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Benito
Donato		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: June 1, 1991 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2027   
All-Star Selections 2021   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2012 21 VIR FF     3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
2013 22 VIR FF     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
2014 23 VIR FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
2015 24 VIR FF $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
2016 25 VIR FF $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
2017 26 ON FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
2018 27 ON FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 6
2019 28 ON FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 6
2020 29 ON FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
2021 30 ON FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
2022 31 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
2023 32 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6
2024 33 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
2025 34 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
2026 35 IL GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
2027 36 IL GE $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
2028 37 IL GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
2029 38 IL GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2012 21 A   136 485 92 134 25 6 21 87 22 8 105 90 .276 .405 .482 .888 98.9  
2013 22 A   42 135 27 44 8 0 8 19 11 7 37 17 .326 .471 .563 1.034 34.9  
2014 23 VIR FF 40 128 10 25 3 0 0 13 2 3 8 28 .195 .259 .219 .478 5.3 0.0
    A   95 311 53 99 22 4 12 48 11 5 67 34 .318 .439 .531 .970 70.6  
2015 24 VIR FF 120 387 37 81 23 4 7 51 15 6 34 59 .209 .278 .344 .622 36.9 5.6
2016 25 VIR FF 98 288 33 61 10 0 3 19 15 5 27 38 .212 .284 .278 .562 25.6 2.5
    AAA   23 33 4 8 0 0 2 6 0 2 5 7 .242 .342 .424 .766 4.5  
2017 26 ON FF 96 245 24 59 14 1 4 32 16 6 18 31 .241 .295 .355 .650 28.3 5.5
2018 27 ON FF 66 164 19 42 6 2 5 27 11 0 14 28 .256 .315 .409 .723 21.4 3.7
2019 28 ON FF 97 248 45 57 11 1 5 38 10 4 30 40 .230 .317 .343 .659 29.3 5.0
2020 29 ON FF 149 461 73 128 26 3 9 52 37 9 54 49 .278 .355 .406 .760 67.8 13.6
2021 30 ON FF 149 480 75 135 24 3 6 51 41 11 41 54 .281 .341 .381 .722 63.3 12.8
2022 31 NJ FF 14 41 8 9 3 1 0 7 3 1 7 6 .220 .333 .341 .675 5.0 0.7
  IL GE 132 345 57 104 26 2 6 61 24 6 32 43 .301 .363 .441 .804 53.8 11.2
  TOT   146 386 65 113 29 3 6 68 27 7 39 49 .293 .360 .430 .790 58.8 11.9
2023 32 IL GE 146 418 51 115 27 2 5 53 26 5 44 60 .275 .347 .385 .732 56.2 10.1
2024 33 IL GE 53 182 24 46 13 3 3 31 7 2 11 29 .253 .301 .407 .708 22.2 3.5
2025 34 IL GE 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
    AAA   125 406 83 126 27 3 20 81 10 2 71 61 .310 .413 .539 .952 87.8  
2026 35 IL GE 69 171 19 33 5 0 5 19 10 1 17 40 .193 .266 .310 .576 14.7 0.6
2027 36 IL GE 65 164 16 24 4 0 0 14 5 2 16 31 .146 .221 .171 .392 4.3 0.0
2028 37 IL GE 71 216 16 26 4 0 2 18 3 2 16 41 .120 .186 .167 .352 3.6 0.0
2029 38 IL GE 59 153 12 19 4 2 2 9 4 0 16 33 .124 .205 .216 .420 6.9 0.0
16 Years Sim 1429 4094 519 965 203 24 62 495 229 63 385 611 .236 .304 .342 .647 444.8 74.8
2 Years AAA 148 439 87 134 27 3 22 87 10 4 76 68 .305 .409 .531 .940 92.3  
3 Years A 273 931 172 277 55 10 41 154 44 20 209 141 .298 .428 .510 .938 204.3  
5 Years Minors 421 1370 259 411 82 13 63 241 54 24 285 209 .300 .422 .517 .939 296.7  
162 Game Average 464 58 109 23 2 7 56 25 7 43 69 .236 .304 .342 .647 50.4  
Career Highs 149 480 75 135 29 4 9 68 41 11 54 60 .333 .360 .430 .790 67.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3054 378 690 143 15 46 344 168 46 276 459 .226 .292 .328 .620 310.2
vs LH   1040 141 275 60 9 16 151 61 17 109 152 .264 .339 .386 .725 139.8
Home 714 2035 260 500 107 14 31 255 114 28 197 309 .246 .316 .358 .673 241.4
Away 715 2059 259 465 96 10 31 240 115 35 188 302 .226 .293 .327 .620 208.6
RISP   1078 0 270 56 5 19 405 0 0 106 157 .250 .315 .365 .680 126.4
Pinch Hitting   301 27 75 8 2 3 33 18 2 25 41 .249 .306 .319 .625 32.6
Close/Late   609 79 150 28 2 3 82 0 0 62 83 .246 .319 .314 .633 62.1
Mar/Apr 197 542 66 131 21 4 12 76 32 10 55 89 .242 .311 .362 .673 65.4
May 255 785 109 179 47 6 7 82 44 5 79 97 .228 .300 .330 .630 84.7
June 262 731 92 174 36 4 14 94 42 8 73 120 .238 .311 .356 .666 86.6
July 212 585 75 134 31 3 10 75 28 12 46 92 .229 .290 .344 .634 58.4
August 248 719 92 182 41 3 9 83 40 12 62 106 .253 .316 .356 .672 83.0
