | 32 | 838 | 85 | 2.4 | 83 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 2.67 |
| 1981 Angels | LF | 15 | 10 | 280 | 30 | 2.0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .900 | 2.60 |
| 1981 Angels | RF | 7 | 5 | 138 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.37 |
| 1982 Angels | CF | 25 | 21 | 564 | 49 | 2.0 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .959 | 2.25 |
| 1982 Angels | LF | 37 | 4 | 282 | 18 | 0.5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.72 |
| 1982 Angels | RF | 52 | 22 | 766 | 52 | 1.0 | 52 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.83 |
| 1983 Angels | CF | 30 | 26 | 727 | 80 | 2.7 | 78 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 2.90 |
| 1983 Angels | LF | 39 | 17 | 571 | 49 | 1.3 | 46 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 2.18 |
| 1983 Angels | RF | 32 | 25 | 638 | 54 | 1.7 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 2.24 |
| 1984 Angels | CF | 8 | 4 | 118 | 16 | 2.0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 3.43 |
| 1984 Angels | LF | 64 | 30 | 1,005 | 85 | 1.3 | 84 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 2.26 |
| 1984 Angels | RF | 50 | 48 | 1,110 | 109 | 2.2 | 105 | 103 | 2 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .963 | 2.55 |
| 1985 Angels | 1B | 46 | 38 | 982 | 347 | 7.5 | 343 | 319 | 24 | 4 | 42 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 9.43 |
| 1985 Angels | 3B | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
| 1985 Angels | CF | 36 | 28 | 737 | 67 | 1.9 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.45 |
| 1985 Angels | LF | 18 | 15 | 405 | 28 | 1.6 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.87 |
| 1985 Angels | RF | 22 | 11 | 333 | 24 | 1.1 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.95 |
| 1985 Angels | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
| 1986 Orioles | 1B | 14 | 11 | 317 | 105 | 7.5 | 104 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 8.86 |
| 1986 Orioles | 3B | 25 | 22 | 573 | 68 | 2.7 | 60 | 13 | 47 | 8 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .882 | 2.83 |
| 1986 Orioles | CF | 3 | 3 | 66 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.27 |
| 1986 Orioles | LF | 44 | 35 | 928 | 86 | 2.0 | 83 | 82 | 1 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .965 | 2.41 |
| 1986 Orioles | RF | 9 | 7 | 198 | 12 | 1.3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.64 |
| 1987 Royals | 1B | 6 | 5 | 138 | 51 | 8.5 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.98 |
| 1987 Royals | 3B | 6 | 5 | 141 | 5 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 0.77 |
| 1987 Royals | CF | 2 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.69 |
| 1987 Royals | LF | 17 | 14 | 398 | 28 | 1.6 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.90 |
| 1987 Blue Jays | LF | 3 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.50 |
| 1987 Royals | RF | 4 | 3 | 99 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.64 |
| 1987 Blue Jays | RF | 4 | 4 | 100 | 7 | 1.8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .857 | 1.62 |
| 1987 Blue Jays | 1B | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 12.60 |
| 1988 Blue Jays | LF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| CF Totals | 733 | 665 | 17,924 | 1,950 | 2.7 | 1,909 | 1,860 | 49 | 41 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 2.88 | |
| LF Totals | 296 | 162 | 5,007 | 425 | 1.4 | 414 | 406 | 8 | 11 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 2.23 | |
| RF Totals | 189 | 130 | 3,538 | 284 | 1.5 | 277 | 267 | 10 | 7 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 2.11 | |
| 1B Totals | 68 | 54 | 1,452 | 510 | 7.5 | 505 | 472 | 33 | 5 | 62 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 9.39 | |
| 3B Totals | 49 | 38 | 1,029 | 106 | 2.2 | 97 | 21 | 76 | 9 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .915 | 2.55 | |
| SS Totals | 43 | 38 | 1,061 | 198 | 4.6 | 178 | 62 | 116 | 20 | 24 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .899 | 4.53 | |
| 2B Totals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .500 | 9.00 | |
| 17 Years | 1,379 | 1,087 | 30,014 | 3,475 | 2.5 | 3,381 | 3,089 | 292 | 94 | 99 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 3.04 | |
Juan BeniquezJuan Beniquez Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1971 Red Sox | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 14.3 | 14.3 | - | - | - |
| 1972 Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 4 | n/a | 99.0 | 9.0 | 12.4 | - | - | - |
| 1974 Red Sox | 19 | 11 | .633 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 77.8 | 6.4 | 11.8 | - | - | - |
| 1975 Red Sox | 7 | 10 | .412 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 127.0 | 9.8 | 14.9 | - | - | - |
| 1976 Rangers | 17 | 6 | .739 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 14.5 | - | - | - |
| 1977 Rangers | 26 | 18 | .591 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42.4 | 9.9 | 8.5 | - | - | - |
| 1978 Rangers | 10 | 12 | .455 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | - | - | - |
| 1979 Yankees | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | - | - | - |
| 1980 Mariners | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 39.5 | 9.5 | 11.3 | - | - | - |
| 1981 Angels | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 55.3 | 10.4 | 12.8 | - | - | - |
| 1982 Angels | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 65.3 | 9.3 | 8.2 | - | - | - |
| 1983 Angels | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 105.0 | 10.9 | 9.3 | - | - | - |
| 1984 Angels | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 44.3 | 8.2 | 9.1 | - | - | - |
| 1985 Angels | 4 | 3 | .571 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 51.4 | 8.9 | 9.8 | - | - | - |
| 1986 Orioles | 2 | 3 | .400 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 57.2 | 7.0 | 9.5 | - | - | - |
| 1987 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 58.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | - | - | - |
| 1987 Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 16.2 | 6.2 | 3.9 | - | - | - |
| 1988 Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 58.0 | 9.7 | 7.3 | - | - | - |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 17 Years | 104 | 76 | .578 | 161 | 41 | 111 | 58.9 | 8.4 | 9.8 | - | - | - |
Juan BeniquezJuan Beniquez Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1971 Boston Red Sox | 20 | $12,750.00 | - | - |
| 1972 Boston Red Sox | 20 | $13,500.00 | - | - |
| 1974 Boston Red Sox | 20 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1975 Boston Red Sox | 20 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
| 1976 Texas Rangers | 12 | $32,500.00 | - | - |
| 1977 Texas Rangers | 12 | $50,000.00 | - | - |
| 1978 Texas Rangers | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1979 New York Yankees | 26 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1980 Seattle Mariners | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1981 California Angels | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1982 California Angels | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1983 California Angels | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1984 California Angels | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1985 California Angels | 12 | $365,000.00 | - | - |
| 1986 Baltimore Orioles | 12 | $450,000.00 | - | - |
| 1987 Kansas City Royals | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1987 Toronto Blue Jays | 7 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1988 Toronto Blue Jays | 21 | $400,000.00 | - | - |
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