Sep/Oct 255 732 85 165 27 4 10 85 43 16 70 107 .225 .297 .314 .611 72.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2014 23 VIR FF C 38 37 320.7 178 20 0 0 1.000 5.56 36 12 .333 1 1.9
2015 24 VIR FF C 116 113 1008.3 611 42 10 0 .985 5.83 110 29 .264 0 4.0
2016 25 VIR FF C 95 88 787.3 525 39 11 3 .981 6.45 91 28 .308 2 5.6
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2017 26 ON FF C 82 64 598.7 378 20 4 0 .990 5.98 59 15 .254 1 2.6
    3B 2 0 8.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2018 27 ON FF C 55 38 363.7 235 14 1 0 .996 6.16 34 8 .235 1 1.6
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2019 28 ON FF C 65 56 494.3 320 25 3 0 .991 6.28 52 16 .308 2 2.3
    3B 5 0 10.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 3.3 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2020 29 ON FF C 98 96 806.7 477 39 5 0 .990 5.76 98 22 .224 0 4.3
    3B 29 11 131.0 3 31 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2021 30 ON FF C 117 90 839.0 489 42 3 0 .994 5.70 96 28 .292 1 5.9
    3B 16 11 106.0 8 21 2 1 .935 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2022 31 NJ FF C 9 4 57.3 30 3 1 0 .971 5.18 8 2 .250 0 0.3
    1B 2 2 25.6 28 2 0 4 1.000 10.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 1.6 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  IL GE C 82 42 455.7 238 21 4 0 .985 5.12 61 17 .279 0 2.2
    1B 23 23 203.4 221 19 1 28 .996 10.62 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 5 0 12.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   C 91 46 513.0 268 24 5 0 .983 5.12 69 19 .275 0 2.5
      1B 25 25 229.0 249 21 1 32 .996 10.61   0.4
      3B 6 0 14.3 1 6 0 0 1.000 4.41   0.1
2023 32 IL GE C 126 89 889.0 464 43 8 3 .984 5.13 112 31 .277 1 4.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2024 33 IL GE C 45 45 417.3 230 18 8 0 .969 5.35 52 11 .212 0 1.5
2025 34 IL GE C 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2026 35 IL GE C 38 36 309.7 154 17 4 1 .977 4.97 27 7 .259 2 1.3
    3B 7 5 48.0 1 8 0 3 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2027 36 IL GE C 46 42 371.3 208 21 3 1 .987 5.55 47 12 .255 1 1.6
    3B 6 0 14.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2028 37 IL GE C 52 48 409.7 232 17 5 0 .980 5.47 47 12 .255 3 1.8
    3B 15 14 110.0 11 27 0 2 1.000 3.11 0 0 .000 0 0.6
2029 38 IL GE C 37 34 299.0 179 13 4 0 .980 5.78 42 9 .214 0 1.4
    3B 18 15 117.0 6 32 3 5 .927 2.92 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  C 1103 922 8429.6 4949 394 74 8 .986 5.70 972 259 .266 15 42.1
  3B 107 56 564.3 34 139 6 12 .966 2.76 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  1B 25 25 229.0 249 21 1 32 .996 10.61 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 3.3 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1238 1003 9232.2 5233 555 81 53 .986 5.64 972 259 .266 15 44.8
Career Highs   133 113 1008.3 611 70 11 32 1.000 6.77 112 31 .333 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 25 VIR FF 11 31 4 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 7 8 .129 .282 .258 .540
2019 28 ON FF 11 40 5 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 9 .150 .209 .200 .409
2026 35 IL GE 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 25 72 11 11 0 3 0 2 4 0 11 17 .153 .262 .236 .498
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Stolen Bases
2020-7-37
2021-7-41
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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  5. Jim Godbey (906)
  6. Frederick Pino (900)
  7. Vincent Vannatta (895)
  8. Enigma Smoot (889)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Virginia in 2012
Injured on 5/22/2013 with a Broken Knee, out for full season
Had first career hit on 8/12/2014, off Cleo Sainz (DC)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/2015, off Glen Robinson (NC)
Injured on 9/13/2015 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
Injured on 4/29/2018 with a Concussion, out for one week
Injured on 7/18/2018 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Pennsylvania on 7/22/2021
Traded from New Jersey to Illinois on 4/21/2022 (Going to IL: C Benito Donato. Going to NJ: 2B Hornet Lethbridge, P Carlos Castro, P Gary Simmons, IL's 3rd and 4th round picks in 2023)
Injured on 9/2/2022 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/6/2024 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
Won National Cup Series with Illinois in 2027
 
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